It was the most awaited part of the concert ballet dance. The theater was filled with numerous prestigious people of high class that made the dancers anxious behind the curtains. But not for Eve. Because she was one of them. And dancing in front of these people just to entertain them made her want to puke. If possible, she may even choose to dance exotic dances than do ballet. Yet, here she was, waiting for the cue where she, the pitiful Odette, shall come in. As she looked at herself in the mirror, behind her emerged her most hateful face in the entire world. Livia Rizzo. The second wife of her father. As usual, her fake eyebrows were cocking towards the sky, even as high as the ceiling of the theater. She was holding bottle of water which she nonchalantly placed on the table. “What are you doing here?” Eve snapped without turning to face her. This attitude wasn’t new to the older woman who just shrugged it off and pretended to be a kind loving moth
He was at the peak of his youthfulness. Lucas Levin was free and rebellious, and he could even take any woman he wanted to his bed. He was 25 and everything in his world was going according to what he wanted. No restraints. No pressure. No limits. He was completely free! “Yo! Lucas! You’re finally here!” From the club’s door, Simon welcomed him with fist bump then tapped his shoulder as he whispered something on his ear. “We’re banging every blonde’s ass tonight, so you gotta prepare yourself.” Such hiss made Lucas grinned slyly as he winked at his friend. “Worry about yourself instead Sim.” The two of them laughed at each other as they walked side by side to joined some friends of their who already had guarded their own chick, afraid that the two infamous hot men; Simon and Lucas would steal them. The music inside the halls were banging from every wall, making every soul high and upbeat. As Lucas strode through the wild crowd to get himself a b
“Simon.” Looking around the old telephone booth, Lucas confirmed that he indeed lost the police tagging him. on the streets, there was no one but him as the night reached 2 before dawn. “Lucas! Where are you?! Are you able to lose them?” his friend’s panicking voice were evident that made Lucas sneer. “It will be the police calling you if I was caught by them, isn’t it?” Though he made a point, his sarcasm made Simon on the other line frown. “I shouldn’t have answered your call if you were to be this naughty again, Mr. Lucas Levin.” “But you still did, Sim.” A familiar silence filled the air between them as Lucas made his mind up to ask that question. And Simon already knew what he wanted to ask. “Your father called.” Lucas didn’t reply. “I don’t know how he knew it but you know it really is impossible to hide this from him. especially when this is much bigger than the troubles you caused before. He said he wanted you come home. He wil
Eve stood in front of a door that seemed not to be the place Shia would go to. not to mention the narrow alleys Eve struggled to walked into, this place was just too dilapidated and filled with people that were too suspicious. Men that were in it don’t look like the ‘rich-handsome hot hunk’ Shia rushed to bragged about. And of course, she did have the honor to hook up with them. The place was not far from where her rented place was but the hundreds passage she went into made it looked like she just walked a mile just to reach it. “Have I gone to the wrong place?” she wondered but then, the enormous ‘PIACERE’ (pronounced as pya-siyere) was clearly written on bold letter with red lights on top of the door. She reached for her cellphone in her handbag, about to call Shia. But then, even before she could take it out, she heard a flirty sweet tone yelling far behind her. Though she wasn’t familiar with Shia’s voice, she was sure it was her. “Eve girly!” a
Shia left her in the pool of wildly dancing people. After they entered the door, the loud beat of electric yet sensual music overwhelmed Eve’s ears. This music was just too different from the classical pieces of her ballet music. Listening to this type of music felt like awakening something sleeping inside her body. it urged her to dance. To shake and sway her body like these people inside the bar. Yet, instead of doing so, she was there standing like a post or a frozen statue. She neither can move as she was intimidated by these wild people. Wild and free. An exact epitome of her dreams. “Get it together, Eve!” she scolded herself, gripping at the hem or her dress. “You need to do this to avoid that d*mned marriage. Plus, this is your dream, right? To dance wild and free without your father’s constraints?” For her, it’s better to raise a child alone than to get married with someone like her father who didn’t value his wife. Eve jumped on her feet wh
“I WEL NE-BER GET MARRIED! I WEL…I WILL…HOOK UP WITH SOME GUY AND …” The rest of her rants trailed off with an inaudible mumble. Simon finally came back with a glass of water and a small white pill. Seeing the state, the woman was in awake his caring instincts that he naturally went to give her the medicine himself. However, even before he could reach a meter near the girl, a towering man blocked his path whose eyes looked as if he would rip all his body parts apart. Simon gulped hard. “Of course, you’ll be the one to give her the medicine,” he grinned hesitatingly, handing the glass and pill to Lucas. Lucas still eyed him threateningly, as he received it and went near the bed where the woman was. She was still mumbling drunk which was the effect of the drug given to her. It was one of the drugs common in Piacere which makes the woman too drunk even with just a sip of a drink that was mixed with it. and if they’re too drunk, they neither pass out or
“Why does she keep watching Simon?! Why does those pair of pretty hazelnut eyes kept following every move he makes? Was she even drooling while staring at Simon?!” Lucas was about to lose his temper. But what caught him off guard and threw him off his seat was what the lady suddenly uttered. “Simon.” “What is it?” “Do you want to hook up with me?” “WHATTTT?!!!!” With horrified eyes, Simon glanced at Lucas who had now gotten up from his chair. Lucas looked as if he was indeed really to chew him up alive with sharp fangs and long claws. Simon stepped back, shaking his head many times but Lucas was unconvinced even for a bit. “I swear I didn’t know her before and I don’t plan to do anything with her! I also didn’t flirt with her or-” Simon stepped back and had fallen down to the bed where Eve was sitting at. Like her, he also sat there while eyes still watching Lucas in case he attacks him. Nervous, Simon leaned towards the girl who
CHAPTER 8 “…but why don’t you consider me too?” “Find me here…” “You shall meet no man other than me…” Listening those words repeatedly inside her mind, Eve heart suddenly started beating faster than usual. She felt nervous. Like a girl who just received a smile from her crush. From staring at the ceiling, she tilted to her side. Where she saw the dilapidated buildings that were packed with people. It was tall yet old, and unlike the clean and glass-walled buildings she often saw when she was still in her dad’s house. Unlike their beautiful and tall mansion that could overlook the whole city, all she could see from this rugged and small room she stays at were old and unorganized buildings. And only people who really have nothing could endure to stay in such place. She sat up, looking around her room. It was silent. Cold. And felt empty. “But how different is this from our mansion? I cannot even call it my home…” With the bitter thought