The Villain's Wife

18

Riku & Akane's residence.

Riku ran towards Akane's room, anger plastered all over his handsome face. When he reached her room, instead of knocking like he always does, he forcefully kicked the door open.

"Oni-" Akane rose from her seat while clutching her sleeping robe. Her eyes wide from shock at the sudden and loud intrusion.

"I told you not to do something stupid!" he bellowed as he approached Akane. "Go- leave now!"

"Onii-sama! What are you talking about?"

"Stop playing dumb with me! Lisa and Jennie got into an accident and now they are missing!" Riku shouted in exasperation as he opened Akane's closet, took out her luggage and threw it on her bed. Then, he hastily pulled out pieces of her clothes with the hangers and threw them into the luggage.

"Riku! What are you doing?" Akane grabbed her brother's arms, stopping him from grabbing any more of her clothes. "Stop it! I am not leaving!"

"Don't you understand? Mr. Kang is already on his way here... they will surely get to the bottom of this incident! You have to leave now!"

"I said I am not leaving!" Akane insisted while returning her clothes, to the closet. "It wasn't me! I did not cause the accident so why would I leave?"

"Liar!" Riku hissed. "Do you think that I wouldn't know about your dealings with our cousin in Canada? I already told you to avoid him yet, you did not listen to me! Leave now before Mr. Kang arrives!"

"You can't order me around like I am your employee! I am your twin sister, Riku! And yet, you didn't have the guts to help me get a little closer to Lisa! What kind of brother are you?" Akane's sudden outburst surprised Riku.

"Akane! Why are you being so stubborn? There is no way that he will like you!"

"How do you know that he won't like me? I have worked hard and finished my studies abroad so I can be worthy of him! How can he not like me?"

Riku stared in disbelief at his sister. He always knew that Akane like Lisa. However, he discouraged her from pursuing him. He even forced her to go abroad and study so that she would be far away from Lisa and could not scheme her way into Lisa's bed. However, he never expected her to cause such a big mess this time round.

"I told you, he already has someone he loves!" he bellowed. "Is that something that you cannot understand?!"

"I can make him love me!" Tears started to welled in Akane's eyes. "I just need some time to get a little close to him. I..."

"Akane... please! How could you ignore my words? Lisa is not someone that you can have just because you wanted to! Since he was a teenager, that man only has Jennie in his heart! Jennie is someone very important to him. If anything were to happen to her, he will lose it and he will hunt down the people who were responsible for hurting her. I've personally witnessed this before. Seven years ago, when he found out that Jennie had gotten into an accident, he totally lost it..." Riku sat down and ran his fingers through his hair before looking at his sister.

"Do you want to know what happened to the people who killed his father?" he asked. Seeing Akane nodding her head, Riku continued.

"I was there when... when Lisa received a call. I did not know the person who called him but Lisa got so angry that he asked us to leave. After that, the man became... different... crazier."

"What do you mean?" Akane asked, confusion written all over her face.

"After that Lisa asked his father's men to deal with the Inagawa clan as fast as possible."