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Love is Worship
Chapter-10
Sho smirked at his victory. A part of his plan worked. This was what he actually wanted and Kyoko walked straight into his trap. He couldn't hide the evil grin that appeared on his face thinking about how stupid Kyoko was.
"I can't wait to have you all to myself Kyoko. Good luck with the bet. I hope you'll lose"
After having my way with you, I'll dump you again. Do you actually think that someone like me can actually love you? Your husband might be out of his mind to think about marrying a boring girl with no sex appeal. I pity him. It's just that you belong to me like my parents said and I don't give up my belongings at any cost.
Kyoko felt the fury building in her throat.
"You live in world of fantasy Shoutaro, Keep dreaming. I despise you. I can't believe you are the one I once loved more than my own life. You don't deserve love. You deserve to suffer and die in pain! How stupid I was to fall in love with you, I think that's why people say that love is blind. I was so blind that I couldn't see your true face." Kyoko's grudges were ready to attack the jerk standing before her but it took all of her will power not to kill him right then and there.
Overcoming her blazing anger she gave him her sparkling fake and creepy smile that was enough to pull anyone's soul out. Sho flinched inwardly at her abrupt mood change.
"I'll never lose because I have faith in him. Kuon will never disappoint me and besides, I am the one who has the right to decide with whom I want to spend my life and I don't want your existence in my life. You are un-required" She stated calmly.
Sho's blood boiled at her confidence. He took large steps towards her as she moved away from his approach.
"Do you love him?" his eyes could only see red as he yelled at her.
"None of your business" she shrugged at his inquiry which turned him even more furious.
"You do, don't you Kyoko?" He asked again as he came dangerously closer to her.
"I don't owe you any explanation" she answered stubbornly.
Sho was losing his temperament bit by bit. Her ignorance and attitude was pissing him off. His entire body was inflamed with rage.
"You owe me everything. You love me. You are engaged to me, you are my future wife. Our marriage's been fixed since childhood. You can't back away. How can you marry someone else? I won't allow you" He said gripping her wrist and pulling her towards him but she pushed him away and growled at him.
"Love you? Your future wife? My foot! I absolutely don't owe anything to a person who broke my heart and walked away intentionally. Are you blind not to see that I'm already married and a would be mother? Grow up Shoutaro and come back to reality. You are hallucinating! I don't feel anything for you, not even hatred because you have no value for me. I don't want to waste my time hating someone I have forgotten about a long time ago"
"You little...!" he marched towards her again but she put up a hand to stop him in midway.
"Don't try to cross your limits Shoutaro, leave me alone. I don't love you so there's no way I would ever leave my husband for someone like you who doesn't even know anything about love." Kyoko's tone was harsh and the way she stated it, plunged daggers deeply into his heart.
"So you married him to take revenge on me because I dumped you? Well then you don't have to do this. I admit my mistake. I did it to make you crave for me. Come back to me willingly now and stop being so dramatic because I know you want me too. No woman can resist my charm" Sho smirked proudly at his misunderstanding as he moved forward and pulled her towards him, crashing his lips over hers for a lustful kiss.
Kyoko's eyes were wide open and she turned stiff with shock but soon she recovered and attacked back at him. That was when she completely lost her temper.
What the Hell! How dare he?! Enough is enough. I have had enough of your bullshit Shoutaro!
She pressed her lips in thin line, blocking his access to her mouth and gathered all of her strength to shove him away.
The moment she separated herself from him, her fist balled into a strong punch landed across his face, leaving deep red bruise on his left cheek. Her sudden powerful strike caught him off guard, he lost his balance and stumbled as he covered his wounded cheek while wincing in pain.
"What the hell woman!" he grimaced in pain while shouting at her. His bruise had turned slight purplish.
Kyoko laughed coldly as she wiped her mouth with the back of her sleeve.
"You are nothing but a self centered jerk! You think you own this world. The only thing you care about is yourself. Did you ever try to know what I wanted? Your desires? Your love? Your wife? To hell with that! Who do you think you are? Why would I take revenge on you? I'm not stupid like you to play childish games. I married him because I wanted to. I have absolutely no desire to be with you so quit being so stubborn and give up already. It's too late. You have already lost all of your chances. Don't even bother to cross paths with me ever again Shoutaro or else you'll be sorry because my childhood friend whom I came to love died for me the moment he became inhuman. I am not familiar with you anymore so keep away from me. You know very well that I am strong enough to protect my family so don't try to do anything that confirms your death in my hands" Kyoko warned him and left him behind without a second glance.
Sho stared at her back dumbstruck.
She isn't Kyoko. She isn't my Kyoko anymore! What did that pin-head do to her?!
"Kyoko…..!" he screamed out her name but met with no response other than stares of pedestrians and silence of the dark night.
"Does she love him? Have I really screwed up? Is it really too late?" Sho thought as jealousy coursed through his veins.
Kyoko came home in tears. It was about midnight. She panicked.
"Crap! I'm late. He's already home" Kyoko thought worriedly when she saw his shoes by the entrance.
