Sinfully Yours by Mirah Selim (best e reader for manga txt) 📕

"Call him, and if you want I will take you to meet him as well. But remember one thing you need to prepare your mind to have enough strength so you could be able to hear the worst." His words made her heartbeat fasten. What in the world does Cyrus even have to go through that everyone always advises her to prepare herself?

After his words, Hazel stayed silent thinking about his advice. Yes! David did tell her to contact him if she wants to know about Cyrus's past. But right now she wasn't in the position to decide if she wants to know about him or not.

"Why did you marry Ana?" Creed's eyes flickered in surprise.

"Who told you this?" He questioned as he remembered Ana asking him to keep their marriage a secret.

"Ana did. I asked her to come and stay with me but she said she can't because she's married to you. Yesterday she even said your house is hers now." The side of his lips tugged up in a hidden smile.

"Yes, I married her because that was the only way to save her." Creed licked his lips remembering the day Cyrus was ready to punish her severely when she helped Hazel to run away. He turned into a maniac that day even though he already knew about Hazel's whereabouts.

"Boss wanted to punish her because she disobeyed him. But I took responsibility of her and asked the boss to let me take her. Boss simply said he will not punish her but still wouldn't trust her enough to let her stay in the mansion anymore so he was ready to throw her out but I kind of requested him." The way he paused during the word 'request' made Hazel narrow her eyes.

"Requested or begged?" Creed instantly jerked up from his seat bowing at his boss. Hazel also turned her face to him and was ready to stand up from the seat but stopped when Cyrus motioned her to not.

Still being half-naked and covered with bandages he walked near the dining table. Sitting on his usual seat he smirked at Creed gesturing him to sit down. And the obedient man of his hesitantly took the seat.

"You begged me to not throw her out because you can't live without her." Creed bit his lower lip closing his eyes. Hazel stared at Creed with wide eyes.

"Boss I love her. I promise I will keep her happy and safe. Let me marry her. Don't leave her on her own. She's too fragile and innocent. Please." Cyrus mimicked him smirking in delight seeing how embarrassed Creed looked dropping Hazel's jaw.

"Y-You love her? For real!" Hazel said staring at him with wide eyes. Creed slowly opened his eyes and nodded his head.

"I fell for her for a long time. But I just thought she was too delicate for me. But then at that moment, I knew she needed someone so I dropped all my fear and insecurities and decided to accept her." Cyrus silently stared at him seeing how Creed's eyes twinkled while mentioning his love for Analise.

Fear? Cyrus at first was confused but then realized that Creed feared losing Analise. That day when Creed begged him to not leave her on her own Cyrus already caught an idea of Creed liking her. That's why he gave Ana to Creed. And now seeing how Creed's eyes gleamed with shine while mentioning his wife he understood his decision of letting Analise go without any Punishment was right.

"Does Ana feel the same?" This question made Creed sigh.

"I don't know. I have told her about my feelings and even made sure to give her as much space as she wants. I feel like she likes me but at the same, I feel like she doesn't like me. She's confusing." Creed's answer made Cyrus frown.

"If I snatch her from you right now what will you do?" His random answer made both Creed and Hazel look at him with a frown.

" It wouldn't happen," Creed answered with confidence. Cyrus raised his eyebrows.

"Because before you will even be able to go near her I will be the first one you have to face. Her danger has to go through me before it reaches her. She is more precious to me than anything even myself." Cyrus's breath paused for a second.

These words. The words he said were the same ones Cyrus used to think in Hazel's matter. Shaking his head he gritted his teeth what the hell is wrong with him?

"You should go." Creed nodded and left the dining room letting the silence engulf the room.

Cyrus's frown deepen when he took Creed's condition in check. From the time Hazel returned to Cyrus as his wife something has changed in him. Do his eyes look like Creed's when he thinks about Hazel? Why does he fear losing Hazel like Creed feared losing Ana? Why does he care about Hazel more than his life?

Why does everything Creed said look like Cyrus's condition as well? Creed successfully gave his feelings a name of love. But can Cyrus do the same? No, and how can he even? The man doesn't even know what liking someone is. He doesn't even know the meaning of love, it seems impossible.

"You should rest." Her melodious voice brought him back from his overthinking. He looked at her for a few seconds in silence before blasting a bomb at her.

"Do you love someone, sweetheart?" Hazel looked at him in confusion. What's with him and his random weird questions?

"What?" He nodded his head.

"Yes, do you love someone?" Hazel thought for a second before nodding her head. Cyrus's heart squeezed painfully as he fisted his hand. She loves someone. Who the fuck is that someone?

"Who?" His voice suddenly turned cold making her gulp down.

"My parents and aunt." His fist loosened up hearing her.

"Oh." He said looking away. Silence once again engulfed the room for a few seconds.

"So how do you know that you love them?" Hazel looked at him.

"You don't know what love is?" Cyrus cleared his throat feeling like a fool for asking these kinds of questions. But still, he shook his head.

"Love is when you care, respect, and try to do your best to give that person every happiness of this world." Cyrus keenly listened to her.