? The
Heartless
immortal ?
{Cold as ice and dark hearted…}
Written by Ibrahim Gift
Chapter fifteen
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Cyrus didn’t know what to think again. He trusts ember so much but Harley… Something told him that she wasn’t lying either.
He just doesn’t want to imagine that ember would betray him.
He was put in a tight situation when he was asked to give her punishment.
He badly wants Harley to be innocent but then ember would be guilty.
He can’t deny that he was already getting attracted to Harley.
One has to be the betrayal.
When Harley was whipped for the fifth time, Cyrus couldn’t bear it anymore.
He decided to use his power to share her pain, just as the mark was appearing on her back, it was appearing on his but the pain she was feeling was less.
Harley was surprised when it got to a time, she didn’t feel any pain, she just felt the whip touching her.
Alex was puzzled when she stop groaning in pain, he looked at Cyrus to see if he was amazed too but what he saw shocked him even more.
Cyrus clenched his fist in great pain and held his breath.
“Is he …!”, he trailed off finally understand the situation.
“Lock her up and make sure no one sees her without my permission.”, Cyrus managed to say and left.
“What was I doing? Am I crazy?”, He asked immediately as he looked at his back on his mirror.
“Why am I so concerned about her? What if she turns out to be fooling me?”, he thought.
“Lord Cyrus…!”, Alex called and Cyrus turned to look at him with a grumpy face.
“What is it?”, He asked wearing his clothes back.
“Your back ….”, Alex said Cyrus just growled.
“What do you want?”, He asked.
“Your back is bleeding.”, Alex pointed out.
“So? It will later heal.”, He said with an expression “is that all?”
“Do you like Hailey, Alex?”, He asked and Alex furrowed his brows.
“Why do you ask lord Cyrus?”, He replied with a question.
“I want you give you both my blessing, she looks so happy with you.”, He said and Alex chuckled.
He couldn’t believe that his lord Cyrus was being jealous right now.
“I don’t like her, neither does she like me, she has someone she likes.”, He replied and Cyrus felt happy, he just didn’t show it.
“Lord Cyrus if you like her so much to bear the pain for her, why don’t you just give her a chance?”, Alex said.
“What are you talking about? Are you talking to me causally?”, He said trying to change the topic.
“Do you think Harley is actually the betrayal?”, Alex asked and Cyrus just became mute.
How can he admit that he actually hope that Harley is the one telling the truth?
“What do you think?”, He threw the question back to Alex.
“I do think ember is just trying to frame Harley, she can do anything when she is desperate.”, Alex replied.
“I know what Ember is capable of doing, she is capable of doing what she is accusing hailey of but I don’t think she would betray me and Hailey… Something tells me that she is telling the truth.”, Cyrus said.
“Send for Ruby, I want to see her.”, Cyrus demanded.
***
Harley just sat down in the dungeon wondering the miracle that just happened, her mind didn’t even go to food at the moment.
“Do I have another power?”, She wondered.
Then suddenly Cyrus appeared with ruby and Alex.
They brought Harley out.
“Read it.”, Cyrus instructed and ruby touched Harley’s head and closed her eyes.
“What did you see?”, He asked and Harley prayed that things would go in her favour.
“Magnus teleported Harley to an abondoned building and ember appeared. Then after some time, ember set the place on fire and disappeared with Magnus, leaving Harley there. Harley tried moving but she couldn’t until you appeared.”, Ruby said.
“What happened when I appeared?”, Cyrus asked.
He wanted to confirm if she would say what really happened.
“Harley rushed to hug you and then you carried her out of the place.”, She replied and Cyrus did not know what do feel.
Harley was telling the truth and Emily was the betrayal.
She is working with his greatest enemy.
“You two should leave us.”, He said icily and Alex and ruby left.
“You are not excluded.”, He said to the guards and they left too.
Harley couldn’t take the way he was intensely staring at her, she had to look down.
She was nervously waiting for what he was going to say, maybe his words will be I’m sorry.
“Are you crazy? You planned on fighting Magnus all by yourself? Do you really want to die?”, He yelled and she looked at her confused.
“Isn’t he supposed to apologise for punishing me wrongly?”, She wondered.
“Why are you yelling at me?”, She found herself yelling back and his eyes widened.
What audacity!
“I know that you find it hard to trust me more than your girlfriend but can’t you trust the love I have for you? I truly meant it, I don’t care if you are a terrible person, I just love you.”, She said and Cyrus just stared at her trying to figure out if she was really talking to him.
“Are you talking back at me?”, He asked pointing at himself.
“You really confuse me — I would rather go back to my boyfriend in school than to have one sided love.”, She said looking innocent.
“I told you that it can’t work because I can’t reciprocate your feelings.”, He said.
“I won’t come back to you if you ask me to later on.”, She said and Cyrus raised his brow.
“Do you realize who you are talking to?”
“I’m talking to the man I love right now, why are you even playing hard to get?”, She said and Cyrus looked around to confirm if he was in the right place.
“Let’s go.”, He said and she shook her head.
It was time for her to be dramatic.
“I won’t move an inch until you tell me how you truly feel.”, She said.
“Fine you can stay here.”, He said as he turned to go and she ran after him.
“Lord Cyrus you can released this lady.”, One of the superior said.
Cyrus wondered why they got to know but he just pushed that away.
“You might be the head here but you also need to inform us first.”
“This lady here is clearing using you.”, Another said.
“She is innocent and she can’t stay here locked up, if you can’t accept it then deal with it.”, He said and they looked at him in shock
“We can’t let you make a mistake again like you did with Ariel.”, They said and Cyrus got angry.
“Why must you bring that up again? If you don’t want me to do anything I will regret then stay out of my way.”, He thr_@tened angrily.
They know better than to make him more angry.
They just watch him leave with Harley.
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Harley dream later came to pass ?
She said he is playing hard to get ?