Joshua opened his eyes after a long nap. He felt lazy and tired which aren't suit for someone who loves to be productive every day. Sure he's not as energetic as other people can imagine, but he's so surprised that he'll wish that he wanted to go back sleeping even when he just woke up.With confusing thoughts, Joshua closed his eyes and remembered some parts of his dream. His heavy eyelids shook and his dark brown eyes appeared again. He moved his head slowly towards the opened lamp at his right side, and at the window at his left. Seeing the dark sky through the glass window, he wondered how many hours or days he's been on his bed.Tak. Tak. Tak.When he heard the sound of the droplets of water, his eyes went to the bah to an intravenous line. It was then he felt the tingling displeasure on his left arm, where a thin tube was administered into one of his veins.‘Now I know why I feel sleepy,’ he laughed at himself.Moment before he passed out, he remembered feeling a jab of pain squ
Eugene forced Minghao to walk around the Hong Mansion, even if he memorized every crooks of the place.“And then after that, he found out that the father of his wife’s baby is actually his best friend’s. I was so surprised when I heard this, ”Eugene shared story that he heard from his other friend.Although Minghao is keeping his unflurried expression while listening about a story that he's interested, fact is he's getting more annoyed at Eugene as time passes. He couldn't believe that the man he wanted to defeat in terms of physical battle will be this talkative.Minghao still thinks that Eugene is superior when it comes to fighting skills. He respected him for that. But if he continues talking non-stop, Minghao might have lost his ability to hear. His ears went hot and his brain kept on shielding useless information to process.“Oh Bradd Pitt!” Eugene greeted the butler who walked stopped in front of them with a bow.Bradd Pitt? Minghao tilted his head at the name of the mansion’s s
Inside a luxurious bar, Seungcheol is sitting on a chair placed at the counter. He hanged out alone in the corner, knocking back drinks just for the sake of being not sober. He slurred more, until his eyes turned glossy. He drifted his sight around the dim room, as his gaze floats around the surroundings. His mouth that was always pursed, because he is not the talkative guy, is hang open ever so slightly. And when he smiled, it is more broadly that he would if he is sober.After finishing a bottle of strong liquor, his head throbbed in pain. The purpose for drinking tonight is to make his senses numb, so he can forget the painful experience he has this morning. But as he was intoxicated at the alcohol, he broke down into comprehensible misery, remembering the hatred that Celine showed when she found out about her future wedding with his friend, Joshua.[“Didn’t you want me here because you want it to be the last? Did you touch me because it’s the end? Did you?!”][“Let me go,”][“Ple
Wonwoo was waiting for his step-sister’s arrival. He’s loitering around the Jeon’s mansion entrance for hours, since the sun was up and after the dusky dawn. With the wedding invitation on his hand, he walked back and forth while rubbing his chin as if he’s in deep thought. ‘I’m sure Seungcheol and Celine had a fight,’ he said in his mind. He accidentally overheard their fight through the phone call and it was him who unconsciously told Celine about the wedding next week. Wonwoo is guilty for that, and he waited long enough to see either one of the two so he can apologize. Apologize for what? For telling that truth. Being apologetic is just his excuse. He doesn’t need to know if the information is correct, since he has the concrete evidence on his grip. What he wanted to hear is if it is really possible to happen. “I’ve been calling that bastard but he’s not answering my call,” Wonwoo complained, thinking about his best friend Seungcheol. He’s worried about the couple, even though
Days passed by and the preparation for the wedding of Joshua and Celine started.Between the days of handling the invitation and the start of preparation, Celine didn't meet anyone. Others did the same, as if everyone was preparing themselves for the upcoming event.With Wonwoo's money, Celine succeeds on buying the old house that her father sold. She asked Minghao to fix the necklace of hers and her fathers so that it can be a key again. After buying the house, Celine started her search at the place, thinking she'll find something there that has connection with her father.Unfortunately, she haven't found anything.“Haaaa,” Celine sighed while looking at her reflection through the big mirror. She's inside the wedding boutique and will try the wedding dress that she'll wear.“Miss Celine,” a staff from the boutique called her."Yes?"“The dress is ready. Can you come inside so that we can check if it fits? ”Celine's eyes peeked at the space between the opened door and the wall and sa
Days before the start of wedding preparation, Joshua and Mingyu decided to meet at the penthouse where they hide Mingyu’s sister, Kole. “Brother,” Kole called her brother. The siblings are sitting side by side on the long couch. “Yes?” Mingyu responded while looking at the entrance of the penthouse. He’s waiting for Joshua’s arrival. “How long do I need to stay here?” Kole asked something that made him turned his head towards her side. “Even though this place is huge and pretty, I can’t really wait to go home and meet mom.” It’s been days since Kole regained her sanity. She still could not remember her days of being abducted, which may seems a good thing for now. But Mingyu haven’t decided if it is okay to take her home, so he wanted to ask for Joshua’s opinion. Either way, Mingyu and Joshua have the same enemies. Staring at Kole while biting the seam of his lips, Mingyu stayed wordless. He wanted to say that the reason she has to stay is because he still needs to tell her tha
