-=Martina's Point of View=-I was still feeling a little bit drowsy when I woke up, and it took me a couple of minutes to finally clear my mind. After doing so, I looked at the clock on the wall of my room and was stunned when I saw that it was already five in the afternoon, which only meant that I had slept for more or less four hours.I didn't plan to sleep that long and only wanted to take a nap since I was still planning to go back to the garden and look at those tulips again, but I guess it's already too late for me to do that considering the time.Dinner will be served at exactly six p.m. and if I still insist on going to the garden, I won't have enough time to enjoy my time in the garden, and there is also a big possibility that I might return late for dinner."Oh, well," I thought to myself, and I decided to just stay in my room until I was summoned for dinner."What to do?" I kept muttering to myself while looking at the inside of my room.Actually, there are lots of things t

-=Martina's Point of View=-I hesitated whether to accept Stefanie's video chat request or not, but I eventually accepted the request, and a few seconds later, I was met with Stefanie's sneering face on my computer screen."About time! she snarled at me.I was about to speak when I noticed how big her eyes turned for some reason, and before I could say anything, I was caught off guard by her screech."Alicia, come here!" She yelled, and a few seconds later I heard Alicia's voice."Why are you screaming?" I heard Alicia say, and a few seconds later, Alicia's face can be seen on the frame of the video chat.She was wearing a thick face mask covering her entire face, and she also had rollers on her hair."Look!" Stefanie said, pointing at her computer."Oh! Isn't it our little Cinderella? Alicia said with so much sarcasm in her voice.We both know that I am no Cinderella because, compared to Cinderella, who married her prince charming, I was forced to marry a man who I didn't even know,

-=Martina's Point of View=-I was so excited the following morning that I managed to wake up before the sound of my alarm, and without waiting for the alarm to turn on, I automatically turned it off."What a great day!" I murmured to myself while looking outside of my room.It was such a perfect day; the sun was high up in the sky, and there was no sign of possible rain that would ruin my day.Such a perfect day for committing a crime!Well, it's not really a crime since I was just going to break a certain rule from someone who is supposed to be the ruler of this island.Even though I was already awake, I still remained lying down, taking all the time in the world, and the excitement was making my heart beat really fast.I wasn't sure what to expect in town, but based on Annie's account, it seemed to be a tiny city with all the necessities.I probably stayed lying down in bed for twenty minutes before finally getting out of bed, and the first thing I did was take a quick shower and br

-=Martina's Point of View=-A lot of things were running through my mind as I waited for my demise. The cruel man was still covering my mouth as he gaped at me with burning desire, making it obvious what they were planning to do to me.I tried hard not to cry because I didn't want them to think that they were scaring me, but when I thought that I couldn't even get the chance to see my dad again, I couldn't stop the tears from falling in my eyes."Don't cry, pretty lady; we're not here to hurt you, so don't be scared," he said, mistaking my crying as a sign of fear towards them."That's right; as a matter of fact, we're here to make you feel better," the second man said, not even hiding the lust in his eyes as he hungrily looked me from head to toe, giving me the creep.The third guy was standing still a few feet away from us, but there was no mistaking the burning desire in his eyes as well.Honestly, the chance of escaping was impossible. I mean, if they managed to catch up to me whi

-=Martina's Point of View=-I don't know how long I stared at the Semper Augustus; honestly, I was staring at it without seeing it because my mind was elsewhere.Since I awoke this morning, all I've been thinking about is the handsome man who saved me from certain doom, the stranger who shared the same eye color as my husband.I was absolutely certain that Zion and Kian had the same eye color, and considering how unnerving I was feeling whenever Zion kept looking at me, it was already etched in my mind that while Zion's gaze was cold, Kian's gaze was somewhat warm and friendly.I had never seen someone as stunning as Kian; he was more attractive than those so-called celebrities that young and old women admired and idolized.I couldn’t help but remember the time when I finally saw his face—his whole face bathed in the light from the moon, giving him an ethereal vibe.I bet any artist would pay an arm and a leg just to capture that moment, be it on the canvas or on stone, and I believe