Still, I never forgot what she whispered to me through the pain that night. “We have to live. Grow up. Wait for me to marry you.”
I could barely remember how I survived all those years, fighting my way through hardship until I finally saw her again, just as Isla had long forgotten the silent boy from back then.
The day I came back after getting my visa, a group of strangers kidnapped me and took me to the rooftop of an old building on the edge of the city.
Cassian’s hands were tied, his body hanging dangerously over the edge, yet he still laughed.
“The main characters are here. The show can start.”
A rush of footsteps came, and Isla appeared with her people.
“What are you doing?!” she yelled.
“Isla! Mr. Raye hates you for not saving him that day because of me; he’s trying to kill me! Please, save me!” Cassian cried out.
It was the first time I saw pure anger in Isla’s eyes, aimed at me.
She ordered her bodyguards to take down the kidnappers, then ran straight to Cassian and pulled him up.
She held him tightly, her face pale with fear, like someone who had almost lost the most important person in the world.
“Thank goodness you’re safe. I won’t let you be in danger again.”