Trapped With The Devil

Section 11

*In early spring, when Emilia was fifteen, her mother took her to William's family home for the first time.

While her parents were talking and drinking tea in the living room, Emilia was given the freedom to walk around the house; to see the rose garden that Lady William had kept, looking at the library owned by Mr. William and what makes him amazed is a glass dome located in the back garden.

A piano voice seemed to invite Emilia to come closer. He's stunned. Inside the glass dome was a white piano and the black-haired young man was playing it without realizing Emilia's presence.

Her heart was pounding, although the young man had turned his back, but Emilia was nervous to death. The breeze of the spring breeze blew away the rose petals and Emilia stood there until the young man finished his game.

"Have you been satisfied to see it?"

Emilia. His guess is wrong. Since when did the young man realize his existence?

The young man turned around, strands of black hair seemed to be swaying in the wind. Emilia could see a pair of extremely charming and mysterious black beads simultaneously.

"Are you mute, Miss?"

"Aah!" Emilia. Both of his hands were fidgeting in front of his body, while his cheeks were already blushing perfectly. "M-I'm sorry!" He hurriedly bowed his body and turned around. Running to cover up his embarrassment from being caught noticing the handsome young man.

Even so, Emilia left with a grin on her lips. At that moment he felt that he had found the prince of his dreams.

He fell in love with a young man whose name is unknown.

***

Since her meeting with the young man with black hair, Emilia so often visit the William family home. He became close to the Madam and Mr. William— as well as Alex William, the young man who became his first love. The young man who became an adult man was a calm, intelligent and slightly reserved personality. But what makes Emilia more amazed because Alex is a multitalented young man. He can cook, paint, play some musical instruments, even martial arts. He is a complete package. A future husband that everyone will always want.

Until he heard a conversation between his mother and Lady William that day.

"If I have a daughter, I hope she will grow up like Emilia. Beautiful, meek and intelligent."

Madam Swan smiled proudly. "You can have it," his joke interspersed with rarity.

"Didn't Alex and Emilia look good?"

The two women looked at each other and smiled meaningfully.

"I don't think Emilia will turn down a perfect young man like Alex."

"Yes. We have to match them both."

***

Knowing the matchmaking news, Emilia was happy not playing. Although Alex did not show interest in the match, but the young man never refused all his requests. Emilia passed her days well, blissfully, as if a storm would never come.

Yep. Sometimes storms can come at any time. Unexpectedly and unexpectedly, even without any signs.

After the news of the passing of Lord William, Emilia began a new chapter in her life. At that time Alex had to replace Mr. William in the company despite his age is still quite young. They rarely meet, even communicate only occasionally. At that moment, Emilia realized that there was another figure in William's family home. Someone who is a little similar to Alex but has the same age as him—Eros William.

Stepping into high school, fate puts them in the same school and the same class. Then everything just went by, because Eros' personality is more open and outspoken, Emilia so quickly adapt—even with the two young friends, Leo and Steve.

Although Alex is rarely at home, he always notices how Eros calls Emilia's name. In an instant he realized that his sister had fallen in love with the woman he had been betrothed to.

In the afternoon, as dusk shines through the quiet classrooms, Eros kisses Emilia for the first time. Giving a flower and expressing her great feelings.

Although Emilia nodded with teary eyes that afternoon, Eros did not know how the woman's heart was so upset.

On the one hand he cannot hurt Eros by telling the truth to the young man, but on the other hand his love for Alex is absolute. Had they not been brothers, perhaps things would not have been complicated.

And had Emilia been able to act decisively back then, they probably wouldn't have been equally hurt.

***

"So you love Alex?"

Their High School farewell party is the worst day of all the worst for Emilia. Coincidentally, Eros overheard his conversation with Alex, as if the young man had indeed suspected them from the start.

"So you've been pretending all this time? All this time you've been playing me?!" Eros angry. Really angry. Emilia did not even dare to raise her head.

"Eros, I—"

"It's just that you explained everything to me. If you were a man, I would've finished you off by now." Eros is terrible. Her cold gaze and high tone were able to make Emilia tremble. "You're the worst, Emilia."

Tears could not be contained anymore, Emilia cried even without a sound. His heart was broken but Eros must have been more broken than him. Although after this he does not need to hide anything anymore and can return to the Alex he loves.

"You're worse than trash though, Emilia. You and my brother, are both useless!"

That night was the last night he saw Eros and his sharp gaze, as the following nights Eros' figure changed again to Alex. Since then also the hate speech turned to attack towards Emilia which used to be admired by many people.

It is not Emilia's desire to love Alex or hurt Eros, she is not the owner of the heart itself.

He just tried to choose, because love and heartbreak will always be together.

***

"It's not entirely your fault, Emilia."

"No. I should have been honest from the start and things wouldn't have turned out like this..."

Alex clenched her tightly to dampen the sound of Emilia's heart-wrenching cry.

"I'm the oldest one here, I should be the one who can give Eros an explanation about our relationship. But I'm busy with the company and I'm ignoring you both." Alex's gaze was sad, pointing at the night sky, where the plane—which might have been—carrying Eros had just passed above his head. "But everything has happened, I promise I will always watch over you and protect you from now on."

"L-Then what about Eros?"

Alex just took a slow breath, then grabbed Emilia without answering anything else.

"I hope he'll find his true love" he murmured inwardly*.