Tʜᴇ Mᴀғɪᴀ Aɴᴅ Hᴇʀ Bᴏᴅʏɢᴜᴀʀᴅ (ɢxɢ) ᴀɴɢɪᴇ_ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

Chapter 45⚠️

"I see, so that's what it is. You also hate me, am I right?" Venus' voice was as cold as ice. "It's not like I'm expecting you to like me. Everyone hates me, I wouldn't be surprised if you do too. But the way your eyes stare into mine...I thought that maybe you were different from everyone else. "

Pearl wrinkled her brows a bit listening to this and answered in a serious tone, "I don't know what you mean by that but I don't hate you." This was not a lie. Pearl rarely detested people and Venus was no exception. "But I don't like you either. And if you continue to hurt my boss and the main family, I will dislike you even more."

Venus felt her heart itch. "You're so loyal to the major family, aren't you? What does Kai have that I don't? Can you tell me?"

Pearl thought about it for a second before responding, "It has nothing to do with Ms. Kai. You just don't know how to accept yourself." Those words surely stabbed hard like a knife. "You only want to compete and to have everything that boss has, but You have to learn how to embrace yourself for who you really are and just accept it-"

She couldn't even finish her phrase when she suddenly felt Venus' fingers curling firmly around her neck just like a cursed shackle, leaving her out of breath as it started to strangle her.

Venus let out a cracked laugh as she watched Pearl's expression closely. "What's going on, Pearl? Weren't you saying something? Why don't you continue?"

Pearl narrowed her eyes as it got harder to breathe. She slanted her head back, attempting to release herself but Venus' grasp was sturdy. She held the arm of the hand that was making her choke as the side of her lip twitched, curving into a little smile.

Smiling in a situation like this was ludicrous, but for Pearl, spreading a smile before death was better than spreading a hundred of tears. Something deep inside of her was telling her that she was not going to die. She just needed to tolerate this for a bit longer.

God, please just let this be all a nightmare.

Just when Pearl thought that she was going to collapse on the bathtub, Venus immediately loosened up her grip. The sneer on her face left from her lips as she watched Pearl pant heavily, her chest rising and falling as air enter her lungs again.

Pearl could feel Venus' slender fingers tracing up to her face, caressing it gently. It was such a warm but cold feeling at the same time. Her moist lips slightly parted as Venus stroked them gradually with her thumb in a circular motion.

How soft, how pretty...

It was difficult to describe the emotions that Pearl was currently having. She just knew that she was hypnotized. She was falling into the devil's trap again. Perhaps there was something wrong with her too. Was she really becoming crazy?

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After a long bath, they both got out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around their bodies. Pearl's wrists were restrained again, this time with a pair of steel handcuffs. It really seem like Venus was not planning to let her go even if she begged for it now.

Pearl sat on the bed from the bedroom quietly as she watched Venus going through her clothes to find something to lend her. She tried pulling her wrists away from each other to check how sturdy the handcuffs were. It was for sure that this would only open with the key of the owner.

"Wear this." Venus uttered as she handed Pearl a short and casual strapless grey dress.

The fabric was soft and comfy just like a pajama so Pearl didn't complain about it even if it wasn't the prettiest thing that Venus could have given her from the immense closet. "What about an underwear?" She asked.