100 First Big Figh (2/2)
”Are you taking his side, Tilly?”
”I'm not,” she said firmly. ”But I'm calling you out for your awful behavior.”
He was rendered speechless upon the realization that for the first time since they met, his wife had called him out.
”I can't help but think that you're acting this way because you're jealous of Captain Denver,” his wife continued. ”Am I right?”
Of course she was right.
But he didn't want to admit that so instead, he just clenched his fists so hard that his nails dug deep into his palms.
I hate it when Tilly gets close to another man. I want every inch and every fiber of her all to myself. I don't want to see her smiling or talking to other men. I get the urge to lock her up in a cage when only the person allowed to adore her is me. I know that it's wrong. I'm also aware that this obsession can ruin us. But I love her too much. I will lose my sanity if I lose her.
”You should go back to the mansion, Kiho,” Tilly said coldly. ”We'll talk once your head is cool.”
Okay, that hurt.
Kiho felt a lump in his throat. ”Do you hate me now, Tilly?”
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LUNA'S eye widened when Sentinel suddenly appeared on the floor while she was having tea in her room. The way he was clutching his head told her that something bad happened. ”Sentinel, are you okay?” she asked when she stood up and walked towards him. Then, she knelt down beside him and gently held his shoulders. ”What happened?”
”I'm suspecting that the White Snake appeared at the temple a while ago,” Sentinel said in a voice filled with pain. ”The duke saw a fragment of his past life.”
She gasped at that.
”Don't worry. I managed to erase it from his memory,” the spirit guardian assure her. ”But it's taking a toll on my life force. Messing with the Black Serpent's memory almost made me combust and disappear. Thankfully, we were in the temple and the divine power in there somehow protected me.”
”Are you sure you've erased it from his memory?”
”Yes,” he answered, then he pulled his hands away from his head. ”But I can't control his emotions, Luna. Whatever kind of emotion awakened in him when he saw the fragment of his past, I can't do anything about it.”
”You mean…”
”If his anger was awakened, then he'll never get rid of that feeling anymore,” Sentinel said while shaking his head. ”Let's hope that it doesn't strain his relationship with Lady Nystrom.”
”We have to make sure that this won't happen again,” Luna said firmly. ”Shouldn't we go and hunt down the stupid White Snake?”
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TILLY'S heart broke when she saw the pained look on Kiho's face.
She didn't like his rudeness towards Captain Denver a while ago and she was seriously pissed at her husband. But now that Kiho was looking at her like a puppy that was kicked by his own master, her anger immediately melted.
I can't stay mad at my original baby.
But she also knew that his jealousy towards Captain Denver wouldn't disappear until he understood why she was caring towards the captain.
There was only one effective way to clear that misunderstanding once and for all.
”Kiho, I don't hate you,” Tilly said gently. ”But you hated me in the past.”
Kiho's brows furrowed in confusion. ”I don't understand, Tilly.”
She got emotional.
Scared.
And vulnerable.
Opening up to Kiho about her first life wasn't easy. That was the reason why she never got the courage to confess to him about their past until now. If she could, she would keep this secret with her forever.
But she didn't want to jeopardize her present with him just because of what happened in her past life.
He deserved to know the truth.
Still, that didn't mean it would be easy for her to tell him everything. Reliving the painful memories of her past was also reliving her trauma.
”Tilly?” her husband called her with a hint of worry in his voice. ”I'm going to touch you, okay?” he asked gently. Then, he lightly held her shoulders. ”You're shaking. What's wrong, honey? Are you hurt anywhere? Is it because of me? I'm so sorry for being immature. Please don't be mad at me.”
”Kiho, listen to me.���
”I'm listening, honey.”
She took a deep breath before she could finally talk calmly. On the outside, at least. Because on the inside, her heart was beating erratically. ”Will you believe me if I say that this isn't my first life?”
”What do you mean by that?”
”This is already my third life, Kiho,” she explained. ”My first life was almost the same one that I have right now. But my first life ended tragically.”
The knot on Kiho's forehead deepened. He obviously looked confused. But she could also see that he was trying his best to understand her. ”Tilly, if your first life was the same as the one you have right now, why did it end tragically? Where was I during that time? What was I doing for you to end up that way? And how about Winter?”
Tilly smiled sadly. ”You and Winter didn't love me in my first life,” she said in a cracked voice. Then, she touched his face as tears rolled down her cheeks. ”And Kiho, I wasn't the woman you loved in the past.”
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