The Essence Of The Darkness
EOTL eps 55: Accompanying

Sera buyak, out of words. This man in front of him always managed to give surprise after surprise with his strange and unexpected behavior.

Xavier asks Sera to help him take a bath after the distance and blatant expulsion? What kind of complicated thought was actually in that man's head?

Sera's eyes narrowed and watched Xavier's seemingly calm expression. His gaze probed, deliberately acting fierce. After all, Sera would not allow herself to fall into Xavier's cunning trap. Sera's fate could end horribly if she loses her vigilance and follows the path Xavier points to her.

"I don't think it's appropriate that I help you take a shower. Your servant - the man who was supposed to help you take a bath" she declined later.

"I don't trust them to help me take a bath" Xavier said calmly.

That speech confused Sera. "What do you mean?" tanyanya.

"You know, I'm at my weakest right now, with all the cuts on my chest and stuff." Xavier answered flatly, sweeping his hands to his chest deliberately so that Sera could see him. "I also just took my medicine, there was one painkiller in it that caused my body to limp and get very sleepy as soon as I took it."

The furrow between Sera's eyebrows seemed to deepen as she tried to digest what Xavier had said.

"Then, what's the problem? Even if it's like that, won't your servant still be able to help you?"

Sera was inexhaustible with Xavier's reasoning. Although the man was in a weak and helpless condition, but right now Xavier was inside his own safe house.

After all, the servants in this house weren't all loyal to Xavier? Aside from the poison in the bodies of all of Xavier's men who were life-threatening if they dared to betray, it seemed like the servants here were being loyal to Xavier voluntarily.

No one will harm Xavier in this house, even if he is weak, right?

"They are my men who bow before me because I am strong. I don't want to look weak in their eyes. As for you, you've seen the worst side of me, and I'm sure that you won't harm me, even when I don't have any self-defense." Xavier stared meaningfully at Sera, tilting his head when he saw the woman never coming to him. "Yet, your status is my wife. Isn't it natural for a wife to help her sick husband?"

Xavier Light was truly a cunning man who was very good at playing his tongue to flip through one's emotions, for the sake of making that person follow his will. Unfortunately, despite knowing it all, Sera remained weak and could not resist the man.

"alright. I'll help you." Sighing a long sigh, Sera agreed. Ignoring the rays of satisfaction that blazed blatantly in Xavier's eyes. "You don't need help pushing your wheelchair, do you? Go to your room first." Sera deliberately acted curiously to fortify herself from Xavier.

His attitude even made Xavier put on a smile and without a word directly run his wheelchair ahead of Sera towards the room. Meanwhile, Sera herself would inevitably move following behind him.

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"So, how?"

Elana who was lying on the bed looked curiously at the sturdy back of Akram who had just called Xavier.

Her husband turned his head immediately, then narrowed his eyes and stared at Elana with warning.

"Didn't I tell you to close your eyes and sleep? Why are you still awake?" tanyanya gently.

Elana blinked her beautiful wide eyes.

"I wonder what Xavier said about Aaron's request to meet with Sera before he returned to Russia." Elana's forehead wrinkled as she continued her sentence. "After all, there is a close past relationship between Sera and Aaron that cannot be ignored. I'm afraid this will affect Xavier's condition, which is still recovering."

Akram did not say anything, the man put his phone on the bedside nightstand, before then following up to the top of the bed, letting his wife shift the body away a little to give him space. But, of course Akram would not let Elana be far away from him, the man immediately pulled Elana into the arms and let Elana lie down to her chest, clothed with his arms.

"Xavier softened himself against Sera. I don't know if it's because of the loss of spirit in her life that she'd rather focus on welcoming her death, or because Xavier has really given up on Sera." Akram used his fingers to rub Elana's hair and stroked her gently while explaining slowly.

Elana raises her head. "But they've agreed they're going to have children together, right? I think there is still hope for Xavier and Sera" he said in a hopeful tone.

