Chapter 15

"Ack!" I yelled as I tugged on Gerry's arm.

"Hey hey! Why all of a sudden?"

Gerry, who was not concentrating, swayed as he was suddenly pulled by me.

I didn't want this to happen, but unfortunately it had already happened because I didn't have time to realize that I was pulling his body, causing Gerry to sway and fall with me. We both fell onto the mattress and Gerry was on top of me in a position to crush me.

We were both staring at each other intensely, our faces were so close and if we were to estimate the distance, there was only 2 inches between our noses and lips before our noses and lips actually touched.

From such a close distance, I could see his handsome face and his eyes, which were as beautiful as the night sky adorned with stars. Although he was a mobster who was feared by many people, to me, Gerry was a handsome man who was so charming.

No, I can't get lost in that feeling, if I fall in love with Gerry, it will endanger Gerry's life. Because if I fall in love with him, then my jinx will automatically activate. And if that happens, then all the scenarios I'm afraid of will repeat themselves.

This jinx thing is not made up or exaggerated to sound dramatic, I lost my ex-boyfriend and it wasn't just once because of my jinx. And I don't want that to happen again, especially to Gerry, who I really admire.

Yes, that's right, the best thing is for me to deny my feelings for him. This is for my own good as well as his, the success that will be massively boosted in Gerry's life in a short period of time will not be equivalent to Gerry's life being threatened later. My temporary jinx may seem beneficial, but it always takes its toll in the end.

While we were still staring at each other, suddenly the door to my room opened loudly and quickly, it looked like the scene of an ambush of two people who had just had illegal intercourse, we were both so surprised and Gerry hastily corrected his body position by standing next to my bed.

Outside the door was Johan and some servants who had been there for who knows how long. They all fell to the floor when the door accidentally opened.

Maybe God was trying to show Gerry and me how old Johan and the other servants in that house were. It was really embarrassing and I could probably guess that Gerry was going to give them a hard time about it.

This time I was on Gerry's side because I didn't like people snooping around in my room for whatever reason.

"Why are you standing in front of Zharies's room? Is that how you do your work every day? Or are you doing the same thing when you are in front of my room? It seems that you need to give me a good lesson to behave better than now," Gerry said.

Compared to earlier when he was alone with me, Gerry's expressions and gestures were now very serious and very different from before. Now he had a very real authority and made everyone in front of him feel that authority.

From that authority, he also radiated an intimidating aura that made everyone in front of him feel respectful and also afraid to make mistakes in front of him.

"S-sorry, Mr. Gerry. We didn't mean to be rude, but..."

"But what? Is it normal for many people to suddenly fall down in front of a room when they accidentally gather there? Do you think I'm so stupid that you want to come up with such an absurd alibi? If you think I'm stupid, I'm going to show you the power of your thinking," Gerry said emphatically.

Both Johan and the waiters next to him looked so scared. You could see Gerry's different aura and the angry expression on his face. When it's like that, I feel sorry for them.

It sounds wishy-washy to feel sorry for them even though I was angry about what they did. But in fact, if they were punished severely just for trivial things like that, it would also feel excessive, because after all, Gerry and I were not doing anything important or discussing anything very confidential.

Throw away your dirty thoughts. The two of us had done nothing but misunderstand each other.

"But... We accidentally talked in front of the room. And we heard some shouting from inside, you gave up, something happened to Mr. Zharies. We were eavesdropping to make sure Mr. Zharies was okay. But we fell down because I accidentally opened the door when my hand pushed it," Johan said.

Gerry made a sound and snorted skeptically. It was clear from his face that he didn't believe Johan and the servants beside him at all. In addition, Gerry's face looked really grim as he stared at them, as if he was already planning what kind of punishment he was going to give the frightened looking people.

"Did you think I would just believe you when you said that? What ridiculous reason would you have for suddenly gathering in front of this room if you didn't do it on purpose? You liars," Gerry said, continuing to back them all into a corner.

If this didn't stop immediately, they would definitely be punished, actually I felt sorry for them too, especially for Johan, who often helped me in various ways.

"Gerry, we shouldn't accuse them like that. What we're doing here is nothing big anyway, so why should we get too angry just because they're eavesdropping outside? Even though what they did was unethical, at least their intentions could have been good," I said in their defense.

What a fool I was, how could I confidently defend them in front of Gerry, who was a bad temple member. If I had been unlucky, I could have been punished like them. I should have learned when Gerry pointed his gun at my head once, but instead of learning from it, I made a mistake that wasn't so funny.

"Huh? But still, what they did wasn't worth it," Gerry said, contradicting my words. "I'm still going to punish them all..."

"But please don't give a severe punishment," I said, cutting off Gerry's words.

Now I really regretted it, as soon as I cut off Gerry's words, the man immediately looked at me with a sharp look, his face was sullen and not as bright as usual.

Now he turned his back on me and approached me with slow steps, but like a cowboy ready to shoot his enemy.

"You..." Gerry cupped both my cheeks with one hand.