The Fallen HODWIII

Chapter 20 : Perfect

** Emma's POV **

How dare she!? How dare she smile as if she owns the world? How dare she be happy!? She fucking doesn't deserve it!

Ugh! She's getting on my nerves.

She dares to be happy, damn it! No, I want to rip that smile off her lips! I hate that smile. I hate those cheerful eyes. I hate everything that makes her happy.

I clenched my hands while looking at that nerd smiling happily with that man named Lucas.

Tch, I wouldn't be this desperate to take down the Heiress without searching and knowing things.

And of course, I also did more research about that nerd. Unexpectedly, she's hiding a lot about herself. I knew there was more to it than just being a nerd. What are you hiding, Stella?

Anyway, Lucas Barren, huh? One of the Insigma Fighters' members and... Stella's fiancé. He might be the reason you're smiling today, Stella, but not for long.

I'll take all of your happiness. I want to see your face in sadness. I want to see you cry. That has been my goal ever since she was in the facility a long time ago. Her emotionless face is vivid in my mind even now.

No matter what I did to her, how much pain I inflicted on her body just to make her cry, I never succeeded. She was one of my favorite playthings. I loved hurting her, abusing her with my whips and games... but I never heard or saw her cry. I don't know what was wrong with her, but there was truly something different about her. All of the children in the facility before cried, which resulted in killing most of them. Well, except for that nerd.

And now, that has become my goal again. I want to break all of her happiness away. I want her to be sad and lonely. I want to hear her pleas... her cries.

However, seeing her happiness right now... I can see the main target, and I know I'll achieve my goal for sure.

I will see her cry in no time.

Thinking of that happening, I smirked.

Let me give you this moment, Stella. Enjoy it because tomorrow, for sure, your world will turn upside down.

Smirking, I turned my back and walked away.

Her innocent smile is truly freaking the nerves out of me.

I hate it.

** Stella's POV **

I was eating when suddenly, her presence disappeared. My curiosity crept in. What might have happened? Did she back out? No, she's not the type of person who just gives up. I wonder what she's thinking. There must be some reason she decided to walk away from here.

I took a sip of my juice, trying to think of her next step. What are you up to, Emmalia?

"Ever since I met you, Stella, things weren't good. We have faced a lot of problems... We've been in battles, but despite all of it, my love for you has only gotten stronger every single day."

I suddenly looked up the moment I heard Lucas say those words that made the butterflies in my stomach go insane.

What's gotten into him all of a sudden?

I didn't realize he was already staring at me with those eyes filled with love and... contentment.

He gently held my hand, as if I were the most fragile thing in the world. "You don't know how scared I am, thinking I would lose you, Stella. Whether you are Uno or Stella, you are still one, and my heart will always beat for you, and my love will always be yours."