Akram nodded his head. "Well, Xavier said he would give Sera a chance to meet Aaron before he left the country and returned to Russia. Maybe it's good we just wait and see the development later. I believe that both Xavier and Sera are mature and capable of making the wisest decisions for themselves." Suddenly Akram lowered his head and moved his free hand to touch the frown between Elana's eyebrows. His thumb rubbed there gently. "Don't be busy thinking about others. In your present condition, you must think more of yourself," he whispered in a gentle, affectionate tone.

Elana widened her smile, her eyes seemed to be glittering with happiness.

"I'm fine" he said, also in a whispering voice.

Akram could not help but bow his head and kiss his wife's lips in love. She waited for rejection and thought that Elana would push her, but it did not seem to happen, as Elana instead wrapped her arms around Akram's neck and pulled her husband closer.

Their kisses were so pleasant and comforting to both sides and would have continued to other things had Akram not had strong self-defense and managed to get himself off their lips and keep his head away.

Akram's thumb rubbed the lower lip of Elana who was roaring due to their strong kiss earlier.

"Your second pregnancy is different from when you were pregnant with Zac. You used to get sick and vomit when I approached you." Akram rubbed Elana's hair with his darling. "When Dr. Nathan said that the test results have shown you the certainty of your pregnancy accurately, the, I immediately thought that I should put it back in the little single bedroom I used to wear when Zac's pregnancy forced us to split up." Aram stretched his fingers gently into Elana's face, then leaned Elana's chin towards her. "Now, you feel different.You're so spoiled, you like to hug and kiss me, and then sulk when I'm nowhere near you."

Elana rolled her eyes and smiled widely.

"Didn't you like it when I was being spoiled?" the tanya was carefree, almost hiding a laugh. What Akram said is true. This pregnancy really made her love her husband. Akram was never that handsome in front of her eyes as he was now, the scent of the man was also very pleasant, making her chest expand by happiness and pushing herself to continuously get closer to her husband in order to avoid his scent. Elana also likes to be hugged, touched and kissed by Akram.

It was as if this second pregnancy, made her great love multiplied and abundant towards her husband.

"I'm glad when you're so spoiled for me, I hope you'll continue until you're a granny with white hair, then don't be shy about asking to kiss me in front of our grandchildren later." Akram chuckled when he saw Elana's cheeks flushed in shame from her teasing, the man looked down again and kissed Elana's forehead. "I love you so much, my wife. Did I tell you how lucky I was to find you in my life?"

Elana chuckled, her hands cupped her husband's cheeks, and her lips dipped gently there.

"You say it almost every night" he said in a cheerful voice.

"And I'll say it every night that we're going to live in our future together, so that you realize, how grateful I am to have you." Akram again placed Elana comfortably in his arms. "Sleep, baby. You're gonna need all the energy you can muster to conceive and give birth to our daughter later."

Elana frowned."My gestational age is young, how can you be sure that our second child is a daughter?" protest asked.

Akram grinned, his smile looked confident which almost could be said to be haughty when answering.

"Because normally, I have a charm that girls can't resist, and seeing how crazy you were to me during your pregnancy, then I'm pretty sure that our second child is a girl."

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"Can your wheelchair be taken to the bathroom?"

Sera who was standing awkwardly in the middle of Xavier's spacious room, asked while staring doubtfully towards the wheelchair that Xavier was currently occupying.

Anyway, it's an electric wheelchair. What if a splash of water makes that sophisticated thing short-circuit and break down? Even more terrifying, what if the chair electrocuted Xavier who was sitting on it?

Sera instantly took a look as the shadow of a prisoner serving the death penalty in the electric chair suddenly flashed through her mind, it made him cringe so much that he had to open his eyes many times to chase away his wild imagination.

Xavier himself observed Sera amusedly. The woman, despite her cleverness and stubborn aura, still could not remove the innocence that was her true color. At this time, what happened inside Sera's head, can be read clearly like an open book, making Xavier must refrain from smiling widely because of it.

"The manufacturer says that this wheelchair is waterproof." Xavier said as he patted the back of his wheelchair hand. When he saw the horror still adorning Sera's face, Xavier chuckled. "But if you're not sure, I have an alternative." Xavier extended a hand towards the back of Sera's body. "Can you get me my wand?"

