บททั้งหมดของ I Just Want Her Heart... Literally: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

"I don't need Mia's love. I just need her heart."I stated my true intention slowly, only to be met with snickers from both Mia Merrow and Charlie Pickler."Come on, Ricky, stop being so stubborn. Isn't that basically the same thing?"As far as my stepbrother Charlie was concerned, winning over someone's love meant winning over their heart. What he didn't know was that I literally wanted her physical heart.Mia frowned, clearly displeased."Rick, if you like me, just say so. Why make up these pretentious excuses? Don't think playing hard to get will make me fall for you."Charlie leaned against Mia's chest, his eyes filled with contempt."Ricky, merfolk care about beauty more than anything. You…"He didn't finish, but I knew exactly what he was getting at.Almost instinctively, I reached up and ran my fingers over the hideous scar across my face—a scar I'd gotten while saving Charlie from a fire.…When we were kids, Charlie set the curtains on fire while playing with matche

Of course, by then, Mia would probably already be just a corpse. But since they were so deeply in love, Charlie probably wouldn't mind.Sure enough, his eyes lit up when he heard that. He thought he could finally steal something I cared about from me.What he didn't know was that Mia, without her heart, would be nothing more than useless garbage to me. I had no use for her anymore, so if he wanted her, he could have her."Don't think I'm going to fall in love with you in three days!"Mia assumed I'd set a three-day deadline just to win her back."I don't need you to fall in love with me," I replied. "I just need your heart."I considered myself an honest person, yet no one wanted to believe me."Ha! Men! Don't they mean the same thing?" Mia scoffed. "Still, considering you're willing to set me free and you've been treating my injuries, I don't mind being a little nicer to you for the next three days."Before I could even react to her offer, Charlie couldn't sit still any longer

So, for a while, I actively tried to avoid Mia. Whenever I looked at that innocent face of hers, I felt like a monster.That was when Charlie "accidentally" stumbled into Mia's space. Compared to my scarred face, disfigured by severe burns, Charlie's handsome features made him even more alluring. So I suppose it made sense that Mia fell for him at first sight.After that, Mia spent her days staring blankly at the door while also growing increasingly dismissive of me. On the rare occasions we spent time together, all she wanted to do was ask about Charlie."Was that guy from the other day your brother? Why hasn't he come back lately? What's his name? What does he like to eat? What's his favorite color?"Before this incident, I hadn't seen Charlie in a long time.Once I became an adult, I kicked his family of three out of my mother's house. Then, after Dad died, I cut off all contact with him and his mother.When I looked back on the security footage, I saw that Charlie had run rig

I was still mulling over my conversation with Dr. Lewman, so I barely paid any attention to what Charlie was saying.I thought about how Dr. Lewman had told me to remove Mia's heart when she was at her happiest. That made me wonder when exactly that was."Do you know when Mia is happiest?"Hearing me suddenly ask a question—and a question like that no less—his lips curled into a knowing smile. He assumed it wasn't that I didn't care; I had just been too heartbroken to say anything, and deep down, I still cared about Mia.Charlie crossed one leg over the other, his expression delighted, and his voice taunting."When she's hooking up with me, of course."So that was it.When I returned home, I asked Mia the same question."Mia, when are you happiest?"She rolled her eyes at me."A whole day has already passed. Stop trying to figure out how to win me over. I'm never going to fall in love with you."Though I found her inability to answer a simple question almost laughable, I kep

I waited for the perfect moment. Then, I pulled out my knife and, with one swift stride, plunged it straight into Mia's chest.I twisted my wrist, and a perfect-looking heart was exposed to the air.I'd moved too fast. Neither of them had time to react."Have you lost your mind?" Mia screamed when she saw me remove her heart.Everything had happened so suddenly. By the time she realized what I'd done and reached out to snatch it back, it was already too late. I'd already placed her heart in the special storage cooler and was rushing straight to the hospital.Mia stared blankly at the gaping hole in her chest. She couldn't understand why I'd done that. Was it just because she didn't love me back?Charlie, seeing Mia bleeding out beneath him, screamed in terror.In the end, Mia never got her answer. She just slowly slipped away, consumed by fear and indignation. Eventually, her soul drifted into the air, where she could only watch helplessly as Charlie fled in panic, leaving her c