Midnight stared at the leaving Ryder, his gaze gentle with a hint of sadness. His eyes dropped to his right hand and as a frown appeared on his lips, he rolled up the sleeve only to reveal the bandaged wrist. A sigh from the soul breathed through his lips.Right then his friend, who had been waiting for him in the car outside the bookstore walked over. He had seen all that happened with Midnight and Ryder, following them with a huge grin on his face like a creepy stalker observing his favorite couple being lovey-dovey. When he saw Ryder leaving and Midnight staring at his bandaged wrist, the grin on his face vanished with no trace as he frowned.As soon as Midnight was within reach, his hand grabbed Midnight's wrist gently and pushed it down. "Don't look at it.""It's bandaged anyway." Midnight blinked his eyes. He turned around to walk to the parked car by the side of the road."Does it still hurt?""A bit..."The two of them got in the car and as his friend started the engine, Midni
For some reason, Jasmine hiccupped, and to justify herself she blamed it all on Remy."Where are you going?"Jasmine didn't reply. She pushed herself away from his arms, using so much strength, Remy had no chance of holding onto her. In the end, his cute chipmunk was still stronger than him. He sighed in his heart. I have to get stronger or else when the day she will beat my ass comes, I will get disfigured. What are we going to tell our kids then?Jasmine was unaware of the future plans in Remy's head. She walked away as fast as she could, doing that awkward half-running half-walking thing. She had no desire to walk and give that rouge another chance to get hold of her. But Jasmine also didn't want to run because she was afraid that it would hurt her cute son's... ehem ehem... I mean, my cute Rem Rem's self-esteem.In her heart, Jasmine was extremely confused. Her feelings were entangled like Anna's bed hair from Frozen. Simply put, this thug couldn't come to terms with the fact that
Just as Ryder was about done with her dinner, a message popped up on her phone's screen. It was from Jasmine. And what that message contained was a photo and four words followed by a long string of exclamation marks.Jazz:【What is this situation!!!!!!!!!!!!!】Above that message was the photo. Ryder raised a brow and opened the photo. It was a picture of Remy sitting at the dining table at Jasmine's house. Next to him, with an arm around his shoulders, was Mr. Hasen with the biggest smile Ryder has ever seen on his face, lips parted as the photo was taken while he was talking. On the other hand, Mrs. Hasen was filling Remy's plate with all sorts of things with a devoted look in her eyes as if she was brought into this world for this sole purpose and her time had finally come.She brought him to meet her parents!!!! Ryder couldn't quite process this information. The Hasen men were so protective of Jasmine. What was going on?!Frowning slightly, Ryder wrote a short text to Jasmine.Ryde:
She had been staring at the screen unblinkingly for quite a while when a knock against the window brought her back to reality. Jumping in surprise, Ryder looked at the window, behind which a familiar dark silhouette squatted. Maybe it was because of Remy's text... whichever one of them... or maybe because he actually came back, her Midnight returned to her... that made her heart thump in her chest in a way it had never done before. It wasn't wild or fast... it just simply skipped a bit, softening the look in her eyes, turning them into puddles of lava. It beat in such a way it made every heartbeat feel sweet and warm as if this was the first time Ryder realized how the young man in front of her made her feel. Totally forgetting about the laptop with the concerning contents on display, Ryder turned off the light in her room, only a little lamp casting a somewhat yellowish dim light in the corner of the room, and walked to the window. "Brrr, it's so cold outside." Midnight jumped insi
Ever since Midnight started meeting his cute Ry, he had found something to look forward to every day. He would count the hours and minutes, waiting impatiently just so he could grasp that bit of happiness that Ryder's presence gave him.Then something miraculous happened, and the two of them eventually got closer and closer, more and more familiar with each other, creating an atmosphere around themselves in which Midnight wished to drown. It was a new kind of feeling that was more than happiness and he was addicted to it.It was probably because he got too accustomed to it that after being deprived of it for two weeks, he felt like a parched man dying for a drop of water, and once he found it, he couldn't have enough of it. His heart had taken control of all this body and reason had flown out of the window since he jumped into the room.Midnight had shamelessly pushed Ryder down on her bed, stolen kisses now and then, and even KISSED THE CORNER OF HER LIPS! His brain which had just st
The next day Ryder woke up particularly early for a Sunday and dragged Jasmine to Remy's work. This was a first. Jasmine had been annoyed till she was nearly losing self-control last night by her newly announced boyfriend and her family and the last thing she wanted to do right now was to see Remy. And this was an excuse. The truth was she just had absolutely no idea how to act and what to say now that the two of them were in a relationship.But Ryder was in desperate need to analyze what happened last night so she wanted Remy's opinion. Even though the guy had dug a pit for her with that "Kiss him" advice and those cursed books, it was still better than asking Jasmine whose EQ was on the side of the negative digits. And she also wanted to scold the guy for the contents of the books.In one night, Ryder felt like she had gone from being the "adopted daughter" to stealing the position of Mama Bear from Jasmine who had turned into a little harmless puppy ever since Remy made it clear th
"What do you mean?" Ryder asked Remy with a confused face."What books?" Jasmine asked even more confused.Remy looked at Jasmine for three long seconds then with a serious expression, lied. "The Bible."Ryder suddenly felt the urge to slap a certain someone upon hearing this answer. What Bible? That list of books has crawled its way up from hell! Who writes those stuff? Where do these people get these ideas from?The given answer made Jasmine even more confused, a furrow appearing between her eyebrows. Facing such an expression softened Remy's heart. His hand itched as it rested on top of Jasmine's curly hair. The sweet atmosphere almost choked Ryder who felt her teeth rotting from all this sweetness. Bah! The more romantic these two are, the lonelier I feel.(T-T)"I'm leaving," Ryder announced, but none of the duo seemed to hear her. This only made Ryder even more resentful. What is this treachery? Find a lover and forget your friends. Bah! Tsk tsk tsk. I shall take revenge later.
Midnight had already gotten out of the window, squatting on the canopy. When Ryder looked out of the window, she was momentarily dazed. There was a full moon tonight and a gentle dim light fell upon Midnight, highlighting his figure. He was dressed all in black and the mask on his face looked bewitching. The skin of that bit of his face that wasn't covered by the mask looked extremely pale and soft under the moonlight.For a second, Ryder forgot how to breathe."If your parents are asleep, then why don't you sneak out from the front door?"Midnight's words snapped Ryder out of her daze."What fool sneaks out from the front door?"Can't argue with that. For some reason, Midnight knew he couldn't convince Ryder. The truth was that he was worried she would get hurt while trying t jump down the canopy, but turns out he worried for nothing.Before he knew it, Ryder had already jumped down, impatiently waiting for him in the garden.Wha~?Ryder blushed upon facing a confused Midnight who ha