CHAPTER 26

AMETHYST'S POV

I slowly opened my eyes when I felt someone tapping my cheek.

I was a little taken aback when the man with the blue eyes is what I saw first.

He backed away so I slowly sat on the bed.

I looked out of the glass wall and a starry night shone on me as well as the lights from the city.

The view was beautiful but since I just woke up I closed my eyes again.

"What time is it?" I asked as I'm rubbing my eyes.

"It's already passed 8 pm," he replied so I immediately looked at him in shock.

"I slept for more than four hours?" I speak weakly.

"Why didn't you wake me up?" I asked him while my eyebrows met.

"Why would I?" he aslo asked me.


Yeah, why would he?

I sighed first before I removed the pillow and blanket that was on top of me.
"Weird and cringe but have you eaten yet?" I just asked him.

If he's with me on the same roof, I think there's nothing wrong if I will asked him these kind of questions?

"Yes, I'm done. I think you should eat first before we play." He got up completely from the bed. He's wearing a plain black T-shirt and then as I expected, he's just wearing boxer shorts below. His boxer shorts is black and white.

I didn't help it but look at the middle of it so I just swallowed because of the bump in it.
Maybe is it also in his boxer, like a boxer-effect that's why it's kinda... Never mind.

"Play?"

"Yes. Card games,"

"You didn't ask me first if I was willing." I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Of course you should," he said like just nothing.

"Woah, very superior. Didn't I said that I didn't know how to play any card games," I said here before rolling my eyes.

"We'll just gonna play lucky nine." What was that? Suddenly his gaze on me changed?

Scary, drowning and... exciting? I do not know!

"Looks like it will be end into lucky you." I just frowned at what I said.

"I'm always lucky,"

"Oh, then I'm not. Can I pass?"

"No," he replied quickly so I just pouted my lips.
I just scratched my ear so hard.

"What happens if I really don't want to?"

"I'll make love to you 'til daylight," he replied while smiling foolishly.

"Did you know the meaning of 'make love'?" I asked him as I shook my head.

"Want me to say the raw term? I'll add it with 'rough and ruthless'. I can say that if you say so," he said with a devilish smile.

I just sighed and do facepalm because of this.

"No matter what I choose, it will still have the same end," I said with a raised eyebrow.

"At least if we play there's a chance that we will just do it one round." What the?! The madman even smirked!

"There's a chance?! At least ?! Wow, huh! It's like I should be grateful at what you said, huh?!"

"Come on, we did that many times." I just avoided my gaze at him.

"You take care of that! Lemme just eat instead. The freak." I get off the bed and left the room immediately.

I walked into the kitchen.

I stopped at the door because of the amount of foods on the table.

I immediately went there and counted them.
Why are there seven different types of dishes?! They also all looks expensive! I don't even know what each of these is called!

"Want something else?" it was Aivan's voice from the doorway.

"Of the dishes? I want something else? Eh, they are already too much? They are already a family pack, eh! Look, it is just the two of us here?" I looked at him.

"We can just give them to my boys if you don't want them." I reacted because of what he said.

"Wow, I didn't know that you're still a nice boss?" I asked as my snout was very long.

Maybe just sometimes.

He just gave me a siren eyes so I kind of laughed. Did I make him annoyed?

I just looked again at the dishes in front of me.

"All right, all right. Give these to them. I'll just eat this," I said while pointing at the vegetable salad.

"That's all you're gonna eat?" Now his eyebrows met.

"I'm still really full, to be honest. I ate earlier before I went to sleep," I said here as I sat down on the chair.

"How about you? You don't want to eat again?" I asked here while preparing what I was going to eat.

"Nope. I'm good. I'll just tell my boys to get the foods after you eat,"

"Eh? Why don't you let them get it now? There's no issue with that. Don't be like that," I said as I take a bite my food.

"I said after you eat,"

"Okay then, later if later. Why are you angry? You're so very hard to understand often, you know that?" Instead of answering me, the madman just left me.

I really don't understand this man. I just shook my head and resumed to eat my meal.

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When I came out of the kitchen I saw Aivan looking out from the glass wall.

Wow, he must have a strong instinct because he immediately turned around at me.

"Just wait for me in the room," he said immediately and passed me.

Oh, come on. This man is unbelievable!

I just rolled my eyes and walked into the room.

When I entered, there were cards in the bed.

"I didn't know that he's really serious?" I approached the cards and took them.

"Woah," I whispered softly when I had them in my hand.

They are aces, two, three, four to King but the designs of the cards are different.

They are black in color and looked like they were glowing.

They are also quick to shuffle because they are soft but they it's obvious that they were durable.

Whatever it is in the card was color gold.
I climbed into bed and adjusted my position.

