Camellia kept her attention on the barren pantry. She was once more threatened with starvation, which made her want to sob. Particularly since all she discovered was a pile of stale bread.The girl fought back the tears that were about to fall, her hands shaking and her body slightly limp.“I spent the entire day hunting for a job, but it was not that simple.” She cried out, “What I have to do, Daddy?” in a low voice.Camellia realized she was out of options because all that was left was a couple packages of noodles and some bread.When the sound of her house bell sounded, the girl’s hand was just ready to take the bread.She closed the fridge softly after giving up on her meal plans. Her brow was furrowed and her heart was full of questions.When she reached the door in a hurry, Frank was waiting there.The man’s face was the same as hers, and the smile she had been wearing that was about to burst out turned into a frown.The two now exchange glances. They appeared to despise sharing
Camellia was awakened by the scent of butter and coffee. The girl looked around, her head rolling and her eyes blinking a few times. She had a confused expression on her face. Her forehead furrowed in shock as she took in the room’s incredibly familiar ceiling at first sight.As soon as the aroma reached her nose, her stomach started to churn painfully.She exclaimed, “Ouch.”Camellia rolled a little on the bed and buried her head in the pillow. “Ou, Ou, Ou.”“I warned you, but you’re only making things worse for yourself by being stubborn.”When a man’s voice unexpectedly appeared in the doorway, she was on the verge of crying.The sound source caught Camellia’s attention as she turned her head and blinked. Her eyes rounded for a split second. She tried to stand up with a gasping breath, but her stomach once again prevented her from doing so, keeping her on the bed.Hagen took a calm breath and gave the girl in front of him a chilly stare as she appeared to be trying to escape his gr
“Bed partner, he said?” As soon as Camellia locked the door to her home, she mumbled.Since then, two days have passed, but Camellia’s mind has never forgotten the message written on the piece of paper that Blake Hagen left behind. When she suddenly remembered the man, she even cursed at him.Hagen seemed certain that he could have her body, which made her angry.Camellia stomped on the door lock, and she said angrily, “I won’t let him get the answer he wants.” She turned around and was about to walk towards the house’s gate when she felt a pang of half-anger.She planned to seek employment opportunities today. In her dictionary, there was no word for surrender. She did not need to be terrified of Blake Hagen because she saw him as nothing more than a bully. Camellia vowed that the man would eventually lose interest in her.“Keep an eye on me, Heartless Jerk. I’ll show you that you’re not someone to be scared of.”The feeling overcame Camellia as she crossed the path to the gate and s
Hagen’s steps sounded heavy as he crossed his office room in downtown Lancester. The fifty-story building he named Blake Tower seemed to stand gallantly among the jungle of other concrete structures.Athena, Hagen’s secretary, looked pale as soon as she saw his arrival from the direction of the elevator. The twenty-five-year-old woman stammered and immediately chased after him with an uneasy gesture.“M-Mr. CEO,” the woman called with a trembling voice and her hands intertwined.She seemed to block Hagen’s steps towards the office deliberately.When Hagen noticed Athena’s familiar behavior, he realized what was going on, causing him to hold his wrath and his hands in his trouser pockets to clench into fists.Hagen halted his wide footsteps, and with a look as sharp as a dagger, he glanced toward the door and Athena.“Did that bastard do it again in my room?”Hagen’s voice sounded calm, and his expression also seemed flat, but for people who were already very familiar with him, it was
Camellia beat the bed several times as soon as she recalled what she had done to Hagen while at the bus stop. The image of the sighting incident on his masculine face made the girl want to hide for some time.“What are you doing, fools?” she whined as she buried her head in the pillow.“You can do that. What if he pays you back with something unexpected?” Camellia cursed as she bit her thumbnails nervously. “You already know how crazy he is.”She recalled the incident. At that moment, they were both shocked after her hand landed on the surface of the man’s cheek.Time seemed to stop for a moment. However, the engine sound from the direction of the man’s car brings them back to their situation. Hagen’s security assistant, who had been silent behind the wheel since they arrived, finally came out and approached, but Hagen’s stern voice stopped his footsteps.“Stay inside, Garry. Nothing happened,” Hagen said at the time with eyes that didn’t once escape Camellia’s gaze.Hagen also added,
Camellia tried to contact Bella the night after the incident, and from the two’s long conversation, her best friend also gave one very risky suggestion.“What do you mean?” asked Camellia in a slightly incredulous tone at her best friend’s suggestion.There was a tired breath across the line, which made Camellia feel guilty.She had already asked the only friend she had much help with, and hearing Bella take a breath, it felt like Camellia wanted to do the same.“Look, you won’t know if you don’t try. So, this is your last option if you want to find work,” Bella stated confidently. “After all, I know this man very well. He will help you. Trust me.”Upon hearing it, Camellia stood up and circled her nearly furniture-free room.She bit her bottom lip continuously as she cast a glance toward the window.Camellia doesn’t know why she felt something as if someone were watching from the outside, but no matter how much she peeked out from behind the curtains, there was no one there. That’s w
Camellia stared at the room full of dirty clothes on the floor and sofa. She even looked in horror at the surroundings, as if insects could suddenly appear from behind the scattered objects. “What have I done?” She whispers as she glances around. Camellia also carefully entered the room that appeared to be a place of agony for her while holding a broom and some hygiene kits. Her foot unexpectedly stepped on something soft just as she was about to go further. After catching her breath, she carefully lowered her eyes to see what she had just unintentionally stepped on. Her restrained breath then turned into a small scream once she realized the soft object was a spill of blood-red pudding splatter on the floor. “Oh, my God,” she muttered, her body shivering. Instantly she felt fragile because, in that place, it looked like there had just been a murder case. Trash filled the surrounding floor with red pudding splatter and grayish-black powder that smelled like cigarettes. Instantly,
“You killed Brandon Brown?” Camellia gasped.She approached the window again and looked at Hagen, who was still standing in his place.Even though it was evident that a storm was about to break out that day, the man grinned coldly while maintaining a look that suggested that his recent remarks just complemented the weather.“Yes, Princess. So I hope you stop doing outrageous things and give me an answer as soon as possible.”The corners of Hagen’s lips were slightly raised, making Camellia look at the man furiously. While hanging up the phone, she subconsciously squeezed the phone against her ear.The two still looked at each other before Camellia finally decided to finish the day’s work.She felt furious because Hagen seemed to be toying with her life. The man even seemed very relaxed. However, Camellia didn’t believe Hagen could go that far, so she contacted Brandon’s office before confronting him again.On the third ring, a man’s voice picked up the call, but it was not Brandon’s v