Scratches of Wound in Fiona's Heart
Afflicted

Steven stared intently at Doni and several other bodyguards who were standing down in front of him. They all dared not look at Steven who seemed to be holding back his anger.

"So, you all don't know where Fiona is?"

"I'm sorry, sir." Doni answered Steven with his head still down.

Actually, Doni was not there when Fiona met Leon. Steven's mother asks him to come to her mansion so that he doesn't know about Fiona's departure.

After her affairs are finished with Steven's mother, Doni returns to the mansion, but it's too late because by the time she arrives, Fiona is gone. Only a few bodyguards could be seen standing guard at the door and 2 people near the gate.

The bodyguard standing guard at the door had actually stopped Fiona, but Fiona said she only wanted to see her friend briefly in front of the gate. They do not have time to prevent Fiona from getting into Leon's car and leaving Steven's mansion.

"I paid a lot of money to keep Fiona, not to let her just walk away with a guy."

"We are ready to be punished sir" they replied in unison.

"Punish you? I never give a second chance to a man who's ever done anything wrong."

All were silent with anxious and fearful faces. How could they dare to make a sound when Steven looks angry. They were all thinking about the worst possible outcome they would receive.

Steven sat leaning back, crossed his arms around his chest and looked at Doni. "Doni, you're the one who's been with me for a long time. You should know that I don't like the slightest mistake. I told you your job was to keep an eye on Fiona here. You're my man, so the orders you're to follow are my orders, not my mother's."

"I'm sorry sir, I'm ready to accept the consequences" Doni said quickly.

Erick can only be silent without being able to provide a defense for his friends because in fact they did make a mistake.

Steven looked at the guards standing in front of him. "Rick, fire them all."

They raised their heads with shocked faces. "What about Doni?" erick asked while looking at Steven.

"S-e-m-u-a-n-y-a Fired. Unless you want to replace Doni."

Erick immediately swallowed his saliva. This time, Steven looked very angry. "Good sir." Erick bowed for a moment and then stood up straight again.

"Send them all out."

"Good sir." With a movement of his hands, Erick told all the guards of 8 people to come out including Doni.

Steven took his phone down and contacted someone several times but was not picked up. "Rick, ask Jorsh to send a new bodyguard here, especially the one who replaced Doni," Steven ordered after he put his phone in his pocket.

"Good sir."

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Upon arrival at the mansion Steven Fiona intends to immediately say goodbye to Leon, but stopped when he saw the gate open. Fiona and Leon turned their heads as they stood in front of their car.

"It turns out Mr. Leon took my lover away." Steven walked up to Fiona and stood right in front of Leon.

"We were just talking, then what's the problem?" Leon returned a fierce gaze from Steven.

"Steve, I can explain, it's not what you think it is." Fiona doesn't want it until Steven and Leon argue over it.

Steven looked at Fiona. "Be quiet, Fio, don't defend her in front of me if you don't want me to misunderstand." Fiona fell silent.

Steven looked at Leon. "You should have permission first if you want to take him away. She's my boyfriend, you can't be as happy as you used to be."

"Fiona and I are friends, I think it's too much if I have to ask permission from you just to meet her, you're not her husband."

Steven smiled slanted then grabbed Fiona's waist. "Originally you know, we're getting married in 2 months and I'm preparing for our wedding. So, from now on you should be able to keep your distance from her."

Leon sneered. "You asked me to keep my distance from him, but what about you? Can you keep your distance from other women?"

"What do you mean?"

"Right now, Fiona is your lover, but that doesn't mean you'll be her husband. Even though you said you were going to marry her soon, it all looked gray. Who knows how it will go."

"So, Mr Leon likes my girlfriend?" That's what came to Steven's head after hearing Leon's words.

"Steve's enough! We just met and didn't do anything, don't widen to nowhere." Fiona looks angry.

Steven looked at Fiona. "You're defending him?"

"Steve, it's not Leon's fault. We'll talk later inside."

"Sister, go home" Fiona told Leon. The longer Leon stays there, the more the atmosphere heats up.

"All right." Leon also didn't want to argue any more it was already night.

Steven went straight inside after Leon's departure, Fiona followed closely behind. His forehead wrinkled when he saw the atmosphere of the mansion looking desolate. Usually he could see the lines of Steven's bodyguards when entering his mansion.

"Steve, where did all the guards here go?" fiona asked as she walked in along with Steven.

Steven looks like he's ignoring Fiona. He kept walking towards his room. Fiona then follows Erick who is walking towards the main door. "Erick wait."

Erick stopped his steps and turned his body to face Fiona. "What's wrong Miss?" asked Erick politely.

"Where is Doni and the bodyguards who used to be guarding here?" Fiona feels something is wrong after her departure.

"Sir Steven fired them all."

Fiona's eyes widened. "Why?"

"They are negligent in doing their duty" Erick replied.

"You mean?"

"They're in charge of keeping Miss here...." Erick then tells Fiona everything.

Upon learning, Fiona immediately felt guilty. Indirectly he had already made them all lose their jobs. Especially Doni, especially during this time, Doni has often helped him many things.

