LOVER MONSTER!
61. A greeting from Hell.

"You can't miss an apology, Demian. If he's that easy to get your forgiveness, he'll keep repeating the same mistakes. You have to make him a deterrent!" Dania's warning haunts Jessica.

If it wasn't for her best friend constantly warning her the same thing, Jessica would probably have nodded her head when Demian appeared a second time on Elixir.

Dania-assertively-condemns Jessica not to grant Demian forgiveness. It does not matter if the man now appears frivolous, desperate and shows an expression that makes the inner Jessica feel sinful.

'Maybe I've gone too far,' Jessica thought as she stared at the grim Demian.

Jessica is not happy. Although he has a great anger, Jessica's fire anger is a fire that easily extinguished in one blow. He may be angry, but his anger will only last a short time.

Jessica did not grudge until ingrained. He-rather than anger-relieved what had happened. Instead of punishing, Jessica is more like 'yes, no matter what.'

Because of her forgiving personality as well, Jessica could not stand being hostile to Demian. His heart ached every time he behaved badly.

In fact, Jessica did not know how someone could be cruel and evil, Jessica just acted cruel for a few minutes, and her heart was like being stabbed. His conscience was stained, he felt sinful.

In order to keep up with Dania's plans, Jessica decides to avoid Demian alone. As long as he did not meet the man, it did not mean that he did not need to feel sinful.

Haha, this is better.

With that in mind, this is where Jessica is now, in the park, with Jake Allendale who has been taking her out lately.

The chess table unfolds in front of them, Jessica uses a black pawn while Jake uses a white pawn.

"This is what I miss about you" Jake said. "I miss beating you."

"Say you're happy to bully me." Jessica does not know what purpose Jake continues to invite him to play chess, but at the end of the day Jessica is the one who will lose.

"What's the fun of the game you've come to know at last?"

"It's a fun process" Jake said. Spending time with Jessica and chatting is a fun process that Jake intended.

Jake is happy to see the girl serving him seriously, although in the end he still loses. Usually, most people will give up first if they know they are not good at the game.

"Jesse, who taught you to play chess?"

"Someone from the rehabilitation center..." Jessica said calmly, her eyes still glued to the board. Repeated game.

"Rehab center?" That's not a pretty unexpected answer.

"Yes, that's it." Jessica had no interest in giving a long explanation. "You yourself, who taught you to play chess? Magnus Carlsen?"

"Who?" That name's foreign to Jake's ears.

"You know, he's a grandmaster in the chess world." Jessica chuckles.

Jessica's answer made Jake laugh. "Where did you know that?"

"I looked it up on the internet" Jessica said and her smile flashed instantly. The conversation with Jake was absurd and obscure, but it was fun. It was better than facing Demian. Oh, Demian...

Why does he think about that guy every second?

Is falling in love really this painful?

"Jake, man,"

"M..."

"I wonder why you haven't said anything about your relationship with Angela yet. I thought the reason you met me was because you wanted a friend to share."

"Don't I tell you I'm changing my intensity? I'm not like that!" Now, Jake's goal is to approach Jessica purely just to make the girl his girlfriend.

"That doesn't change the reason you approached me at the beginning. Besides, what's your intensity now? Make friends and make me a grandmaster-level chess loser?"

Jake laughed again. "That's a good idea. If you lose to me a hundred times, you will bear the title of a grandmaster-level loser."

"Tsk, sucks." Jessica lifted her face off the board and changed the direction of her gaze towards Jake, a gaze full of probing. "You changed the subject."

"Is that so?"

"You don't have to tell me why you're not ready, I'm asking not to force you to talk. I'm just curious."

Jake nodded.

Honestly, Jake was very sympathetic to Jessica. He was touched. Jessica still took the time to understand and still patiently serve it even though the reason for this meeting began to be unclear and not necessarily direction. If it was Jake, he would have given up because this meeting was a waste of time.

"If I give you an answer, won't you laugh?"

"Depending on the context" Jessica said. "If it's a joke, then I'll laugh." However, Jessica obviously knew there was no joke there. It's impossible for Jake to be super-duper nelisa if the reason is because of something funny.

"Angela..," Jake opens his voice, nostalgic about his relationship with Angela is not as painful as before, but it still carries bitterness in his heart.

"He left me because he couldn't face my background."

"..."

"You know, compared to most people, I can be pretty lucky."

"Rich, you mean?" Jessica did not want to hear the ambiguity of the man who was clearly waltzing with a rolex watch on his wrist.

"You can say it like that" Jake held back a smile. "Anyway, because of my background, Angela was getting intimidated. He became insecure and felt that everything I did was an insult to his incompetence."

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but he's known all along that you're rich, right?"

"He knows, he knows. He's known all along." Jake's voice was a little upset at the time. "I think because he knew, since he had shown no objection to my original wealth, he also accepted my confession of love. Oh, he's staying in my apartment. But..."

However, change happens.

"He's changed" Jake said. "He who used to be happy to receive my gift began to curse me whenever I gave it anything

He felt I insulted him. Every day, it feels like our debates are always filled with the same problems. I don't know what to do. I was born like this. What can I do to make him understand."

Being a child born into a wealthy family is the destiny of Jake Allendale. Just because Angela cursed her fate, Jake was not immediately able to strip it of its all. No, however, the wealth that became his background was not something he could afford to throw away.

