“What do you mean?” James looked incredulous at what he heard coming out of Hazel's mouth.There was a hint of disappointment when Hazel so easily asked him to prove his love with death. All James wanted was to live with Hazel.“I said, prove your love with death,” Hazel repeated her words firmly.There was no desire left to see James, not even as a shadow. Hazel thought they were truly done with each other. Even if James tried to interfere with Hazel's life, Hazel didn't know it would go that far.Thinking about continuing to live in a body that four men, filled with shame, had sexually abused, Hazel sometimes still felt disgusted with her own body. Now, James was making Hazel even more unwilling to live in that body.“But, Zia. All I want is to live with you.” James pleaded.This time, Eric didn’t do much, letting James hear Hazel’s response to his feelings, even though he still wanted to drag James away from her.“It will only hurt me,” Hazel said.“I will make you happy, I promise
Hazel's body collapsed on the sofa, and James pinned her down without breaking their increasingly passionate kiss. All of Hazel's resistance was meaningless because James didn't even care about the tears that were starting to flow down her cheeks.James' lips began to trace Hazel's neck, biting it until it left a mark. He didn't care at all about Hazel's whimpers begging him to stop.“I love you, Zia.” James hugged Hazel tightly. However, his hands began to slip inside Hazel's clothing.“Stop, James!” Hazel screamed, hitting James' head, but that only made James more determined not to let go of Hazel.James buried his face in Hazel's chest, biting her shirt and unbuttoning her blouse with his teeth while his other hand continued to grope inside, hoping Hazel would start enjoying his touch and stop resisting.According to James, this was proof of the love he had been holding back all this time.“Please stop...” Hazel began to grow weary of fighting James' lustful advances.“I'm the one
“I’m releasing you from your responsibility to take care of me, Eric,” Hazel said.Though it was hard and she had some doubts about living without Eric’s help, Hazel had decided to do it for Eric’s future happiness. Let him live with the person he loves. Hazel, on the other hand, had no desire to feel love right now. It wasn’t that Hazel no longer believed in love. She simply no longer believed in herself, thought that she could ever receive the kind of love that was good for her. To her, it felt impossible. She believed the one thing that could make her want to kill someone was the very love she once felt. And besides, she wasn’t ready to fall in love again.“You’ve decided to get back together with James?” Eric asked suddenly.“Oh, please. I still want him dead, Eric. How could I possibly want to live with him again?” Hazel burst out laughing, finding Eric’s question a little ridiculous.Eric gave a slight nod, hesitant and unsure. He found it hard to believe Hazel’s words, especi
Hazel stared at Eric, who was sitting asleep with his head resting on the edge of Hazel's bed. Eric never gave up on taking care of Hazel, even though she was stubborn and sometimes refused to take his advice.Not only Eric, but Bianca also always came to make sure her mental condition was truly okay.“Ah, you're awake, Hazel.” Bianca entered carrying a tray of food.Hazel smiled slightly in greeting. She then tried to sit up slowly so as not to wake Eric, who looked so exhausted after taking care of so many things for Hazel.“How long has he been sleeping like this?” Hazel whispered.“About thirty minutes ago, after he came back from the hospital,” Bianca explained.“Why did he go to the hospital?”“To visit the two men who allegedly harassed you.”Although curious why Eric would do such a thing, Hazel felt they didn't deserve someone coming to visit and pray for their well-being. They deserved to die rather than receive such kindness.Bianca handed Hazel a glass of water and prepare
Finally, the police requested permission from the hospital to carefully break down the door, so as not to make any loud noises that would disturb the patients, as the hospital's keys were not working.The door opened, and a small scratch managed to cut Hazel's neck.“I'm not joking about my threat,” Bella said.Eric kept thinking of a way to save Hazel. If Bella moved her hand even slightly, the wound on Hazel's neck would widen. He was almost losing his patience, seeing the blood flowing from Hazel's neck.Hazel kept her eyes closed, enduring the pain, preparing to die if no one could save her. She considered attacking Bella by kicking or elbowing her stomach.But that would move Bella's hand, which would only hurt her more.“Say it, Zia. In prison with me, or die?” Bella whispered.Hazel had no energy left to respond to Bella’s words. Bella’s elbow kept pressing against her chest, making it hard to breathe. Her legs trembled, barely able to hold her up in that position, and she fear
Bella laughed out loud when the last five seconds before the bomb exploded. However, Hazel was not afraid at all and continued to approach Bella, who was still dodging with her loud laughter.But when the ticking sound stopped, for a second, and then ten seconds later, Bella was silent, and nothing happened. She looked at the bomb, and it hadn't exploded at all, even when Bella tried to hit it, thinking that the trigger wasn't the time.Unfortunately, nothing happened.“I—what's going on?” Bella muttered in frustration.She kept hitting her body, but nothing happened until she finally let go of the bomb.“That is a fake bomb,” Hazel said.Bella stared in shock. She was certain the bomb was real because she had taken it herself from the place Edward had shown her. Her anger peaked, especially when she saw Hazel smirking in satisfaction at Bella’s failed attempt.James also breathed a sigh of relief. His fear subsided, and he tried to calm himself down.“You lied to me?!” Bella shouted,