HER FIANCEE

Sumire argued with the policeman who was guarding outside her house that very morning. She had been begged for almost an hour to visit a friend and be back before dusk. She badly wants to see Mort. She wanted to be with him and comfort him during Dieu's tragic end. Even though the brothers are not close to each other, the maiden knows deep inside Mort cares for him and he was affected by the loss of his brother.

"Please officer, this is important. I need to see him." Sumire begged and pleaded, but the officer was hard as a stone. He stood simply unbudging, despite Sumire's best efforts to make her spare. The police still would not change his mind.

"I'm sorry ma'am but you are not allowed to leave your home." Unmoved on her pleads, the officer said without eyeing her.

Sumire let out a sigh of defeat. She turns around disappointedly and walks back inside the living room. They give her no choice but to do what has been playing on her mind since earlier.

"No one can stop me from seeing him, even you officer..." she muttered under her breath and went to her bedroom with big strides. Sumire decided to do a daring attempt through the window for the nth time in her life. She is used to this ever since she was a little kid whenever she was grounded. She ends up falling and harbors many bruises that countless attempts but that didn't stop her.

"This will do..." Sumire pulled the bed sheet and made it into a rope. She went to her window and look down. She will escape through the garden full of multi- colorful flowers which blossom gloriously.

"Oooh, it's pretty high..." Sumire gasped as the air gently stirred her raven hair. She went back inside and knot the sheet on the foot of her bed and drag it to the window.

"Sumi, just think of it you are in rock climbing." Heart thumping so fast, she courageously started to climb down through the high walls of her villa. She was just wearing a fitted sleeveless top, a black jacket around her slim waist and denim short revealing her chopstick legs. Her hair was messily ponytailed under her cap and half mask on.

"Why the hell did I make this wall so fucking tall..." she complained as she wiped off her sweats and continued to go down. Sumire was in the middle of climbing the wall when the rope suddenly loosened.

"Oh God, this is not good." Her heart pounded, threatening to burst forth from her ribcage. The sweat beading on her forehead doubled. Sumire stomps faster and impatiently as the bedsheet rope gets torn.

As she struggled to went down, Mort who had just arrived at her place saw her dangerous escape attempt. "This kitten..." He quickly gets out of the car and climbed onto the pointy steel fence of her villa and run to the garden. Sumire was close to the ground when suddenly the bedsheet rope broke and made trouble keeping her balance.

"Holy shit!" Sumire suddenly lost her balance and fell. Eyes firmly closed, she was expecting her butt to hit hard on the ground when strong arms quickly catch her. She opened one of her eyes and saw the hunk holding her tight.

"M-mort you came!" Sumire exclaimed in delight and take her mask off. Her arms quickly snaked around his neck and buried her face on his slope, tightly hugging him. She lowered her tone when she realized that Eiryss was just outside of her bedroom.

"Why did you go through the window?" Mort asked, eyeing her suspiciously and the maiden look away. She cannot meet his eyes due to embarrassment. The orb of sweats rolled down on her cleavage slightly peeking at him.

"I did this for you. I was just worried." Sumire replied in a low tone. Mort sighed heavily and slowly put her down.

"You should never have done that. You just put yourself in danger." Mort scolded her. She deliberately lowered her head and bit her lower lip like a kid gets reprimanded by her daddy.

'Well, he looks like a hot daddy,' she naughtily said on her mind and giggled. Sumire then look up sad but adorable at the same time at him when he remembered the reason why she was looking for him.

"But your brother-" Sumire was interrupted when Mort pulled her into a hug. He buried her face in his chest while his grip on her waist tightened.

"I was expecting his Death," Mort said making Sumire's eyes widen in surprise. Hands on his chest, she looks up again.

"You killed him?" Sumire asked, brows knitted into a frown.

"No, I didn't. Just a hunch." Mort replied as she slightly angled her head on the side, eyes darted suspiciously toward him.

"Are you sure?" The maiden asked with narrowing eyes and eyebrows raised. Mort honestly nodded to her.

"I believe in you," Sumire said and smiled sweetly but that quickly vanished in just a split second.

"Where have you been? I've been calling you many times, why aren't you answering my calls?" Sumire swerves the topic. Looking so small in his embrace, she pouted adorably.

"I was just looking for something." Mort vaguely answered. She frowned.

"How about Klauss, you're with him right?" Sumire asked again and gave her a penetrating stare, trying to read him what was on his mind but with his stoic face, she failed.

"Yes, but we separate ways when I drive my way here. He has an important job that needs to be finished today." Mort simply replied. Sumire just nodded. A moment of silence reigned between them. Her gaze slowly cruises on his face. From his pair of mesmerizing eyes under his thick manly eyebrows, his exquisite nose, and lips. God how she missed this man.

"Kiss me." Hand encircled on his neck and tiptoed, Sumire demanded as her gaze landed on Mort's lips. She closes her eyes, inhaling his intoxicating scent. She raised her chin and thrust out her lips for him to kiss her. She looked jaw-dropping hot and cute in his embrace. Mort stared at her like a naughty little bunny.

