Chapter 67

Sometimes, people are beautiful.

Not in looks but in things that they say and being the people that they desired to become.

His eyes kept on staring the ring when he doesn't even blinked as the attraction was probably being like a magnet.

"How is it?" Marquis asked.

"One word." Louis lifted his sight from the ring and admired the piece of attraction. "Beautiful." While smiling like an actual lover with a warm feeling that Marquis closed the velvet box and handed it over to Louis. "I'll keep these safe. Don't worry." Louis gave him a satisfying nod. "You trusted me."

Marquis silently nodded and later uttered. "Please be quick."

Louis hummed and left the car when he later went inside his house and hid the documents in his personal space. Safely. The car was already being in the ignition mode when Marquis was patiently waiting for Louis as he was afraid if someone could spot him.

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He stroked her hair when she was peacefully sleeping while being almost unconscious, whereas he was being terribly worried for her as later that she woke up with a swirling mind afterwards.

"Yenail, you alright?" He worriedly asked.

"Seth..." While being half conscious that she slowly opened her eyes.

"I was being so much worried about you." He caressed her puffy dull face when she tried getting up but he didn't let her. "Don't! Rest." Seth's angelic voice rung her ears when he talked. "I'm so happy that you're alri-" While examining her whole state, his eyes captured the wounds that she had over her forearms. "Did he....torture you?" He suddenly started panicking mentally.

Instead of answering him, Yenail just turned her face away while holding a hollow feeling when she muttered to herself. "I don't know, Seth. I don't know about what he has done to me."

While being unknown towards her own heart which was swinging between these two men when she doesn't even had her lovely mother remained by her side either, nor that she had any kind of warm feeling towards the bad guy but she was becoming a confusion for this man also, who was being right here beside her.

"Okay. Rest up." Without disturbing her more that he pecked her forehead as his sweet sensational lips held the protection in them.

"Thank you, Seth." Her sweet melodious voice blessed his ears now that she closed her eyes but not that she slept.

"Rest well, princess." After a sigh that he too whispered so sweetly when he smiled while staring her weak figure and got up, later leaving the bed, while seeing her under the warm blanket, his eyes checked her for one last time when he closed the door of the room and stared down.

His mind was worried and his heart was trembling after noticing his lover's condition as time to time that he was breaking from the inside when he doesn't knew about what to do. He was scared to make a move as he was afraid of the criminal when he wanted to have a revenge but he himself was being too weak at even making a stand against him. He never had courage to face such people like Marquis and that was being the main reason that he was afraid to face him when Seth had money but not the strength. He loved her but could not fight for her. He cherished her but could not even make a move to protect her. He considered her (his everything) but didn't even know how to protect her, whereas the bad guy was being totally opposite to him, when Marquis was powerful, affectionate, wealth-empowered, higher in strength, properly built from every angle and yet in one statement? He was totally covered with every possible reason of protection. He was embedded with no fear inside his body as only one word could describe him for sure and it was nothing else but being immortal.

Seth compared himself to him for few minutes and lost his own self esteem when he looked towards his own self along with his own wealth and had no idea about one thing that Marquis already beat him in that too when he was also even higher in the status of money from Seth and Seth could not do anything but to feel so miserable at this point after knowing about the smuggler's true power. His head was full of confusion when it was buried between his palms as he heaved a heavy sigh. He lifted his head quickly after he felt a hand upon his back.

"You look so lost. What happened?" Her melody rung his dead ears when he hid his pain behind a fond smile.

"Did he beat you? Tortured you? What other harmful things that he does to you? You were being so afraid that night at the club. Why did you seem so freaked out just from his name? From his presence? Tell me, Yenail. Tell me. Please. What did he do to you?" The man worriedly gathered all of the questions at one place when his eyes captured her worried face and his hands wrapped around her soft ones as his heart fluttered.

"No, Seth. He never beat me, instead? He protected me. He never tortured me but cherished me. He never hated me but loved me." While shaking her head in a denial that she sat beside him, near his figure and truly told him everything when the flashbacks of the criminal doing the rape of her own self? Flashed right in front of her eyes, the harsh words growling from his mouth and the tortures that he does to her, everything came right in front of her eyes but also because of his protecting acts that her heart still caused her to remember him? Were being there too.

