For a moment, the beast stood there, his lips were on hers— full on, with an open mouth, kissing her not innocently like a tease but hot—passionate and demanding. Xhemin hardly had a moment to react before the beast's hotness delved inside her mouth. It was a very sloppy kiss with a strong scent of old wine being exchanged under their billowing breathes.

Then he stopped and left Xhemin gasping for breath. She looked at him in a very surprised manner, still in awe of what he did. Was he that drunk to kissed her that wild? She did taste the sweetness of the wine he took in earlier so she was suspecting the alcohol had blurred his senses. ​​

She despise him for his lack of self-control and such bitterness became evident in her eyes a little later but Darryl's hazel eyes looked straight back at her burning with fire as if wanting to consume all of her again because she was too far addicting for him.

"Are you feeling cold?" He asked as he caressed her shoulder that was covered with the towel.

"I'm fine" She responded bitterly, not sure of what to say. She looked around and saw everyone—from Manager Song to the servants whose reactions cannot be described in words.

"Young Master… that girl…that girl is the doctor's grandchild…isn't she?" Blown away with the surprising scene, Manager Song cannot compose his words right.

His feeling was in a mix. He was shocked, confused and scared especially when what just happened sank into him pieces by pieces. The Young master's woman was something that everyone in the capital was fussing about and he cannot believe that he just saw it all tonight. Is the local doctor's grandchild was the woman everyone was looking for?

"Xhemin…" Darryl called upon the girl ignoring entirely Manger Song and all the servants around. The girl was just looking at him, as if she could not believe his existence not to mention his audacity to put up a candid daring public display of affection—seduction rather!

"Xhemin…"

Darryl's call echoed into Xhemin like wedding bells. It brought her back to the reality that he was not a product of her imagination, and that everything that happen—did happen!

"I shouldn't be here!" She replied and walk straight out of the hall without waiting for any more words from the beast. Just like always, all she wanted was to evaporate or probably die right away. "Good night!" She shouted without turning her head and vanished into the darkness of the room.

Darryl grinned at her reaction. He knew she would walk away, because that is what she always do when he caught her off. She even attempted to run from the canteen the night they first shared a kiss, didn't she?

"Young Master…" Manager Song started again. The way the young master looked the girl scares him. In addition, to know that everything happened under his care was threatening to his job. What if the L Empire's President blames him for the young master's love takeaway?

"No one is to speak about this" The beast instructed the servants. As soon as the girl left, the grin in his face was gone in an instant and his aura went back to the monstrous beast everyone was afraid of.

"Yes young master" everyone except manager Song answered.

"I'm resting for tonight," He finally said before leaving the place.

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Xhemin flew into her room running and slammed the door closed. She locked it and when she realize she made it through her room safe— her body dropped to the floor insanely like all the energy she had was gone! Her knees was trembling since earlier and it cannot support her body and all the emotions that she was feeling anymore.

She gasped for breath and thought of everything, pieces by pieces until all the memory of earlier came to her not qualifying whether it was a nightmare or a beautiful dream.

What is the beast doing in here?

Is he the boss?

However, everyone said the boss is a woman.

No! That couldn't be him.

Maybe the boss is his friend.

"Whatever really!" She mussed to herself after she exhausted her sanity.

Later on she realized that she was all wet, so is the floor where she dropped herself and for the first time tonight, she felt cold.

"Xhem, just focus okay! Wake up from this flirty mess and compose yourself!" she chided to her uncalming senses.

"So what if the beast is here? He cannot distract you if you will not allow him. You are still under control!" She added some words to encourage her seemingly distress mind.

After a while of being in panicky state, she found her way to the bathroom, undress herself and plunged into a hot bath. Few minutes had passed and she was ready for bed again with another dry nightgown and blown dried hair.

She stepped out the bathroom and the chillness of the night welcomed her. She went to close all the windows to block the night wind then withdrew to her bed and wished she could have a goodnight sleep.

"Don't worry Xhem, the beast can be a little surprising but you are going to be fine" She started mussing to herself in bed again.

"The horses need you, so just have to keep it cool. Anyways I don't think you are going to see him more often, didn't Piper Xu kept you and Dr. Shun hidden for the bosses?" That fact gave her some sense of assurance and confidence that everything will work out just fine.

She just needed to avoid beast to avoid all the feelings that he brings in with him. That would be her plan in order to keep herself sane all the time. Because to honest, that beast only brings the other side of her, the side she did not like at all, the side of her that she cannot control.

"Just run back to your room if you cannot contain those crazy feelings again! He cannot follow you right to your bedroom, swear!" She murmured while her eyes closed and her body was feeling the softness of her bed.

"Right the bedroom will be your saving glory!" She continued talking to herself. "He might not even figure out where your bedroom is—"

"Xhem?" A knock on the door almost made Xhemin fell off the bed.

Again?

"Xhem?" The beast's voice rang like hell of fire in the middle of the night. As soon as she realized who it was, she ran tiptoed to the door and blocked her body to it. She was afraid that the lock was not enough to protect her from the person on the other side.

"Oh God!" She mussed to herself not knowing what to do but she chose not to answer him. The beast's voice was very clear not leaving her any doubt at all that it was he. How did he figure out where she was nesting?

"I know you're still awake, I heard your footsteps," he revealed. "Open it" He added calmly but it sounded like a threat under Xhemin's nose.

Fuck! What does he want?

Do not answer Xhem!

Do not answer!

Do not answer or else you will die!

She screamed hysterically without a sound as she pressed her body to the door hard. She thought the nightmare was over but this beast was just mercilessly preying on her.

"Xhem….." he called again, but she was thoroughly decided she is not and will never ever open the door for him.

"…I have keys…" he added. " So either you open it or I'll open it up for you"

Holy shit!