Mimi had changed. She was no longer the girl who loved him with all her soul. A matching smile used to blossom on her face whenever she saw him. But now, it was as if he bore no place in her heart anymore.It pissed Elias off the more he grappled with that reality. She had been in so, so much love with him! So how!? How could her love be so… so weak? So malleable!?“Mimi Norton!” Elias bellowed through gritted teeth as he glowered at her. “That’s all there is to it, isn’t it? You love the kind

All manner of control fell apart.In the dark, Elias tasted Mimi’s lips with the hunger of a desert wanderer who found a fountain in an oasis. He shoved her to the wall, trapping the young woman’s weaker body under the tyranny of his stronger physique and snuffing out any struggle or protest.There was a hint of nectar in her lips. Tasting it made stopping impossible.His fury had found itself an outlet. His lips angrily planted themselves onto hers, retreated, scraped through her neck, made her tremble. Slithered upward, snaked along the bony frame of her ear, circled back to her cheek.A chilling trickle wetted his lips.Elias stopped dead on his movement and licked his lip with the tip of his tongue. A hint of saltiness stung his taste bud, and a surge of bitterness raided his throat.He felt a pang on his chest as though a sledgehammer had landed on him. He stared at Mimi’s eyes in a baffled trance. He could see the weakly glistening trails on her cheeks and her puffy eyes ev

Mimi shuffled her feet mechanically into the dressing room’s costume section and undressed. She was about to change when her eyes darted to the mirror, meeting blue-black spots glaring from her skin. She froze, and her eyes reddened again.“Enough is enough, Elias. I’m giving up on you. I really am…”She told herself she was never going to mistreat herself anymore. Loving another was a Sisyphean labor, plain and simple. Now, she would rather be loved than to love—the former might make her happ

The assistant regarded her with pity. “Mimi? I really think you should take the day off.”She shook her head. “No. But maybe… Maybe we can shoot some of the sadder scenes today. I think I’m bursting with the blues today, anyway. Could be really useful for the sadder scenes.”Mimi’s adamant stance made Zeke relent with a sigh. “Okay. Take an hour's break while I go about some other scenes. When you’re up and ready, we’re going for several shots in Scene #163. Take a look at the script, work up

She had never been deflowered. At least, not until…His eyes stared unseeingly to that incriminating stain, his mind blanked. His heart was laden by the weight of unforgiving regret. She was late to return home this morning, but it was not because she had been sleeping around. Despite her so-called self-admission on being lecherous, the impression could not be further from the truth. So what the hell had overcome Elias last night? When had the reign over his own emotion become so impotent!?