Though Yenail wanted to describe Marquis as the world's baddest guy but the changing of hues in his behaviors which were being the pure evidence for her to destroy his personality right there, when her heart stopped her from doing so as her mind was dying to disrupt Marquis's personality with heavy swearing yet bad words while remembering the incidents that he has done with her but her heart, her heart was clashing with her mind while pulling up that positive side of that bad guy. How he hugged her while being in his hard times, how he cherished her but never does she noticed, how he protected her while having her figure right in front of his eyes and how she was being the reason for his happiness every single time whenever his eyes met hers. He was harsh but controlled. He was sad but at the same time he was happy. He was dead but she kept him alive.

"Yenail." Seth's angelic voice got her back into reality when her eyes later locked with his pearl ones. "Do you love me?" His words suddenly collided with her mind when she gulped and bit her bottom lip at this moment.

The question. The most awaited question inside his mind which was finally over his lips when he cupped her face and desperately waited for her answer as he knew already that she was being too madly in love with him, whereas while being silent that she stared his desperate orbs and later, being confused that she lowered her sight. She left that man behind already and truly loved this man right here as Marquis was being her mistake in the past, a broken incident that happened with her out of nowhere yet all of a sudden. A nightmare that she was willing to forget but couldn't as it was seeming completely helpless at doing such thing when Seth was being her future. Her heart's string was somehow still remained a little bit attached with her partner in past who was her first kiss as it was tickling her heart. She doesn't wanted to waste any more moment in letting him know that she actually loved him. Her first kiss was being a mere forceful act but her second kiss was delightful as without waiting any longer that she tilted her head and attached her soft lips with his awaited dry ones, as they started moving in sync when he felt his mind going crazy while also calming down at the same time. She deepened the kiss and ran her hands behind his back when she became a fierce kisser while being in the kiss as she really learned it.

Marquis was the main reason that she actually got to know about the thing of not staying shy anymore, when it seemed like as if he was being her other half from all of this time. It seemed like as if he was supporting her secretly and now that it hit her head hard as to why she never got to notice those things earlier? Why that she never accepted him? Just because they were being strangers? Just because they were being different or belonged to different worlds?

Just because he was a bad guy.

When now, while kissing Seth, suddenly his image came right in front of her eyes, reminding her about how that he made her feel all that true pleasure, reminding her about how once she was being so open to him, how she wanted him to make her feel good and more importantly? How she started to feel comfortable with the criminal. Her eyes were closed when Yenail started to push Seth over the couch while being in the kiss as she was losing her mind already when her hands started unbuttoning his shirt and the other man just panicked over her actions when he wasn't thinking of doing anything with her, at least not before the marriage.

"Ye-Yenail?! Wh-What are you doing?!" He asked between the kiss with fear gushing inside himself but she ignored his question and later made her lips skim down his neck as Marquis was surely a bad impact on this innocent angel when Yenail felt that it would be fine showing love to your lover so openly, sweetly and...Independently. "Stop, Yenail!" Seth grunted loudly when his own skin was burning like hell as he later grabbed both of her arms and gently pushed her, when he breathed heavily along with his eyes piercing through her soul as later that he starting fixing his messed up shirt and buttoned it up afterwards. "What are you even doing??"

"I was just showing that...how much I love you, Seth." Her innocence held her words when she stared him with puppy eyes and he melted right away as she later apologized right away over her act. "I'm sorry."

"You may. But not until we get married." Seth simply fought with her innocence in the nicest way possible as he simply smiled afterwards and held her hand. "It's okay. Why don't you go upstairs and have a nice sleep? Huh sweetie?"

"Okay. Maybe, I'm just being too disturbed. Sorry for that." Feeling utterly embarrassed that she apologized once again and stood up but her feet stopped near the staircase when she made a turn as with her innocent eyes that she begged. "Seth, will you help me fall asleep?"

"Okay." While being completely helpless at the moment, Seth nodded when he walked to her and held her hand as he smiled and later, together that they took the staircase with their feet stopping near her room's door.

She pulled him delightfully and they both got themselves covered under the sheets as they shared little giggles when his crimson beautiful eyes were already healing her image. She held his hand tight, intertwined their fingers and drifted to dreamland so early after squealing her shoulders whereas, he stared her beautiful small figure warming up under the blanket when she held his hand. He saw how comforting that his hand was seeming to her when she rubbed her cheek upon its back and after watching her every action, he wished for only one thing to happen soon.

