
"Then about your abduction. Emm... Just a minute, something's missing. About the kidnapping of the ten-year-old girl, the real Rose Peterson. My father deliberately kidnapped her, the daughter of his late enemy, but in the end he lost the little girl. Then, about my dad and Jack. My father also deliberately recruited Jack and made him as a bodyguard and trusted person. My dad knows who Jack is. He hated Jack's father to the point that he wanted to pull the children of my mother's affair into a black valley that was fought by the police. But Jack is smarter than my father imagined. Jack meets his father's best friend, someone he considers his own father. He's also a cop. Jack told the police everything. Long story short, Jack was appointed as a police agent and used as a spy in my father's business network. I know everything. But I don't want to interfere in their business. Then. about your presence. My father heard that Jack had found his brother. That's why he devised a plan to kidnap you, and, just so Jack wouldn't suspect that it was his, my father set up a scenario with two abductions. Until you finally get to this palace."
I've guessed. "You knew everything from the beginning?"
"Em, everyone. I know everything. I know what they kidnapped wasn't the real Rose. Not Jack's brother, but a lover. Honestly I feel sorry for you, Rose. Sorry, I mean Emilia. You are only trapped and will be made a prostitute by your own lover's enemies. That's when I came as a savior. My father didn't know that I knew all his plans, and when I planned anything else, to make you my wife, my father and whoever it was, no one would be able to resist my wishes. Every single thing I want, they won't be able to prevent me. I'm James Harding, I'm the ruler here, the only son of Johnson Harding. Everyone will obey my orders and whatever I want, including my father."
I shook my head with teary eyes. It feels so tight in the chest. Everything that happened to me was just a game. "You're not a savior. You're playing in this charade to continue your grudge against Bang Jack. Not as a savior."
"But if it wasn't for me, you'd have been made a whore. Tell me I'm wrong."
He's correct. I can't deny that.
"You know I didn't mean to torture you, but to torture Jack. I like to see him suffer. I feel sick and tormented by love. That's what I've been through for what he did."
I'm shaking. I can't believe he blamed Bang Jack for Rose Emerson's mistake.
"I contacted Jack via phone. I asked her to stay away from my boyfriend, but she wouldn't listen. He said the girl needed him more than me. He makes me feel like a loser he can beat. Like his father who could hurt my mother, like that Jack did to me."
Alright. There is no point in advising this man, Emilia. This wound is long. His assumption cannot be changed. I also cleared my throat. "From all the things you do, I know that your heart is good. Even though your purpose and way is wrong, but I thank you, thanks to you I was not made a prostitute. I. I also cherish you who did not take away my virginity, though, much has happened between us in that togetherness, but I believe, you did not take away my virginity because you cherished your marriage, wouldn't you? Now I get it. But still you are wrong, you have no right to exchange my virginity for material. I still can't accept that." I nodded sadly. "I try to accept the reality even if it hurts, for the sake of your children and also for your wife. Even if I hate you, I'll try to cut it all down."
James straightened his shoulders, then, he suddenly grabbed and clasped my hand. And, my goodness, he kissed the back of my hand with his eyes closed.
No, Emilia. Don't influence. Don't get carried away. Can't do....
"What's wrong?"
"I want to explain this. But you can keep your emotions in check, right?"
I'm nodding. "Yes" I said.
"I'm sorry for my mistake."
"For now can't."
"Rose.." -...."
"Emilia."
"Yes. But, okay, I'm waiting until you can forgive me."
"The other thing. What do you want to explain? Maybe you want to explain why you're playing me. You lied by saying that I'm no longer a virgin."
Now James is restless. What was? He makes me wonder.