Chapter 51

**Kapittel 51**

**Allison didn't wait for Miracle** to finish and ran towards the mansion's gates as fast as she could. This was what she had been anxious about since earlier! If only she had come back to his office and asked for his permission, a commotion wouldn't happen. When she arrived inside the mansion, she ran instantly to his room, ignoring Richard's and the other servants' calls, whom she had passed by while running. By the looks of Miracle's face, she knew something wretched had happened. She didn't know Hades that much, but she knew that man was reckless. He's a man who would get what he wanted or something happens. Panting heavily, she found herself staring at the doors of his bedroom, the room where she had slept ever since moving in, hesitating to immediately knock or open the door. For an unknown reason, she had the feeling that he was in there. Maybe because he'd been visiting her in that room lately, or because he slept next to her in that very room last night. She just had this feeling that he would be there. He had to be there.

Allison bit her lower lip as she gulped. She hoped her decision was right as she wrapped her fingers around the knob and opened the door fully. As soon as doors revealed the room bit by bit, she covered her mouth. The whole bedroom was a mess!

She couldn't write on paper how topsy-turvy the room was. It may be dark, but the strikes of lightning were already enough to show how disordered it is. Books were all over the floor, and the oak shelf was on the floor, broken in half. Meanwhile, the lampshade was broken with the nightstand that was now lying down, the pillows were thrashed on the disarrayed couch, and the comforter was on the left corner. But aside from the mess made, only one got her attention. The man that was sitting on the edge of the bed with his Armani suit disheveled and hands on his head, frustratingly pulling his pitch-black hair.

"H...Hades?" she breathed out his name as fret grew inside her.

Slowly, she drew towards him. Bit by bit. As if she was walking near a nefarious animal. She couldn't contain what she was feeling at the moment. It was a combination of fear and nervousness. Only God knew what Hades would do to her. When the space between them was already close, she clandestinely scrutinized him and saw something in his knuckles. It was red.

"Hades, what have you done to yourself?!" she exclaimed as she grabbed his left hand. It was bleeding!

Tears threatened to fall from her eyes as she examined his bleeding knuckles. Her nails were tainted with black nail polish while his were stained with his blood. She looked at his face to check if it was also bruised, and much to her relief, it wasn't. However, it was completely blank. His stormy grey eyes were passive, and his lips were sealed tight. He looked catatonic.

"God... Hades, I'm so sorry..." she apologized as she kissed his bloodied knuckle. But it all stopped when the hands suddenly grasped her arms and pulled her towards him forcefully, making her sit on his lap. She gasped in surprise.

He was looking at her emotionlessly. She blinked, and the next thing she knew, his face was now nuzzling on her neck. His arms moved to snake around her nape tightly, their proximity was making her uncomfortable, but that didn't matter for now. She needed to explain to him why she had come back late. She listened to his breathing. It was ragged and heavy. She could feel his shoulder shaking, and his grasp on her small waist was tight enough to make her whimper in pain.

"I... I thought I lost you..." she heard him mumble in a small voice, merely likened to a whisper. "I thought you left me..." he said with a shaky voice.

"I'm sorry," she apologized, looking down at his bleeding knuckles. They needed to clean it now. "But I think it would not hurt much if you give me some privacy and freedom. Right?" she asked.

She felt his shoulders shudder at her statement. She closed her eyes and prepared herself for an earful from him, but seconds and minutes passed, nothing happened. She opened her eyes and saw Hades' back facing her.

"Get some rest. I know that you are tired," Hades said before putting her away from his lap and walking away.

It was already snowing when Allison woke up. The sky was gloomy, and it cried tiny snowflakes that covered the window sills, the terraces' railing, the trees, and the whole area outdoors. The moment she saw the small, white snowflakes dancing in the air, she immediately jumped off from the bed and stared at the entire view outside. Everything outdoors looked so beautiful!

A small smile formed on her lips as she watched the full view outside. Even though it wasn't Christmas yet, she was already feeling it. Just looking at the snowflakes dancing was already enough for her to feel it. Speaking of Christmas. A thought flashed in her mind. Ever since she came with Hades in his mansion, she had never seen even a single Christmas decoration, neither in every angle nor corner in the estate. A small smile plastered on her lips when an idea of decorating the mansion came into mind.

Allison's thoughts were suddenly cut short when she heard the door creaked open. Out of instinct, she hastily turned her head, only to find her fiancée, Hades. He was standing there with his back resting against the wall. He was completely topless, and what was only covering him was his loose pitch-black cotton pants.

"Hey..." she heard him greet her as he drew towards her in large steps.

"Hi..." she replied as she welcomed him in a warm embrace. She knew what happened yesterday was awful, but she didn't realize that the effect would be extreme attraction towards him. But what was wondrous right now was he wasn't angry as he was last night. He was now calm.

"Mhmm..." Hades leaned and gave her a long kiss on the forehead. "How was your sleep?" he asked.

"Good," she replied, looking at the beautiful view outside.

She heard him let out a chuckle. "I'm glad you did."

"I'm sorry," she apologized again suddenly. "I didn't tell you that I would come back late, and I blamed it on you for being a bit invasive on my privacy... and everything," she said slowly, trying to piece everything nicely since she didn't want to hurt his feelings.

"It's okay," he replied, causing her to shoot her head up to look at him and meet his smiling eyes. A symbol that he was calm and happy. "It didn't upset me that much last since... you told me about giving you some privacy and freedom... I mean, you're right. I acted like a jealous ass just because you didn't tell me that you were going to come home late. Plus, you finally told me something that you wanted. It's like a sign for me that you're slowly opening up to me. And I'm sorry for that," he added, his eyes looking at her like he was asking for forgiveness as well.

She looked at him pitifully, hearing all these words from him. Evidently, he was preparing himself to live a life with her. Though, too bad for him since his preparations would be all in vain once she revealed everything.

She moved her gaze from his eyes back to the view outside. "It's so... beautiful," she said as she placed her palm on the window, watching the sky crying dancing snowflakes in awe.

"Like you," said Hades as he tucked her hair behind her ear.