Se connecter“Yes. I hope so, too. You no longer have any feelings for her, because I’m definitely going to get hurt,” Richard continued my sentence this time.I nodded at him.“I hate her… my sister… she treats me… and Rose however she wants… like we’re her dolls, and she has the right to control us. I hate that. If I’m allowed to say something cruel… I want them to get hurt… to suffer for everything they’ve done to me. Is this what they call revenge?”Richard nodded.“Well… I guess I’ve caught the evil bug around here…” I finally said.I felt relieved after our conversation, at least my heart felt lighter now because I had explained everything to Lucas.“Can I stay here tonight?” he asked, his expression looking more relaxed.I shrugged at him. I didn’t mind.“As long as… no sex involved.”“Agreed! Half-heartedly!” he answered honestly. I burst out laughing.I went to the bathroom and changed my clothes. Richard was already wearing something casual, so I guessed he had changed as well.We lay si
We were back at the resort. Louis patiently helped Dave, who was as annoying as ever, with his sharp and hurtful remarks, but Louis still helped him anyway. It only made me admire Louis even more.Lindsay and I walked behind them. Richard helped Louis whenever he had trouble carrying Dave. Luckily, the resort had an elevator, because there was no way Louis could carry Dave up the stairs.“Your brother is still annoying… even in a condition like this!” I whispered to Lindsay. I hated even saying his name because it felt bitter on my tongue. I really wanted nothing to do with him anymore.“Yeah… I think even during the apocalypse, he’d still be his annoying self,” Lindsay whispered back. I almost laughed at that. Somehow, even in a situation like this, she could still make a sarcastic comment.Louis took Dave to his room. Before that, he asked Richard to gather all of his belongings, though he only had a few clothes outside and the rest were still neatly packed inside his small suitcase
“I will never be able to love him… not after everything that has happened. I have never been this certain about anything,” I said firmly. “Don’t be so sure… we don’t know what the future holds. I just don’t want you to hate him too much.” “Yeah… I’ll try.”He turned to me. “We’ve only known each other for a few days… but am I wrong if I feel like I already have you, Rose? Am I just as much of an asshole as that man?” He paused, his expression turning serious. “When I met him, I could see it in his eyes… he loves you so much, perhaps even more than I feel for you, and that makes me think…”I quickly reached for his hand. “Then… don’t! Don’t think about it. He’s… he’s different from you, because you respect me, you treat me better, far better than he ever did.” I swallowed, then continued honestly, “I… if I may be bold enough to say this, you value me… you make me feel like a woman who is wanted.”“You are… I want you, Rose. So badly!” He smiled faintly. “Sometimes I even ask myself whe
The door was opened by a staff member who looked exhausted. He looked utterly desperate, as if he had already had enough of whatever was happening inside. But it was not the staff member who shocked Louis and me, but what was happening in that place.There was a brutal fight going on inside. Two men were beating up another man, and I knew every single one of them. Lindsay was crying in the corner.“Hey! Stop!” Louis shouted as he ran toward the center of the chaos.Dave was half-limping while Lucas was completely unharmed. They were beating Richard until he was covered in bruises, and my God… it was exactly what I had witnessed yesterday, only with the roles reversed. This time, Richard was the one getting beaten to a pulp.Louis grabbed Richard’s arm and pulled him toward himself. “Hey… settle this like civilized people!” he snapped angrily. “Don’t gang up on someone like a bunch of barbarians! Who the hell are you?”I saw that Lucas was still furious, and now he was turning his atte
We managed to sleep that night, and Lindsay eventually stayed in my room. She clearly did not want to be left alone at all. Louis, despite grumbling about it, finally agreed to return to his own room.Lindsay slept beside me, but she kept glancing anxiously at her phone several times. I asked what was wrong and why she was this worried. She seemed even more unstable than usual.It was already nearing morning, and Lindsay was sitting against the headboard with her phone in her hand. She kept biting her nails like someone who was extremely nervous. I had noticed her doing that ever since last night.“What’s wrong, Linds? You don’t look calm at all.” I asked, “Isn’t the whole kissing incident already cleared up?” If she was worried about Bueno or Richard, hadn’t Louis already made everything clear last night?“I’m not thinking about that…” she replied. “There’s something else that’s making me even more anxious, and this is much worse than some local guy suddenly kissing me!”“Don’t tell
The confrontation between Richard and Bueno was finally brought under control by Louis. The moment Bueno was released, Richard tried to chase after him, so I shouted at the battered local man to run as fast as he could. Richard then turned toward me, his face filled with anger.“You need to understand that killing someone or hurting them like that isn’t something to be proud of. You could get arrested, so why don’t you calm down first?” I snapped, wrapping my arms around Lindsay, who was still crying.Did Richard seriously not know that Lindsay had kissed and even slept with plenty of men before? Why was his reaction so extreme?Why couldn’t he just give Bueno a warning, or maybe throw one punch and call it a day? Beating him senseless was way too much, in my opinion.“Rose… take Lindsay to the room,” Louis told me. I nodded and put my arm around Lindsay, guiding her toward the room.I could see Louis struggling to get Richard back inside because Richard kept fighting him and trying t







