Chapter 6

I should've known not to ever say anything idiotic in his presence. He wasn't afraid to show and take out his hatred on me. I didn't know if it was really me that was the problem or if there was another reason for his anger. I didn't care to know. I just wanted to hate him for everything.

After he slapped me, I retired to my bedroom. As soon as I hit the room, my tears started to come down. I wasn't sure if it was because of hatred, loving someone who was already married, or if it was because my cheek hurt from the hit. I just was confused about everything that was happening to me here. I wanted to leave, but at the same time I wanted to stay. I felt as if maybe it was a punishment from my parents for being a disappointment to them. My body felt weak and fragile. I fell to the floor towards a corner of the room. I just needed to relieve myself of all of the emotions that were swirling inside of me. I wanted to get back at him, but I knew that there was nothing I could do that would make him break. I thought about that for what seemed for a long time. Was I really becoming that kind of person? A person who always had to have revenge on someone when they were in the wrong? What would it even prove?

I ran my fingers through my brown hair as I thought. None of the solutions I was thinking about would be executed well. They all seemed to end in the same outcome, but I felt as though I had to do something. I didn't want to keep living like this. I didn't want to keep feeling unwanted.

"Caius, you made a fantastic impression on our guest today."

"Guest, He is in no way, shape, or form a 'guest'. Don't you understand that his life means nothing at all?"

"Caius, just hear me out for once, you always were a stubborn one. Will you just listen to me? Look, I'm not asking for you two to get along perfectly, but can you just try."

"Try to get along with him? How is this my fault? He's got such a horrid streak of talking back to me. Yeul, I don't like him and I probably never will!"

"Please," I could sense that she was tearing up because her voice became strained, "Just give him a chance."

"Who are you trying to impress Yeul? Why do you care about him so incredibly much?"

"Please, just apologize to him."

"Apologize to him? Are you kidding, Yeul he has no importance to me, you, or anyone. Why do you keep pretending to be a kind of 'angel' to him?"

"I'm not pretending. Listen, I'll drop it once you apologize."

It wasn't like I even wanted his apologize. He could have kept his fake apology and it wouldn't have hurt me one bit. I knew he hated me; I loathed him just as much. I didn't need him to pretend, even if it was for the sake of Yeul, to like me. If I could find a way to get rid of him; I could kill him. I heard a knock on the door that brought me out of all of my dark thoughts. I didn't say a word to acknowledge it, however, Caius walked in anyway. I heard footsteps trailing away from the room, which must have been Yeul walking away. He cleared his throat to indicate he was there.

"She wants me to apologize to you, so I'm sorry for making you feel unwanted, "he muttered, "Even though you are."

"Look Caius, I could give a rat's ass about your pretend apology. I could care less how you treat me too. You won, alright?"

"The dried tears on your face would tell me that you do care."

I looked away from him, not wanting to get into this right now. My fists clenched. I just wanted to prove to someone that I wasn't just an emotional wreck, that my emotions didn't make me weak. I wanted to cry out of anger and hit him with all of my might, but I knew that was an even worse idea than killing him. That's when a 'brilliant' idea hit me.

"So you apologized to me, what else do you want from me?"

He grabbed my chin slightly making me uncomfortable. He sure knew how to do that on a daily basis. I felt sick, even more than I had earlier.

"Listen, Noel. Stay away from Yeul."

My eyes widened. That seemed to be the last straw for me. It wasn't fair that he thought he could cut everything out of my life. He already made my life Hell and now he wanted to take everything that was good away from me too. What did he want from me? I didn't understand why did he take so much interest in me? Why did I, a simple 'slave' matter to him so much? I slowly dusted myself off and lied myself down in my bed. The thoughts didn't shut off immediately.

No matter what I did, I just couldn't sleep yet. I felt like it was time to put the plan that I had deviously made up into action. If I couldn't kill him, I could certainly take something away from him that he cared deeply for. I knew just what that was to him too, though he wouldn't have wanted anyone else to notice.

I took my leave from the room to find where she could be. I found Yeul outside, sitting on a decorative bench. She looked radiant, as the moon hit her white skirt, and the beads shining perfectly, which reflected on her face. It was quite a gorgeous site. I didn't see Caius around, so I sat myself next to her. Her eyes were closed and her fingers were clasped together. She had been making a wish. She opened her eyes slowly to see who it was. When she noticed it was just me, she smiled warmly.

"Did he apologize?"

"Of course," I said in order to ease her mind from him.

"I'm glad. I really am sorry, sometimes he takes his emotions to the extreme, but honestly I doubt it has anything to do with you."

"I understand. If I have to be a source to relieve those emotions from him, I don't mind. But, I didn't come out here to talk about that, to be honest."

She nodded, expecting me to talk more. Why would I tell her more, when I could show her instead? I was tired of hiding how I felt for her all because of him. I gently cupped her cheeks in my hands and rubbed my fingers against her soft features. Her cheeks turned a slight pink. I leaned in and kissed her lips gently. They tasted sweet, which matched her perfectly. As we kissed a slight wind approached us, our hair slightly covering each other's face. I pulled back slightly to see what she wanted. Her green eyes looked into mine. She leaned into me again. Our kiss intensified as our hands began to explore each other more. She placed her delicate fingers on my chest, so I did the same. I brushed up against her breast, she moaned slightly. I wanted to feel our skin against each other's. I reached for the ties to her shirt which were on her shoulders. She jerked away from me.

"We shouldn't. I'm sorry Noel, I… we… Caius. I love him."

"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to do anything you weren't comfortable with."

"Goodnight, Noel."

Like that I had lost her, he had won yet again. I felt stupid, I shouldn't have done that. I realized that what happened between Yeul and I wasn't because of wanting revenge on Caius, but because I actually liked her. I wished she had felt the same way.

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