Camellia’s lips felt numb. She couldn’t even keep her fingers away from there and kept rubbing them gently. In the meantime, her eyes stared blankly at the mirror, reflecting her no longer bruised face like she had some time ago.From behind the beads of her clear eyes came a memory of the events of this afternoon at the door of her house. She seemed lost in thought to the point of not hearing the sound of the bell ringing, a sign that someone was there.A short time later, Camellia was startled when her phone kept going off near her bed.“Ugh!” she growled as soon as she realized where her mind was going at the moment.After taking a deep breath and masking her blushing face, only then did Camellia stand up and walk towards the flat object that was now ringing, loudly calling out.Looking at the name on the screen, she snorted irritably. She pressed the red button, rejecting the call. But, she received three follow-up calls that further added to her annoyance, and to the end she was
Hagen rubbed Camellia’s cheek with a tissue in a gentle gesture. Although she cried until her tears shed endlessly, Hagen still patiently wiped away the traces of tears on her cheeks.Her huffy voice filled the room, and Hagen let on as he continued to soothe her by touching her feminine wrist. The tip of his finger rubbed the back of Camellia’s hand lightly, while the other hand cleaned her cheek.“Daddy!” Camellia cried, without caring about the presence of a man in front of her.Hearing her keep calling out the one who ruined the girl’s life in one night, Hagen was riveted. He didn’t understand why Camellia cared about that man so much, but he could only keep the question to himself.“I want my dad,” Camellia sobbed.Hearing her miserable cry, something seemed to squeeze his heart, but he still quietly watched her while listening.“You should have come to me that time!” Camellia was screaming as she shook off his hand that was on her cheek.Instead of giving up, he again wiped away
As Camellia slept in his arms, Hagen chose to stay for some time before he finally tried to break free from the tightly hugging feminine arms.Slowly Hagen moved to get out of bed, trying not to wake up Camellia, who was fast asleep.From the corner of his eye, Hagen saw that the clock above the nightstand showed three in the morning.Without looking at her again, Hagen walked out of the room leading into the living room. He sat for a while on the sofa with his elbows resting on his knees.For a long time, he stayed there thoughtfully before he finally got someone’s number.For a moment Hagen waited for an answer, until in the end there was a slightly hoarse baritone voice from across the connection, a sign that the person had just been forcibly awakened.“What’s the matter you contacted me?”At first, Hagen was just silent, while one of his free hands on the side of his body seemed to be clenched tightly.It wasn’t long before he cleared his throat.“Someone is trying to take control
Their eyes met, but neither of them spoke; even Hagen no longer listened to Gavin, who kept talking on the other side of the call. It was as if his stare was glued to Camellia, who was standing very gracefully at the top of the stairs in her white pajamas.However, when he heard his name being called many times from the other line, it was only then that Hagen came to his senses. He cleared his throat and took his gaze away from her.“I hear you,” he said to Gavin, who now sounded annoyed.“I thought you were asleep and left me hanging here.”Hagen simply responded with a little cough, and then he looked up. It’s a pity that the girl is no longer standing where she was, making him feel a little disappointed.“We will continue later. I will contact you when the time is right.”He was about to disconnect their connection when Gavin asked.“When are you going to bring the girl to Denver?”After scratching the tip of his nose, Hagen replied, “I can’t be sure yet, and I want it as soon as p
“Just tell him, you’ll sleep with someone if he keeps bothering.”Camellia gave Brandon an annoyed look when she heard his words. The girl was about to huff when suddenly he raised a hand in the air, hinting that she should be quiet and listen.That made Camellia bites her lower lip to restrain herself. However, the look in her eyes clearly showed that she was not willing to.“You choose the number two; I want to see how he responds to you.”Camellia snorted at that. Of course Blake Hagen would get angry and force himself on her.If it were not in the usual way, the man could have done things beyond logic.“You know that he isn’t sane; what’s the point of waiting until he gives a response to that answer?” Camellia explained with her hands around her waist.But Brandon just gave her a knotty smile.“Oh, I’m not going to ask you to give an answer right away or wait until the appointed time arrives,” Brandon said, which puzzled Camellia even more. “If I may know, when should you give him
Camellia walked down the street blankly, as if only her body was there while her head was wandering nowhere.The shadow of the conversation seemed to weigh heavily on her. She took a few deep breaths, and her feet occasionally stopped while she was staring around.On the people who walked past her.“I think I’m the only one walking in place,” she whispered as she continued to pace back.Camellia’s head was also downcast, hiding the shock that was chasing in her face.She felt that she had no more solutions. And the only one who could help was Brandon.Of course, Hagen doesn’t count. She didn’t even want to fill her head with that man.She had just arrived at the bus stop, when a familiar car stopped on the shoulder of the road.Seeing that, Camellia snorted. She pretended to be busy with her bag, trying as hard as possible to ignore the figure of the man who got out of the car and now walked over.When the man’s shoe was within her sight range, not once did Camellia lift her head. She
Hagen hugged Camellia gently, who was crying, and put her head on his shoulders. He took her and walked away from the sidewalk.Some pedestrians who had been around the two now moved away one by one, as if knowing that their existence would cause them problems.“I want to go to the hospital,” Camellia sobbed with a frantically quivering voice.She didn’t even seem to notice the man who led her to a car on the side of the road, not far away.“My d-dad is in the hospital. I have to go there!” She said with both hands squeezing Hagen’s clothes, which were wet with tears.The man didn’t make a sound. He just led in silence, while his hands were tightly wrapped around her waist.“Please!” Camellia cried in a hoarse voice full of pleading. “Please, my father needs me.”Hagen’s heart was constricted. He continued to carry her until the two got in the car, but not a word came out of his mouth. Although his expression seemed flat and expressionless, behind his obsidian eyes was stored a burst
Camellia stared at the payment transaction for his father’s hospital bill, which was fully paid, with a flat gaze. She knew who had paid for everything, so she just had to bear the irritability in her heart as she walked out of the hospital.Occasionally, she stared around, looking for someone who might still be there. However, the man was not seen everywhere, causing Camellia to be a little disappointed and relieved at the same time. At least, she wouldn’t meet Hagen there.However, her steps halted as soon as her gaze fell on Garry Frank, who was standing in the parking lot with a firm posture and both arms in front of his chest. The man was just standing alone and seemed to be waiting for someone, whom Camellia believed was her.After all, who else would Blake Hagen’s subordinates bother if it wasn’t her? As she recalled, at this time, she was the man’s new prey.Realizing this, the eighteen-year-old girl also quickened her pace with her head down to avoid the man’s gaze. She tried