Third person's pov
Emma's a heavy sleeper from her childhood days while Ian barely used to get a blink of sleep. Keyword: used to. Because he barely gets nightmares after having Emma all cuddled up beside him.
Emma is the type of person who will not wake up before afternoon if someone doesn't wake her up but Ian wakes her up after having a shower and making breakfast. Emma took all her time in learning how to cook but Ian never let her cook. It's Emma's stubborn self that cooks herself without Ian knowing sometimes.
But today, Emma woke up earlier. Yeah once in a blue moon thing. She's glad she did because she got to witness Ian sleeping soundly beside her. He looks so innocent like that. Eyes closed, his eyebrows furrowed together, eyelashes resting softly on his cheeks, long nose and slightly puckered lips.
And that scar-
That gives off the vibe of a secret, something hidden, which catches Emma's attention always. She traces the scar with her thumb softly but Ian being a light sleeper squirms. Emma smiles softly when Ian opens his eyes. He pulls Emma closer, by his hand which was already wrapped around her.
"What a pleasant sight, I got to see your beautiful eyes this morning." Ian whispers.
"Only my eye?"
"Yeah, I'm seeing you the first every morning but your eyes were closed because you were sleeping but today you're all woken up." Ian smiles.
"Yeah." Emma says, caressing his scar again.
"You really love my scar, don't you?" Ian asks, drawing circles on Emma's waist.
Emma hums, "It's beautiful."
Ian closes his eyes, because out of everything Emma loves his scar, a thing that he used to think as ugly. The thing he was always used to being made fun of.
"It's the best thing about your face and next is your eyes." Emma says, looking up from the scar to Ian's eyes which held nothing but softness and love in them that hypnotises Emma every time when she looks at them.
"You love all the unexpected and ugly things in me, love." Ian says.
"Isn't that what we define love as? We love all of the people we love, every bit of them. Although I still need some time, I indeed love all sides of you." Emma says and it comes out so naturally as if she has learned it as a speech.
"Will you stay true to your words? Will you love every ugly side of me? Every secret of me?" Ian asks, voice holding a doubt.
"I will try my best to."
*****
"I love your cooking." Emma says.
Ian smiles after getting into his car.
"Shouldn't you open the car door for me?" Emma says, when Ian buckles his seatbelt.
"Cheesy stuff." Ian shrugs.
"You must not hesitate to do all sorts of cheesy stuff with the person you love." Emma says with a pout.
"I'll do that when you tell me those three magical words." Ian winks and Emma flusters.
Ian drops her off to her company building. Emma waves her husband off, before getting into her company. She unlocks her phone and shudders when it's the message from that unknown guy again. The message was delivered at midnight but Emma muted the message so their sleep won't be disturbed, precisely Ian's.
Unknown: Didn't hear anything from you for a month, friend? I guess you didn't get to see what's there in the room, yeah?
Fine I'll give you a hint, the password is 1907. Go for it gurllllll ;)
That's the message Emma got after a month.
Emma: How'd you know the password?
Unknown: The password comes from the date 19/07 means 19 July, it's the birthday of someone special to Ian, three months are still left for the day. Make sure to follow his every single activity on this day.
It's too long away though! Let's just focus on this 'room' thing, hmm?
Emma gulps. Who's that someone special? Was there someone in Ian's life before her? She gets out of her company. Ian will not be there in their home anytime soon so it's a perfect opportunity for her to sneak in the room.
After twenty minutes of cab ride, Emma is back to the place from where she left with Ian almost half an hour ago. She gulps and walks to the second floor, precisely to the black door. She takes a deep breath and enters the code, that unknown guy or girl told her. 1907, The screen shows the loading sign and her heart beats erratically, threatening to jump out of her ribcage.
And
It
Finally
Unlocks
The door opens with a click. She pushes the door open. It's dark inside. She searches for the switch. She switches on the light and turns around. Emma widens her eyes when she takes in the surroundings.
The walls of the room are full of her pictures everywhere. And she doesn't even remember how long ago. There's even a dozen of her pictures from when she was in her first year of college. The room is full of her scent. The photos are all random as if clicked while hiding.
Ian stalked her all these years!
Emma didn't find all this stuff romantic; she found it insane, horrible and scary.
"I told you to stay away from here, didn't I?"
*****
Now it marks the start of Ian's dark side. His morally grey character will be seen now. I hope you'll enjoy it. He'll be a little scary too, I'm informing you in advance.
By the way, it's chapter 10 already!!!! Yay!
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Obsession, Desire and Love
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