Inside his office in his house, Junhui is busy looking at the documents. After his conversation with Celine, Junhui went out with Seungkwan to investigate about his father. Then he asked Dokyeom to continue searching for the maid who turned out to be the spy inside his house.He gathered information and spent sleepless nights trying to find something that might help him dethroned the current leader of Wen's organization - his own father.Picking up a white envelope on his desk, Junhui tried to read the words in front of the envelope. But the words blurry and he had to rub his eyes which feel stinging as if it is full of sand or chili. He blinked swiftly after rubbing his eyes. Then he read the address on the letter.“567 Shinsa Drew Lilac street,” he read the exact address of his house.Rustle.He opened the letter and read the content. It’s the information about his father’s tax evasion in the foreign land. His father operated a company in the Gulf of Mexico and owe the government a
Seungcheol spread his legs and brought his fist on air. After warming up with jumping ropes, burpees and sits up, he went inside the boxing ring and started shadow boxing. At the square narrow place, he moved around by himself, throwing punches at the air. Every time he throws jabs at different points in his footwork, hissing sound “eesh” came out between his teeth. The clammy sweats which broke out upon his forehead danced in the air like crystals. Droplets splash as he moved swiftly and naturally. The said that exercising can reduce stress. Alexander Pope thought so: “Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.” And Plato agree: “Exercise would cure guilt conscience. And so, Seungcheol thought that to lessen his anxiousness, working out is the key for his head, just as it is in his heart. He believes that physical stress can cure his heart ache and he might forget everything that keeps him awake at night. After jabbing for an hour, Seungcheol looked up and stared at the yellow light
Thank you so much for supporting this book until the end. It took me long years, from 2018 to 2022, to finish this and finally I achieved!I put a lot of efforts on this and was happy that readers were satisfied as I received messages on my accounts. Nevertheless, I would promise to work harder in the future. I hope to write more and explore more after this. Now that the story came to end, I will surely miss Celine and the other characters and the secret clans. Hardcover of this book will release soon. Again, thank you so much.- cloe
In a one summer day, Jeshuel visited the Wen’s mansion to play with his three uncles, Seungkwan, Hoshi and Dokyeom. But as soon as he got there, the three men asked him questions about the maid named Lucy. She is the exclusive maid of his mother, Celine. “How’s Lucy? Did she receive the flower that I sent to her?” Seungkwan asked. “Does she has plan this weekend?” Hoshi inquired. “Did you tell her that uncle Dokyeom misses her so much?” Dokyeom interrogated. The young boy crossed his arms while looking at the three grown up who are acting like kids. Not long after, there’s a sneer in his red lips. “Uncles,” Jeshuel said. “Yes?!” the three said in unison, excited to hear his answer. “Do you know that the world right now is experiencing Economic hardship?” “...” “...” “...” Jeshuel took a deep breath and continued, “Economic hardship refers to psychological dis-tress that results from a perception of relatively low economic resources. Hardship is contrasted with poverty, whi
The three leaders and their wife stayed at the Hong Mansion.For Celine, having three husbands are already in the pain in the ass. It is hard dealing them especially when they are fighting over small things. However, the most challenging for Celine is to take care of her son, Jeshuel.Jeshuel, who seemed to adapt all characteristic of his three fathers, is enough to make Celine tired.“Jeshuel just fell asleep,” Celine said as soon as she came back to the office where the three are sitting at.Seungcheol, Joshua and Jeonghan are all both working about the issues in the organization.Sitting on the right side, Jeonghan placed his documents down and tapped the empty spot beside him.“Honey, you are tired right now. Come here,” Jeonghan made a cute expression.Seungcheol frowned, while Joshua kept the fake scary smile on his face.“Yeah. I am so tired. Jeshuel has many questions,” Celine complained before sitting next to Jeonghan.As soon as she sat down, Jeonghan placed his head on her
