Elizabeth Lancaster, an 18 year old brought up with strict values and in a cold and stern environment, gets her first wish to venture to the outside world and taste freedom and gain new experiences and most importantly, FRIENDS. William Warren, a 19 year old college sophomore studying in the most sought after University, lacks nothing in life be it friends, girls, popularity, fame even money. He has everything but still isn't satisfied with life till someone manages to catch his attention. And boy is that someone so damn interesting that she knocked his soul out of his body the first time he laid eyes on her. Now he wants her, and the chase is about to begin but it is unclear who became the prey and who the hunter along the way.
View More“Jangan berpikir karena kau sudah tidur denganku, kau pantas berada di sampingku. Kau sama saja seperti jalang yang pernah tidur denganku.”
Suara berat terdengar begitu dingin, dan menusuk ke indra pendengaran seorang wanita yang masih berada di ranjang, dengan tubuh polosnya yang hanya terbalut oleh selimut tebal. Tampak wanita itu menatap nanar sosok pria yang bertubuh kokoh dan gagah di hadapannya yang telah terbalut oleh bathrobe. Sorot mata sayu, dan melemah begitu terlihat jelas di wajah cantiknya.
“S-Samuel—“ Selena memanggil nama Samuel dengan nada yang lirih. Wanita itu melihat tubuhnya sendiri tampak begitu kacau.
Dadanya mencelos begitu Samuel mengatakan hal sejahat itu.
Samuel menaikan sebelah alisnya, menatap Selena yang memanggilnya. Aura wajah dingin, dan terselimuti keangkuhan begitu terlihat di wajah Samuel. Kini Samuel melangkahkan kakinya mendekat pada Selena. Sejenak, Samuel masih terdiam dengan tatapan yang tak lepas mengamati keadaan Selena. Rambut wanita itu berantakan. Bahkan Samuel pun melihat dengan jelas bekas kemerahan di leher Selena akibat ulahnya.
“Untuk kejadian tadi malam, anggap saja kita hanya bersenang-senang. Kau mabuk dan aku pun mabuk. Setelah kau keluar dari hotel ini, tidak perlu mengingat kejadian tadi malam,” ucap Samuel dingin, dengan sorot mata yang tajam.
Mata Selena mulai memerah akibat menahan tangisnya kala mendengar ucapan Samuel. “Apa tadi malam sama sekali tidak ada artinya bagimu, Samuel?” tanyanya lirih, dan pilu.
Ya, tadi malam Selena hanya datang ke undangan jamuan makan malam keluarganya. Selena datang ke pesta itu dalam keadaan hati yang hancur berkeping-keping. Tepatnya dua hari lalu Selena mendengar berita bahwa Samuel akan menikah dengan salah satu artis ternama asal Amerika. Itu yang membuat Selena benar-benar terpuruk. Selama ini Selena begitu mencintai Samuel. Meski pria itu selalu menghindar setiap kali Selena mendekat padanya, akan tetapi tetap saja Selena tidak henti mencintai sosok Samuel Maxton.
Tak disangka, ketika Selena menghadiri jamuan makan malam, dirinya bertemu dengan Samuel Maxton yang sedang mabuk berat. Dari jauh Selena memandanginya, tampak pria itu tidak baik-baik saja. Karena khawatir Selena menghampirinya untuk mengecek kondisinya. Dan akhir malam ini, kini Selena berada di ranjang yang sama oleh Samuel.
Hal yang tak mungkin Selena lupakan adalah bagaimana Samuel menyentuhnya.
Tangan kokoh pria itu menjamah setiap inchi tubuhnya, menjelajahi seakan mencari-cari sumber kenikmatan di sana. Di mulai dari tengkuk lehernya, kemudian langsung bermain di area paling sensitifnya yang memberikan sensasi sengatan ke sekujur tubuhnya. Bibir tebal pria itu melahap bibir tipis Selena, menggulumnya dengan lembut sambil memainkan lidahnya dengan buas.
Selena mengingat dengan jelas ketika Samuel memuja keindahan tubuhnya. Tadi malam Samuel melakukannya tak hanya satu kali. Pria itu menginginkannya lagi, dan lagi. Setiap desahan yang Selena keluar dari mulut Selena selalu bercampur dengan lirihan nama ‘Samuel’ meski dalam keadaan mabuk tapi Selena tahu bahwa dirinya telah menyerahkan tubuhnya untuk pertama kalinya pada pria yang memang sangat dia inginkan dan cintai.
Senyuman sinis di wajah Samuel terlukis mendengar apa yang ditanyakan oleh Selena.
