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A sharp, derisive laugh.
The man’s lips curled.
Those beautiful, almond–shaped eyes were cold, merciless.
His voice was a hoarse, mocking drawl. “Weren’t you going to kill me, Miss Astor?”
My body went rigid.
Daniel… he really must hate me.
He used to call me Aria.
The man narrowed his eyes, a dangerous, angry glint in them.
He moved closer, his shadow falling over me, creating an intense, suffocating pressure.
“Aria Astor, what new game are you playing now?”
Memories flooded in.
Three days ago.
I had gently tapped his cheek with the whip.
I smiled and told him we were going to play a game.
I unlocked his shackles.
I tossed him a key.
I told him that this basement was a maze, with seven secret rooms.
But there was only one way out, only one door that led to the outside world.
If he could find it, I would let him go.
He searched every path of the maze, tried every single door, until he collapsed on the floor, utterly exhausted.
Only then did I appear before him, my eyes red and wild.
thad questioned him, my voice frantic.
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“You want to leave that badly? Isn’t it better to just stay with me forever?”
“Are you going to see Hannah again?”
“Why! Why do you only have eyes for her now?”
“Daniel, you’re mine! You can only look at me!”
“If you try to run again, I’ll kill you.”
Hannah was the female lead of this story.
After a falling out with his family in high school, Daniel had gone to a university in the city.
In his junior year, he co–founded a company with the equally brilliant female lead.
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They were in and out of the lab together, competed in competitions together, built their company together. They were inseparable, their feelings for each other growi- ng stronger every day.
After overcoming a series of obstacles, they achieved their happy ending.
And I… I was the biggest obstacle they were about to overcome.
I didn’t just target the female lead at every turn, creating trouble for them both.
also kidnapped Daniel right before he was about to lead his team in a crucial competition.
I closed my eyes, wanting to cry but having no tears left.
Aria Astor, oh, Aria Astor, you really are something else.
You dared to treat the male lead like a dog.
How did you end up with such a bold and reckless life?
It was a classic “overbearing CEO” trope. Offend the male lead, and you will not have a good end.
Seeing me lost in thought, Daniel’s patience finally ran out.
He grabbed my shoulders, the pain so sharp I thought I heard bone crack.
“Aria Astor, speak.”
“What the hell are you trying to do?”
“When are you going to let me go?!”
Daniel’s face was terrifyingly dark.
He looked like he wanted to tear me to pieces, chew me up, and swallow me whole.
! was on the verge of tears.
After staring at him for two seconds with the resolve of a condemned woman, I took a deep breath.
And buried my face in his chest.
The wails came out, loud and unrestrained.
“Daniel!”
“I was wrong! I was so, so wrong!”
“I was possessed by a demon!”
Sincerity. Sincerity is always the ultimate weapon.
If I grovel fast enough, the vicious female supporting character’s ending can’t catch up to me.
I sniffled, my tear–filled eyes looking up at him pitifully.
“Daniel, I’m only twenty. You have to allow me to make mistakes.”
