章節 2: CHAPTER 2
I followed Damien as we entered the police station.
"Mr. Coleman, please come and confirm for us." The police brought Damien to identify the belongings from the scene.
The clothes, phone, and bag… They were all mine.
Damien did not look well. It took him a while to finally speak.
"Where is she?"
"We're sorry, Mr. Coleman. Based on our preliminary investigation, it's very likely that she's dead. However, we have yet to find her body."
"Then, there's no need to search anymore. Don't waste your energy on her. Nothing could've happened to her."
Damien sneered, "She left her stuff there on purpose to create suspense and make me feel guilty."
Damien didn't believe I was dead at all.
To him, I was only a villain who would do anything to achieve my goals. He would give everything for me to be dead.
"Are you sure, Mr. Coleman?" The police looked at Damien in confusion.
"Yes."
Damien nodded and continued seriously, "I'm sorry to trouble you all. I will take care of this and find her in three days."
Damien's gaze turned dark, It was obvious that he was angry.
I knew him too well. He was angry that I had taken it too far.
Suddenly, I had the urge to laugh. I stood next to Damien and laughed until I couldn't continue further.
I was already dead, but he was stalling the police's investigation.
It was just like the day I died. My last call for help was to him.
However, when he answered, he simply said in annoyance, "Sophia, are you done? Why don't you go and die?"
I hopelessly dropped my phone as I was drugged by the killer. After that, I was taken and killed.
"Violette, where's Sophia? Tell her to get the hell back home and stop hiding."
After leaving the police station, Damien angrily called Violette.
Violette Hills was my only friend. Yet I didn't even have the chance to say goodbye to her.
"Damien, are you crazy? I should be the one asking you that question. Where in the world did you hide Sophia?"
"Tell her I'm only giving her one last chance to return home first thing tomorrow. Otherwise, I wouldn't even bother looking for her body if she dies outside."
I had no idea why he was so anxious. His breathing was rapid.
I stood there, feeling paralyzed. Then I smiled mockingly. "You don't have to find my body because there's no way you could find it."
"Damien, Sophia is missing. I've called the police. You bastard, if anything happens to her, I'll never let you go!" Violette cried as she scolded Damien.
Damien tensed up and laughed with disdain.
"This is her new tactic? She's using this to force me into marrying her? What a bitch."
I looked at Damien with my vision blurring up.
At that moment, I really had given up.
A week before the incident happened, there was a thunderstorm.
Damien pinned me on the bed. His gaze was cold and full of threats.
"Sophia, you kept seducing me because you wanted me to touch you, right? Why are you such a bitch? Do you want a man so badly?"
"I didn't… Damien, we had a marriage agreement from the start. You're the one who isn't fulfilling it."
Damien didn't care about my explanation at all.
He grabbed my chin and kissed me. That kiss had no meaning at all. There was only overflowing lust.
"Isn't this what you want? Why are you still pretending?"
"Damien, please. My stomach hurts…" I cried as I begged, but he didn't let me go.
He pinched my waist hard like he was possessed.
At that moment, I felt like he wanted nothing more than me to be dead.
"Sophia, you pushed Juliet down the stairs and almost killed her. I've not settled this matter with you yet."
"I'm already being merciful by not calling the police on you, so don't try any tricks. So, you want me to marry you? You better give that idea up!"
In the end, I couldn't say a word anymore.
It wasn't me. I didn't push her.
Fresh blood gushed out between my legs, and my stomach was in great pain.
"Damien, it hurts…. Please send me to the hospital."
At that moment, I clearly felt that something wasn't right.
"How annoying." Feeling disgusted, Damien threw me aside.
He got up to put on his clothes, planning to bring me to the hospital.
However, his phone rang at that moment.
"Damien! Help! I think I'm being targeted by that psycho–killer! Save me!"
Damien's face fell. Then, he frantically grabbed his clothes and ran out.
He was too worried about Juliet, so why would he even care if I lived or died?
I was in so much pain that I fell from the bed and curled up on the floor. "Help… Damien… Please… Don't leave me."
章節 3: CHAPTER 3
That day, I was in so much pain that I fainted.
When I woke up, it was daytime. That was six days before the incident.
