Ghost of My Heart

Chapter 17

"Is she gone?" he whispered to Little Veen that stood calmly beside him.

"Yes, Master," Little Veen replied. He glanced at his panic looking master and said, "You should enter the house now before she locks the door."

"Not now. She will only get angry after seeing me," Hue said and looked at the brightly lit villa. He watched Jennet heading upstairs to her bedroom with her laundry.

He sighed deeply. He was the culprit and he did not dare to approach her yet.

Little Veen observed his physical body. His master had regained his solid form. He was happy about the achievement.

"You have retrieved your body now. Shouldn’t we rejoice for the accomplishment?" he asked.

Hue shook his head while glaring at the little boy. "Not yet,” he barked. “They will take everything back if I start to rejoice for this small accomplishment," he said, feeling wary of what he had just achieved.

If he were to rejoice now, there would be no telling when they decided to take back his power and he would once again crumble into despair. As for now, he would be vigilant and would do what he had to do to fully regain his power.

Little Veen kept quiet beside him. He did not move a muscle as he watched the woman whom his master was eyeing at the moment; she was sitting at the balcony with a troubled-looking face while flipping through the medical report.

The boy knew how anxious and confused she felt due to the strange 'sickness'. But, there was nothing he could do. She was the wife of his master though it would be hard to explain to her once she found out about her otherworldly connection with his master.

He gazed upon Hue and asked, "Master, if I want to compete for affection, will you compete with me?"

Hue glanced at him, startled. It had never crossed his mind before. He had never thought of Little Veen as anyone worthy to be competed with.

He chuckled. "Why would I compete with you? You are already part of me, someone who I can call family."

"But that does not mean I can be trusted," Little Veen said, leaving a twisted expression on Hue's face.

Hue rolled his eyes toward the little boy. "Why do you say that? What have you done?" His tone rose steadily.

"I've done nothing. I just want to let you know that I'll be competing for affection with you and her affection is what I aim for." Little Veen looked deep into the jade blue eyes that stared at him as if wanting to swallow him whole if the eyes had mouths.

Hue shook the boy’s shoulders. "Why do you want to compete with me now? Why? You have always been obedient to me and why now you want to make it harder for me?" he asked getting furious.

But, he cannot do hurtful things to the little boy. He needed the boy to help him.

Little Veen inhaled a deep breath. "If you stay idle, I will do what I can to win her affection." His calm voice made Hue understood his meaning.

Hue chuckled. "Little Veen, are you trying to give me a push? I am not playing around. You can rest assured," he said and patted the little head in front of him.

Little Veen didn't say a word after that. He just stared at his master who smiled widely at him. "Then, I will be going now. Make sure you do what you have to do." He turned around and disappeared into thin air.

Hue was left speechless by his action. ‘What happened to the child? He had been acting strangely. Had they troubled him?’

He thought hard. Then, he looked up to the sky with a scowl on his handsome face, ‘If you dare to hurt Little Veen, I will turn everything upside down once I get back!'

He rose to his feet and looked around, making sure the area was clear. He glanced at the balcony; the woman was still sitting alone with a very serious expression masking her face.

Jennet massaged her temple as she re-read the medical report. "Capillaries ruptured due to intense sucking. Prevention method, lessen vigorous activities

in bed. Practise self-control." She had been repeating the same words a dozen times.

She slapped the report onto the table and looked away from it. Her face turned crimson red.

She shook her head in denial. ‘Ahh! I cannot believe this!’ she cried.

She leaned back in the chair and looked up to the sky, inhaling and exhaling deeply. "Why is this happening to me? Lots of unexpected things happened in a short span of time," she groaned as she slumped her head onto the table.

Ever since she moved to the villa, she never stop sighing. The burden she felt multiplied insanely than before and she became insecure of her surroundings. A lot of ridiculous things happened too; she had been asked out for a date and she got an unbelievable diagnosis when she visited the hospital.

“Misunderstanding by misunderstanding came without stopping,” she groaned as she stomped her feet furiously under the table. “I even tried to clear the misunderstanding but failed. What am I going to do now?” She groaned and stomped her feet again, expressing her frustration.

Meanwhile, Hue, that hid behind the curtain in the room, was conflicted too. He wanted to relieve all of her worries. But, he did not dare to approach her yet. He needed the perfect time to make an appearance before her, and when that time comes, he would explain everything to her, from A to Z.

"My dear wife, don't be so troubled. It was partly my fault," he whispered. "I couldn't control myself..."

Yes, he was to blame for the fiasco because he was desperate. He was desperate to be freed from the confinement and to meet Jennet. At the same time, he was also desperate to protect her from being snatched away by another man such as Luca Tybelg.

He purposely left the hickeys on her body to mark her as his as well as to punish her for her infidelity, for her ignorance to acknowledge that he exist by her side, and also to satisfy his jealousy. Her so-called infidelity act was smiling for another man when he was there with her. Her ignorance was when she thought of their encounter as a wild dream. He was so sad about that.

After marking her body with his ‘masterpiece’ and putting her on ‘leash’, he chickened out when he found out that she thought she had a severe illness after looking at his ‘masterpiece’ on her whole body. He hid outside the villa to repent for his mistake because he didn’t want to be driven out by her if she found out about everything he had done to her.

Surely no human will take any mercy on him if he were to be left astray on the streets. Even worse, those who punished him to serve his sentence in the Human Realm will look down upon him and it will be even harder to clear his name.

Jennet was still depressing over everything that happened as she went to bed earlier than usual. She wanted to calm her messy head and to forget the troubles that pestered her.

As she was fast asleep, defeated by exhaustion, Hue stepped forward from his hiding place. He stood at the end of her bed, staring at her sleeping face while making no sound.

After a few hours of staring and standing, he took off his light blue robe and let it slipped through his fingers. The robe disappeared into thin air as soon as it reached the floor.

He, who was n***d from top to bottom, went to the wardrobe and took a pair of Jennet’s oversized pyjamas which she always wore when she wanted to feel less suffocated. The so-called long trouser on Jennet was only a knee-length long on Hue's tall figure. It was also a bit too tight for him.

He frowned alone as he looked at himself. "This is too short and too tight," he mumbled. He tried to put on the shirt but was unable to button the buttons. He shook his head and took the shirt off.

He got on the bed, shirtless, exposing his porcelain white chest. Then, he laid on his side, facing the sleeping woman. His long golden hair was all over the pillow. He moved closer as he placed a hand over her slender waist and whispered into her ear, "Goodnight..."

The sleeping woman was already in a deep sleep. In her dream, she heard a soft voice wishing her 'goodnight'.

Unexpectedly, she smiled in her sleep as she drifted even deeper into a slumber not knowing someone was lulling her to sleep.

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