Page 16 of The Forbidden Villain
Although my judgment shouldn’t be trusted in this regard, since I have almost zero experience with the opposite sex.
This man…he seems straight out of a fairy tale.
A prince in search of his princess encountered a beast instead. I twist my head to my “normal” side, too afraid to scare my brother and his fiancée’s guests.
“Hi. You’re probably lost.” He stays silent, so I point behind him. “The mansion is that way.” My gasp echoes in the space between us when he picks me up swiftly, bridal style, the air whooshing from me. My feet dangle, dripping water and sandall over his white pants. Crumpling his shirt, I yelp. “What are you doing?”
My heart clenches in an odd way when our eyes meet.
“Jellyfish.” I look down, and indeed there are several a few feet away. “They can be very vicious.”
“We wouldn’t want you to get hurt during your brother’s engagement party,” another voice calls, and a dark-haired guy comes toward us. “The idea of making your brothers sweat is a very tempting one, not gonna lie. That being said, not at the expense of you, darling.” He taps me on the nose, and it snaps me out of my stupor.
Wiggling free from the almost deadly hold, I glance between the two of them. “Who the hell are you?”
That’s when I see Aileen and Emmaline running toward us right before the guys envelop them in hugs, and laughter erupts all around me.
“That’s the answer to your question.” Levi’s words bring me back to the present from the hurtful memory.
Because on that day, I saw how true brother-sister bonds flourish in a loving environment where families love each other and stay together, no matter their differences.
The kind of bond I’ll never have with my brothers.
They may love me, but they don’t know me. I don’t trust them to protect me, and as such, our relationship…is a facade and a charade.
And once the truth comes to light?
I’ll be left all alone once again, while they have their own families. And they will leave.
Just the way they left me all those years ago.
“You asked me who I beat up. Someone who deserved it.”
I should probably say something, anything, but instead, I nod and rush inside, shutting the doors behind me, whilecomplete silence falls all around me as the library’s dusty scent twitches my nose.
The library has been my sanctuary since I discovered it.
The only witness to my pain, anger, and anguish.
Nowhetarnished my sanctuary without even entering it within five minutes.
I don’t think I’ve hated anyone more.
His existence alone shows how pathetic mine is.
A fact he did his best to prove on that faithful day because of what he did during that engagement party and the effect it caused among all the guests, their laughter ringing in my ears every single day…
And that’s something I can’t forgive him for.
Levi Scott isn’t a prince straight from the fairy tales, after all, oh no.
He’s a villain.
Levi
“Ah, you scared her.” Von chuckles, flipping a cigarette through his fingers as the wind whooshes over us and billows his leather jacket backward. His smile barely reaches his eyes, where permanent cruelty resides.
Something we both have in common and hide well from our parents.
