As the days passed, I started to notice something strange. Being around Sai was affecting me in ways I didn’t expect. The control I had always prided myself on my ability to keep everything in check was slipping, little by little.
I found myself thinking about him even when I wasn’t at the hospital. His smile, his words, the way he seemed to see right through me… It was unsettling. I didn’t like feeling this way. It made me feel weak, vulnerable.
But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t shake the thoughts. Sai had gotten under my skin, and I didn’t know how to get rid of him.
One night, as I lay in bed, I found myself replaying our conversations in my mind. His question about loneliness echoed in my thoughts, and for the first time, I allowed myself to consider the possibility that maybe, just maybe, I wasn’t as immune to loneliness as I had always believed.
But admitting that would mean admitting weakness, and I couldn’t afford to do that. Not now, not ever. I had worked too hard to build the life I had to maintain the perfect mask that everyone saw. If I let it slip, even for a moment, everything could fall apart.
And yet, despite everything, I couldn’t stop myself from visiting Sai the next day.
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The Perfect Mask
Misterio / SuspensoNakamura Kazuki, the son of one of Japan's wealthiest families, has everything: good looks, fame as a successful model, and the image of a perfect man. But beneath this flawless exterior, Kazuki hides a dark secret he is a psychopath. For him, killi...