"I wish you leave the world yourself, Marquis." With an annoying fire of hate that Seth's helpless soul left the decision upon the fate and wisdom as he allowed the fate to provide his own enemy a chance of doing a suicide or something so dangerous like that. Seth was a good guy but he simply couldn't gain any courage to kill his rival, so he let the fate decide her destiny. "I wish you die. Soon."

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His hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly when he kept on driving towards a new location as the car was holding silence while the police officer was observing the surrounded area, figuring out the route, the sunlight also sheared the front windshield when it shone over their faces as it was being noon. One of the two males, made a call afterwards and after two to three rings, the another person picked up.

"Hello, Seth." Marquis's ears alerted after listening that name.

"Louis." With deep vocals that Seth received the call when he later checked on the girl who was peacefully sleeping beside himself, from past half hour.

"Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" Louis asked right away when he observed his friend's hoarse voice.

"Well, she asked me to help her fall asleep, last night." With his own messed up hair that Seth slowly got up while being careful not to wake her up at the same time.

"She asked you? To sleep with her?" Louis smirked when his head turned towards Marquis who bit his bottom lip along with a disturbing look over his face when his eyes were glued towards the path in front.

"Yes." Seth excitingly smiled when Louis could feel the happiness even from the phone.

"You guys went too fast. Didn't you?" Louis's face was still being at the direction of the man who was driving when Marquis was now seeming kind of pissed off.

"Oh, c'mon." Seth shyly giggled.

Marquis tried so hard not to give any kind of reactions but this police officer was testing his patience already when he was trying dead hard to control his temper as he still missed her and wanted to see her for one last time so, he decided to ask for her presence at the moment when he'll be ending his own self.

"Uh. Louis?" Marquis interrupted when he took a glance at him and asked further ahead in the nicest way possible. "Can I make a request?"

"Oh. Yes?" Louis responded right away.

"Uh. Can you please ask Seth to bring her at the police station? We'll be there in fifteen minutes by now." With a gulp that Marquis requested when he was being hesitant as his voice shook.

"Police station???" Louis spaced out when he showed Marquis an annoying yet expecting look. "Wha-"

"Please!" Marquis insisted in a low voice, in order to not let Seth hear it.

"Louis?? Are you being at work right now?" Seth's voice rung his ears from the phone.

"Uh, Seth? Will you do me a favor?" With his sight still fixed upon Marquis, Louis talked through the phone when Marquis stopped the car at the corner of the road as the car stood on a distance of ten minutes ride from the police station, he stared him expectantly.

"Yes. Anything, Louis." Seth sat at the edge of the bed.

"Can you bring her to the police station right now?" Louis asked.

"Why?" Seth frowned with a scowl forming over his face.

"Why?" Louis repeated his words when his head turned towards the man beside him.

"Don't tell about me. Please!" Marquis whispered when he nearly begged not to mention him as the reason, when he shook his head worriedly with fear in his eyes.

"Well....for investigation purposes." Louis lied. "She could be helpful. Bring her in five minutes. I'm waiting." He furiously said and hung up the call when Louis heard a relieving sigh from his right and clenched his jaw while being angry for lying, as he growled afterwards. "You're making me doing the things that I've never done before. You--"

"Well, I'm so sorry for that." Marquis chuckled but soon than he sadly grinned afterwards. "Soon, you'll be getting rid of me."

"You never wanted to look back. Why now?" Louis asked in his cold and bold voice. "This isn't any kind of trap for him. Right?" He knitted his brows deeper as he was all ready to kill him right there himself, if his doubt was true whereas Marquis simply huffed.

"I ain't looking back. I just want to cherish her for the last time." He pulled the car and headed towards the building. "No. There is no trap or plan at all. I'll be allowing you to kill me. Right in front of her so that I could have the punishment for my sins. Finally." He further added with a tone so stern yet hard.

