“Good morning,” a familiar voice softly greeted Fate as she slowly opened her eyes.
“Max, what happened? Why am I here?” she asked as she quickly got out of bed.
Max smiled as if he wasn’t seeing the distress in her eyes. “What do you mean? You’re home, here with me,” he answered that sent a frightening chill over Fate’s entire body.
“Are you going mad? I don’t like you anymore. Why are you forcing me to accept you again? Why can’t you just accept my decision and move on with your life, the same way I did with mine…” she voiced out while trying to act like she was angry.
Max chuckled as if mocking her. “Do you really think that I would believe your words? Maybe you should try to act more convincing before you say those words again.”
Fate sighed. Then she went straight to the door and left the room. The house was quite large, she thought. She immediately tried to find the way out. But to her dismay, the only door out of the house was locked. She then tried to look at the windows. She was totally shocked after seeing that all the windows were totally boarded up as well. Fear instantly appeared in her heart.
“You can’t get out of this house, not unless you find the key to the door… which I doubt it you would,” Max uttered as he slowly walked behind her.
Fate turned around to face him. “What are you planning Max? You can’t keep me locked up. I am getting married for god’s sake!” she screamed.
Max smiled with a frightening look in his eyes. “Which is why I am keeping you here. Do you really think that I would allow you to get married to that guy? I am the one who loves you. So you should marry me… NOT HIM!” he shouted back with anger in his eyes.
Fate suddenly backed away. She was getting scared already. Max was acting like he was losing his sanity. She then started to cry. She didn’t want to see Max like this. She didn’t want to see him lose himself like the way she did months ago.
“What have I done to you Max? Why are you like this? Why? Why?” she kept on repeating as she cried hard.
Max’s anger somehow ceased after seeing that Fate was crying and trembling terribly. He quickly took her into his arms. He lovingly embraced her while she continued to cry. “I… I am sorry. I didn’t mean to shout at you. I told you that I would never be mean to you again. So please forgive me. I was just so angry. I was thinking that I was already by your side but you still want to be with another man. Why can’t we just return where we were before? I promise this time I would take good care of you,” he said as he continuously caressed her back as if to make her stop crying.
Fate felt the sincerity in his voice that the fear quickly disappeared. “Max, I really can’t. Can’t you just accept this is the end of our relationship? Even if you still want to continue it, there are so many people involved now. They will surely get affected too.”
Max sighed. “You don’t have to marry Norman just to protect me and my friends. We can take care of ourselves. We already faced so many problems and scandals before. I don’t think another one will be enough to destroy our career.”
Fate immediately drew away and stared at him. “How? How did you know about it?” she asked.
“Is it really important how I knew about it? Isn’t the important thing is that you don’t have to do it just to save me. I don’t want you to marry him. So just stay here with me,” Max with a soft voice.
Fate shook her head. “You don’t know Norman. He might do something bad to your friends if I don’t appear on our wedding day. I am scared of what he might do to you and your friends. And even if you say that Norman can’t harm you. I am sure he can. He is a very powerful man. He can do lots of things that we can never imagine,” she said with fear in her eyes.
Max smiled. “It’s okay. You don’t have to be scared of him. Honestly I am willing to trade anything just to have you back. So if he wants to destroy my career, I really don’t care.”
“What about Jaejoong and the others? They are your friends. They will surely be affected too. Norman will surely destroy them too. Don’t you even care about them?” Fate said angrily.
“They already know the situation I am in right now. So I think if Norman really does something bad to them, they will be prepared as well,” Max replied.
“I know you’re doing the wrong thing… but…” she was about to continue.
Max had moved closer and he placed his finger on her lips to stop her from talking. “Sshhh… Just forget about all your worries. I will take care of them all. Just rest Fate. I know you’re already very tired from running away. So please just rest, rest your mind… and rest your heart,” he said as he looked straight into her eyes.
Fate’s eyes softened. She could feel the love that was showing in Max’s eyes. How she missed looking at him with loving eyes. How she missed being so close to him. How she missed his scent, his voice, his touch… She missed everything about him.
She then slowly closed her eyes. Yes, she was already tired. “Is it really okay to rest?” she was asking herself.
And as if Max heard her thought, he gently whispered something in her ear. “Rest Fate. I will be here to take care of you.”
Fate knew what she was thinking was wrong but she really wanted to rest for a while. “Maybe it won’t hurt to just stop and forget for a while. Maybe I can just drop everything and try to enjoy some stolen moments. Maybe I can try to share one last memory with Max, before…”
Max held Fate tighter. He was very happy that Fate had somehow stopped resisting. It seems his words already convinced her to change her mind. “I promise I will take care of you,” he uttered as he lovingly kissed her forehead.
Fate closed her eyes. “God, please forgive me. I am going to be selfish for just a day or two. I really want to be with him again. Please give me the strength to leave him again when the right time comes,” she prayed silently as tears started to run down her cheeks.
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“FLASH NEWS: FATE NAKAMURA HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING. A MISSING PERSON REPORT HAS BEEN MADE AND AUTHORITIES ARE ALREADY SEARCHING FOR HER WHEREABOUTS.
HER FIANCEE & FATHER HAVE ALREADY OFFERED A STAGGERING $500,000 REWARD FOR ANYONE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO HELP IN HER SAFE RETURN.
PLEASE STAY TUNE TO THIS STATION FOR MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SHOCKING NEWS.”
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