Taking off her shoes, she slid into her slippers as she made her way towards the bedroom for a change of clothes, silently praying in her heart for his absence in the room.
She was still disturbed. Her mind was cloudy with depressing thoughts of her conversation with Sho.
"I shouldn't have agreed to that bet. It's wrong. Kuon-san will be so mad and hurt if he ever found out about that" Kyoko opened the bedroom door slightly and peeked through it.
She sighed in relief when she found the bed room empty. He must be in his study working. Thank God!
Kyoko slapped her cheeks lightly. "Pull yourself together Kyoko or else he'll get suspicious"
She took some time to compose herself as she grabbed her pajamas from the closet and went to the bathroom for a relaxing shower.
Kuon was sitting in his study with a bundle of files on his desk and a number of flies scattered on the floor. The room looked so messed up and so was his condition.
The whole day he had been worrying about Kyoko and her health and couldn't concentrate on his work when he really had ton of work to do. A lot of work was pending but his mind refused to process normally.
"What's taking her so long? It's already so late. Is she alright? Did something happen to her? Did she overdo herself again? Should I go and pick her up myself? Why isn't she answering my calls?" Kuon was worried sick, trying to concentrate and think straight but he failed.
He let out a tired sigh.
Covering his face with his hands, he tried to distract himself from the one he loved but all went in vain.
"I'm home" soft whisper pulled him out of his misery and he turned his head to look at her.
She was holding a tray of food in her hands.
Ah! When did she come home? When did she make dinner? Have I been lost for so long?
"Welcome home. You are late today. Are you alright?" He tried to sound calm but his heart was racing.
She smiled lightly. "Yeah sorry, I had an extra shift so I got late, because of that jerk who refused to leave me alone and bombarded me with his filth" she told him as she placed the tray on the table before him and seated herself beside him on the chair.
"Oh, you didn't have to prepare the meal. It's already late" he said as he tried to skip the meal.
"It's just some fried rice with grilled chicken and vegetable soup, not too much and besides a workaholic like you really needs to eat healthy food or else you'll collapse at work"
He sighed.
I should be the one taking care of her but she is looking after me instead.
"But I really have no desire to eat. I have an early meeting tomorrow so I need to prepare the presentation but these files are not in order. My new secretory is really naive. I had to ask Yashiro to redo all of my schedule " he told her tiredly.
Kyoko giggled as she glanced at the files on the floor and smiled back at him. "You don't have to be so harsh on your employees. If you are so obsessed with work then it's not their fault. Try to be nice for once at least even if you are a boss" She scolded him, earning a chuckle and a cute boyish pout from him in return.
"You will never change Mr. Workaholic. At least try to have some mercy on you poor employees. They aren't as strong as you are" she laughed then got up and bent down to gather all the dropped files and after sorting them all in a sequence, she placed them back on his working desk.
"There! Now no excuse, finish your meal and take some rest. You look really tired. I promise, I'll wake you up after 2 hours"
Kuon looked at her in awe. He was being taken care of by his beloved wife. What else could be more delightful for him?
You really do care about me Kyoko. I can live 100 years just with that.
"I guess I have no choice but to eat but one more request please…?" he looked at his now seated wife with his eyes glittered with pure happiness.
"What is it?" she asked meeting his eyes as he began eating.
"Can I borrow your lap?" he asked innocently blinking his eyes and grinned at her.
Kyoko raised an eye brow. "What are you, a child? Grow up already…!"She huffed at him.
"Please…? I really need some sleep or else Yashiro-san will kick me out of the office again" he said as he gave her his best puppy dog eye version.
"OK what do you want me to do? Sing you a lullaby?" she asked bewildered at him for behaving like a kid.
"I don't mind. I would love to. I'll not move an inch from here nor eat the food unless you let me sleep in your lap" his grin turned wider.
Kyoko sighed in defeat. This man is really something. Why is he so stubborn?
"OK fine!" Kyoko surrendered and he chuckled at her face expression and finished his meal happily.
Kyoko pulled the blanket over Kuon who had rested his head in her lap and was enjoying his slumber.
She ran her hand through his hair and patted his head lightly.
"You are such a child. How can anybody call you a grown up?" she whispered lightly as she brushed his bangs away from his eyes.
She waved a hand before his eyes to check if he was still awake but his breathing was even.
She tangled her hand in his hair again and played with it, admiring the softness in her heart.
"I never thought I would be saying this but you look so innocent, pure and so cute when you are asleep" she planted a soft, light kiss on his forehead, careful enough not to wake him up.
A soft smile decorated her face when she looked at his sleeping face.
Impulsively, she stroked his left cheek with her thumb. "You are an idiot but soft hearted" she whispered again.
"You killed yourself entirely to make me happy. You defined love through your actions. Your devotion and patience scare me. I am afraid because you make me lose myself. I am afraid that my walls will break any moment. I just want to say thank you for introducing me to true love" she bent down, closing her eyes and pecked his lips lightly. "Thank you for everything" she let out softly as she pulled away and opened her eyes.
She froze when she noticed green eyes looking into her amber ones.
"What else do you feel about me Kyoko?" A deep voice asked mixed with shock and pure glee.
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