Louis was so confused towards this only criminal who was being the world's most dangerous wanted man but at the same time, he was also being right under his feet, surrendering himself. The car entered the building which got Louis's attention.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, Louis. I'm sure. I'm so done with this sinning and I got to know now about the right thing. I tried to change myself but I'll never fit in. The world will never accept me. No matter how hard that I try? I'll still be the bad guy. Forever." Marquis's words weren't lying when his way of expressing them currently, was being the purest act of honesty. He was feeling so hopeless and so incomplete right now when he persuaded furthermore. "After shooting me? Sale my body or do whatever you want to do. But please kill me. Kill me because I'm not strong enough to survive like the other criminals behind those bars or being in the cell. I seems like one but I'm actually not."

In his whole life, Louis has never met any person earlier who begged for taking one's life. He never met any man like this one right here who was filthy rich but just gave away all of his precious money like that. Who was astounding yet so dedicating towards the one that he actually loved, but was literally begging to take his life while feeling so retarded, when Louis never met a person who never wished for change but left no other choice and he could not just let him die like that, when in his views? Marquis was beautiful.

*tick tick tick*

A tucking sound was heard over the window at Louis's side which made him flinch when he popped out of his thoughts. The other police officers at that area were surely confused to see an anonymous car all of a sudden when they doubted and decided to ask about it to its owner.

"Lower down your black tints! Immediately!" A manly stern voice said when they both saw a shadow leaning over the window as later that Louis lowered the window and his eyes came in contact with the other officer. "Sir! Pardon!" The constable quickly saluted.

Louis's head twirled towards Marquis who was seeming so lost at the moment as he wasn't thinking of acting anyways when with a heavy sigh that Louis opened his side of the door and stepped out. The people who were roaming around, were being normal while seeing him in his casual attire when the other policemen recognized him after having their bull's eyes at him as they later bowed. He was the senior officer after all when they all smiled and slightly bowed their heads in respect towards him, but their smiles vanished just when they all saw another man stepping out of the car, when Marquis's stunning figure scared and made their bodies shake in terrible fear after he stepped out from his side of the car and stood un-frightened in front of them all, as he later walked near Louis and joined him afterwards while passing a smile towards their freaked out faces.

The devil was being right in front of them all, standing with the protector.

"Hello." Marquis slightly bowed his figure and slipped his hands in his pockets afterwards.

"Don't do this to yourself. You're really amazing." Louis softly spoke after he turned towards his side and tried encouraging his dead self-esteem.

"I have decided." The broken criminal lowered his head. "Please tell her that I love her." He said and suddenly pulled out his gun from the back of his fine tuxedo when Marquis took out his gun hastily and aimed it towards his own head as later with wide eyes that Louis grabbed his wrist.

"What the hell are you doing!?" Louis almost screamed. "Stop this nonsense! You brat!!! I can't hold your responsibilities anymore!" Louis rambled at snatching the gun but it was still being in Marquis's strong bare hands.

"Louis!! Stop!! Someone will get killed!!!" Marquis screamed right back at him when he struggled to get rid of his grip, while annoyingly trying to push him away and a scene suddenly created when the people roaming inside the police station, started running and screaming out of fear as lots of policemen ran towards their direction in order to stop the only fighting duo when the police station alerted by a high alert already after they got to know about the presence of the highly wanted criminal who was present in their nest while being completely hopeless.

"Louis!! Sto-"

*GUNSHOT*

They all froze for minutes over the sound of the gunshot when both of the men stared each other in utter shock and fear while expecting no one to get hurt and thank goodness that no one was actually hurt when the gun was aiming right up in the sky and the bullet went in that direction. Right on time, after fifteen minutes, Seth also arrived along with her as they both witnessed the scene when Seth saw Marquis holding the gun whilst Louis was holding his wrist and from the back that Seth could tell for sure, while also being hundred percent clear that, that man who was being with Louis? Is no one else but Marquis. Seth was protectively holding her hand when her eyes were stuck over a familiar back and those same familiar raven black hair, whereas at the same time Seth clenched his jaw towards the lie that his best friend told him which fueled his anger even more, while thinking to how his own best friend protected the devil. His enemy. When Seth's mind was confused for his own love as he was mingled between everything that will happen further ahead than this when he surely knew that he won't going to protect her that way.

Her heart craved to say his name, starved to feel his touch and strived to listen his voice when without waiting anymore, Yenail recalled everything that happened between them while calling the only name that she wished to say again.

"Marquis?"

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TBC