I shuffled the cards because they were satisfying in the feeling and in the eye.
As well as the sound they make.

Later on, Aivan came in and I even heard him close the door and even locked it.
I looked up at him.

He didn't just lock it because he used a code that was in the door!
Why didn't I think of closing the door earlier?!

I wish I had known that the door of this room had something like that!

The door had been open for a while and that thing was behind the door!

"Hey! Why did you still locked the door?!" I asked here while my heart was beating pretty fast.

But instead of answering, the madman just grinned.

My eyes just followed him until he was sitting on the bed in front of me.

"I don't really do this," he said as he slowly took the cards from my hand and I let him take them from me.

"This playing lucky nine?" I asked him as he removes the people from the deck of cards.

"No," he sparingly answered while still continuing to search for people from the cards.

"Then, what do you mean?"

"Letting other people know more a little about me and also getting to know more about others too,"

"Huh?" this was all I could say because of he said that very fast.

"Let's play lucky nine with a twist," he said and looked up at me as he start to shuffle the cards.

"What do you mean with a twist?" The cards are good so I'll just let him play with me.

"We'll do it with truth or dare,"

"Wow. Are you ready for my questions?" Looks like it's my chance to get to know an Aivan Warren a bit more.

'Just one question at a time. No follow up questions," he said firmly. Aw, come on. He's tricky and unfair, huh!

"Any dare?"

"Know your limitations," he response in a cold voice.

He's really annoying! So unfair!

"Is that so? There's no thrill, it's truth or dare, come on." But he just stares at me badly as if he wants to divide me into a thousand pieces which is the reason why my heart beats faster with fear!

He's so intimidating!

I just dropped my snout because of this.

"Game," he said and took a card from the bottom and opened that before placing it on top of the set of cards.

He gave me one and then his. One more time to me and one more time to him.

'I'm only five! My situation is crucial!' I said in my mind.
Aivan will notice me because of this!

“Give me another one,” I said and he gave me one card. I took that slowly and put it as my last card. I still don’t know what card I got.
Let me see first if Aivan will also get a card or not anymore.

"I'm good," he said when he noticed that I was probably staring at the cards he was holding.

I just swallowed because I knew his was pretty high. I slowly peeked at mine.

"Yeeey!" I applauded and I immediately laid down my cards because I got number four card.

He just laughed a little at my reaction and he also put down his cards.

"Oh wow," I whispered because he was eight.

So, that means if ever I'll be dead right away.
But lucky me, the total of my number was nine.

"Go ahead and ask," he said as he picked up the used cards and placed them on top of the cards he was holding.

I first looked up to think of something to ask to him. I already knew something about him somehow because of Manang Sally.

"Ah, okay, I know what to ask!" I even snapped my fingers in the air but he was just looking at me.

"Truth or dare?" I asked first.

'Truth," he quickly response.

"When is your birthday?" I ask here.

"February 20," he replied and I just nodded.

In our next game, I won again.

He still choose the truth. Why it's like this? Now that I have a chance to ask anything to him, I don't know what should I ask! I forgot the ones I wanted to ask!

"Will you release me alive?" I ask here.

"It depends on you. If you will disobey me, then you know what will may happen next." I just frowned at his answer.

In our next game, I was not lucky and he won.

"Truth or dare?" he asked me.

"Truth."
I'm scared to choose the dare.

"What is your ideal guy?" I couldn't stop myself from laughing at his question.

"Why do you want to know?"

"Just answer it," he coldy reply.

"What, uhmmm. I like a gentleman, let me do what I want, not brutal, tender, sweet, caring and responsible." I even played my eyebrows after I answered him.

"Sometimes, what you get is the opposite of what you asked,"

"Oh, is that so?" I said sarcastically but the madman just grinned.

In our next game, I won.

I know what I'm going to ask if he will choose the truth.

"Truth or dare?" I asked here and I even rubbed my palms.

"Dare," he replied that made my shoulders to dropped. He's exhausting! What a bastard!

I just gasped because I didn't know what to dare him.

Oh, okay! I now know! Maybe this will work!

"Open the door of the room," I said here but he just handed me a card. This is probably the key.

"You just open it," he said as I just stared at the card.

"Later, darn this! I'm already enjoying what we're doing!" I just dropped the card next to me.

In our next game, he won.

"Truth or dare?" he asked me.

"Truth," I replied.

"Is there a chance that you will love again?" he asked. Why does he want to know about this? There's must be something wrong here, huh.

"Hmmm." I acted like I'm thinking first.

"Maybe there is, but it will still be a long time if ever. Then not with you." I looked him in the eye but I could see no reaction from his blue eyes.