After the rain, the sun was shining brightly. I struggled to get up from the ground. The blood between my legs had already dried.
"I'm scared, Damien. What should we do?"
Juliet's cries were coming from the living room. She kept shaking as she said she was targeted by the killer.
She was afraid to die.
"Damien, we've checked the surveillance footage. Juliet was indeed targeted. Should we call the police?"
"No, Damien… Don't call the police. This killer is cruel and specifically targets young women.
"The police have already found six bodies, but they can't even find him. If we were to anger him…
Juliet shook her head in fear. She didn't want to call the police at all.
"Juliet, don't be afraid." Damien held onto Juliet as he comforted her gently.
It wasn't like he didn't know how to be gentle. It was just that he had never shown me the slightest bit of gentleness.
I stood still and felt awkward. It felt wrong to leave. But it didn't feel right to stay either.
"Juliet, when you were in Serenity Lane yesterday, what were you wearing?" Damien's best buddy, Zack Ziegler, asked.
"A red one–piece dress." After Juliet said that, she glanced at me. "Sophia…"
I didn't say anything and avoided her gaze. I walked to the kitchen with my legs shaking. I wanted to get something to eat.
"Damien, I have a plan. Let's lure out the killer and catch him before we call the police.
"That way, we can prevent him from seeking revenge on Juliet if we fail. At least, it feels safer that way," Zack suggested as he looked at Damien.
Damien nodded. "Continue."
"Let's find a woman to wear Juliet's dress and go to Serenity Lane at midnight to lure that guy out. There'll be cameras everywhere, and we will be watching closely. Nothing will go wrong."
Damien frowned. "What a terrible idea. Are you letting your girlfriend do it?"
Juliet's gaze fell on me once again. She asked softly, "Sophia, you don't look too well. Are you okay?"
"Why care about her? She almost got you killed." Damien held tightly onto Juliet as he spoke with annoyance.
My hand froze, even with a cup of hot coffee in it. The pain in my heart instantly spread all over me.
"Then, let her do it! We already have a candidate here!"
"She almost got Juliet killed. She owes Juliet one, so let her atone for her sins!"
"That's right! Let Sophia do it. She resembles Juliet a little anyway, so she should go!"
I looked at Damien in panic, hoping to hear him reject the idea.
He clearly knew that I was afraid of the dark. Why in the world would I go somewhere shady like that…
Damien was stunned for a while. He looked at me with his cold gaze for a long time before speaking.
"You owe Juliet one, so you must do it."
That one reply from him felt like a thousand arrows piercing through me.
My fingers went numb. I lost grip of the cup full of hot coffee, and it spilled all over my hand.
Even though the coffee was piping hot, I felt as if I had lost all senses.
I wasted a decade of my life and still failed to warm this man's heart.
On the other hand, Juliet did it without lifting a finger.
"I'm not going…" I rejected. There was no way I would risk my life like this.
"Damien, don't force Sophia…" Juliet's eyes teared up. "Sophia didn't mean to push me down the stairs."
"Stop defending her!" Damien suddenly erupted with rage.
Even Juliet was shocked.
Damien got up and rushed toward me.
I shook my head in dread. "Damien, I'm not going!"
"It's not up to you!" Damien was determined to make me go.
"We'll be keeping watch and not let you die." It sounded like Damien was making a promise to me.
I looked to the ground as burning tears filled my eyes.
"Make it up to Juliet, and I'll consider that you've turned over a new leaf. I won't ever target you anymore."
Damien lowered his voice. It was like he was giving me hope, and I actually believed him.
"Can you… really ensure my safety?"
"Of course." Damien was getting irritated.
"Damien, I don't owe Juliet anything. After we catch the killer, can you promise me something?" I desperately looked at him.
I wasn't negotiating with Damien. Instead, I had something I needed to tell him.
"Don't push it." Damien's expression instantly changed.
I looked back to the ground and stopped talking.
Since I was living with the Coleman family, I had to depend on them. I loved him and was scared of him at the same time.
"Alright… I'll go." I agreed to the plan. "I'll do it to repay you for saving me back then."
I entrusted my life to Damien.
Once the whole thing was over, I would propose dismissing the marriage agreement myself. I would give him his freedom and leave the country. I would leave the Coleman family forever.
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