Chapter 17

"Calm?"

"Yes, I feel peace that I don't feel when I'm around other people. I feel like home, because no matter how busy and messy my mind is, I still try to meet you because only with you I feel calm." he said.

Ruby was stunned, she was surprised because she didn't expect Lucien to feel that way when she was with him. He felt happy and also embarrassed because he had asked unnecessary things.

"Sorry, I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!" Her tears flowed. He really regretted his words.

Lucien rubbed his head gently, he had to admit that Ruby was special in his heart. This woman had filled an empty space in his heart that he had never opened up to anyone else.

"Never mind, it's fine! This is the first time I want to look after and protect someone in my life. Because of that-"

"I love you,"

"What?"

"I love you, I really love you."

The words just came out of his mouth. He didn't know why he was so desperate to tell Lucien about his feelings. Lucien was quiet and that scared Ruby. He was afraid that Lucien would actually hate him because of those feelings.

"Why?"

"W-why?"

"Why do you love Me?"

"I-I don't know, I just-"

"Is it because I helped you that time? Or is it because of something else?"

"I don't know. But, just like you, I feel calm when I'm with you. A peace that I've never felt when I'm with other people."

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Ruby lay limp helplessly on the bed. The legs are still wide apart, it is very difficult to straighten them. Spots of sperm splattered on her face, body and genitals.

This was the most tiring night of her life. Lucien was really crazy, he did it many times and never let Ruby rest. He was truly avenging her just like he said.

He came out of the bathroom and came over to her who was lying on the bed. He approached and smiled with satisfaction because he managed to give a painful torture.

"How does it feel?"

"You want to kill me?"

"Killing you is very easy, you know? I could have hired an assassin to eliminate you, but I don't think that would have caused you enough pain."

"Why have you changed so much? I know you are a good man and would never hurt a woman. But you grabbed, strangled and slapped me many times."

"Lucien you know died when you decided to leave him. Do you think he will still be the same person when he is reborn?"

"You said you love me, right?"

"I do love you, Ruby. But the way I love you is different. I used to do everything for you, treat you gently and pamper you. But in the end you still left me. If I have to be a bad guy to make you come back to me, then I will be that bad guy." He said while wiping Ruby's tears.

Ruby didn't know what she was doing was right or not. She needs a lot of money to renovate the grandparent's house and her grandma's hospital fees are not small, while she does not have enough income. She didn't understand why she always had to be stuck in a complicated situation like this.

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"Lucien...! Lucien...!"

Claude kept calling him. But it seems that Lucien is too immersed in his past. Rule the world? It seemed to him a ridiculous goal. He is not an ambitious figure like Victor, someone born as an obsessive and ambitious ruthless leader. He was a simple man living his own life, a sigma who walked a different path, a path that not everyone wanted to walk.

Living for years in the shadow of Victor's power he had lived before. Happy or not, he felt neither. There was only emptiness and a strange feeling that occasionally entered his soul.

Victor was so obsessed with him, wishing that Lucien would continue to be submissive and loyal to him. Victor like that often makes many people think that he has special feelings for Lucien. But every time he was asked, Victor always said that Lucien was his lucky card, his most valuable asset which he would never exchange.

Lucien turned to face Claude who was looking at him meaningfully. From that look in his eyes, Claude knew that there was anger in his soul that had been burning for years and never really tried to quench it.

"What would I get if I could rule this cruel world? A world only filled with greedy bastards called humans?"

"You won't get anything, Lucien. Taking over the world doesn't mean you can have everything you want. But one thing is clear that you can get, the destruction of the people who have ruined your life."

Claude continues to influence Lucien so that Lucien's determination will not stop until his revenge on Victor ends. He must do many things before destroying Victor.

Lucien knew that Claude was expecting something from him and his instincts worked to realize that even faster.

"I see, maybe I'll consider." he said. Claude smiled, he knew that Lucien still doubted him.


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