“Why are you still here? Don’t you have meetings to attend?” Annalise inquired when she saw Zeno in the dining area, sipping his coffee while waiting for his wife to arrive.It was now lunchtime and Annalise was puzzled while looking at her husband, who was just chilling there as if he didn’t have any appointment to attend at his office.“I took a leave for a month,” Zeno clarified when he saw her face, baffled.“Why?” Annalise asked, then decided to sit on the chair.“There’s no reason for me to take a leave. I’m the owner, after all,” he retorted, which made Annalise shake her head in disbelief.She knew that he could just take a break all of a sudden, but it was rare for her. Annalise raised her left brow and asked herself. “Am I missing something?”“We’ll be having a tour in New Zealand,” he declared, breaking the deafening silence between them.“Huh?” Annalise reacted. She glanced at her husband and she saw that he had just declared it as if it was just nothing.Zeno felt her gaz
“Thaddeus, there have been three white SUVs following us ever since we left my house,” Zeno said and glanced at Annalise for a moment just to check if she was still wearing her headphones.Annalise loves to use headphones or earphones whenever she’s traveling. The main reason is that she needs to isolate herself to imagine some scenarios that will fit her novel.“What do you mean?” Thaddeus inquired. His forehead is now crumpled because he can’t understand what his friend is saying.As far as he remembers, they deployed some of their bodyguards since they couldn’t trust Zeno’s bodyguards. They could sense danger in their aura, especially since they left Annalise when she met her friend.“They are not your bodyguards. You all lend me fifty bodyguards, right? You also gave me their information,” Zeno explained and fixed his eyes on the road while driving slowly. He’s currently thinking of a plan for how to escape them, but every time he drives fast, they always follow his car.“Before w
Annalise and Zeno spend their day at the mall, buying tons of clothes together with their bodyguards. Some of them were scattered throughout the whole area while some were following the couple.“Why do we have to buy all of this? We’re just going to spend a week, Zeno,” Annalise said while staring at the clothes that the cashier’s punching into the machine.“We’ll be going to France next week, then the last one is Nome, Alaska. I think the clothes we bought are good for a three-week trip,” Zeno explained, then gave his black card to the cashier.Annalise was just looking at Zeno and didn’t even bother to react because she was still processing what he just answered. She blinked her eyes many times, waiting for him to say that it was just a joke, but Zeno didn’t talk.Annalise cleared her throat to get his attention, which was effective. “Are you joking?”Zeno’s forehead wrinkled. He even raised his eyebrow, thinking why Annalise didn’t believe what he just replied to her a while ago. B
“Here’s your ramen. I add two eggs, dried seaweed, then dumplings as toppings—”“It’s so good!” Annalise exclaimed when the soup touched her tongue. “How did you make it?”Zeno smirked at his wife, who was now amazed at the ramen he made for her. “It’s a secret.”Annalise pouted her lips and rolled her eyes at him. “Selfish!”Zeno laughed at her remark and just shrugged his shoulders off. Now that he remembered, he used to cook for her because Annalise loved seeing him in the kitchen, wearing an apron.Thinking about those old times makes Zeno smile, especially since Annalise is still the same as before. The only difference is that she lost her memories because of the incident.Zeno is still happy, even if she can’t remember him. At least Annalise was now lowering her guard and being able to show herself, just like before.Their dinner went smoothly. They are sharing different ideas for Annalise’s passion for writing, which Zeno supports.“Why don’t you try to write a novel that has a
“Are we going to inform Zeno about this?” Ciara asked when the meeting was done.Everyone stares at her as if they didn’t expect her to ask that question, but Kazimir still answers the question. “Yes, but not now. They are both busy strolling in New Zealand. Maybe when Annalise called you, you better inform us so we could talk to Zeno.”“He still needs to know since he’s been craving to kill them,” Thaddeus uttered.…“Where are we going?” Annalise asked when Zeno decided to use his car.“We’re going to the mall. You said you wanted to experience watching a movie, right?” Zeno glanced at Annalise and when he saw that she nodded her head, he focused on the road again.“Yes, but I wanted to eat ramen again,” Annalise whispered.The corner of Zeno’s lips lifted, but he tried his best to act a fool. “We’ll eat later, but for now, we need to watch a movie.”But everything went too fast when a white van, two SUVs, and three motorcycles appeared in front to block their way. Their bodyguards
“Rose, let’s eat,” Zeno said after preparing the ramen. When they arrive at Kazimir’s house in Nome, Alaska, Annalise doesn’t communicate with Zeno as if she became distant after she witnessed how cruel he was when she killed most of the people who blocked their way.However, she knew that he needed to be heartless to survive that ambush because being soft-hearted would kill him. But she didn’t know why she needed to be distant from her husband. Aside from absorbing the incident, she remembered what Rose had said.“I can’t marry a cruel man.”Annalise closes her eyes as tight as she can. That phrase lingers in her head after locking herself in her room. She just wanted to think, but why was she feeling anxious? Is it because she married a cruel man?“Am I regretting the decision I have made?” she whispered to herself. “I just wanted to help, but why is this man being chased by a bunch of people who looked trained to kill people?”She gritted her teeth upon thinking how clueless she was
Annalise Ysia Villareal’s Point of ViewWhat was that?Why does this scene seem familiar?Who am I talking to? His baritone voice seems familiar but his face, it’s freaking blurred. But I’m confident that I’ve heard that voice previously. I just can’t point out who it was.When I open my eyes, a familiar modern room design welcomes my sight. Ah, we’re at his friend’s house in Nome, Alaska.When we arrived at this house a while ago, the interior was still clean. That's when I realized that someone is still taking care of it, even if their boss isn’t around.I placed my hand on my head when I felt that there was still a minor pain, but it was tolerable. I was just thinking a while ago about what I should do. If I talk to him like I used to? Or should I distance myself because of how cruel he was when they ambushed us?But everything became blurry when I felt my head hurt like hell. I even cried while suffering from that pain. It even took my energy until I lost consciousness.“Rose?” I
After leaving traces on my neck and chest, he glanced at me with adoring eyes. My heart whipped so badly as I felt my belly tickle.“You’re beautiful,” Zeno whispered as his hands dragged my shorts together with my undies. “You kept rubbing yourself against mine, huh?”I bit my lower lip when he told me those things, so I avoided his gaze, but to my surprise; he spread my legs effortlessly and then placed his on my sensitive part, which caused me to look at him while my lips parted.“There you go. Don’t be tempted to cut our eye contact, okay? Just look at me,” he commanded, then rubbing his finger to my clit.“Ahh!” I groaned and arched my back, causing me to press my chest onto his firm chest. He was rubbing me slowly, and I had no choice but to place my hands on his shoulder.“Don’t halt yourself on whimpering, baby. This room is soundproof. You can shout my name all you want,” he chuckled before lowering his head to my neck and licking it. “Fuck, baby. You’re so wet as hell! Are y