Let love simply bloom more, even with rejection sometimes. Because when it surges back, it would be impossible to be stopped again. Zoey halted from her steps when she saw a silhouette opening the fridge after she stepped inside the kitchen. She got thirsty in the middle of the night so she wanted something to drink somehow. "Hello? Dio, is that you?" Zoey turned on the lights and there was her husband, looking for something while his back was bent over. Zoey averted her gaze for a while because damn. Dionysus' back looked so manly on her eyes. "I just wanted to make you some milk. I promised to do that for you nights ago, remember?" Zoey strutted towards Dionysus, leaned towards the countertop, hugged herself and watched him prepare a glass and a carton of fresh milk. "Do you want it warm or what?""Warm." Zoey breathily said. "Right. Yeah, I remembered." Zoey blew a deep breath. She can feel it, the tension. The tension between her and Dionysus ever since their lunch from that r
As your feelings for someone grow stronger than ever, so will your fear of losing them as well. The colorful lights, the noise of the different arcade machines and the non stop chattering everywhere made Dionysus' patience to gradually start tearing apart bit by bit. But, it cannot be seen on his handsome face at all. "I know that trait of yours very well, Apollo. This is why I didn't dare to bring all of my men at all."Apollo smirked. "Really? Is that so?" Then, Apollo looked at Sebastian who only rolled his eyes at Dionysus' half older brother. "Or, you just thought that you and your sidekick with an ugly scar on his face would be able to seize my army and my wits just like that?""I'm smarter than you. Don't try disrupting the truth." "But, it's true, brother." Dionysus sighed in sheer anxiety. It's been over an hour since he left the mansion. He was so anxious to think that Zoey might have woken up in the middle of the night and found out that he was gone before he could come b
They say, 'suspicion is the greatest enemy of love, whether it is true or not. Because there is always some madness in love and whether we like it or not'. Sebastian was about to let go of the rope on his hands, but the third man shouted as well, with his resentful eyes looking at Dionysus' direction. "You think you're so mighty, Dionysus Chevalier! Think again!""What are you doing? We should be begging at him!" The second man intervened."No! Let him kill us or our real boss will execute us instead!" The first man stole the spotlight as well. The third man grinned like a devil, only a hideous one. "You heard that? We know so much more about you than you can imagine! And, one thing is for sure! We don't really work for Apollo Montgomery! Because we work for someone else! And, that someone is aiming to inject misery on you sooner than you expected! That someone is planning to kill the most precious person in your life! So, be ready!" Dionysus snatched the rope from Sebastian's hand
The irony of love is that when love comes knocking on our door, we tend to be scared because we know nothing about it. That's why we push people away, when in fact, in reality, deep inside us, we want them to be pulled closer to us more and more and just never let go. Zoey stood up and left Dionysus in the guestroom, still with the little puppy in her arms. "Zoey, wait. Let me explain. Hey. Witch!" Dionysus followed his wife but Zoey went straight to the mansion's elevator. They walked past the old Chevalier who was with his head nurse having some tea on the veranda but both Zoey and Dionysus didn't get to see them."What's happening, Chrissy? Looks like they're having a lover's quarrel." Mr. Hermes asked in amusement. The head nurse giggled and nodded her head. "I think it's kind of normal, sir Hermes. Don't they look so cute? Ever since sir Dio met miss Zoey, he had gotten more alive and energetic. They seemed so in love." "Well, that lovely little girl surely had brought colors
A little bit of jealousy even in a relationship is quite dazzling. Because, everyone would say that it's sometimes nice to know that someone is so afraid of losing you."Can't we just talk about this when we get home? I just want to focus my mind on seeing my family again. Please?""Coward." Zoey clenched her jaw but still tried to understand Dionysus. "It's alright. You can think that way. It's better to be a coward than to be hurt in the end. I had realized long ago that someone like me won't be able to find that one true love everybody fancied about.""Fuck this shit." Zoey was surprised because when she looked at Dionysus again, her husband was silently crying but he was so fast to wipe it all out while his eyes were still fixated on the road. "Ohh, my god, Mr. Chevalier. Are you crying?" Zoey looked like she couldn't believe what she was witnessing right now. Who would've thought that she could make the most ruthless C.E.O. cry for her just because of his feelings she doesn't w
A powerful woman once said, 'we all have a soft spot within ourselves, contrary to popular belief. Because, it is not where we are weak, but it is the gateway to our most indestructible power'. Even when Sebastian, Zamantha and Miss Zenaida Olivia Lavigne helped each other to get the drunk Zara away from Dionysus, Zoey was still in trance like her whole world had stopped.Right there and then, Zoey finally understood what Dionysus had felt when her husband thought she really fell for Apollo's charm. She wanted to shout at her sister and tell everyone that everything about Dionysus belongs to her, and to her alone. And, no one, even her sister, could take him away from her. However, instead of doing all of that, Zoey looked at her mother and sister and smiled a bitter one. She tried her hardest to stifle her cries so her lips slightly quivered. "I suddenly remembered I still have something to do, mom, Zam. I'll just come back next time. And, I'll call later." Then, Zoey faced Dionysu
Sometimes, we can't really explain what we feel for a certain person. Because most of the time, our feelings are too loud or too shy for the world to hear. "Ohh, sorry. I didn't see you. Are you alright, my buddy?" Sebastian's eyes widened in shock and his smile disappeared. He gulped in fear because he knew that Dionysus only calls someone as 'buddy' right before he kills them. Dionysus grinned menacingly and in the blink of an eye, Sebastian ran away from there as fast as he could while shouting. "I'll wait in the car, boss. I promise I won't step over the line again!""What is wrong with him? And, why did you push him?""Don't mind him. He's alright. By the way, we should go home for now. We can visit Hera tomorrow. You should take a rest. Come on." "Can we see her for a bit? I mean, if it's allowed." "Of course. Let's go, then. We'll ask Doctor Campbell." Dionysus stood up and reached out his hand towards Zoey. Zoey contemplated for a while but at the end, she still accepted he
Oftentimes, heart to heart conversations are the best because each and one of us can become vulnerable. And, vulnerability attracts honesty, while honesty attracts two souls to connect more.Zoey froze in her spot. Suddenly, everything about Dionysus fascinated him again and brought fluttering feelings inside her chest. The way he smells, the way he simply sit in front of him, the way he smiles genuinely at her, the way he holds his wine glass so elegantly, the way he looks so manly even in just a white shirt and cotton shorts and most importantly, the way he stares at her like he really sees her as the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, likely to what Keisha also apprised her.But, it only took Zoey one glance down to her arms, to her arms that were discolored by big, brown patches and Zoey immediately remembered the long buried scar deep inside her soul. She closed her eyes and suddenly remembered all the bullying she had experienced when she was still attending middle school ye