Trapped With The Devil
Section 38
Alex's funeral was accompanied by a bitter cry from Lady William and Emilia. The two women roared, hugging the wet ground that enveloped the lifeless body. Makes anyone turn their face away from pity.
Including Selena.
Alex was a hit-and-run victim, but last night the police managed to catch the culprit. The tragic incident was able to remind him of the incident where his father also experienced the same thing. It is painful when a loved one leaves us all of a sudden. But in that way God reminds us that death can pick up anytime and anywhere. Most importantly, remind us to be able to love and forgive each other, so that there is no regret when we realize that the person who has gone turns out to be very meaningful.
Beside him, Eros stood up. Holding umbrellas that protect their bodies from rainwater. The man did not cry. But the look in his eyes showed such a deep wound. And Selena knows, most of it is regret.
It's good that Eros is starting to understand. At least the man should learn the meaning of gratitude and forgiveness. Not always the pain must be repaid with pain. Tears do not always have to be returned by tears. How could God forgive so easily while man himself is so stubborn?
“Come, home.”
Selena was unable to continue to look at Lady William and Emilia who were unceasingly roaring. He remembered his parents and could cry anytime after this. More than that, his heart was disturbed when he saw Eros who had not moved at all since the funeral began.
“Eros?”
The man blinked and then looked at him. With her mouth tightly shut, Eros grabbed onto Selena's shoulder with her cold hand. They turned around, intending to leave the funeral first.
PRAK!
“ARE YOU SATISFIED NOW?!”
Their steps stopped.
Everyone was shocked when Emilia threw the dirty soil towards Eros' back blindly.
PRAK!
“TELL ME ARE YOU SATISFIED NOW?!”
PRAK!
“ANSWER I B*JINGAN!”
PRAK!
“Enough.”
Selena turned and drove the ground against Eros' back so that it hit her chest.
Everyone hold their breath.
“What by saying like it can make Alex come back?” selena asked with a flat expression. “Pacify yourself, Emilia.”
Eros stunned.
What did Selena do?
After seeing Emilia—which seemed like she would not throw the ground again, Selena turned back. The woman sighed softly as she pulled Eros's arm regardless of her dirty clothes.
“Ayo.”
**
“Come in and clean yourself up,” Selena said when they got home and stood in front of each room's door. No conversation all the way home. Instead of easing, the rain is also getting heavier.
Finding Eros who did not respond to her words, Selena finally chose to enter her own room, but before that—
“Do not go.”
His right hand was held by Eros' large, cold hand. There was a little shaking there. Either because of the cold or something else...
Selena turned her head. The woman gasped as she looked at Eros who was staring at her with tears—though her expression showed no sadness.
This was the first time Selena had seen the man cry.
“You can mock me or laugh at me,” Eros said as if knowing the heart of Selena. “Just don't go.”
The grip is getting tighter. It was so tight that Selena's hand hurt.
“Do not go..”
“Do not go..”
Eros continued to fumble like a child. The man leaned his head against Selena's chest and hugged her tightly. His body was trembling now.
“Do not per—“
“Sst. I'm not going anywhere.”
Doubtful, Selena rubbed the man's back with one of her hands. His head then looked up to stare at the ceiling. As if asking God what he should do...
He knows very well what it feels like to lose and he knows very well what it feels like to have no back. Selena could have been nonchalant and chose to enter her room. But he instead finds himself reciprocating Eros' embrace as if their relationship was fine before this incident.
An indeterminate feeling of anxiety lodged in her heart, Selena thought it was the result of her pregnancy hormones. No matter how much he hated Eros or anyone else, he couldn't possibly laugh at his suffering.
“Crying.”
That day Eros hugged Selena until the man fell asleep. That day, Selena understood how fragile Eros was behind all his cold attitude.
The man just lost his way. Getting lost in the dark without looking for a way home. His heart is not dead, but he has not been able to give all the pain.
**
Steve repeatedly glanced at Eros' room on the second floor from behind the steering wheel. The room looked dark. He asked, could Eros have slept?
Next to him Leo had just ended a call with someone and kept his phone in his pocket.
“What do you think?”
“I hope he's okay.”
Leo sighed. “She's obviously not doing well.”
Steve looked. “Then we have to make sure that he is fine.”
Leo shook his head quickly. “Eros is married,” he said while leaning the body on the chair. “Although I don't know what kind of wedding they are having.”
Steve clucking. As a friend he knew that Eros was devastated by this incident. The man probably did not expect that Alex would end up tragically before his own eyes. But Steve was a little grateful, after this incident he came to know, that Eros still has a conscience.
“After this..” Leo back to voice, “approximately what will Eros do?”
“What do you mean?”
Leo looked. “I mean, his relationship with Selena and also...Emilia.”
Steve closed his eyes and tightened his grip on the steering wheel. “Eros...will never let go of Selena,” he said as he glanced back at the man's room with a meaningful gaze.
“Why should he?”
“You mean why should the cupu?”
“The feeling of a woman is not easy to change.”
“I don't understand.”
“Because he once loved me it will be easier to control it.”
“You want to play Selena?”
“It's enough I chase after the person I love, it's time I welcome the person who loves me.”
“Maybe he doesn't love you anymore.”
“Then I will make him love me again.”
