The Beauty And The Bad Boy

bs were glassy, messy with crystal tears. She sat on the balcony of her room, gazing out of th

rovert for him. As much as timid she is, she was strong in his case, she was bold, vise whenever he needed her. She lied awake when he was sick, she stayed with him when he was

nd left her lips, escaping out through the gap between her fingers.

e like I meant someth

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t red. The effort was clearly painful as his eyebrows came together in a tight grimace, a visible sign of the suff

rds, heck! He didn't me

ustrated... abov

son. He heard that father's love sons the most but then why does

agile? Chirpy? And that he's

arents love their childr

ss all his feelings. He was already weak in his father's eyes, he

ian

t her, but he was hurt too. It was normal for him to hurt others when he was hurt, that was so

love you with her heart, pure and genuine. And he knows her like the back of his hand. As much

ork by saying out the answer aloud as if rechecking it, giving him food when he's hungry

at has brewed inside him since they were children. Maybe the bitter memory of everyone pamperi

as he wiped the tears away, schooling his expression.

ound of his father reached his eyes

Y

ed forward, standing beside him, th

said, his eyes staring right ahead. His hands

a fist, all the softness his eyes h

've taken care of her" his father c

red, meeting the coldness of h

n't one

his blue eyes not ready to look at the

happiness" Daniel said, and Adrick failed to see the softness in his eyes, the slight tenderness of his voice an

his own. His eyes held a million stories, as much as he

, if you didn't notice. At least let me have my own opinio

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his friends asked, a chuckle leaving his lips

one" Adrick snarled,

worse today. What's wrong? Did your princess work yo

k snapped, making his friend raise his

t platinum silver cross chain hanging on his neck attractively. His jet-black hair was slicked back to perfection, with a few strategically placed loose str

sing an eyebrow at Adrick who looked in t

, his friend was already in fron

esterday" He grinned, his blonde

brow, his eyes stuck on the s

elementary school girl?" Ace asked, p

e came back to circle his arm around A

Want your mommy, Adrick baby?" Ace mocked, a

to date Liliana" adrick's friend replied on

inch girl with long black hair that reached below her hips, brown orbs like

dear parents already fixed your marriage with her. Sucks to be y

up?" Adrick stepped forward, his aquamarin

nyone up, go and tell that to your father. Aren't they too eager to set you up wi

ng my fath

guished in an instant. Voice steely, he retorted, "Isn

aned, his eyes twitched, bef

e worth of life, each breath you have and let you feel how it feels when you get to know that you're the last few breaths of you

ain't a saint either" Adrick uttered back, fig

e as he growled out, "Well, I'm damn

A second world war in the middle o

in the last fight. So in no way you both are gonna rip each othe

tch? A formal competition to see who truly reigns supreme." The men stared back at him, disinterested and un

loser?" He adjusted his bag on his shoulder and gave a dismissive shake of his head

ere to run away like last time?" Adrick said, a cruel smirk emergin

ck

thicken with tension. His eyes locked with Ace'

with condescension, "You can demand anything from me." The offer hung heavy in the air, adding to the intensity of the moment. His stance

nd if

e Liliana fall i

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