LOVER MONSTER!
5. Hidden Fortress.
Jessica was pale.
The sight of the girl cowering in horror made Demian Bellamy feel a slight peculiarity. Even for the case of robbery, the normal and natural reaction for most people is to scream in fear, run on the buttocks or at the very least, put up a fight.
Sitting curled up with a body that shook violently was the last thing Demian could think would happen to Jessica.
Demian walked into this room immediately, hoping that he could silence Jessica faster before she made a fuss and attracted attention.
Demian thought Jessica would yell, creating a furore and panic. However, it seems like hope is only hope. He doesn't need to shut up Jessica now. Not because Jessica lost consciousness.
Is he that scared?
"Haaaah," Demian exhaled after successfully putting Jessica safely and comfortably in bed. "If you're that scared, you shouldn't be living alone."
No, I shouldn't have come here.
Demian recalled the incident a few hours ago, when seven men in black suits chased him. Demian could have put up a fight, but seven was seven. No matter how great he fought, he was a man with energy that could be depleted.
If he fought the seven men, there was a chance he would win against the four men, and be captured by the remaining three. Not wanting to put up a fight that ended in vain, Demian fled and fled until he found this place.
On the quiet Almond Street, a balcony with a light still emitting faintly from within caught Demian's attention. He almost died of exhaustion from running for half an hour. Energy reaches the limit. With a crazy decision, Demian climbs onto Jessica's balcony. The fool with the risk that comes next.
Demian thought he could negotiate with Jessica to give her a ride for a while, but.
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An hour later.
Demian sat down on the yellow sofa that stood facing the bed. A rectangular glass table with sheets of paper lying on it was right in front of Demian's knees. He suspected, before he came, Jessica might busy herself with work.
Jessica Cerise's.
Demian read Jessica's name on one of the sheets. This is the first time Demian has ever known Jessica's full name. All this time, Demian only knew Jessica as Jessica.
Jessica was a foreign existence to Demian all along. Existence that he should not care about. However, because lately he continued to visit Elixir, Demian gradually began to get used to the witty voice and spoiled impressed.
"Ugh.." a groan sounded from the bed.
Demian who had been leaning on the sofa while fiddling with her phone instantly raised her head. He looked towards Jessica's bed and realized that the girl was making small movements. He's up.
Demian stepped off the sofa. He approaches Jessica's bed which, by the way, has a dozen colorful dolls.
"You're up" Demian said.
Jessica spontaneously woke up from her lying position, eyes almost jumping out of her socket. Her emerald iris implied a question mixed with caution. Jessica quickly pulled herself back until her back hit the head of the bed.
He looked at Demian, terrified.
"W-what are you doing here?" jessica's voice came out with forced, low full of anger.
"Hidden," Demian's reply did not assuage Jessica's fear at all.
"I don't understand.., you.., you infiltrated here."
Jessica recalled the situation before she lost consciousness. About Demian coming and scaring him. About him who was later immersed in the old trauma that came back to haunt him.
"As I said, I need to hide." Demian explained with a little annoyance. Demian hates repeating her words, but she doesn't want to act rude and scare Jessica back. It would be dangerous if the girl lost her consciousness again.
Demian then dropped his buttocks on the lip of the bed. His eyes scanned Jessica and realized that at the very least, the girl was not showing as much fear as before. That's a better view.
"Wait a minute..., you don't expect me to just understand your answer, do you?" Jessica still felt that the situation made no sense at all. It was as if all this was happening just inside his head. 'Did I start hallucinating because I was overworked? Am I crazy?'
"What part of my answer do you not understand?" demian's questions are like challenges.
"Why..., I mean, of all places..., why did you decide to come here? I..., you.., I don't even know you at all! This is a criminal act!" Jessica stepped down from the opposite side of the bed from Demian. "You shouldn't be here."
"That's rude. I think we've known enough lately." Demian makes jokes. A smile played on her charming face, and Jessica almost forgot the reality that her interlocutor was a dangerous figure. Goddamnit!
"You need to get out of here!" Jessica asserted herself. "If you don't, I'll report you to the police!"
"Gdh..." Demian withstood the ruckus. "Are you sure you're gonna do it?"
"Huh?"
"If you do that, I'll kill you here."
"..." - ".Is he serious? Jessica paled.
"Surely, you won't be able to make a call if I hold your phone here." Demian pulled Jessica's phone out of her pocket, showing off the rectangular electronic object before burrowing it back into her pants pocket.
"You..., are you crazy?"
Jessica took a step back as Demian suddenly stood up. Jessica's instincts asked her to escape from there. However, the only exit was behind Demian. Jessica can't run to the balcony, it'll be free. Demian was able to grab it faster and break his neck before he thought of a way to jump out of it.
"Jessica Cerise, I understand your fear. Merely, running away is not the solution for you right now. What's more, I need you."
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Demian cornered Jessica in just a few steps. Before Jessica could dodge, she had managed to frame the girl between her arms and the tightly shut glass window of the balcony. "Are you able to speak well at this time?"
"Talk well? You're going to kill me! Do you think I'm gonna nod my head and make you some coffee?"
"I won't kill you if you cooperate. I'm a good-natured person, you know." Demian likened her height to Jessica. That pair of glazed emerald beads had already become a familiar sight in Demian's eyes. He-whether since when, quite liked a pair of irises that were flooded by those tears.
Jessica looked even prettier when frightened, and the thought made Demian want to hit her own head against the wall. Bastard, what was he thinking?
Although haunted by a high fear, Jessica forced herself to stand bravely under Demian's dangerous gaze. The man was like a snake stalking its prey.
"What do you want?" jessica finally asked. Let's negotiate. If obeying Demian was able to make the man leave sooner than here, Jessica would not mind at all.
"That's my girl," Demian pulled herself back from Jessica, one hand patting the top of the girl's head witfully. It was as if Jessica was a 5 year old boy.
"Keep away from me..." Jessica brushed Demian's hand off violently. "As I said, what do you want?"
Demian turned around. He relaxed back to the bed and laid his body there. "Let me stay here for some time."
"Huh?"
Jessica still doesn't feel like this situation is real.
Demian Bellamy, a foreign man whom he admires for his beauty-now threatens him and wants Jessica to let him settle there? Demian Bellamy of everyone? And Jessica too?
"Why is it here?" Jessica didn't feel she and Demian were close enough to be roommates or whatever it was!
"Nobody knows that I come here often. I mean.., the customers in your cafe are mostly ordinary people. No one knows me and no one will know if I make your place my hiding place."
"Ahahaha, I must be crazy? What are you saying?"
"I believe you're still quite sane" Demian said, taking a giraffe doll from behind him and throwing Jessica with it. Jessica evades.
"Look, your instincts are working fine. You're still sane."
"It doesn't make sense. You-just because you have a problem, doesn't mean you can drag me and my cafe into your trouble. You can't hide here. Besides, hiding..., who do you want to hide from?"
"I believe you have a lot of curiosity. Unfortunately, I'm sleepy now. Can you calm yourself down a little bit? I'll answer your questions one by one. Just let me sleep first. It's 2 in the morning, you know. You need a break, too, don't you?"
No, the problem is, how can Jessica rest when a terrible monster is in the same room with her. Threatening to kill him? Is that guy kidding?
Ugh, Jesus!!! What's going on now?!!
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