"No!" Kelly yelled as she frantically wrapped her arms around him. She couldn’t believe how murderous he looked at that moment. He was no longer her soft pretty boy! She knew that if she let him leave, he’ll definitely do something severely wrong. She can never let that happen.
"Calm down, Kai!" her voice became louder as her grip on him tightened. No matter how much she hated the world right now, Kelly could never let Kai claim anyone’s life. "Please."
"They’re treating you like you’re a prisoner!"
The look in his eyes was becoming more and more dangerous. She could feel his stiffness, his uncontrollable anger. "Please, Kai. Don’t do anything stupid." Kelly struggled to stay calm because she was also starting to feel nervous. She didn’t know if she could stop him and if she had the power to calm his rage. "Those men are my father’s. They’re simply doing their job. My father is angry with me, so he had me locked up here."
Kai’s jaws clenched, then slowly, he forced himself to relax. But for some reason, he was having a hard time calming down. His eyes remained red despite his struggles.
"Are you okay?" Kelly asked as she pulled away from him. She reached out to touch his face, but Kai stepped back, leaving Kelly’s hand hanging midair.
There was a long silence before Kai spoke again.
"So this is why you’re drinking, crying, and miserable? Because your father locked you up here," he muttered, and then Kelly burst. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
"No, you, idiot!" she glared at him. Anger and anguish suddenly rose from the depths of her soul. And before she knew it, the words she didn’t want to say came out. "I’m drinking and crying because I realized I don’t have any choice but marry that bastard! I am miserable because I am not going to be your wife but his!"
Kelly immediately clamped her lips as soon as those words left her mouth. Because she finally realized that he had said those words to convince himself so he could calm down. He could see it clearly in his eyes now, but her realization was too late.
Her words echoed in Kai’s head over and over again, making him feel a sickening weight in his stomach. He felt as though his heart ruptured, and the pain was unbearable. The thought of her being kissed and held by another man who’s calling her ’wife’ killed him. And he couldn’t help but feel his body burn. He wasn’t aware how his eyes became so vividly red and so terrifying.
Kelly couldn’t help but flinch subconsciously. He emitted a dark and dangerous aura that seemed to be beyond bloodlust. And then, as though something had shut him down, he turned away from her.
Despite the chill running down her spine, Kelly didn’t hesitate to seize him again. She was more than certain now that the moment he left her room, he was going to do something horrifying. When... when did her Kai become like this?
"Let go." He snarled, his hand already began peeling her off him.
"No! You can’t leave this place unless you calm down!"
He acted as though he couldn’t hear her.
"My god, Kai! Please! Listen to me!" she begged because he was determined to shake her off. This was the first time he was forcefully peeling her off him. He used never to do this because he was afraid to hurt her. But now, here he was... no! She can’t let him leave!
Just as Kai finally managed to peel her off him, Kelly did something unthinkable. Her tightly clenched fists suddenly landed on Kai’s jaw.
Silence followed. Even though Kelly’s hard punch wasn’t enough to move his body even for an inch, it seemed to be enough to move something inside him that had somehow awakened his senses.
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