***Kai***
…
“Where are we going?” I ask as I got into his car.
I’m wearing a white, cotton dress with jeans. My eyes look
appreciatively seeing Charles in a sleeveless shirt, exposing his strong
muscles.
With his sunglasses on, he looks like a celebrity.
“There’s this movie that I want to watch. Then I want to
stroll down the high streets and have lunch.”
“Sounds like a date,” I say jokingly.
Charles starts the car. “Think whatever you want,” he says
without looking at me.
We’re in a theatre watching a rom-com movie.
I never knew Charles is into these kind of stuff, but
instead of watching the screen, Charles watches me instead.
Sometimes he has that hungry look and I turn away,
pretending I didn’t see.
I feel afraid. I haven’t felt happiness for so long. I’m
afraid if I get too happy, then life would throw me back into the gutter.
But when the movie ends, Charles grabs my hand and takes me
outside, his hand still tightly clasped on mine.
He makes me feel…secure and my heart sight in contentment.
We wade through the high street. Today, we’re not master and
servant. Today, we’re just two people.
“So if you’re not a lawyer, what are you doing now?”
Charles doesn’t say anything. He stares straight ahead as he
pulls me through the crowd.
“Nothing. I’m not doing anything,” he says finally.
“My dad wants me to take over the company, but I’ve no
intention to be a businessman. He hasn’t bitched about my decision yet. I think
he’s just happy that I’m finally back in that house.”
“So if you’re not a lawyer and you don’t want to take over
the company, what do you want to do? You can’t just keep blowing your dad’s
money.”
Charles looks at me. “My dad would rather spend his time in
the company than with his family.
He would sacrifice his love and happiness for the sake of
money. To him, money is all that matters. So why can’t I use those money that
he loves so much?”
I hear loneliness in his voice and my heart aches for him. This
man, he must be so lonely by himself in that cold mansion.
He has never received love from anyone.
No wonder he distrust everyone.
“Okay, let’s just enjoy this date and not think about
anything else,” I say.
I see other girls looking at Charles appreciatively and my
face glows happily, because I’m the one standing beside him, with his hand on
mine.
I bite my bottom lip to keep myself from smiling.
“Stop biting your lip,” Charles says.
“Why?”
“Because it makes me want to kiss you. And I won’t be gentle
either even if we’re surrounded with these people.”
I laugh. That doesn’t sound too bad.
He stops and pulls me to him, before his mouth comes
crashing down on mine.
I gasp, but his mouth continues to devours me.
I feel myself coming apart from his lips on my mouth, his
arm snaked around my waist.
My back arches slightly, my head tilts up and I open my
mouth to deepen the kiss.
I don’t care who’s watching me right now. The world cease to
exist other than him.
Before I know it, he dominates my world and breaks it into
pieces, and he becomes my world instead.
I feel myself give in to him, my heart opening itself to
allow him in.
He doesn’t knock on my door, he simply burst in.
He rips away my rationality until I think of nothing but
him.
He alone consumes my entire thoughts.
And probably my heart.
“Kai?”
I break away from our kiss, his arms still around me.
I turn to find one of my old classmates with a group of her
friends, watching me intently.
My eyes widens in horror. What the hell is my ex-classmate
doing here? Shit, I thought no one would recognize me.
“It is you! Woah, look at you. I thought you’re still a
penniless hobo but you look pretty good! And with a gorgeous boyfriend too.”
“Jean, you know her?” One of her friends asks her.
“Yeah, she was my classmate. It’s funny how life turns out. This
girl here, she used to be rich. She had everything back then.
She was clever, popular, good at everything and everyone
fucking loved her. She came to school with a fucking Bentley, with a chauffeur
and all.”
She turns to me. “But you can’t have everything, can you? Life
is fair. One minute she’s Miss Perfect, the next second, everything got taken
away from her. She ended up with nothing.”
I can’t breathe. Stop…
I know Charles is listening to every single word she’s
saying, and I don’t want him to hear the rest, because I know what’s coming.
“Really? What happened?” One of her friends says in
interest.
“Her parents died in a car crash. From that time, she lost
her home and everything they owned to the debt collectors. It’s a shame you can’t
go back to uni, Kai.
You would’ve aced first class for your degree.”
I feel like I’m watching a train coming towards me and I can’t
do anything to stop it…
“Do you know how low she has sunk? It shows humans are
capable of many things when they’re desperate.” Jean says with a smirk.
“What do you mean?” Her friend asks.
“She was a rich girl. Now, she’s nothing but a criminal.”
I hear Charles sucks in a breath but I don’t turn to look at
him. My hands are fisted on my sides and I feel, so terribly cold.
My world is sucked back into the darkness and I’m suddenly
blind.
“A criminal?” I hear someone asks.
“Yes. Kai went to jail for attempted murder.”