Hearing the request, Sera instantly complied and twisted her body backwards. His eyes moved looking in the direction pointed by Xavier and found a plain black simple stick propped up there.

Sera took the stick, and stretched it towards Xavier.

"W-can you stand up and walk yourself to the bathroom?" Sera asked without being able to hide her doubts.

Xavier nodded his head. "I can, with a little help. You stand here, yeah. Just in case I fall." After speaking, Xavier let out a long sigh, concentrating the strength in his legs and resting his body on the stick he had in his hand. Afterwards, Xavier brought his body up from the wheelchair. The first time it looked heavy, Xavier's expression turned violent while his hand tightened the grip on his pedestal stick until his veins appeared there.

Sera subconsciously held her breath, and only managed to exhale a sigh of relief when Xavier finally managed to stand straight and grin happily towards her.

"Finally it works, I just have to get a little used to it. Understandably, my body's been stuck more and more on the hospital bed for a while now, so my body almost forgot how to move." Xavier showed no pain in his expression when he spoke. But, still Sera felt anxious.

"W-can you walk?" ask again.

Xavier nodded his head, then raised next to his arm.

"Come here, I think I need you to pick me up," he gently asked.

Sera's anger at Xavier's selfish attitude that always makes his own decisions without asking his opinion, as much as Sera will be manipulative Xavier's cunning attitude and likes to take advantage of the weaknesses of others for his own sake, for his own sake, who would be so strong-hearted as to refuse the request of a man with an unusually handsome physical appearance who was combined with this innocent stare and sinless weak feel in front of him?

Sera let out a long breath, cursing the weakness of her own heart when it came to Xavier. But, he finally stepped up as well, got into Xavier's embrace, and helped support the body and slowly, step by step, into the bathroom.

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Arriving at the bathroom, Sera frowned, again filled with doubt and awkwardness, before then she pushed herself up to look up at Xavier and asked, asking,

"How do you want to help shower?" tanyanya slow.

Xavier took their steps to the side of the bathroom, then removed his embrace from Sera and leaned his body against the bathroom wall.

"Will you push that bench near the shower? I think I'll take a shower sitting there" she asked politely.

Sera nodded her head, then with a quick movement, she pulled one of the wooden benches that served as the seat as well as the decoration to near the shower. After he finished, without asking any more questions, Sera turned back towards Xavier, then helped to pick up the man and sat him on the wooden bench.

A moment of silence was created there. The kind of silence that was filled with unpleasant awkward nuances.

"I want to wash my hair, but the weight on my chest should not be wet and will be replaced every morning. Can you help me take off my clothes, wipe my body, and wash my hair without wetting my bandage?"

Xavier certainly knew that Sera could not resist him. That's why while sighing back, Sera nodded her head assenting.

This man, for some reason at the moment does not seem to be trying to manipulate Sera. He looked really weak and tired.

Pity encouraged Sera to bow before Xavier who sat on the bench. His hands moved, trembling slightly, unbuttoning Xavier's shirt.

Nervousness controlled Sera, making him fail many times to release the button from the hole. His cheeks flushed in embarrassment, then he lifted his gaze and his eyes immediately rubbed with Xavier who turned out to be watching him closely.

"Pardon me." Somehow Sera was driven to apologize because she could not open Xavier's shirt quickly.

A form of grin instantly formed on Xavier's lips upon hearing his apology.

"Just relax" he replied in a raucous voice.

Without a sound, Sera tries to ignore Xavier and focuses on her task of unbuttoning Xavier's shirt until it's done. After opening everything, Xavier moved his hand to help Sera take off her shirt. And the man was now sitting there, revealing a shoulder-wrapped weight and coiling it around his firm chest.

Sera's hand trembled as she could not hold her fingers to touch the surface of the bandage. When the swipe of his finger accidentally touched the surface of Xavier's skin, the man gasped, making Sera instantly raise her head in dismay.

"W-does it hurt?" tanyanya's worried.

Xavier shook his head, his lips extended a faint smile and looked at Sera meaningfully.

"My injuries are okay. Now the pain is not there," he whispered later, with an increasingly hoarse voice.