"I'll talk to Steven to hire them again."

"Don't Miss, you better not interfere. I'm afraid Mr. Steven will get even more angry" prevent Erick. "Sir Steven will never hire someone who has done something wrong."

"But I can't keep quiet, it's my fault. You take it easy, I won't involve you."

"Better Miss be more careful in the future. Please think before Miss does anything. Miss's actions will have a huge effect on us."

"Master Steven's mood is bad, it's better for Miss to calm him down."

At times like this, Erick did not even dare to approach Steven for fear of being hit.

"Alright, please convey my apology to all of them."

Erick nodded. "I'll excuse you then Miss."

After Erick's departure, Fiona heads to Steven's room. Before entering, Fiona knocked on the door first.

"Steve's." Fiona approached Steven who was sitting on the sofa leaning his head on the sofa with his eyes closed.

Not getting an answer, Fiona shook Steven's arm. "Steve, why are you quiet?"

Steven opened his eyes. "Go back to your room." Considering Fiona defends Leon more than herself makes Steven angry. He wanted to ease his anger first before talking to Fiona.

"You're mad at me because I left with Leon's brother?"

"Fiona, you should at least tell me you're leaving. I called you many times but you didn't pick up. What exactly are you doing that just picking up my phone can't?"

"Sorry Steve, my phone's left behind so I don't know if I'm calling."

"You deliberately left him out for fear that I might bother you?" accuse Steven.

"I accidentally left him Steve, Brother Leon came without telling me...." Fiona tells Steven the truth so he doesn't misunderstand.

Fiona flanks Steven's arm and rests her head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry, I won't do it again."

Steven started to soften. "Remember Fio, this is the last time you leave without telling me. If you do it again, I'll ask people to follow you wherever you go. You don't want to be like that, do you?"

"Yeah, well, I get it. Don't be mad anymore" Fiona said.

"Don't get too close to him, I don't like it."

"Yeah." Yeah." Fiona lifted her head then looked seriously at Steven. "Steve, where were you going?"

"Meet a friend, why?" steven asked, looking at Fiona.

"It's okay, I just want to know. Man or woman?" Fiona actually just wants to lure Steven if he's going to tell her who he's meeting.

"I met Sera" I'm Steven. "There's something I need to talk to him about."

Turns out he's honest.

"Owh, like that, next time take me. I want to know him too. At least I should get along with your close friend."

"All right."

"Steve," call Fiona.

"What?"

Fiona looked doubtful for a moment. "Can you hire Doni and the bodyguard you fired earlier?"

Steven grunting. "It looks like I'm gonna have to fire Erick too so he can't talk to you anymore."

Fiona grabbed Steven's hand. "Steve, I forced Erick to talk, don't blame him."

"Fio, I can't hire them anymore." Steven stood up and walked into the closet, followed by Fiona.

"But it's my fault, Steve. They've been preventing me, but I'm forcing them to come out. I also didn't expect to go along with Leon's brother."

Steven was seen opening the wardrobe and was choosing the clothes he was going to wear. "It's their own fault, why can you just get away with it."

"Steve, please just forgive them this time, I beg you." Fiona put together both palms in front of her face.

"No," Steven replied firmly.

"Steveee, I'm not getting out of here until you hire them again" Fiona threatened. How could he let someone else lose his job because of his mistake.

Steven grabbed the shirt and closed the closet and looked at Fiona. "Then sleep here with me because I won't change my decision."

Steven then walked past Fiona. "Steve's." Fiona catches up with Steven and then stops him. "What do I have to do so that you can forgive them?"

Steven looked at Fiona for a moment then said, "What you have to do is...." Steven started to unbutton his clothes one by one.

"What are you doing?" fiona asked nervously as she walked back when she saw Steven keep walking up to her until Fiona's body hit the bathroom door.

Steven took off his shirt until his upper body was exposed. "What I want is...." Steven drew his face closer to Fiona leaving a bit of distance.

Fiona closed her eyes. "Mandi," continued Steven again and then keep his body away from Fiona.

Hearing this, Fiona opened her eyes. "Mandi?" Fiona repeated Steven's words with a confused face.

"Are you expecting something else?" asked Steven with raised eyebrows.

"No," Fiona replied firmly. "Where might I think the other one," Elak Fiona.

Steven pressed one corner of his lips. "Then get out of my sight, or do you want to come with me to take a shower?" asked Steven with his naughty smile.

"Jawab first, are you going to hire them back?" Fiona doesn't seem to give up yet.

Steven looked seriously at Fiona. "I can't hire them back because they're not doing their job well."

"Then Doni alone, he's been helping me a lot all this time, I beg Steve."

Steven sighed. "Alright, but if he makes a mistake again. Even if you beg and coerce me, I will never give him another chance."

"All right, thanks Steve."

Steven looked seriously at Fiona. "You should know Fio, your every act, no matter how small it affects me and quickly changes my mood, so before you act you should think over and over again."

"Yeah, I get it."

Seriate....