Pertanyaan yang nyaris membuat Samuel tertawa. Detik selanjutnya, Samuel menundukan kepalanya, menarik dagu Selena dan berdesis, “Kau pikir hanya karena kita tidur bersama kau memiliki arti penting untukku? Kau salah besar, Selena. Apa yang tejadi tadi malam tidak ada beda dengan malam-malam yang aku habiskan dengan wanita murahan di luar sana yang aku bayar untuk menemaniku.”
Bagai tersambar petir, tubuh Selena membantu mendengar apa yang diucapkan oleh Samuel. Bulir air mata Selena menetes jatuh mengenai pipinya. Sorot mata penuh kekecewaan terpancar jelas di manik mata biru wanita itu. Hancur. Terluka. Perih. Tiga kata yang menggambarkan hati Selena. Samuel dengan teganya menyamakan dirinya sama seperti wanita murahan di luar sana. Padahal Samuel tahu kalau dirinya hanya melakukan ini dengan pria itu.
“T-Tapi aku mencintaimu, Samuel.” Selena berucap lirih. Ini bukan pertama kali Selena mengatakan cinta pada Samuel. Anggaplah Selena sudah kehilangan akal sehatnya. Dia menyatakan cinta pada pria yang dimiliki oleh wanita lain. Selena sudah berjuang melupakan Samuel. Dan kenyataannya, Selena tidak sanggup untuk melupakan Samuel. Cinta itu begitu kuat di hatinya. Terlebih kejadian tadi malam membuat Selena begitu berharap.
“Cinta?” Samuel menyeringai kejam mendengar Selena mengucapkan kata cinta padanya. Sebuah kata yang tak pernah dia ingin dengar. “Selena, simpan cintamu itu. Aku tidak butuh cintamu. Apa yang kita lakukan tadi malam hanya kesenangan semata. Lagi pula kau tahu aku akan segera menikah.”
Air mata Selena terus menetes jatuh menyentuh pipinya. Dia terisak. Perkataan Samuel seperti sebilah pisau yang menancap di relung hatinya. Ya, harusnya Selena tahu Samuel tak akan pernah membutuhkan cintanya. Mengejar pria itu hanyalah sia-sia. Karena pada akhirnya, dirinya akan tetap dibuang ke lautan lepas.
“Apa kau selalu memperlakukan semua wanita seperti ini?” Suara Selena bertanya dengan nada yang begitu lirih. Tatapan wanita itu terlihat jelas menunjukan kerapuhan, dan kekecewaan yang mendalam.
Samuel mengangkat bahunya tak acuh. “Kau benar. Aku memperlakukan semua wanita sama. Jika aku bosan maka aku akan mencari wanita yang aku bayar untuk menamani malamku. Well, meskipun aku tahu, kau baru pertama kali melakukannya tapi tetap saja aku tidak peduli, Selena. Di mataku, kau sama seperti wanita yang pernah tidur denganku.”
Selena nyaris kehilangan kata-kata. Tenggorokannya tercekat. Air mata tak henti-henti mengalir. Semua perkataan Samuel bagaikan sebuah cambuk yang memukulnya keras tubuhnya. Selena ingin sekali mengeluarkan suaranya namun apa yang harus dia katakan? Bukankah sangat jelas kalau Samuel menganggap dirinya sama seperti wanita lain?
Samual menatap Selena yang sejak tadi tak henti menangis. Tampak aura wajah dingin, dan acuh Samuel begitu terlihat. Pria itu sama sekali tidak peduli dengan air mata wanita yang ada di hadapannya itu.
Pria itu berdiri dan mengenakan pakaiannya kembali. Selena benar-benar seperti barang sekali pakai, dibuang dan dicampakkan setelah dinikmati.
Selena bergeming. Pancaran mata Selena tampak meredup menunjukan kehancurannya. Tak ada lagi yang tersisa. Perkataan Samuel telah membuatnya hancur berkeping-keping.
Kini Samuel membalikan tubuhnya, pria itu hendak berjalan meninggalkan Selena. Namun tiba-tiba…
“Samuel jangan pergi—”
Selena berucap dengan penuh permohonan pada Samuel. Tampak, Samuel bergeming dan masih memunggungi Selena. Raut wajah Samuel begitu dingin. Sorot matanya tajam seakan sebentar lagi menerkam. Detik selanjutnya, Samuel menoleh melihat Selena dari sudut matanya. “Jika kamu masih menginginkanku, untuk hari ini saja aku bisa memuaskanmu sebanyak yang kamu mau,” Samuel membuka ikat pinggangnya, dan kini Selena berada di bawahnya lagi.
“Jangan, Samuel...”