This man is really good and you can't just read what's on his mind or how he feels.

In our next game, I won.

"Truth or dare?" I asked him as I put my hair behind my back.

"Truth," he replied.

Hope he will answer this.

"Why did you kill my boyfriend?" He just closed his eyes for a moment because of my question.

"We chased you at that time because we thought you were an accomplice of the two men you heard. They were cheaters and spies. They also came from my opponent in our business. They were getting information about us. Well, they were unlucky because we caught them," he longly explained.

"What's your business?"

"It's not your turn yet." I just rolled my eyes because of his answer.

"Fine," I said simply here.

Luckily, I won our next game.

"What's your business?" I immediately asked here.

"I didn't choose truth. I will do a dare." I just scratched the back of my head because of what he said.

"I dare you to tell the truth what your business is!" The madman just smirked.

"Illegal casino. This is just one of our monkey business." Wow, how come he answered me?

"One? So, besides that, you still have another business," I said nodding.

"Don't worry, I won't know what else they are because I'm not interested," I added.

The next game I won again.

"Truth or dare?" I ask here.

"Truth," he replied.

I really didn't know what else to ask so I kept quiet for a while.

"Why did you still kill my boyfriend even though we were just witnesses? It's obviously we can't do anything even if we report to the police." I looked up at him.

"I wasn't the one who killed him," he replied.

"But those are still tentacles. So basically, you're the mastermind and you're still the reason why he died. He was killed because of you,"

"I didn't give any order. Maybe one of my men just got alerted and just got over protective." I was silent for a moment because of this.

"Still you're not innocent,"

"I think you asked too much." Oh yeah, I also observed that.

He answered all my questions even though we were just one win one question.

"So, why did one of your men killed him?" I just asked again.

"One question at a time." I rolled my eyes because of what he said.

"You didn't even answer my question earlier,"

"Still you asked another question and I answered." I just rolled my eyes again.
I think for a moment.

"Hey! I didn't ask anything else! It's like we just talked about what happened before! Don't me, huh! What are you talking about, huh? You thought, huh! Answer my question!" The madman just laughed.

I almost fell at his trap, huh!

"Just like what I said, my men was just protective and he did it because it was his job. We didn't know that you were just witnesses until your boyfriend was shot. We thought you were really an accomplice,"

"Very OA indeed! And also brutal!" I frowned.

"Should we stop the game?" he immediately asked and I immediately shook my head.

“Even tho I got triggered at what I heard, we're still going to play. I'm already enjoying this a bit, tho, "I replied and he handed me a cards again.

Then we played and played. We only choose truth. Now, I know what was his favorite color which is red.

His favorite stuffing which is goya chocolate spread. And some more shallow personal informations.

He is the one who handles their business here in the Philippines.

They have ten branches here. And they still have business in seven other countries.

It's really a good thing that he answered all my questions. He even said that he knew how to keep an agreement. When he said that, I was a little relieved because there seemed to be an assurance that I would still be alive after this deal.

What I know about him is what he knows about me, too. He asked about my family members, what my previous job was and some questions about Earl and me. I didn't hesitate to answer his questions too because I'm fair and don't kill joy.

I felt that it's too tiring and bored that we only chooses truth.

When he wins, I will try to dare.

In our next game, he won.

"Truth or dare?" he askedme.

"Dare," I replied and the madman grinned.
Oh, darn it. I think this is a wrong move.


"Take off your clothes." My eyes widened at what he said.

"What?! Okay, I'm just going to choose truth! You dare so badly!"

"You can't take it back. It's either you or I will take that off. Bet you won't like it if I'll be the one who's going to take that off to you." I just scratched my eyebrow because of this.

I can't do anything so I just took off my shirt. Fortunately, I'm wearing a bra now, I'm only wearing a short shorts.

After fifteen more games then there is. What should be happen, happens.

When he exploded he whispered in my ears and he said that we did the right thing.

He said that this is our first night in this hotel, so something must really have happened to us.

After we finished I first cleaned my body in the bathroom.

When I returned to the room, Aivan was asleep.

I just slapped my forehead when I suddenly remembered something.

He exploded it inside!

He even didn't leave right away!

I should have included this in the questions I asked earlier!

My mind is stuck between whether I will open up this to him or not!

Maybe If I will open up this to him, he would tell me to see a doctor until our deal was over! What if I'm really pregnant? Then our connection with each other will going deeper and longer?!

Also, if I won't tell him about this until our deal ends, then suddenly I will know that I am pregnant, what about the child?

I know the feeling of growing up without a father and I don't think I can make my future child feel that way either!

I do not know what to do!

There is only one best solution!

And that is Aivan shouldn’t get me pregnant!


/W.W/



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