>>Roshni I knew I had to give him an answer. I couldn’t stall it anymore. Not for him, not for me. I knew it wasn’t possible. I knew the words of rejection won’t ever come out of my mouth since I’m madly in love with him too. The feelings that were exploding like a volcano in my heart would say only one thing now. Just looking at him and just thinking about him makes me happy. And perhaps, I should think about what makes me happy. I’m fretting over the world I lived in for centuries but never got to experience these feelings there. But here, it’s different. My life here has been short but I’ve loved every single day. I wish to stay here more than anything, I wish to stay with this person in front of me. “Fine,” I gripped his finger tightly as my own heart pounded violently in my chest, “I’ll stay with you.” I felt so shy it was hard to look at him, “I surrender.” I smiled, “To you.” “Really?” He couldn’t believe it at first. He was even bewildered and stared at me with his eyes
>>Roshni (4 years later) “You know.” I licked the ice cream from my ice cream cone as Emilio and I sat on the beach side at night, “I can tell you’ve been meaning to ask something for quite some time now.” He looked at me guiltily, “How long…?” He looked like a criminal who had got caught. “Honestly, for months at this point.” “Shit..” He looked defeated as buried his head in his free hand while the ice cream was melting in his other. “Finish that before it melts onto your hand,” I said and he raised his head to look at the starry sky. He sighed, “It’s nice,” He stared at something distant, “Isn’t it?” The soft sand was comfortable to sit on, the sound of ocean waves was extremely calming and the soft wind that followed just blew one's worries away. “Mmm,” I replied to affirm. Emilio quietly ate his ice cream as he kept looking at the clear black sky and I could tell there was something on his mind but I waited for him to say it first and ate my dessert quietly. The silence b
In order to find something, you need to truly look, look into places where you least expect it to be. Sometimes, unexpected situations bring you closer to what you want than anything else. Sometimes you find the things you have lost in places you never even thought about. **** >> Hazel Stealing is bad. Like really bad It’s a crime. Something you shouldn’t do because it can land you in trouble. Trouble with the police? Yes. But other than that, it can land you in trouble with a crazy psycho dude who seems like he belongs to the underworld. Not just some random dude from the mafia but some high official at that. I gulped as I had my hands tied behind my back and a muscular huge black man was holding me down while another man with jet black hair, blue eyes, with a fairly good height, and fair skin was looking at me while he sat on the chair in front of me. “Stealing are we?” He smiled at me and flashed his perfect white teeth at me, “From me?” He smirked, “Do you have any ide
>> Hazel“Emilio” Valek spoke to his son in a calm yet strong voice, “She is not your mother.” Emilio turned his head towards his father while still hugging me and Valek extended his hand towards him, “Come here.” There wasn’t any softness in his voice even though he was talking to a child and his own son at that.“No!” Emilio buried his face in my stomach, “You shaid mommy went far way, she’s bwack now!” I could feel his grip on my shirt get tighter.“Emilio.” Valek grabbed his shirt from the back and pulled him off of me, “Your mommy is d-”“Boss!!” Another abrupt voice of a person cut Valek’s words short and made us all turn to the entrance of the warehouse. A man wearing a black dress shirt and pants was panting by the door. His hair was a bit disheveled and he had a thin physique but the moment he saw Emilio and Valek he calmed down and adjusted his slightly crooked glasses and hair.“Ren.” Valek glared at him, “I see you’re neglecting your duties.”“I’m really sorry boss.” He lo
>>HazelI looked at Valek in bewilderment as he stood up again and looked down at me.“You want me to become a mother for your son?” He nodded and I scoffed, “You want me to marry you?” I looked at him in disgustHe smirked, “What a ridiculous idea you got from my words. I would never marry you.” He narrowed his eyes, “Not ‘someone’ like you.”Although I would never want that kind of thing either, his words offended me greatly.“I don’t like you, not one bit,” I replied.“Likewise, as if I would find a ‘petty thief' any attractive.” We both glared at each other for a while but Valek was very impatient, “You have five seconds to decide.” He said, “If not,” He looked at the bulky man behind me, “Kill her.”My eyes grew wide and my heart started to beat like crazy when the bulky black man stepped closer to me. “One,” Valek started counting without any delay, “Two,” From the corner of my eyes I saw the bulky man take out his gun, “Three,” He placed the gun at the back of my head, “Four.”
>> HazelI ran like crazy through the forest since at the moment the only thing on my mind was to lose the men who were tailing me. For that purpose, I deliberately took a lot of turns and ran into thicker parts of the forest where there were a lot of bushes and plants to cover me.I purposely chose the path which didn’t allow a proper view of the way ahead and had many things to block the view of a person.I ignored everything and focused only on escaping but still running barefooted was not a good idea. I was getting scratches all over my feet from all sorts of things on the ground and the pain was tingling the rest of my body.After a while of simply running like crazy, I glanced back and saw no sign of anyone behind me, that’s when I slowed down.The adrenaline running through my veins started calming down as well and exhaustion began to take over.As I shifted from running to jogging to walking I felt the heat leave my body in heavy puffs while sweat started dripping down my skin
>>HazelI opened my eyes and felt how heavy my head was. It felt like there was a lot of pressure on it and because of that, it took me a few seconds to realize where I was.I shook my head and tried to stabilize it even though it felt like my head was going to drop down on the floor due to how weighty it was.I then tried to move but couldn’t.What?My hands were stuck somewhere so I shot my head above and noticed them shackled to the bedframe of the bed I was sitting on.“You’re awake?” I heard someone say from the side and I turned my head towards him. It was a doctor, or well, he did seem like a doctor with his white doctor's coat, neatly styled black hair that matched his black eyes along with the syringe he was holding in his hand.Syringe?My gaze followed to the place where he was removing his hands from.An IV drip?It was attached to the back of my hand.What!? Why?!!“Of course she’s awake.” Another voice disrupted my thoughts and made me turn my head towards the owner of t
>>HazelI woke up with a terrified gasp and immediately sat up while a shiver went down my spine.Drops of sweat rolled down my neck and forehead as I breathed heavily. My eyes frantically scanned the room which was now empty.Hesitantly, I turned my head and looked around. The room was empty, there was no one there but me.I took a sigh of relief and calmed down a bit.I let out a soft breath and looked down at the back of my arms that were resting on my thighs.Wait- A sudden realization came to me as I stared at them.I’m free?!I shot my head back at the bed’s headboard where I was previously tied with a chain but now, there was nothing there.Just the plain old frame back.Strange…I looked at my arms and hands again, the IV drip was no longer there either. I turned my head to the side but didn’t see any IV stand either.What the hell?I turned my head straight again and noticed something different.Bandages?I blinked a few times to make sure that what I was seeing was right.