Seamus' roar jolted Fat Jim.

He felt fortunate they were communicating over the phone. He firmly believed Seamus would have no qualms shooting him dead if they were face to face.

"Calm down, Mr. Seamus," he said, falling into a momentary silence before taking a deep breath. "After all, didn't you bring this upon yourself?"

"What did you say?" Seamus gnashed his teeth.

"I've never seen anyone failing to win a woman's heart so hard!" Fat Jim remarked.

"Shut up!" Seamus bellowed, smashing his phone against the wall.

The other two bodyguards exchanged glances before retreating carefully, closing the door.

Despite not being a smoker, Seamus lit a cigarette and took a long puff as he found himself alone in the house.

Memories played in his head.

In Centrolis, at the Hamertons, no matter where they were, Persephone had always been

his most loyal knight.

the gap in their status. He was destined to look up to her and protect her from beneath, never standing shoulder to shoulder with

to be the prestigious princess if he pulled her into his world. Would

spread across his face. He laughed louder and louder, seemingly suppressing the rumbling dark clouds in the sky. He would destroy her and remove her sophisticated facade for people to humiliate and trample

would be the only person

-

Persephone screamed while struggling.

gripped her wrist with his slender arm and turned around to stare at her. "Shut your

blank, but she tried to think fast. What should she do? How would she escape if this man had

been to this tiny store

it and said in a low

dimly lit tunnel, navigating numerous twists and

within the small and rundown store. As she glanced around, the place

for her to

nervousness, she forced herself to remain

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