Trapped With The Devil

Section 10

Eros gets back in the car to pick up the plaster after he takes Emilia to the side of the road. He does not have much time and if he has it, he does not want to linger involved with the woman.

With the expression as flat as possible, Eros handed the plaster to Emilia who had only been silent since the meeting.

"You can pair it yourself, right?"

Emilia looked up, her head nodding doubtfully. "Uh."

"Take it then!" eros' orders are a little impatient.

Emilia quickly grabbed the plaster Eros had thrust at her. The awkwardness was really torturous, when in the past, they were so familiar. Such is the case of humans, the close can become far away that can become close. But he knew it was his fault, his choice. It was he who made Eros go away from him.

Without saying anything more, Eros immediately got into the car, started the engine and disappeared as fast as a blink of an eye.

Emilia sighed softly. What did he expect? The man's attention? Even if he had been hit dead earlier, it felt like Eros would not care. Although now their bond has become brothers.

He only hoped that Alex would not question the plaster attached to his leg.

***

When Eros returned from a meeting for his project, Leo was already sitting in his room with his legs crossed and arms folded over his chest. Eros paid no heed to the probing gaze that the man laid on him.

"What did you do to Selena?"

Eros stood next to his desk and drank the remaining coffee. His head turned for a while as Leo suddenly mentioned the name of his fiancee. "What did I do to Selena?" Eros repeated as if unsure. "Since when has it been your business?"

Leo sighed. "The assistant kept asking me about Selena. He called me hundreds of times and even came to my apartment."

"Assistant? Selena has stopped being a model."

"You crazy?!" Leo stood up from his seat. "What exactly are you planning? It's different than what you said back then. You know, even though he loved you once but I don't think it's a good idea to drag him too far—"

"Why do you care so much about him?" Eros turned around, next to his eyebrows raised. "You like it?" He's accusing Leo. Given that Selena and the man were once involved in a photo shoot together.

Leo laughed dryly. "You've forgotten, what have we done to him?"

Eros turned his face away, not intending to answer.

"You used it because you knew he wouldn't fight, right?"

Leo closed his eyes for a moment. After taking a deep breath, his expression returned to normal. "I don't mean to interfere in your business. I just don't want you to get into any more complicated trouble for bringing in someone who's not supposed to be involved in your problems."

Door's closed. Eros turned around and sat down on the chair with her body leaned back. He remembered the servant saying that his mother had visited the house and talked to Selena.

***

Emilia smiled warmly as she arranged the food on the table when Alex came in with a suit already draped in her left arm. To cover up the wreck earlier this afternoon, he wore long pink sleeping pajamas. He did not want Alex to be too worried and ask for details of the incident he experienced. Especially when the unfortunate incident involved Eros. Alex may have thought that his sister deliberately did all that.

"When have you been cooking?" Ask Alex plainly. As she recalled, Emilia's smooth hands were never used to touch kitchen utensils.

Emilia pursed her lips while pouring water into glass cups. "Before marrying you, I learned to cook with Mom."

Alex nodded while giving a brief peck on Emilia's cheek. "I'll be fine, right?"

"What do you mean?" Emilia punched the man's field chest and turned around. "You think my cooking contains poison, don't you?"

Alex chuckles. She hugged Emilia from behind. "I'm just kidding."

Emilia grunting. "Here, take a shower. How long are you gonna hug me like this?"

"Until I die."

Emilia stunned.

Until I die. That phrase...

"I will always love you Emilia, until I die."

"No. Forever. Even after I die."

Alex raised his head when Emilia was just speechless. "Hey? You daydreaming?"

"Aah!" Emilia blinked quickly. "No," he said letting go of Alex's embrace and grabbed the suit the man was holding. "Hand, the food will be cold."

The woman glared, while Alex just fell silent while staring at Emilia's departure.

I don't know why, but he felt that something was off.