Axel first held a gun at the age of 12—the day after his birthday. He got the gun from his mom's drawer and thought it was the coolest thing he had ever found on a woman's dresser. His mother, Beatrice Murdoch, was raised in a much harsher life, and she grew up to be a woman who was... awesome. Until the end of his life, Axel could never express how much he admired his mother, and that is something he regrets to this day. Long before he entered his uncle Rafael Wagner's ElWagner training center, he had received some basic training from his father, who was also part of the ElWagner clan led by his uncle. Throughout his life, Axel thought that he would join ElWagner and become one of the clan's secret leaders to replace his father, as he had no other siblings. Rafael Wagner had one son and one daughter, but his mother only had him, and he had been preparing to join the clan since he was 15 years old. However, years later, after a long training program at ElWagner's training grounds,

Eve didn't remember anything.She didn't remember what happened after she drank the glass of poison and... Axel grabbed her body to throw the glass and immediately carried her out to the car.However, she swore that she had to try hard not to scream when she opened her eyes and found that there was something—an arm that felt heavy when it was wrapped around her waist.Oh no...Oh no...This is a bad thing. Eve knew something bad was happening because she... could feel she wasn't wearing anything under the covers. She was naked and... someone was holding her.The last time she woke up naked, she found that she had given her first experience to a stranger she met at a nightclub. Then, this morning, she slept in her room at Axel's mansion and found that an arm was holding her. She faced the window and could see the light filtering through the curtains that were still closed.A memory formed in her head as she tried to breathe slowly over and over again—trying everything to make her a lit

Eve tapped a finger on the edge of the trellis as she sat in the window niche to see the mansion grounds covered by snow.It had been almost six hours since the last maid knocked on her door.After Axel tries to enter by opening the door with his key, he does not send a maid to persuade her as if he knew that whatever he did would not get her to open the door and take her food.Well, at least she could feel a sense of calm for a few hours, even though she knew it wouldn't last long. In the end, she knew that she still had to get out of there and... face everyone.Her stomach was hungry, and she knew that she couldn't hold it in anymore.Throughout the day and into the night, she only survived because of the water in her room, and she knew that water would not be enough for her hunger. Not just her own stomach but also the baby in her belly.If she lived alone, she would have preferred to sleep in her bed and ignore her hunger. In her entire life, she never felt hungry because her fami

Waking up early, preparing breakfast, and driving to the hospital is the morning routine that always greets Eve when she wakes up in her apartment. She has been doing it for the past two years and has never minded the pleasant routine.Eve had never prepared her own breakfast since she was a child because the maid would always do it before she woke up. Someone had already prepared the clothes she would wear to school, and the driver was ready with the car that would take her whenever she walked out of the mansion's door. However, she changed her habits after she went to college and then worked in Seattle. Being away from her parents meant she had to start a new life with a new routine where she was in control of her life without the help of the people her parents had always provided to help her since she was a child.She started a new habit, and she was not a difficult person to adapt to. When she first came to her college dorm, she was a bit surprised by the lives of her friends, but

"You called your mom this afternoon?"Eve looked up when Axel started the conversation at the dinner table.They'd spent the whole afternoon at the stables, but Axel hadn't talked about her phone call that he'd heard part of. So now he wanted to talk about it as if they were a couple who always shared stories at the dinner table?"Can't I do that?""Why not?" Axel frowned.Eve shrugged, and then she reached out to cut into the apple pie the maid had made.She doesn't know if it's just her feelings or if it's true, but the waiter never misses apple pie at dinner time, and she can't help but say that she really likes her dinner time these days."Your parents still live in New York?""Yes." She nodded her head."What about siblings? Do you have any siblings? A brother or maybe a sister?""I'm an only child, so I don't have any siblings. I'm not close with my cousins either, so... it's just me in my house."Axel looked at her intently, then a moment later nodded his head as if he was sati