Escaping The Mafia King

Hope stilled in her place. For years she had an empty space in her heart that made her believe she was not going to see Varys again. It had been so long since she had assumed he was dead, because the thought of him going through any sort of pain or torture was too cruel to imagine.

As she felt his racing heartbeat against her back, she realized that he was not as unaffected by her presence as he had pretended to be.

Varys did not know what to say to her or how to express his feelings. He wanted to hug her without any hesitation or fear of rejection, but the truth was she had married a man who had murdered hundreds without a reason, who had murdered his family in front of his eyes. How could he believe that over the years she had not become an accomplice in his crimes? After all, she and Ethan had had a love marriage.

Hope put her palm on his arm that encircled her. She was not trying to be a person who holds grudges. The only thought that came to her mind upon seeing him was that perhaps she did not matter to him as much as he mattered to her. She knew she had fallen in love with him. The heartbreak was too painful for her to prove something otherwise. But he had never bothered to contact her, to reach out to her. Now as she saw him living such a lavish life without anyone controlling him, she realized she was the delusional one all this time. There was a difference in the way Varys felt about her in those days, and perhaps that small crush of his had passed a long time ago.

"There is nothing to say," Hope said gently, turning her face to him, "if I said that it is good to see you after all these years, it would be just half truth,"

Varys' gaze immediately clouded with darkness.

"why are you in front of me right now?" her voice increased with every passing word as she snapped, "I never asked you to come. I never expected you to come!"

to clear her head from the cloud of confusion, "I don't recognize you. What am I to you? Who

jaw and took a step forward to cover the distance she had made, "I was not in

am literally seeing

not cut me off when I am talking!" he

falling on her face aside while she pursed her lips in fury and snapped sarcastically, "oh, my apologies, your highness." and started walking away from

of showing her his inner battle. He wanted to believe Hope and puts all of his fears and doubt aside to just have her in his arms again. But her relationship with Ethan was enough to have him take a step back from

hall towards the door to get out, "you never gave a fuck

without losing a breath. All of his pent up anger, frustration, and jealousy poured out in a moment of lost control, "stop pretending like you were heartbroken over my disappearance because I know the truth about what kind of girl you are

never expected to hear such words from him. His words only proved

turned her head to him and barked, "You are

had crossed the limits of his control. And as he stopped speaking he realized what he had said, feeling guilty immediately, but refusing to apologize or