The Essence Of The Darkness
Episode 29: Punishment

"My mind forgets to remember me that you're a bad idea"

In the same second Akram opened the door of his room, in that second Gabriella swung her hand with full force to slap Elana's cheek so hard. The sound of the slap blazed through the air, making everyone in the room freeze for a moment, filled with immense shock.

Elana staggered backwards almost losing her balance as a painful heat ran across the surface of her cheeks, while her ears were ringing, accompanying her twitching eyes.

Elana had never been slapped by anyone in her entire life, and the stinging pain from the slap had truly shocked her.

At the same time, Gabriella who had vented her anger by slapping the person she considered to be a lowly being, still felt unsatisfied. Elana was accused with a menacing look, while her eyes were still glaring and her other hand was showing damage in her dress.

"Because of you, trash! Do you know how much this dress costs? Even if you sell yourself that rotten you won't be able to cover the price of this dress!" hystericality. Gabriella was still itching, she was about to push forward again, wanted to grab and hurt the female cleaning service officer who for her was no more valuable than a lump of boxing bag for the impingement.

In a moment, Elios, who had overcome his shock, moved swiftly, came out from behind his desk and immediately stood between Gabriella and Elana, positioning himself as an intermediary as well as installing the body to be a protective shield for Elana.

Elios glanced at Elana's cheek and his eyes were immediately fixed at the corner of Elana's lips which looked deep red with drops of blood flowing there, signs of bruising have begun to appear on the skin of Elana's fragile and pale face. Gabriella's slap was undoubtedly very hard, and the effect was many times worse when it was landed on Elana's fragile skin.

Elios frowned, a gurgle of anxiety appearing on his face, outlining his usually flat, robot-like expression.

His Lord Akram treated Elana like precious porcelain, and now Elios is caught off guard until an unexpected incident leaves Elana injured...

"Miss Gabriella, you can't do this. No matter how great our employee's fault, you shouldn't have physically abused her" Elios still stood in front of Elana and tried to keep the woman from Gabriella's savage attack. He tries to bring back Gabriella's sane mind to the surface and stop her desire to attack Elana.

Unfortunately, Gabriella's sanity has been engulfed by her volatile emotions mixed with her arrogant demeanor and unequaled arrogance, and that leaves Gabriella with a hard time easing her explosive anger.

"Don't protect that shit, Elios! She had to change my dress! Otherwise, I would have torn her face to shreds.." Gabriella's voice faded away as her gaze instantly turned to the bratness seen in the corner of her eye. He immediately detected the movement behind the female body of the cleaning service officer and realized there was someone else there.

When Gabriella saw that it was Akram himself who was present in the room, in an instant, it only took a few seconds, Gabriella's facial expression instantly changed by one hundred and eighty degrees. His face that was filled with crazy emotions like an evil witch who eats poor little children, suddenly can change into a face mask that is as beautiful as a sinless angel.

"Acram!" Gabriella exclaimed in a soft voice, deliberately adding a shock mixed with charm into her voice. On the other hand, Elios appears to roll his eyeballs with a skeptical expression, admiring with cynical Gabriella's acting ability.

It is fitting that Gabriella passed the casting for their latest film project, it turns out that her acting skills are quite qualified.

Upon hearing Gabriella shout Akram's name, Elana's body stiffened and fear crawled over her. His hair stood up when he realized that Akram was currently behind him, watching everything. Now, once Akram is also involved in this matter, it won't be easy for Elana to escape. He had been warned before that if he wanted to keep working, then no one would be allowed to know his connection to Akram.

But now, not only had Elana made trouble with the outsiders, but that outsider who was currently harmed by her, was not an indiscriminate person...

After overcoming the pain in her hot cheek, Elana realized that the woman who slapped her was Gabriella Roshan, a famous model whose name is currently on the rise. And seeing the spoiled attitude of seducing Gabriella when she met Akram, it was certain that the beautiful model was one of the upper class women who became the lover of Akram Night.

Elana has teased one of Akram Night's lovers who is both beautiful and perfect. Of course Akram will be angry with him and defend his classy woman.....

Elana's heart pounded, realizing that she had made a grave mistake. Though this is only his first day of work..if this is the case, will Akram allow him to work again tomorrow? Or did the man instead decide to lock Elana back up without access to the outside world like before?

Gabriella herself seemed to have forgotten the existence of others in the room. Now, after Akram Night appeared in front of him, only that man deserved his attention. Quickly, Gabriella rushed towards Akram, then her eyes bulged when she realized that her access to approach Akram was blocked by the body of the stupid janitor who was standing in the way there without moving.

Gabriela snorted as she walked briskly towards Elana, her demeanor rough as her arms moved pushing and getting rid of Elana who was blocking her path, making Elana stagger sideways and almost fall.

As soon as she reached Akram, Gabriella struggled on Akram's arm in a spoiled manner designed to bring men to their knees.

"What are you doing here, Gaby?" Akram calls Gabriella by her small name, as Gabriella once asked of him. And that further melted Gabriella's heart to the brim with a great sense of unspeakable head. With Akram willing to call out his little name alone, it had clearly shown just how intimate their relationship was at the moment.

"I had a meeting with you at three o'clock, did you forget?" whispered Gabriela in a seductive tone, her beautiful fingers, with pink manicured nails clutching Akram's arms tighter as she swiped her large breasts deliberately into Akram's arms. "You know, because of each of us, we find it difficult to free up time to meet. So, as soon as I had the chance, I came an hour earlier so that we could let go of each other's longing in person," Gabriella lowered her tone with a sensual touch of seducing. He then moved, turning to the door of Akram's office, "Come... I can go inside, right? People say that the Akram Night workspace is off limits to entry, but you're definitely going to let me in because we're going to do something really fun in there."

