LOVER MONSTER!
111. Silent.

Jessica thought her bluff would work there, Demian even loosened his grip. However, unlike Jessica's expectations, when she thought Demian would just let go, the man she knew had an elusive way of thinking, suddenly begged her.

Putting aside the attention of the park-goers doesn't mean all that attention shows care-Demian ends up attaching Jessica to his shoulders.

Jessica's nose hit Demian's back and he felt his world turned upside down. No, it was his position now that made him see the world in reverse. In a position that made her feel deja vu, Jessica found Demian's arms coiled and secured her thighs. Locking position.

"De-Demians!!!" Jessica was panicked. "Down me now!"

Jessica thrashed, her legs swaying wildly in the air. "It's a kidnapping" Jessica said. He tries to find a way to escape Demian's dependents, but, at the same time, Jessica realizes she is now a spectacle. The people he relied on would help him, even laughing humorously watching them.

What the fuck? Where did all humanity go? This is not a pink romance drama, for whatever sake, this is an open abduction!

They should help Jessica. However, because the scene looks childish, those who are in the park and watch the antique action Demian even fun longing for the relationship. Consider romantic something that is not romantic at all.

"Fuck up! Demians!"

"If you don't want to fall, you better stop fighting me, Jesse."

"I don't want to go home!" Jessica nodded loudly while hitting Demian's waist. The blow he had taken as an attempt at rebellion was somehow not hard enough to make Demian in pain. Jessica-though Demian has transported in the future like bearing kilo-rice-is still reluctant to hurt Demian.

Damn, the empath is already blocking the way!

"Demians! Enough's enough! Lower me!"

"..."

"Demians!!!"

"I'll drop you off when we get to the car!"

"I don't want to! I don't want to go home!" Jessica kicked back in the air, trying to escape from the hands of Demian who held her. "Even if I have to go home, I don't want to go home with you! Let go of me, I brought my bike here! I'll be back by myself!"

"That bike is the last thing you should worry about, Jessica."

Whatdoes thatmean? Does Jessica need to worry about her life now? Is he in a threatened position?

"Demian, you can't do this to me! I told you I hate violence, didn't I?"

"I just picked you up."

"This is violence, you're forcing me to follow your will!"

"And I'll keep doing this if you try to escape from me."

"Huh?" Since when did Jessica try to escape? "I'm just taking a walk in the park, stop making stupid excuses."

Demian-in a dexterous motion-did Jessica off her shoulders. Without making Jessica's foot tread on the ground as well, she immediately put Jessica into the front seat in her car.

After anchoring Jessica there, Demian's dark bead again shone onto Jessica's face, to her reddened face in anger. The girl glared at him full of hostility. Adorable.

"Let me reiterate once more, Princess..." Demian leaned her face tightly against Jessica's red face, her breath rustling with Jessica's breath that smelled like mint and her favorite strawberry. "You're mine, I won't let another man take you away from me."

The way Demian spoke, his firm voice, the shade of his eyes, and his serious expression, Jessica who should have been angry at it all instead felt the heat radiating up to her neck, continuing up to her face.

His breath was choked by the black bead charm that was now shining translucent into his soul. Jessica under the gaze of Demian who hypnotized her, blushed in amazement. His lips were open, about to put up a word of resistance. However, there is no. He was unable to chimed in on Demian, not when a thin grin played on the man's face. Makes gurgled.

Fuck, motherfucker, motherfucker!

Utilizing his good looks is cheating!

Jessica held back the frustration.

"Now." the more Demian puts her face in Jessica's arms, the more Jessica's heart raced. The shadow that Demian was going to kiss her made Jessica so anticipating every single cent that was eliminated between them. Jessica closed her eyes, about to receive a pagutan that had not greeted her lips for a long time.

"Wear your seat belt."

Eh?

EEEHHHH???

Where did the kiss Jessica anticipated from earlier?

Was that a dream?

Jessica opened her eyes and like the receding and dry waters of the river, all the anticipation that had run down Jessica's chest receded when she realized Demian had already retreated from her. Pulling a wider distance before closing the door in front of his face.

"Didn't you trust me, Demian?" Jessica spoke again as Demian's car began to drive down the highway. Jessica leaned her head against the windowpanes, Jessica's mood turned bleak.