The classes had been going on for the freshman for two weeks and for the time being, various programmes were also being held for the freshmen to get adjusted and have a feel of their new environment.Anya was recovered from her mild burns by then however her skin was still sensitive with a faint redness all over her arms and neck. She was always sandwiched between Iris and Elizabeth but she never complained about their fierce protectiveness since it only made her feel at home and safe for the first time ever in her life.Their group was strange to many however. Since one according to them was a massive block of ice spreading a dangerous chill wherever she went with a highly intimidating and unapproachable aura, while another was warm and approachable yet had a stern and confident aura around her and the other one had a sharp calculating and judging gaze with a very confident personality.They were all so different yet stuck to each other all the time and had a very good bond. They wer
The boys were out on the balcony with Leon and William fighting over laundry and semi wrestling with one in a headlock and the other kicking in the air. While Christopher paid no attention to them but instead sat frozen on the beanbag looking at the beautiful scenery ahead. They were loud but got distracted by the view in front of them. They both had rooms on the third floor and their dorms were facing each other with their balconies towards each other. The girls seem not to realise it at first but due to the intense staring, they had gathered their attention who too sat shocked and then flushed in embarrassment.The boys looked amused at the reaction but soon realised the reason. The three of them were not dressed somewhat decently.The three of them were lean but had muscles in right places along with very prominent abs. Leon was shirtless with his six pack abs on display along with his hard pecs and strong muscled arms while only wearing a grey sweat p
After the fiasco in the morning, Leon, William, and Christopher had gone to the campus hospital for the scheduled check ups for Christopher who had previously gone through a bike accident and had to treat his wounds for that.Obviously that was what they had to tell even when that wasn't the case. Their secrecy were always kept well backed up by the internal higher ups of the university.A team nobody knew or heard of. They never let themselves out but they'd pick the ones they seemed would fit their standards."Hey, aren't those the girls from this morning?" Leon asked pointing towards Iris and Elizabeth who were sitting near the waiting area but each bearing different reactions. While Iris looked terribly worried and in deep thoughts, on the other hand, the other lady sat there calmly but with a dangerous aura accumulating around her.She was scary, Leon had concluded. Never piss her off he noted silently."One is missing though." Leon mumbled looking around. The prettiest one with
What a rowdy way to approach women. Elizabeth looked at him once with her unusually cold eyes and ignored him as if he wasn't worthy to talk to her. Well, in every way, that would be absolutely right."I'm done with it. I'll do the rest back in the dorms. Let's go?" She asked, and both Iris and Anya nodded, eager to get out of here.What they didn't know was that Elizabeth had purposely approached them as she saw the malicious intention in their eyes, and she knew that they did not know how to protect themselves.She secretly scanned over the whole area for CCTV cameras and was glad that there were none in this area.Who knows what might happen. And if something did happen, at least she didn't need to worry about many people being the spectators since there weren't many people to begin with, and judging from the people present here, they all knew one another.The only outsider being the three of them. "Where do you think you're going? Is this the way to respect your seniors?""Apol
"Eli, we're going to stretch over there. Meet us there when you're done, ok?" Anya said, pointing towards the middle where one could see others were stretching and jumping ropes."Mn."Elizabeth ran towards the different court that she saw in passing while jogging. It seemed like it's used for running as she could hear fast footsteps, and she didn't want to disturb the rest with her being the only one here to run around the tracks, so she walked towards the other one.There, she saw six men working pretty hard and four girls on track preparing to run.It was weird to see only a handful of students on this part of the field.As she walked in, nobody paid attention to her, and she was very glad about that. She looked up when she felt a tap on her shoulder and saw one of the four girls gesturing for her to join them.She felt confused at first with the friendliness but nodded nonetheless. "You looked alone, so i thought you might want to join." The lady smiled at her, and it was so seren
"Hello, I'm Elizabeth Lancaster and I'm a freshman too from business department." Elizabeth introduced herself bowing down politely."No need to be so formal Elizabeth. How old are you?" Iris asked walking over to Elizabeth with a smile."I'm 18.""Oh wow you're younger to us then. I'm 19 and so is Anya but she's four months younger than me, and you can call me Iris." She said with a sweet smile which helped in calming Elizabeth's nerves."Iris." Elizabeth repeated with a tiny smile."And call me Anya too. We'll take care of you as our younger sister. We'll call you Eli how about that?" Anya asked as she linked her arm with Elizabeth's."Mn." Elizabeth nodded feeling weird but warm from the inside.For the first time in her life she felt warm. It was werid living with the same gender as hers after living all her life with men but she liked this. She knew she liked being here and was happy with her decision of coming out of home.Contrary to what she previously believed, it wasn't bad
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