Jake will never be able to dump his parents and family. A job with hundreds of employees, if he left it all behind, who would be responsible for them?

However, Angela never wanted to understand any of that. All the jewelry that Jake gives, food, shelter and all the comfort he feels, Angela considers it all as a form of humiliation.

"I don't think we were meant to be together" Jake closed the story with a wry smile on his face.

Jake accidentally misses the story of Angela he recently found out about, approaching him for money. Jake doesn't want to make Jessica realize his intention to take revenge on Angela.

"It was a difficult relationship" Jessica murmured. He spoke while looking Jake in the eyes. "Despite that, the past is over. I'm glad you can now tell me this without holding back the sob."

If this was the past Jake, the man would probably be choked up in speech, his pair of eyes would be puffed up by tears.

"You've been through a lot, you're better now. That's the most important thing."

Hearing Jessica's words and receiving her warm gaze, Jake felt his heart beating rapidly up right then and there.

He's gobsmacked.

The girl he wanted to use to take revenge on Angela, somehow, left him at a loss for words. The comfort that fluttered warmly on his chest, mingled one with a powerful knock on his ribs.

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At the same time, Demian Bellamy was sitting on his motorcycle sipping a cigarette. The man-without a word-stares at Jessica and Jake who are sitting face to face while exchanging chats.

Both seem comfortable. An occasional smile expands, a soothing, serene gaze. The two seemed so comfortable that Demian felt like interrupting the two and hitting Jake there.

Hot, impossible Demian didn't feel hot.

Leaving aside that it was still summer, Jake's constant sighting of Jessica made Demian want to pry the man's eye seeds out of his socket.

"What the hell are they talking about?" Demian grumbled alone.

On the sidelines of his frustration, Demian recalled Oscar's words to him. That, Demian needed to understand his own heart. Demian needed to understand the reason why he was as sorry as he was now and was so ready to break someone's nose...

Demian looked at Jessica who was now watching Jake closely. Whatever Jake the fucker said, Jessica listened to everything with wisdom.

Oh, if only Jessica had heard her apology like that. If only the pair of emerald were fixed on him, Demian would not feel this way now.

Demian wouldn't have to bother taking his bike to the park to monitor Jessica who was spending time with the Allendale. Demian should not feel disinclined.

"What am I afraid of, actually?" Demian was afraid to find the answer if he thought too deeply. Because, however, Demian was not a moron who did not understand the condition of his own heart.

Demian understood.., but.

"Am I really falling in love." The question was more like a statement.

Goddamnit! Goddamnit! Goddamnit!

He must have fallen in love, right!

To Jessica of all people..., did she herself predict that in the end she would break Jessica's heart? Now, why is the situation the opposite? Why is he even the cranky one?

Hasn't she been in love with Angela all this time? Why did the situation change, not rather, why did his heart change? Demian did not understand himself, and this situation increasingly confused him.

Jessica is just a normal girl. She is not like Angela whose innocence attracts the eye, nor does she have the beauty of a face that makes her social media like thousands in one post. No, Jessica's not even a girl with social media. He did not advertise his face because he himself realized that his level was 'standard'.

Jessica was just an ordinary girl, there was nothing special that should have fascinated Demian too much. Demian shouldn't be charmed, not wobbly.

However, perhaps because Jessica was just an ordinary girl, only a friendly girl treated everyone with kindness. Demian had unconsciously been captured.

Jessica Cerise, Demian wants the girl just for herself. All her kindness and love, Demian wants Jessica to pour it all out for him.

Something 'simple and casual' about the girl made it hard for Demian to pass. So riveted.

Greed grew on his chest, traversing wildly in his veins.

"You won, Jessica..." Demian propped up his chin. He looked at the girl with a longing gaze. "You've won me without doing anything."

"..."

Demian-at the time too-feels ridiculous to himself. His awareness of his own feelings felt so long, he had unconsciously wasted his time. If only he had realized his feelings earlier, he would not have had to fight with Jessica...

Wait, hold,

"Why did I become so confident?" Demian's stunned. One thing burst into his mind, like a splash of ice water greeting his head.

How could she forget one thing, Jessica felt.

The girl...., does she share the same feelings as Demian?

Is Jessica also in love, despite knowing how fucked-up Demian has been.

"F-," Demian ruffled her hair. She recalled how much she had played Jessica. Bringing the girl into an ambiguous relationship that focuses on the sheer satisfaction of her passion. He had also hurt the girl with his harsh words.

Goddamnit! With everything that had happened, it was impossible for Jessica not to look at her like bird droppings in the window.

"I have to fix everything from the beginning now," Demian was determined. She won't make Jessica slump again, won't take advantage of the girl's kindness anymore.

Demians...

Drrr.t.., Drrrr.tt...

A call appears on the screen of Demian's smartphone.

Oscars.

"Hello?"

Demian gave an answer with a little displeasure. Demian just wanted to think about Jessica right now.

"Demian..," Oscar's murmur sounded awkward. "Someone wants to see you in Bronze now."

"Who else? Don't you know I'm busy?"Demian grumbling.

"Don't talk like that" the voice on the phone changed instantly, someone else had changed. That voice as well, made Demian gape.

"Aren't you going to say hello to your brother now, Demian?"

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