Sera's cheeks instantly blushed red when she realized the meaning of Xavier's words. He let out a short sigh, tried to calm down and ignore the man's cue, then stepped back and spoke in a firm tone.

"Are you able to slightly bend your body and advance your head? I'll wash your hair, "he said in a firm tone.

Xavier smiled, then nodded his thin head and followed Sera's words, carefully, bowing his body and bowing his head near Sera.

Sera took the shower faucet from her place, she turned on the warm water temperature, while next to her fingers rubbed Xavier's hair slowly to apply a vanilla-scented soft shampoo there.

This man was really created with perfect physique, even his hair just felt so soft as velvet, twisting his fingers and leaving a pleasant feel on the surface of his skin.

Sera turned on the shower tap and wet Xavier's hair and rubbed it soft to foam. He took the time to massage the surface of Xavier's scalp no less gently.

"Emh," murmurs of pleasure slid off Xavier's lips in reaction to Sera's massage. "What a son. Thank you, little rabbit."

The call made Sera's cheeks flushed red, but again she struggled to control her turbulent feelings and continued her activities to massage Xavier's head, wash her hair, then rinse it with a warm shower flush to clean. With a gentle demeanor, Sera then took a towel and rubbed Xavier's hair dry.

"I'll wipe your body" Sera whispered softly, then stepped away from Xavier to prepare warm water and a soft cloth to wipe her skin.

Sera rubbed the surface of Xavier's skin gently, rubbing slowly on the exposed area, while still being careful not to hit and wet the area wrapped in bandages.

At that moment, Sera realized that Xavier's head was slightly wavy, as if the man had lost the power in his neck to support his head.

"Xavier?" at once Sera called out, filled with anxiety, afraid that Xavier would faint.

The call made Xavier gasp, his eyes were closed again, even with his head raised again.

"I'm so sleepy. You know the drug makes me sleepy. The man grinned while his eyes looked heavy, as if enduring an incredible amount of sleepiness.

Xavier was right, right now the condition of the man seemed solemn at his weakest point. The entire vicious, ruthless and intimidating aura that dominated behind his enchanting aura, seemed to vanish without a trace.

Sera's hand touched Xavier's pants, her lips trembling nervously as she forced herself to ask.

"W-do you want me to help you wipe here, too?"

Xavier raised next to an eyebrow, a flash of dangerous sparks flashed across his eyes.

"Help me take off my pants, I can wipe myself in that area," she replied teasingly.

"Good." Sera immediately moved to meet Xavier's request, helping the man to take off his pants. After he finished, he immediately stood up, driven by the desire to escape.

"I-I'll prepare dry clothes for you." Sera's breathing panted, avoiding looking at Xavier, then hurriedly stepped out of the place to prepare sleeping pajamas for Xavier.

When she returned, Xavier was drying her body with the large towel that Sera had prepared for her.

Sera stiffened her heart and again avoided looking at the naked body of the man, then helped him get dressed. Fortunately, there was no meaningful incident when Sera helped Xavier put on his clothes.

"I'll help you into the room." Sera whispered softly towards Xavier who was already unresponsive, overwhelmed by his sleepiness. He took care of Xavier's body which felt heavier than when he had broken it before. After they stepped out of the bathroom and Sera directly directed Xavier towards her bed.

With all his strength, Sera pushed Xavier's body to lie on the bed. The man's feet were still hanging on the edge of the bed, so Sera had to lift them up so Xavier could lie straight. Sera then pulled the blanket to cover Xavier's body, which had closed its eyes, almost sinking towards the bottom.

The man looked as sound and peaceful as a child who would not bear the burden of the world if he slept like this.

Sera let out a long sigh, knowing that she had to get out of this place immediately before an untranslatable melancholy feeling sprung up in her heart.

Without a sound, Sera set foot, about to leave the room, towards her own room. But suddenly, Xavier's strong hand gripped his wrist, making Sera's steps stop and turned her head back.

Xavier blinked slightly, though it seemed that drowsiness was so dominant that it seemed so heavy for the man to open his eyes.

"Where are you? Keep me asleep, okay?" his door was almost spoiled, like a child sulking to his mother.

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