Mingyu and Dino rushed into the crime scene as soon as they got the report.In a one story apartment that consisted 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, living and kitchen, Jane Daugh discovered her dead boyfriend in his apartment and made a frantic call to 911.The victim is Robert Allen Jones, 22-year-old, white male. He was found face down on the bed in the master bedroom.Mingyu checked the corpse and saw the appearance of a heavily bleeding wound from trauma to the head. Blood stains were found under the head on the pillow and bed sheet.Wounds appear to be caused by a rifle that was found on the west side of the room on the floor next to the bed.“Did they collect the evidence items?” Mingyu asked Dino.Dino prepared the documents, answering, “Ahhhh, yeah. They gave the list already. There are rifle found underneath the decorative pillow on the west side of the room next to bed. Cellphone on the night stand, note on the Tv table, trash note in the trash next to TV, liquor bottle on the right
6 years later. The wonderful and joyful season of the year came. Air begins to warm, the temperature rises slowly and the days get longer as well. As the snow begins to melt, lovely flowers start to bud and the flies begin to come out. The three bud starts greening, preparing itself to grown. Air smells different unlike the gloomy winter. Day by day, the wind seems fresh and alive. Grouchy people of winter start to become happy again. Usually, most people dislike winter as it cold and the driving condition are not great. But in spring, everything is having life, of coming back to life; as well as their spirits. Speaking of winter, there is an old cold man who used to had no emotion. But today, while he water the plants in his glass garden, a happy smile painted on his lips. For the former third leader of the organization, this season is the most peaceful in time his life. Nothing is better than seeing the neon green trees and grass shining through the low amounts of snow that m
The night of Jeonghan and Celine Honeymoon… Among the 12 calming books that will help someone take a deep breath and relax, Joshua almost finished half of the the books he is reading, entitled: ‘The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm and Mindful in a Fast-Paced World’ written by Haemin Sunim.The book shares author’s advice for well-being, mindfulness and joy in eight areas, including love, friendship, work, and spirituality. It is beautiful not just for its writing, but also because it contains over thirty full-page colourful and calming illustrations which will help someone to slow down.At this moment, Joshua firmly believes that really needs to calm himself and be relax. But how can he relax when there is someone who keeps on walking and walking around while biting his nails?Joshua placed the book on the top of his lap. Then, he fixed his eyes towards Seungcheol. From the time when he opened the book and read it until he reached the half of the contents,
Inside the small, windowless room with a brick-walled, the old woman, Kelly, is sitting on the ground with handcuffs around her wrinkled wrist. Her apathetic eyes went to the steel door in front which is equip with locks and bolts. The place is cold. Each breath slipped from her dried lips feels like there’s a frosting of white that blankets her; air thicken with the stench of her own breath. Cold and clammy, her hands and feet numb with the damp, like she’s been wrapped went sheets for long days. Her lifeless eyes roamed around the jail cell where soon could be her grave. Kelly already accepted it. She accepted dying in the hands of the organization she tried to eradicate along with Ben. She is a talented pharmacologist who makes different drugs, thinking that it will help the world be a better place. But now that Ben died, she has no wills to continue living. Kelly just waiting for the day she can die, and she asked countless of time for them to just kill her. But as if they
Warning: Scenes are not suitable for young readers. Please read at your own risk ---- ----- ------- ------- ------ ---- “Celine,” he whispered passionately. “Thank you for being with me.” Celine blinked. She was mad. She was mad to hear him saying thank you as if she was only forced to be by his side. “I’ll wait for the day when you can finally let me enter your heart,” he continued, grabbing both sides of her face with his hands and continued moving his hips. Celine’s hand on his shoulder clenched. “But now, I am contended with this. I am happy already,” he breathed fiercely, his deep eyes gazing at her. Celine is moaning, feeling his hardness rubbed on her and she still had to bite her lower lip with all her might to keep from telling him that he does not need to thank her. Seeing how she couldn’t respond, Jeonghan smiled bitterly at her silence. Her heart ached as she saw his eyes darken. She wanted to console him somehow. And so, she kissed him again while wrapping he
Warning: Scenes are not suitable for young readers. Please read at your own risk---- ----- ------- ------- ------ ----Third Person’s POV Celine understood the implication of Jeonghan’s words a bit too late.She stared at the massive manh**d ebfore her.His tip was wet,and shiny with liquid gushing out from the small hole in the center. It look somehow… fierce. Although she had felt that rubbed between her thighs before, it had never occurred to her that she will put that inside her mouth.‘Will it fit?’ Her eyes widened.She realized that she did not think if it is okay to suck it but she’s more worried if that will fit in her mouth! Celine was so shocked to herself.Jeonghan let out a mischievous smile as he watched Celine, who was faltering while laying down on the bed.“Can you do it? My innocent wife?” he asked.Celine drew a deep breath. Her pupils shook.Jeonghan told her before that they don’t need to do real sex to make him feel good but…‘Isn’t this the same as having s