Trapped With The Devil

Section 16

Unilateral love.

Whenever Selena remembers Eros' treatment of her, she remembers Emilia's treatment of her.

I don't believe in karma. But the wise always say that what we plant is what we will reap. From him, for him. It's just that Eros puts his ego first rather than accepting what happened and giving everything away. And all those wounds will never end. In fact, Eros could not even meet Emilia after the incident. Last night he found the man smoking his cigarette.

Selena sat on the edge of the window with the curtains left open. He could hear the sound of waves coming from his room. I don't know what happened to Alex and Emilia after she found out that her husband lied about the accident this afternoon. Problem Eros..the man must be sipping alcoholic beverages in his room—easy to guess.

Suddenly he remembered Eros saying that Alex and Emilia had killed his son. Various speculations surfaced, but her little heart screamed that she did not believe all the words that came out of the man's mouth. Emilia loves Alex, impossible if she is willing to do such an intimate thing with Eros, unless it is based on other reasons.

All that..not true, right?

Selena sighs. What else does he not really know? He's a complete stranger here. Obviously not knowing anything. He only knows that he once loved Eros and then was heartbroken.

If Eros and Emilia really ever had a child—not even imagine Selena could not.

***

The bell rang as Eros was sitting by the window and enjoying his whisky. She thought it was Selena, but when she opened the door, Alex appeared. Standing straight with a cold expression that he rarely saw.

Eros. Didn't let Alex in or throw the guy out.

"Whatever you're planning, I hope you stop everything right now."

Eros sat back on the sofa and glanced at Alex who was standing in the middle of the dimness of his room. His legs crossed with a gesture that was too relaxed. "Wiskey?" hold it up while raising a glass.

"You have to get rid of that bad habit of yours."

"A long time ago" Eros said, "you didn't lecture me like that."

Alex took one step forward. "I beg you, don't nullify our marriage again. Forget everything Eros, if you want to hit me then hit me until you're satisfied. Don't be like this."

"What-like?" Eros's eyes flashed from behind the glass he was holding.

"You're acting like you still love Emilia, but I know it's just a trick to make Emilia feel sorry for you, and then once she falls in love, you'll dump her."

Eros chuckles. "Knowledge, huh?" He kept his glass and clapped his hands, mocking. "It's not wrong that you're chosen to be Dad's successor."

"Like it or not, we are brothers" Alex said firmly. "I've known you since you were born. There's nothing you can hide from me, Eros."

"If you know me so well, why do you keep marrying her?" sahut Eros fast. "You always take cover behind the reasons for the match when you love her too."

Alex closed his eyes for a moment, thinking that arguing with Eros was like arguing with a child. Until you are not allowed to win. "Yes. I was wrong" he said later.

"true." Eros nodded quickly. "The lies that you've been lying about can't get me to sleep for weeks, even months, until now, every time I fall asleep the shadows of you two always fill my head." His tone was calm but every word was so sharp. "Until I find out that Emilia is pregnant and miscarried, it feels like I want to kill you both to take the life of my son."

Alex lowered his head, something felt punching his heart until he felt nauseous. A week after Eros left for Oxford, Emilia accidentally fell down and found another fact that she was pregnant. The day the woman found out, that day she lost her baby.

Emilia cried under her feet, begging for mercy, and felt devastated at the loss of her future baby. But Alex can't blame anyone for everything that happened as a result of his mistake.

"Everything has become the past" Alex said. "If you can't forgive me and Emilia, that's fine. But don't torture yourself and...Selena."

Eros laughed lightly. He got up from the chair while grabbing a glass with a little whiskey left, then—

PYARS!

The glass shattered into pieces under Alex's feet.

"Can you pick up the broken glass and make it whole again?" Eros grinned, but before long he said in a cold tone, "that's what my heart is like, how could you easily ask me to forget everything you've done?"

"South!"

DEG!

"Get out." Eros turned around, his hand holding onto the body of the chair as his chest suddenly felt tight and throbbing pain.

"No, Eros. We have to finish this—"

"KUBILANG OUT!"

***

Selena automatically hides behind the wall when the door opens and Alex exits Eros' room. His feelings are getting more and more uncertain. After making sure Alex went inside her own room, Selena rushed in. What he found was a dark room and broken glass scattered not far below his feet.

"Eros?" Selena saw the man curled up on the edge of the bed. He quickly bowed, trying to ascertain the man's condition.

"H-Hey, you..." Her eyes widened. Eros looked deathly pale with cold sweat drenching his face and neck. "What..what happened?"

Alex couldn't have hurt his sister. Although Selena found the broken glass, but no part of Eros' body was injured, except for her breath that seemed to sting.

"Eros?" No matter how much Selena hates him, but she can't see him in pain. At least he has a conscience.

Eros's breathing grew heavier, while Selena panicked.

What should he do?! Let Eros die here?!

Selena shook her head. He laid down the man's body and slapped himself before looking down to give an artificial breath.

As her mother said, Selena is too kind-hearted for this cruel world.

***

"***When I grow up, I want to be like my brother." Little Eros smiled sweetly while standing next to Alex who was sitting with a brush and colorful paint in his hand.

Alex raised his eyebrows. "Why?"

Eros pursed his lips with a hand that held his chin, while his eyes spun upwards.

Alex chuckles. Eros looked so adorable that he couldn't bear to mess up the five-year-old's hair. "You're so sweet. Rather than wanting to be like a big brother, you better be yourself."

"But Big Brother is great. I'm always praising Brother."

Alex looked at Eros gently and affectionately. "Father also often praised Eros, really. Even he loves Eros more than big brother."

Eros pulled Alex's hand off his head. "Sister is lying again" he accused, pouting. His father always praised Alex who had talent in all fields and Eros only became a shadow for Alex who was so shining.

"Son't lie." Alex puts down his painting equipment and bends down to equalize his position with Eros. "You want to be like a big brother just to get compliments from Dad, right?"

Eros shrug.

Alex chuckles. His hands held the boy's shoulders. "For older brother, Eros is a great son and the most beloved sister. So don't ever get discouraged, okay?"

Both eyes are big Eros sparkling. "really?"

"Of course." Alex nodded for sure.

The boy smiled and hugged Alex tightly. "I love Brother!"

"I love you too, Eros***."

...ros!

...The eros!

"South!"

"Uhuk! Uhuk!"

Selena breathed a sigh of relief. His body was leaning on the edge of the bed with his eyes tightly closed. He thought the man was going to die.

For a moment, he opened his eyes again and glanced at Eros who was staring at the ceiling of the room with a still messy breath. Without a second thought, Selena stood up and grabbed a glass of water for her to give the man. "Drink," he said, shitting his face.

Eros glanced at Selena who she herself did not know since when or how the woman could be in her room. The last time he remembered was Alex who left after he snapped at the man.

Selena sighed softly. "Can't you wake up?"

But Eros brushed off his hand as he was about to help the man.

Selena grunts quietly. "Bas stubborn."