The Twilight In Despair

She chuckled, continuing to blabber nonsense as they drove to his destination. Once they arrived, he carried her into the building and laid her gently on the bed. Her vision was still blurry, but as she looked closely, her eyes widened in recognition. She saw Christian’s face and burst into excited laughter. “I knew it,…

“You’re welcome,” he replied, smiling, pleased to see how happy she was to receive the news. “I’m really grateful,” she said, her eyes filling with tears. She couldn’t believe it was happening. “You don’t need to thank me so much. We had a deal.” Oh yes, how could she forget that? She turned back. “That’s…

“I can see you have plenty of time on your hands to be meddling in people’s business,” Kyle glared at him. “Key,” he requested, stretching his hand toward him. “I’m sorry, sir,” he apologized, hiding the key behind him. “The key.” “Sir? I would drive us.” “I’m not going to the office now, so hand…

“Alice?” Patricia called anxiously, knocking on the door. After several minutes of knocking and coaxing, Alice finally opened the door for her. Patricia walked in, sat down on the bed, and found Alice sitting there, clad in a white bathrobe. “What happened, Alice? Are you okay? Did Christian do anything to you?” her voice was…

“Are you ready to leave now, ma’am?” “Yes,” she said, picking up her phone and handbag before following Clinton out of the room. She walked downstairs behind him, and her eyes met Christian’s, who was waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs, staring at her mesmerizing beauty. Even though she wasn’t clad in…

She sat down obediently on the bench, her stomach rumbling. “Stop shouting with the mention of food,” she muttered to her noisy, hungry stomach, then turned to look in the direction he had gone. She saw him talking to the man at the food cart, his jaw set in thought. Her heart skipped a beat,…

“He’s… he’s…” “Speak!” he yelled at Mari, who was struggling to catch her breath. “Your brother…” “What happened to my brother?” Damien asked, his voice rising. “He’s here.” “What?!” His eyes widened in shock. “That bastard!” he cursed. “What in the world is he looking for?” He frantically began looking for something to cover his…

“An opportunity will soon arrive,” she said calmly before hanging up. Standing before the glass window, she missed the view of the beautiful city of Canada, the lights shining like stars, the indistinct sounds of car honks, and blaring sirens. Her attention, however, was elsewhere, her eyes glued to her phone as her heart tightened.…

The guard, dressed in black, walked toward the table to grab the knife. “Who sent you to her?” “No one, I swear, no one.” “Hm. Then where were you taking her?” The guard asked, playing with the tip of the knife as he slowly approached the man. “Just somewhere…” he said, crying, unsure of how…

“Of course, done by the chef. What did you expect?” She rolled her eyes at his usual bragging. Always boasting, she thought to herself. “Let’s dig in,” he said, and they began to eat. Smiling, he noticed how much more comfortable she seemed. She was eating with him without hesitation now. Maybe it was just…