Filed to story: Loving You In My Final Days
She snapped out of her zombied state and she felt her body start to tremble.
The fear and terror she just experienced finally bubbled up to the surface. She couldn’t hold it in anymore. The adrenalin had stopped pumping and her brain started working again and combined with the violent scene she had just seen, Abi’s heart trembled down to its deepest core.
Abi had never experienced anything like this in her whole existence. Ever since she was a little girl, her family never watched violent movies. She was raised ever so properly that she even looked at the tags of books or movies before reading or watching it. Her family only ever watched general patronage movies and shows and so that was what she did as well. She only read classic books, sweet romance books and sometimes, heartbreaking books. She was that girl who hid her face if she saw any violence or R18 acts on TV by accident.
She was horrified at what could have happened to her that night. She finally realised the gravity of the situation she got herself into and she covered her mouth with her hands, as if to stifle the screams that were about to come out. Her face was filled with terror and her tears started to fall uncontrollably as her shoulders shook.
Alexander saw the horror written all over her face and he turned away as he thought that the girl was now definitely too scared to even look at him. ‘Good! She should be scared!’ he thought heartlessly.
He moved to leave her be, but before he could even take a step, he felt her frail arms wrap around his waist as she hugged him from behind. He felt her head settle on his back and his shirt dampen from her hot tears. He could also feel her whole body trembling from the shock of this experience.
Alexander’s eyes turned wide at the unexpected turn of events. He had deliberately shown her the kind of violence he was capable of, the kind of hell he lived in, so why? Why was this little lamb still… she should be terrified of him! She should be running as far away from him as she could! That was what any normal, sane person would do.
Alex ran his fingers through his hair, and in the next moment, his deadly aura dissipated. He felt himself slowly relax as the rage and murderous intent from his body was expelled from it. He closed his eyes to gather his thoughts before he took a deep, quiet breath.
He turned around to face her just in time to catch her before she fell to the floor.
It seemed that she had fainted.
Back in the alley, Kelly stood there panting, as the three men around her groaned in pain, crawling like they’ve been disabled.
Kelly clapped her hands together, as if she was trying to remove the dirt from her hands. The anger in her eyes slowly dissipated and she became calmer. The little tigress had slowly returned to a bratty young lady.
Kai, who was still there in the shadows, leaning on the wall, smiled widely. He almost wanted to clap his hands and praise her but he didn’t want to be seen by her, so he remained quiet.
The girl then started to move. She stretched her arms and cracked her neck as she started walking away.
Kai also sighed and turned around to leave when suddenly, he heard a small yelp come from her.
Kai’s head snapped back towards where she was a moment ago and to his surprise, the girl wasn’t there anymore. He looked at the men on the floor and they were all still there so they couldn’t have done anything to her.
So where the hell did she go?
Kai hastily ran towards the spot where he last saw her. He looked around but he couldn’t see her anywhere! Hooligan… where did you go?
“Ugh!! Damn it!! Damn it!!” an echoey voice cursed.
His eyes looked at where the voice was coming from and when he saw why she seemed to have disappeared, his jaw just fell.
The hooligan actually fell into a hole?! This was unbelievable. She was so cool and badass a moment ago – she might even be the coolest girl he had ever seen – but she actually fell into a hole… Way to go, Hooligan! I have no words left to describe you… Kai just shook his head in disbelief.
Kai squatted down and looked down the open hole in the alley. It appeared that some trouble maker removed the hole’s cover so that some idiot or drunkard would fall victim to it.
“Aishh! Stupid hole!!!” The girl seemed to be in pain but Kai could tell that she was trying to get up and climb up. She didn’t yell for help which he found very strange. He knew that the first word girls would normally scream out if they ever got into any kind of situation, was the word help. But she didn’t. She just cursed and struggled to help herself.
Shaking his head, Kai switched on his flashlight and once he saw her, he wasn’t even surprised anymore. She was already standing up and was about to climb up.
Kai extended his hand.
“Come, take my hand and let me help you,” he said and Kelly hesitated for a moment. She recognized that voice but she thought she might be mistaken because why would that person be here? Anyway, she didn’t want to waste time to ponder the whys and hows while she was still literally holed up.
After accepting his hand, the man effortlessly pulled her up. “Thank you,” she said without looking up as she fixed her dress. She then tried to stand and walk but she couldn’t. It seemed she may have sprained, and possibly broken, her left ankle. She winced in pain every time she put pressure on her left foot but she was determined to go because she had to return to get Abi!
She had left Abi by herself for too long and who knew what might have happened to her during this time. She was really worried and she cursed herself for being careless and succumbing to her anger.
“Your ankle…” Her attention was drawn away from her thoughts to the man who helped her out of the hole and the moment she looked up, her eyes almost bulged out. It was him! What was this person doing here?
“P-p-prince Kai? What are you doing here?” she stammered in surprise.
Some unknown emotion flashed in the man’s eyes the moment she called him prince. “Don’t call me that. I’m not a prince.”
“Don’t lie. I know who you are,” she insisted and the man sighed. “I saw you in country -“
“I think you should go to the hospital or you might never be able to wear heels again.” He cut through her words and when she looked down and saw her very swollen ankle, her eyes widened.
“Wait a moment,” he said and then he turned around and just left.
Kelly tried to walk but the pain was excruciating. She had never been injured to this extent in her life! She breathed in and out deeply, trying to make the pain go away. Just as she forced herself to move despite the pain, a man on a black bike halted before her. It was the prince. He looked so majestic and hot that Kelly almost drooled as she spaced out. The bike, the black leather jacket, his face; the combination of all three things was a sight for sore eyes. She wondered how people didn’t stare at him everywhere he went, like how she was staring at him right now.
She snapped out of her daze when he put the helmet over her head.
“Wait… I can’t go to the hospital. I must go back and get Abi out of the bar first,” she said as she tried to remove the helmet. But Kai just put his hand on her head, keeping the helmet in place.