The thought that he had to return to Rhoden manor left Jessica keki half dead. Jessica hates that place, so!

"Is that something to be questioned? I trust you so much, Jesse."

"If you believe me, you shouldn't treat me like today, right? Besides, aren't you busy with whatever it is? Why should you bother me? If you're so busy, you shouldn't care about me anymore!"

"..."

"You're fine not calling me lately, you don't care what happens to me at all until."

Jessica continued her complaints, she did not want to look at Demian because she felt her emotions would only get higher once she saw the man's face again.

"What's the problem? Can't I have fun too? Am I just some kind of doll in your music box? I can only dance and be happy when you want to, and when you're bored, can you shut me up and lock me up forever?"

One by one Jessica's speech is absorbed by Demian's sense of hearing. He swallowed and absorbed all the anger that Jessica had poured out on him, all the grievances that Jessica had been craving lately.

Demian was silent, but that didn't mean he was ignoring Jessica. He waited until Jessica was satisfied to spill his heart and when Jessica was silent again, then Demian slowed down the speed of his car. He stopped driving on the lip of the road covered by the forest.

Silent and silent.

"I didn't mean to treat you that way, Jessica." Demian finally opened his voice. He turned to look at Jessica and found that the beautiful face he always wanted now showed a scar. Demian did not like the sight. He dislikes her who has been the cause of Jessica's injuries.

"Jessica, I'm sorry."

Jessica did not give an answer.

Jessica felt she needed more than an apology. Jessica didn't spill her heart in the first place to hear an apology. All Jessica wanted was for Demian to be honest with her, not to leave her on a topic she didn't know what to do with.

Jessica thought she was here for Demian, but after some time passed, the thought faded in ambiguity. Jessica doesn't understand if she's still needed here.

"I'm sorry" Demian repeated. He put his palm on Jessica's back. Reaching those wiggly fingers into his grasp, linking their fingers together.

"Do you apologize only for peace or do you have something you regret, Demian?"

"..." - ".Demian silenced. Demian had a reason why he was silent. However, in Jessica's eyes the silence was another answer that Jessica did not expect.

"So...., just for peace then?"

"Jesse. I.., you'll understand when it's over. Why have I been so busy lately, why have I kept you away from all the trouble that is going on in my house. Just.., please, don't do this. Don't be mad at me."

"I'm not mad at you." Jessica-rather than angry-more felt disappointment spreading in her veins, weakening her body. "I'm just curious about one thing...,"

Jessica looked at Demian who was carrying her hand to the man's lap. Demian gave a gentle kiss on the back of her hand, the magic that often emerged from the kiss should calm Jessica down. However, Jessica was numb.

"Demian..., why do you think the current me won't understand what's going on?"

"..."

"You said I'd understand when it's all over. Why won't I understand when things aren't over?"

Demian tightened her grip on Jessica's palm, as if she was strengthening herself. As if, if he loosened his grip just a little, the figure of Jessica in front of him would fade in the air.

"Jess..."

"I don't think it has an answer either." Jessica smiled wryly. He slowly pulled his hand out of Demian's hand. When their finger link came off, Demian felt a void envelop him. It was as if an empty space had opened up in his chest, draining away his energy.

"What do you want from me, Jessica?" Demian tried to find a pair of emeralds who often looked at him full of hospitality and cheerfulness. However, when he looked into Jessica's eyes, a pair of dark netra Demian instead met with a cold gaze that rained down on her sharply.

"Right now, Demian, no." Jessica's reply sealed their conversation that day.

Jessica, during her journey back to Rhoden manor, did not open her talk again. Demian who was by his side was like an invisible figure. Jessica didn't know why, today's meeting only ended up hurting her. Demian who was by his side, the man he had missed the most lately, the man who bestowed with trust, instead came with a sturdy wall surrounding him.

If Demian couldn't talk to him, couldn't believe him, why would Demian meet him?

Jessica closed her eyes as she again anchored her back on the bed. Demian who had come with him was intercepted by Hestia at the front door. Jessica breezed past the two without paying the slightest care.

"I want to go home," Jessica muttered in her solitude, and along with that as well, a drop of tears streaming out from her clenched eyelids languished.

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