I HATE (Love) U
Worth it?

It was the first time Itta felt so embarrassed. Yesterday night, he thought he wouldn't be able to sleep if Adyan hugged him like that.

Instead, the woman fell asleep until the day began near noon. Surprisingly, there are no haunting nightmares.

Even after thinking yesterday the same. As Itta slept in the man's arms, he slept soundly without nightmares.

Itta's face grew flushed with embarrassment remembering it.

"I can sleep soundly in the arms of the man I just met" his monologue said.

Fortunately, when he opened his eyes, there was no Adyan in this room.

"Excuse me."

Someone knocked on the door 3 times, the person opened the door and displayed the figure of Olivia.

"Miss is asked to go to the dining room immediately. There's already Young Master Abercio waiting."

"Well, wait a minute, I want to dry my hair first."

"Let me help, Miss."

Itta nodded in agreement.

Olivia takes the hairdryer, then starts drying Itta's hair.

Seen through the mirror, Itta realizes the charm that Olivia has. The woman is very beautiful, maybe her age is not much different from Itta.

"I was just a lucky prisoner who managed to get Adyan interested. Why do you respect me so much?" ask Itta.

"My Master is Young Master Adyan Abercio. If according to Young Master, Miss is her partner, then I must respect Miss regardless of Miss's previous status."

Very wise his thinking. Maybe only Olivia thinks like that.

From the first time Itta came to this place, all the servants did welcome him well, but Itta was aware of many of them secretly hating.

The position that was so long empty is now replaced by a woman whose origins are not so clear. Of course many are envious.

"It's over Miss, it's time to go to the dining room."

Olivia said when after drying and tidying Itta's hair. Not to forget also with the makeup on Itta's face, the more it makes the woman look beautiful.

"Thank you."

Itta researched the look for a moment. The makeup made by Olivia is simple, but looks charming and beautiful.

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Invite the stairs down one by one until finally Itta was in the dining room. The woman sat down immediately.

"Eat. After that, you come with me somewhere" Adyan said before they ate.

"Where?"

"You'll know later."

After that, there was no more conversation. They are busy eating.

A few minutes later, they finished their meal.

Adyan got up then left followed by Itta behind him. They stepped towards the underground floor.

They were just the two of them, walking through the long hallways.

A large door opened. The first thing Itta saw was two men in black clothes bowing respectfully.

"Good morning, Mr. Adyan Abercio and Ms. Laquitta Grizelle" they said.

Adyan ignored. The man kept walking forward. There were a lot of prison cells in this place, Itta noticed everything.

The man stopped abruptly, making Itta behind him also stop.

"You saw that."

Adyan's hand pointed at one of the prisons occupied by a man full of blood on his body and clothes.

The man sat on the floor covered in blood with his hands and feet tied in chains. Meanwhile, there was another man who was holding a medium-sized knife in hand.

The man clutched tightly onto the chin of the man who was sitting. A slanted smile was printed clearly while his eyes were staring intently.

"You know? Your finger's a nuisance, so I'll just cut it, okay?" he asked permission in a polite tone, in stark contrast to his sadistic words.

Then, a loud scream sounded as the person's finger slipped out of place. The blood stained his other four fingers.

"He's traitor. It was just a light punishment for a traitor."

Adyan spoke beside Itta. Itta did not reply, he just silently looked at the man who was now suffering from pain.

Seeing him, brought him back to the bad memories that befell his family. The mentality is chaotic, but Itta is trying to look fine.

"Follow me again." Adyan is back.

They walk back. Almost all the prison cells passed through there was at least one prisoner. They were cruelly tortured.

Itta looked in horror at the sight.

"Those who are punished in this place are traitors and spies. Get used to. Someday there will be many things like this in your life" Adyan said again.

Getting used to something like this?

Itta's not sure. Just looking at her made her feel pain, as it all reminded her of the death of her family.

They keep walking. Every road that is climbed, the atmosphere of the room feels increasingly quiet.

"Where are we going?" Itta asked on the sidelines of their trip.

"You come with me."

They stopped near two empty seats. Adyan occupied one of them. The man told Itta to sit down.

Adyan held his hand, while his eyes looked into the woman's eyes.

"You've seen it all and you have to get used to it. However, before that to be by my side, you need to prove that you really deserve to be in that position."

"Prove?"

"Yes. It's easy."

"What's that?"

"Capture all the traitors and spies, it's your first mission, can you?"

"In other words, you want me to catch Azri too, Adyan?"

"Awyen? Is this how you call me?"

Itta was silent for a moment.

Now he is sure of one thing.

"I'm sorry, I won't repeat Mr. Adyan's mistake. No, I mean Mr. Azri Killian."

Surprise appeared on the face of this man in front of him. The corners of Itta's lips widened to form a smile.

This man in front of him. With the face of Adyan Abercio, but actually he is Azri Killian.

"Since when?" ask the man.

"From the beginning."

"Cannot be. They're all fooled by this face, you who just knew him must be fooled."

"Oh, huh? You sure they're all fooled?"

Along with Itta's sentence, a gun pointed right at the man's head from behind.

That was Olivia.

No wonder she became a female butler at such a young age. Besides being talented in terms of home, the woman also has a keen instinct.

"You think you can lie to those close to him?" itta asked, still with a smile underestimating her.

"Then, why did you realize it while you didn't know him for so long?"

"You just keep talking about traitors and spies as if you were giving away clues to me. You must think I'm on your side, so you gave me those clues. Unfortunately, you're wrong."

Moreover, Itta remembered once his conversation with Adyan last night.

"Why did you let Azri be in this place?"

"Why do you think?"

Itta asked that night, but Adyan asked back. Adyan's sentence seemed to tell Itta to find out, but what Adyan did this morning was inversely proportional.

Not only that, Adyan once asked him to call Adyan's name directly, but this person blamed him instead.

Obviously it all adds to Itta's belief.

"As expected of you." Azri smiled meaningfully. "However, I would like to ask you one thing, did you intend to set me up with this woman from the beginning?"

"No."

Itta never talked about this with Olivia, but she realized Olivia was also suspicious of this person.

"Ah, so it seems. You deserve to be on Adyan's side."

The man's hand was raised taking off the mask that was originally attached to the face. Then, his true face was revealed without any gaps.

Surprisingly, just after the man revealed his real face, Olivia lowered her gun and bowed respectfully.

"Good morning, Mr. Arvin."

Then a clap of hands from behind rang out, making Itta turn her head. There Adyan walked closer.

"Congratulations, miss, you've proven yourself worthy."