All Chapters of The Man Who Killed Me Wants My Hand: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Linora Vance's POV"Something's not right with Echelon Nine," I said quietly. "No warrant can get past Echelon Nine. Even the prosecutor chooses to pretend it doesn't exist."I stared at the screen in front of me—floor plans, security routes, blind spots that are too perfect to be a coincidence."This is the last pudding." The voice made me turn my head. Skyden was sitting next to me, placing the small container on my desk."Argh! Thanks! I owe you one." I groaned, slamming shut the document that had been messing with my brain for the past month.Skyden smiled brightly—the kind of smile that always managed to lighten the tense atmosphere in the office—then leaned back beside me. "You can pay me back with an americano later," he said, sipping his own coffee.Typical coffee addict. But I had no right to complain because I was a pudding addict too—and I didn't know when it started, but little habits like this felt… comfortable.Too comfortable for something that was supposed to be just a

The cold floor of my apartment wasn't any colder than I felt right now. I let the last of the rain drip from my soaking-wet hair.A hot shower didn't help. I still couldn't sleep. Damn it.Every time I closed my eyes, only one thing came to mind—the black card."Let's get married."Crazy.If this were the me of the past, I would've immediately said "I do" without thinking and hugged him, smiled like an idiot.The luckiest woman in the world.What a joke.Reality hit me harder. I'd already died once at his hands—I can still clearly remember the feel of his bullet.That blood was real. That betrayal was real.I stared at the steamed-up mirror. My eyes were red and swollen. I should be afraid, but all that remained was pain and rage that felt like it was about to burst.My logic was in shambles.I thought... Skyden was Black Lotus. And in the future, they would ally with The Raven.But now he says… The Raven is his target.A lie?Or am I just not seeing the whole picture yet?It's four i

The water pouring over my head couldn't wash that image away—something moving faintly beneath his skin.An excuse? Please. Even sharing the same air with him makes me want to gag.My hands tensed. "Stop acting and move aside."I pushed him, trying to get a better look—But the water was already flowing harder, blurring it.Damn."What did you see, Vance?" he whispered softly.I didn't answer.For the first time… my instincts felt off.Just then, the sound of a bell interrupted."I like seeing your aggressive side, Wifey. But the audience is here," Skyden whispered right into my ear before he walked away with a sickeningly casual stride.I was gasping, not from passion, but from the urge to strangle him right then and there.He just chuckled, grabbed a bathrobe, and threw it on carelessly, covering up what I'd almost uncovered. I covered my own wet body as well.As soon as the suite's door opened, the corpse that had been lying in the hallway had completely vanished. No traces of blood