Aggressively, Gabriella pulls Akram's arm to move back to her study. But Akram flinched, making Gabriella turn her head back towards the man.

Evil instincts instantly hardened in Gabriella's bloodstream, moreover she still felt annoyed that her dress was damaged from colliding with the trashy woman.

"ah! You know him, Akram? That lowly janitor appeared out of nowhere and suddenly hit me! She even ruined my expensive dress! You know, these dresses are limited designs from famous designers that were made especially for me. If this dress is broken, then it will not be found anywhere! I slapped him, but it wasn't enough to make up for my loss!" Gabriella whines while maliciously inciting. "You have to fire him, Akram! And also you have to make sure he won't be accepted to work anywhere! He's not working! He's better suited to being a bum!" continue again with a fiery tone.

Akram as if ignoring Gabriella whose mouth was endlessly slashing The man stepped closer in a menacing motion, right towards Elana who was standing nervously at the edge of the room after having previously been pushed by Gabriella.

Jemari Akram moves, touching Elana's chin without Elana being able to dodge, Akram then raised the woman's face towards the light so that she could clearly scan the slap left by Gabriella on the surface of Elana's skin. Just as Elios had discovered before, Akram also saw the corner of Elana's torn and bleeding lips, while around Elana's lips and cheeks, and the corner of Elana's lips, left behind dark reddened marks that will soon be sure to turn into purplish bruises.

Akram narrowed his eyes, then he stretched his thumb to swipe the corner of Elana's injured lip. As Elana scrunched her eyebrows and the sound of agonizing groans escaped from the touch, Akram's eyes instantly flashed, filled with incomparable wrath.

"You slapped him with all your might," Akram hissed slowly, placing emphasis on each word.

Gabriella was completely unaware of the terrifying aura of anger emanating from Akram's body, she was too busy on herself to forget herself.

"of course! Slapping him can't compensate me for my loss! She is a destitute person, even though she sells all her possessions she still cannot cover the price of the damage to my dress! I would have slapped him back if your assistant hadn't blocked me and been a shield from that trash!" feeling big, Gabriella is now starting to go after Elios. It's wrong that Elios won't cooperate with him! Now, he's going to get Elios punished by Akram!

"Your loss?" Akram spoke with a horrible tone. Her hand holding Elana's chin came off as the man turned his body back towards Gabriella. "What about the loss?" tanya Akram.

It was at that moment that Gabriella realized that something was wrong with Akram's attitude. He only felt that Akram's anger, instead of being directed at Elios or the cleaning lady, was directed in full at him.

Butwhy? Obviously the trash was guilty, why was Akram even angry with him?

The self-confidence that enveloped Gabriella suddenly evaporated slowly, while Akram's angry gaze created a deep sense of horror, moving through her spine, crawling through her spine, then create a sense of pain in the feathers that stood up.

"Akram? ... What do you mean?" Gabriella started asking in a weak voice.

Akram narrowed his eyes, his face looking increasingly cruel.

"You've slapped to make up for your loss. Now what do I do to pay back the loss?" ask Akram slowly full of threats.

"His loss? Who?" Gabriella is confused to digest Akram's sentence, but then she realizes that Akram is talking about the janitor. Gabriella immediately widened her eyes, not at all expecting that Akram Night would stand up to pay back for the loss of a worthless lowly janitor. Gabriella's mouth opened, trying to defend herself. "What loss can a lowly person like him bear? The janitor is worthless! Even if he killed himself, there would be no harm!"

The sound of a slap so loud and without any warning instantly blazed over the room. Akram did not hold back his strength at all when he slapped Gabriella's dirty mouth. The harshness of the slap that he did made Gabriella's body staggered backwards until finally falling sitting down because of loss of balance.

Elana who was behind Akram immediately gaped with a deathly pale face, not at all expecting that Akram would swing his hand to slap Gabriella. Meanwhile, on the other hand, Elios seemed to sigh, already expecting that this was what would happen.

Gabriella should be grateful that Akram just slapped her. Because, seeing the level of anger Akram is extraordinary at this time, Akram can do that much more cruel and terrible than just slapping.

Gabriella's eyes widened, filled with shock. Next to his hand rubbed his cheek that felt swollen, hot and painful overwhelming. While when his fingers touched the corner of his sore lips, warm blood flowed from the torn skin of his lips.

"Accord...? You... You can hit a woman?" Gabriella's tears were dripping with excruciating pain mixed with fear She knew that Akram Night was known as a businessman who was feared for his unrivaled and indiscriminate cruel attitude. However, Gabriella did not expect that Akram Night would have the heart to treat a cruel woman.

Akram doesn't seem to care about Gabriella's tears. The man stood towering in front of Gabriella who was sitting helplessly on the floor. His gaze was directed downwards, with the lightning of cold eyes without mercy.

"Why do you emphasize the word woman? Is it because you're a woman, that I should treat you differently?" Akram flicked his hand slowly as if fed up with having made skin contact with Gabriella while slapping her. "You women are always screaming for emancipation, calling for gender equality, asking to be treated like men. However, when it comes to punishment, you ask to be treated differently, arguing that your body is weaker, asking to be privileged simply because you are a woman." Akram looked at Gabriella coldly. "For me, you're all the same, women, men, it makes no difference. If you guys make a mistake and I have to swing my hand, then I'll do it without a second thought, without seeing if you're a girl or a boy."