Her chest against his, placing a hand on his heart, the maiden struggles to catch his lips unaware of people approaching their place. They were in that daring position when Chaise and Maddox are coming their way.

"What in the hell Sumire?!"

Chaise, along with Maddox, almost had a heart attack at what he saw. Lunaire and Eiryss were tailing them behind audibly gasped. All were awestruck. Sumire open her eyes and blinked. Slowly, she turn to face her father, pupils dilated in surprise. She quickly pulled away herself from his embrace but she hugged Mort's right arm. Telling no one can separate them. Chaise's head pulsed hard when he saw the bedsheet that Sumire used to get down from the window. He even tried to shake it and the remaining rope sheet fell on his face.

"Ouch! what the fuck..." he muttered in disbelief and scratching his nose. His eyes widened at his daughter and his gaze most stern.

The two handsome men exchange hostile glares at one another. Anyone in the place could feel the clash of lightning in their gazes. Maddox flashed a playful smile at Sumire and face went blank when his gaze travel to Mort's hand on the maiden's waist while the gorgeous hunk coldly eyed him.

"Sumire, are you a fucking child?! What does this mean? What if you get hurt on this? I didn't raise you-" Chaise's voice raised in anger caught their attention but quickly interrupted and wince back when Lunaire pinched him in the side.

"Calm down, sweetypie." Lunaire gently said and smiled at him with a hint of warning in her tone. Chaise's face twitch in pain when her nails dug deep into his flesh. Unable to resist, he forces himself to calm down.

"Let's talk."

Chaise heave a deep sigh and turn to face them with a serious demeanor, he left the garden. Maddox, on the other hand, locked his gaze at Sumire. The maiden just cast an aloof glance and she didn't seem to care about him. He then followed Chaise.

"Sumire, why did you do that? What Mort would have to say if you acted like this?" Lunaire asked while giving Mort an apologetic look. Eiryss, on the other hand, has been holding herself not to laugh or be ashamed of what Sumire did. Her whole face blushed in crimson red at the intimate scene stuck in her mind.

"Go follow your Dad. And you can come with us inside, Mort. I'll prepare anything you want." Lunaire added and preceded them to go back inside. Mort and Sumire exchange glances. The hunk leaned closer to her and was about to kiss Sumire when Eiryss who was still in the place suddenly piercingly squealed on the corner.

"Aherm, just go on, continue. Treat me like am air, I'm invisible." Eiryss smiling from ear to ear. Mort just gently kissed Sumire's forehead and entwined their hands. The two of them sauntered and Eiryss tailing them behind.

When everyone entered the villa, Chaise who was waiting in the living room for his daughter stood up and confronted the man next to her.

"Who invited you here?" Chaise rudely asked and pointed at Mort but was shrinking back when Lunaire answered him in an annoyed tone.

"Me. Is there a problem?" Lunaire said, sternly raising an eyebrow at her husband. Chaise quickly shook his head like a kid. "No ma'am." He said and withdraw his hand.

"Good." Lunaire then motioned for Mort to follow her into the kitchen. The hunk nodded and Sumire let go of his hand. He then went after the maiden's mother.

Tension started to arise in the air when Maddox, Chaise, and Sumire were left in the living room. Sumire cast a hostile and indifferent stare at Maddox who was now eyeing her intently. His face held an amused expression.

"Why is he here?" Sumire asked with raised eyebrows without breaking her gaze at the man. Chaise heaves a deep breath and tries not to make his daughter go frenzy at the news.

"Maddox will be your fiancè soon." Chaise announces making Sumire dazed and her keen hearing left her for a second. Gaped, she unbelievably stared at his father.

"What?! Who decided that?" she gasps, narrowing her eyes. Sumire eyeing back and forth between Chaise and Maddox. The young man's face relaxed, but she could still see the faint outline of wrinkles around his eyes—eyes which seemed to sparkle in delight.

"Your grandfather." Chaise abruptly replied. Pulse beating in her ears, blocking out all other sounds, she took two small steps backward. Sumire felt her life escape her at that moment as her blood runs cold. Let everyone interfere in her life, but not her grandfather whom she is afraid of. Terror took over her face.

"Don't do this to me, Dad." Sumire was starting to become hysterical. She could no longer control her hands; they were shaking in an odd trembling rhythm. Her eyebrows and the corner of her eyes started to redden.

"You can't do this to me." She added as her orb of tears raced on her cheeks. Bottom lip quivered, her shoulders dropped in resignation as her pair of orbs soak in tears, pleaded.

"This is better than having a relationship with that dangerous guy." Chaise said with a cold and stoic face. Sumire turns her gaze at Maddox. Her vision went blurry.

"And you're okay with this?" Sumire asked the young man who stared at her with no expression on his face. She gave him a pathetic look as to why he agreed on this.

"I am the one who proposed and they agreed on it." Sat straight-faced, Maddox bluntly said making Sumire drew a blank stare at him as her facial expression slowly darkened. She grimaced.

"You are too cruel."