PROLOGUE“I WANT YOU SO BAD”

It was late at night, and Andrea was fast asleep in her room when Lana heard three consecutive knocks on the door.

Being busy in front of her laptop, her eyebrows furrowed, and she glanced at the wall clock hanging on top of the refrigerator.

"Who is this? It's past nine o'clock, and who would even think to come by at this hour?" she whispered before standing up.

Lana first peeked through the peephole of the door to see who it was. After a while, her chest immediately trembled when she saw Andrew standing outside.

It took a long time for Lana to react. So she was even surprised when Andrew knocked again, but this time, it was more persistent and seemed like he couldn't wait.

"What do you need, and why are you here? It's late," she asked formally after opening the door for the young man. "Andrea is already asleep, so if you can leave and come back tomorrow?" she shooed the man away.

But Andrew ignored her and instead lifted the corner of his mouth before speaking. "Can I come in?" he replied, bringing his face even closer to hers.

Lana quickly felt a wonderful shiver when the smell of alcohol on Andrew's breath crossed her face. That's what she noticed, explaining why she didn't seem to be herself when she nodded.

"Would you like some coffee?" she asked after closing the door, with Andrew already inside the house.

Andrew's faint laugh did not escape her hearing. "Sounds like a real wife," he said, then started to step closer to where she was standing.

Automatically feeling alarmed, Lana decided to take action and went to the kitchen to make coffee for the young man.

Unaware that Andrew had followed her, she accidentally dropped the teaspoon she was holding, making a noise on the tiled floor when he spoke behind her.

"Are you okay, Lana?" amusement was in Andrew's tone when she looked at him standing just a step away from her.

Lana nodded one after another and then turned her back on the young man again to continue making his coffee. But her chest tightened even more when she felt Andrew's both hands on her waist.

"Lana," Andrew whispered in her ear, causing her to sigh violently.

"Andrea might wake up," she said, trying to free herself from the young man's grip, and she succeeded.

She walked away from Andrew, bringing his coffee cup into the living room, then laid it on the center table. "Drink this and then leave," she calmly shooed the man away.

Andrew just stared at her, then, as if nothing, he wet his red lips. Later, the young man stepped closer to her again. So she was immediately pushed back to the slightly open door of her room.

"I don't like that," he said, referring to the coffee he had mixed, and then continued to take steps closer to her.

Lana swallowed, and since her room was behind her, she had nowhere else to go but in there. "W-What do you want?" she asked nervously.

The corner of Andrew's lip lifted once again, and then she was finally grabbed by both shoulders and gently pushed into the room. His quick actions were able to push the door shut and then press the knob lock.

"Isn't it obvious to you that I want you?" Andrew pulled her arm, so she ended up hugging him.

She struggled to free herself, but because the man was stronger than her, she didn't do anything when he pushed her against the wall and then bent down and kissed her hard on the lips.

It was as if Lana's whole being was paralyzed once again as she tasted the lips that for how many times made her lose her sanity. The lips she had dreamed of since she became a fangirl. Since she became his fan. And these were the same reasons why Andrea came into her life.

She knew it wasn't the first time Andrew had kissed her. In fact, the man had done more than that to her. But Lana could not understand why she was so weak at that very moment.

Was it because he himself admitted to her that he liked her?

She wasn’t sure, nor did she understand everything.

Andrew kissed her long and hard. She could not handle the man, no matter how hard she struggled. Especially when he held her hands even more and raised them above her head.

Andrew became even more aggressive at that moment.

Lana let out a violent sigh as Andrew pressed his body hard against hers while continuing to kiss her. Until she felt his hand on her buttocks, then the next thing she knew is that she was lifted by him.

Lana's eyes widened as she felt the hard object bulge in the front of Andrew's pants.

"I want you so bad, Lana," Andrew whispered as he released her lips for a moment, then claimed them again afterward.

At that moment, all of Lana's restraint finally gave up.

Maybe that was also due to the fact that she too was always excited and looking forward to something like this.

So no matter how hard she tried to get out of the young man's arms before, she was the one who wrapped her arms tightly around his neck now.

She responded with warm kisses on his lips, as if Andrew had no plans to let go of her.

Soon, she started to moan when she felt Andrew's gentle bite on her lower lip.

What the young man did brought Lana back to her sanity. She was even able to slap Andrew, which shocked him so much that she managed to get away from the man's seemingly iron arms.

"P-Please leave. I don't know what you want to happen, but it's better if you will leave now," she said as her voice broke.

The man just stared at her. "I know you like me too, Lana," he replied to what she said.

Lana's mind was very confused. Maybe that’s why her emotions changed so quickly. And that’s also the reason why she gave up so easily and became vulnerable to Andrew’s simple kisses and hugs.

She shook her head then wiped away the tears. "It doesn't matter if I like you or not, Andrew. All I want now is for you to leave. I don't want Andrea to see you here at this time and night," she replied.

Andrew's jaw tightened at what she had said. "You can't take Andrea away from me," he said emphatically.

"I'm not going to take her away from you. But for your information, I just want to remind you that we have lived without you! I brought her out of this world without you! We can handle and we will be fine even just the two of us!" she said in a low but firm tone.

"It all happened because you hid her from me!" Andrew's strong response was also in a low tone.

"Because that's the right thing to do!" she replied.

Andrew laughed softly. "I'll be back," he said as he left the room.

When she heard the sound of the car leaving, Lana finally let out her tears. Many questions filled her mind, and her concern extended beyond herself to Andrea.