I opened my eyes after I heard the sound of the door closing. When I lifted up my head to look, Damien was already gone. I came out of the bath and put some clothes on in a hurry.Why the hell is he here, why! I threw on some clothes without bothering to dry them off, but I stopped when I grabbed the doorknob. Although I thought he hadn’t seen my whole body, I wasn’t sure. I’d seen his face, the way he was frowning. That was not the face of someone who’d seen nothing.Crazy! I grabbed my wet hair and sat back down. No. It’s okay. So what? I got naked as a model. In front of an audience. Nothing different. This marriage is a play and that man is an audience. It’s just showing my body to an audience as a part of the play.I stood back up to grab the doorknob and took a deep breath. It’s alright, alright, alright. I tried to believe nothing even happened. Well...what? Did anything even happen? I don’t remember? I manipulated my memory and turned the doorknob.When I came out, Damien was
Alpha DamienNo matter what the shameless girl said, I ignored her and went to my older brother’s bedroom to turn on the audio with a remote control. When I played classical music, the noise outside the door was completely buried. I closed my eyes and crossed my arms to calm down, lying on the bed.However, I couldn’t really be calm, so I took out my phone to make a call. When mom picked up, I immediately started to argue.“Mom, tell me something. Noah is not your child, huh?”[What kind of question is that?] she asked.“If he is, how is this even possible? How did you let him get married to a girl like that! My brother doesn’t deserve that!”[He likes her. The person who is going to live with her is Noah. As long as he’s satisfied, that’s all.]“What do you mean? Our family is not like that. We are members of the aristocracy! This is not his own matter. It is a matter of the honor of our family. Mom, are you going to humiliate me like this?”[I’m not going to consider the financial a
HOW CAN HE DO THIS TO ME!” I yelled while I walked up the stairs. There was no elevator in the villa, and this made me even angrier since I needed to walk to the fourth floor. I got madder and madder at her for creating this mess. How can she flirt with him? How can my nice brother treat me like this!I sighed like a fire breathing dragon as I arrived in front of her home. It felt like Noah’s voice was still ringing in my ears.“My life has been with you for the last 32 years. If I must choose, I’d rather be with her for the next 32 years,” he had said.My brother made a stupid choice like that because of you! I angrily stared at the door, thinking about Lucy behind it. Suddenly, the door opened and someone came out.“Oh my god!” The middle-aged woman who walked out of the door looked at me with surprise.“Is Lucy living here?” I asked.“Have you come here to meet her?” asked the woman.“Yes. I have something for her. Is she here?”She examined me, looking unsure, but then a look of r
I barely caught him outside the villa since I was still barefoot. I stood in front of him, out of breath, babbling unorganized words.“I...I didn’t intentionally do that... I didn’t know you were there...I just talked....I didn’t know... you were listening...” I finally managed to collect my words. “I didn’t know you were here. I literally didn’t know.”Damien looked away as if he didn’t even want to make eye contact with me.“Even if you didn’t know, does that resolve everything?” he asked.“No, I shouldn’t have said anything. I’m sorry,” I said.My guilt made me keep talking. “I don’t know what Noah said but don’t take it too seriously. He probably–”“Hey, if you are going to act shamelessly, at least have some sense! Do you think I want to talk to you now?” Damien said, glaring at me.I stepped back reflexively, but noticed something unusual. On his scowling face I spotted...a tear? This guy is crying! I would be less surprised if I saw a statue crying.“Hey, are you crying?” I ask
I made the day Noah returned the end date to my goal. I imagined welcoming him with Damien who would be on good terms with me. In order to make my fantasy real, I started my plan.First, I studied Damien. From personality to interests, I gathered all the information I could and went to Noah’s house. When I arrived there, I saw Damien’s shoes in the entrance. I remembered Noah once told me that Damien was so clean, he brushed his teeth while being carried to the Emergency Room.He cries, but organizes his shoes. I started giggling, thinking he was cute. I took off my shoes cautiously and headed toward the living room. It looked the same as it had when I’d left the day before. I put my stuff down on the table where all of the bags were. The table was the same except for one thing: Noah’s letter was gone.He threw it away. Throw it away! It wasn’t even a surprise. He hadn’t flipped the table or cut up the letter, just thrown it away.I was about to leave but then I found something odd. T
LucyStanding at the kitchen countertop wearing an apron and headband, I started to prep the ingredients. Behind me, Alpha Damien stood scrutinizing my every move.If it wasn’t for this guy, I would be eating pork feet with a glass of soju rolling around in front of the television, enjoying my lavish single life. Instead, I was struggling with this darn beef bourguignon, or blue marble, or whatever it’s called. I couldn’t believe I had to try to concoct a French dish I’d never even laid eyes on before. Not only that, but I had to complete the feat in front of those hawk like eyes that followed even the slightest movement of my fingertips.Are you really going to stay here for the whole two months? I asked cautiously, pretending as if there was no deeper meaning behind it.Alpha Damien articulated his answer in a firm tone of voice. For two whole months. 24 hours a day. I will be living here with you.What? All 24 hours? This was news to me.Just think of these 2 months as a beta test
However obnoxious he is, let’s be patient, I told myself. However angry he makes me, I must keep my cool. Don’t talk back, don’t talk back....But isn’t calling you young master better than calling you, you there, dude, jerk face...something to that extent? I asked.Not necessarily. Alpha Damien replied as if both options were extremely unappealing.Then should I call you by your name? Damien–Wow, no way, he interrupted. That’s the worst.Alpha Damien shuddered in disgust.Wow, me calling you by your name is that spine chilling? If I say your name, does some bad omen spirit clamp itself onto you? Really.Well, how about instead of master, I call you mister.Mister, mister, freakin mister.I cursed him inside my head as I sliced the beef with the knife I was holding. The knife blade must have been a good one because it cut the thick meat smoothly in one stroke. Alpha Damien stood next to me, watching and evaluating my knife skills.You probably imagined yourself a wealthy housewife li
I almost had a heart attack when I checked the price tags on the tableware in the store. Who in their right mind would pay this much for a plate? Even as I was wondering that, I realized that person was me. I sighed unintentionally.Upon remembering the existence of Alpha Damien next to me, I was forced to quickly change my expression and pretend to be okay with all of this.It’s okay, it’s okay. You needed to prepare a dowry anyways, right?Trying to control my emotions, I glanced up at Alpha Damien. He was watching me with his arms crossed and an expression that clearly said Let’s see how well you can choose.I had to choose well, but How was I supposed to know which one was good or not?I lowered my gaze toward the displays and cradled a bowl carefully in my hands. No matter how much I looked, the only thought in my head was that this was too expensive. I had no idea how to decipher which of these expensive pieces were the best.I slowly put down the bowl and decided to ask a sale