Trapped With The Devil
Section 48
The door opened slowly.
The room was dim, but the moonlight was enough to illuminate Selena who was asleep in her big bed.
One step. Two steps. Three steps.
Although his intention was only to ascertain whether the woman was asleep or not, but his legs turned out to be betrayal.
Unconsciously, he had stood beside the bed and stared at the nettle's face that looked finely snoring. He bends. His rough fingers stroked the two eyebrows that were linked and after that the beauty moaned slowly while tilting the body.
She pulled back her hand—afraid of waking up the woman who was only wearing a black nightgown with the thin strap. Long time he was silent. A few minutes later, his body was bent.
The shadow on the wall shows how it brings the face closer to the sleeping beauty. Kissing the lips that have often debated all his words. Pressing carefully. Then it was as if thousands of butterflies had appeared inside his stomach. It was strange but not painful. He does not hate it, but he does not mean he likes it.
As if he realized, he quickly straightened his body. Inside the dimness of the moon will not know that her thin cheeks display a slight reddish hue.
After stealing one kiss, he left without leaving a trace. But when the door closed, the two beads opened.
**
Emilia sat there with both hands tied in handcuffs. It looks sad when he sees his growing stomach. The fetus in the womb—Eros had wanted to kill him. But now why is it as if all that hatred is gone. What else when Emilia looked at him with a blank expression.
Eros took a slow breath before opening the conversation, “I already know everything.”
What Emilia has experienced so far and of course her family background, Eros has been peeled completely to the roots. From the beginning, Emilia was present in the midst of Alex and Eros to divide them. Since the woman knew, Eros was not a figure who would be generous. Seeing the background of Eros who always ignored his family and became the shadow of Alex made Emilia easily play ‘kartu’. Playing nicely, without having to bother dividing the family with his own hands, because so on, Eros who will do all that on the grounds of revenge for having been betrayed.
As people say, women and beauty are a deadly combination. That's what Emilia is like. With her beauty able to blind the eyes of Alex and Eros. One arrow for two deer, isn't that awesome?
Eros thought, all this time only he was crazy, but it turned out that Emilia was crazier. After Eros realizes that his mind has been manipulated, he has lost everything. It was as if everything was now turning around and fate slapped him even harder.
Too late in revenge, he forgot the path he went through.
Returning to focus on Emilia who has not spoken since, doctors said that the woman had a mental disorder so that the police moved her to the mental hospital—but remained under close supervision. Her aunt, Mrs Swan, is still under police questioning. Investigate whether the woman was involved in all of Emilia's plans or not.
“Emilia—“
“Didn't you want to kill me?” The woman's eyes were glazed. “You won't hesitate anymore, will you? Because I killed Alex and your mother.”
There was silence before Eros replied, “I won't do it.”
“Why?” Emilia moved her body. “Do it don't hesitate! After all I no longer care about life or death.”
The woman was crying, but her lips were always grinning.
“I can't..” Eros glanced at the woman's stomach. “...because there is flesh blood Alex in your womb.”
Emilia laughed. “You can still say that after you tried to poison me?”
Eros closed his eyes. He is a coward.
“Everything is too late, Eros,” Emilia said in a satisfied tone. “You have destroyed your own family.”
Eros looked at Emilia for a few seconds before finally getting up from the chair and turning around. He never felt this kind of pain, even more than when he knew that Emilia was with Alex.
Is this what you call regret?
Eros swore that he would never regret anything in his life even if it was something that ended badly.
“I'll be back when the baby is born,” he said stop the step for a moment, but still stand on his position. “Never try to hurt that fetus or you will feel the consequences.”
Eros knew any threat would never work because Emilia was not the person she had known all along. It's all just a trick. All of his meek demeanor was merely a diversion to the other side of him.
Eros again took a step but Emilia quickly interrupted, making her peck with the sentence that the woman said.
“Are you going to believe that I said that I really love Alex?”
Eros' hands were clenched.
Emilia leaned her body against the chair and looked at the table before her with a sad look. Her tears did not stop flowing. “I..love Alex. That's not a lie.”
Eros lifted his head. Her chest hurts, it hurts...
“I really love her..even this baby—I love her..” Emilia's cry hardened. The woman covered her face with both hands. “How could I not love Alex..”
“I even feel happy..I am happy with him.”.
The woman's cries did not stop until Eros left the room.
Leave some of his regrets there, too.
**
During these few days Selena realizes that Eros is becoming more reserved than ever.
Selena also did not understand why the man had secretly sneaked into the room and kissed her.
Isn't that weird?
That afternoon, Eros came home early. A tired expression was seen on his face, not even once did he say hello when Selena went down the stairs and passed by him.
Selena stopped her steps then glanced at Eros who was climbing the stairs quickly.
“You're not overtime?” I don't know why he wanted to attract the attention of that man. Is it because she is pregnant?
“As you can see.” Eros did stop the move, but only for a few seconds.
“Eros!” call Selena—which this time managed to make Eros turn his head with a lazy expression.
“What?”
Selena bit her lips and tilted her head. “I want...street-walk..?”.
Eros. But somehow a moment later he found himself fulfilling the woman's wish.
**
“You want to church?”
Selena nodded. “I haven't prayed for a long time.”
Eros just shrugged his shoulders and turned his eyes back to the streets were quite quiet.
Along the way they just fell silent. Too quiet. Too peaceful. But for Selena, he saw there was fatigue emanating from both eyes Eros who usually gave a sharp gaze.
Along the way too they realized that the trees were beginning to turn yellow. Some of the leaves had fallen and were scattered around the asphalt leading them to a church at the far end.
Car stopped.
Selena is stunned when Eros stands next to the car and opens the door for her.
Trying to be indifferent, Selena walks ahead of Eros as she enters the church.
Selena picked the bench in the middle and began to close her eyes while tightening both hands. While the woman was immersed in solemnity, Eros just stood there and stared at Selena's back in a mute.
“You didn't pray?”
Selena got up from the chair and looked at Eros who faithfully followed her movements.
The man did not answer. Just keep following each step Selena walked towards him.
“Hmm?” Selena wagging. “Well forget it,” he said as he passed Eros. “Come we pu—“
BRUK!
Selena's steps stopped. He quickly turned around and his eyes widened to look at Eros who was kneeling with his back shaking.
“Will God forgive me?” he said with a voice so heartbreaking. “What I've been doing all this time.”.
Selena gulps. “Eros...”
“I am a useless person!”
The man kowtowed and his body trembled even harder from crying.
Selena. Tears flowed without being asked. From that day on he believed that Eros might have changed again.
