Taste like red wine

“No!” Lory shouted. The last thing I remember before my vision went dark. When I regained consciousness, I found myself in an old room. I slowly got up, but suddenly, I felt a pain from my right arm. I noticed it was bandaged with my blood on it. Suddenly, everything that happened before I lost consciousness came back to me. I remember Lory's father threatening me, pointing a gun at me, and then he unceremoniously shot me. If Lory hadn't come, he might have killed me completely. If she had not stopped her father, the bullet might not have hit my arm but my head, and if that had happened I would not be in this room but in the cemetery.

The events are still fresh for me. I still feel the nervousness and fear from my chest. I feel like I'm a dead person who just came back to life. But I won't let that happen to me again. I cannot allow myself to die at their hands without knowing who I really am. That's why I immediately looked around my entire surroundings. I studied everything I could see, and my attention was drawn to the old open window. I slowly stood up and walked closer to the window while I looked around at the door because someone might suddenly come inside. Furthermore, I peeked out the window and studied how high it was, so I could jump and get down. But my eyes widened in shock when I realized that the height of where I was now almost two floors. If I accidentally fall from it, I will not die, but I will get many bruises and deep wounds in different parts of my body and I may also get fractures. However, it seems that I would rather be wounded and scratched than face Lory's father again and be pointed at by his gun. So instead of staying in that room and waiting for her, I thought of another way to escape from that place. A long blanket and white curtain on the window caught my attention. I knotted it and then carefully tied it to the window, so I wouldn't make a mistake on my way down later.

Before I went out the window, I listened carefully to the door. I had to make sure no one was coming and no one could enter that room, so I immediately locked it.

I'm nervous and afraid of what I'm planning to do because the moment I make a mistake, I'll definitely be taken to the hospital. It wasn't easy for me to get down from there, but I still didn't give up, and I just kept going even though I felt like the fabric was going to be twisted due to the weight. So, I sped up my descent, but was still cautious. I need to get down to the ground before the fabric is completely cut. I was about to reach the ground, but suddenly the fabric split in two, and I immediately fell to the ground. Furthermore, I didn't get any deep wounds or bruises, or scratches on my body. I was just shocked by my fall and I didn't expect that to happen. I immediately stood up when I heard voices that seemed to be heading in my direction. I looked around and hurriedly entered a room. Two women dressed as maids passed by while they were talking about something.

“Looks like we'll be busy the next day because Ms. Lory is about to get married to Sir. Gil soon.” The woman said, so I shook my head with a look of astonishment on my face.

In that case, their marriage was not interrupted, even though his parents knew about the two of us. So, what will happen to Lory and how about our agreement? How about me? I still don't know anything about this country, and I don't remember anything about my true identity. If I let her marry that man, they will surely drive me away from Lory and I will be a tramp on the streets. What's even worse is that I may never find my real origin and never know my real name.

Because of that, my plans changed. Instead of being a coward, running away and hiding, I bravely faced his father. I left the room and looked for Lory. But with the breadth and size of their mansion, I couldn't immediately find her whereabouts. Until I just stopped when I heard a noise from a room with the door slightly open. I slowly approached there and peeked. My eyes widened in shock when I witnessed how her father slapped her in the face, causing her to fall to the floor. Her father raised his heavy palm again and looked like he was going to hurt Lory again, but I immediately went inside and hugged her to protect her from her oppressive father. Because of that, I felt the strong and heavy palm of her father from my back, but I endured it. Lory slowly looked up at my face and we both looked at each other. I saw tears in her eyes and traces of fear on her face. I also noticed the wound she got on her lips, so I gently touched her lips with a trace of concern on my face. Inexplicably, I suddenly felt hatred from my chest. Apparently, this has happened to me. It was as if I had seen this scene before, and it all seemed familiar to me.

Until I felt the pain in my head, so I closed my eyes and held my head with my two hands.

“What's wrong with you? Are you okay?” She asked me, but I didn't respond to her right away, instead I held her tightly by her arms without realizing that I was hurting her. Until my headache suddenly disappeared while I was panting. I slowly opened my eyes and looked up at her face where I noticed that I was squeezing her two arms, but the expression on her face did not change as if she were not feeling anything.

Suddenly, I was surprised and stared at her. I slowly let go of her, and she held my face.

“Are you alright?” She said worried, so our eyes met each other again.

Where does she get the strength to be able to worry about me? She shouldn't be worried about me, but herself. Wait, did she just ignore the fact that her father slapped her earlier? Is that just nothing for her? Won't she even be angry with him or even yell at him?

Don't tell me that he has been hurting you like this for a long time?

While my mind was wandering, and I was staring at her, I didn't realize that tears were dripping from the corner of my eyes. So, she gently wiped my tears with her hands. Until suddenly, she brought her face close to mine, and then she kissed me on my lips, which surprised me completely.

At that moment, I wanted to push her away from me, but my whole body felt numb, and I couldn't stop her from what she was doing to me. Her kisses on my lips are like a sweet wine that the longer I get drunk on its taste and aroma, I got addicted to it. So instead of pushing her away, my lids gradually got heavier until I just closed my eyes. Gradually my mouth opened, and my hands moved where I grabbed her behind her waist, and then I pulled her closer to me which surprised her. With the force of my pulling her, she grabbed my chest and I feel that she wants to stop now, but I'm not done yet because I'm just starting. So, I held both of her hands and placed her arm on my shoulder, causing the following scenes between the two of us to deepen. We seem to have lost our minds that there is an old cruel man behind us watching us now. That's why I just froze when I felt him pointing a gun at the back of my head.

“Stay away from my daughter, or I'll kill you right now?” He said that's why I opened my eyes, and I slowly let go of Lory. I raised my two arms as I looked at Lory with a smile on my lips. Her face showed a mixture of shock and surprise as she stared at me, but I just smiled at her and bit the bottom of my lips.