Her rubicund face

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"Go ahead," Xavier replied with a smile, and turned to go back.

Isabella saw him stepping on the stairs. She sighed with relief, knowing that he would no longer bother her anymore.

She waited until she saw him disappear from the stairs and closed the door. Slowly, she turned her head back and saw the bag in suspension. She could not believe that Xavier had brought the bag. If someone else was bringing her lost things, she would thank that person with all her heart. But Xavier was not that sort of person who would do things without motive.

Furthermore, Alexander told her not to talk to him. And that perhaps he knew what kind of person Xavier was. She was really grateful that she and Alexander had quite the same views.

After all these things, Bella felt lazy to dry her hair, and the tiredness could not stop her from yawning. She put the bag on the floor and jumped on the bed, tossing her body. She fell asleep.

When Xavier reached down, he took the form of the devil and reached the place where people met their fate.

"Father," Xavier called out, looking at the figure who was eating a newborn demon.

"You are late. I don't understand why Demons are so fascinated with humans, have even ignored my summon," Bael roared with fury. Xavier looked down and paid respect.

"I was busy with something," Xavier replied.

"Yes, all of you are busy making humans. Where is he? I asked you to make him come back to hell," Bael added with similar rage, bringing up the reason, why had he summoned Xavier.

"He is the king. I have no authority over him," answered Lucifer, lifting his head to the three-headed devil, whom he called his father.

"I tied his power. You can use that for his return to hell. Tell me, why is he so adamant about living among humans?" asked Bael, swabbing the place where he was sitting with another newborn demon, whom he would later eat.

As Bael words, something ran past Lucifer's mind that didn't disturb his facial expression because the thing was yet to be confirmed and he would not let the doubt slip into Bael's mind, not soon.

"I'm trying, but nothing is happening around him. He is acting like a typical human and doing human work every day. For the past two days, I have been living with him, but I have found no reason for him to be on earth," Xavier replied, using his fibbing tactic. Although he could feel the tingling effect in his mind. Certainly, Bael tried to skim into his mind.

"Hah! Now I feel like it is my turn to go over there and enjoy being that puny mortal insect," said Bael with a laugh. Then he looked up and breathed a black smoke that quickly gather into a snake.

Xavier knew the devil wanted to do things, but how did he not know Satan? Bael was powerful, but Satan was king with lots of unreal power that Bael hadn't seen yet.

"My pet will not disappoint me," Bael laughed as the snake took a human form.

Lucifer sighed and his eyes watched the drama that Bael's ego made, but it would not end up well because Satan had a plan, and so did he.

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Isabella stood in the woods, the cold wind crinkling her spine as she looked around. How did she come to the forest? Isabella panicked inside.

She looked down at herself to see if everything was real. So was that. Because she could feel the mud and she didn't have shoes. She was also in the same sleepwear that she wore before sleeping.

Balling her fist, she scanned the area, holding fear. She touched a nearby tree to feel it as she needed something to hold on to because her knees were trembling. Bella never liked to be in dark places. It always scared her to death.

And at that moment, a woman's cry shook her heart as she screamed out at the top of her lung.

"Who?" Isabella shouted with teary eyes, looking around, but she hadn't had enough light to see in the dark. With her low courage, she could not muster enough strength to go on to see what had happened.

However, the scene in front of her eyes suddenly took a ninety-degree turn as a figure came into her sight. And somehow, it puzzled that she could suddenly see the face of that figure, and that was Elizabeth.

"Elizabeth," Bella called in uncertainty.

"Isabella, can you see me?" Bella heard Elizabeth, asking her a strange question as they stood facing each other. How could she not see?

"Yes, what happened to you? And where are we?" Isabella asked, stepping toward Elizabeth.

"I don't know," answered Elizabeth, crying between her words. And added the rest while sobbing, "I was at the bar, a guy ask me out but suddenly he stopped the car in the middle of the forest. After that, I haven't seen him. When I tried to drive, I found out he had taken the car key. My phone is dead. A- And.. Bella, look at my feet." Elizabeth removed her heels and lifted her foot to the knee. And it was a horrible situation.

"Holy Christ! What is this? Oh my God!" Bella screamed in fear upon seeing Elizabeth's feet. The skin had caught insects, and it was coming out rotten.

"Help me, Bella. The pain is killing me," Elizabeth pleaded helplessly, reaching for her hand to hold Bella. But Elizabeth fell into the open space and her face hit the ground because Bella had disappeared from there.

"Bella!" Elizabeth screamed into the darkness.

"Bella! Bella! Open your eyes," a hoarse voice called out to Bella while she was in his arm.

"U-Umm..." Bella moaned and took time to unfurl her eyes. But as they fluttered wide open, she was startled by the handsome face.

"Alex," Bella opened her pink lips and they uttered his name, tempting him to savor her lips.

"You are here," Bella asked in a haze that shrouded her mind. Though she could feel his warmth around her body, still doubted whether she was having another dream.

"Yes, I am here. What are you doing in the garden?" Alexander asked, rubbing her cheeks not to make her startle.

"What?" Isabella said and looked around. She was indeed in the garden. "How?" she mumbled.

"Perhaps you dream walk to the garden. Let's go inside first," Alexander said and scooped her up in a jiffy when Bella was not ready.

"Whoa-Whoa, what are you doing? Put me down. I can walk," Bella said with a rubicund face, looking at his handsome beard face.

"No, because you're barefoot," replied Alexander calmly and the way he held Isabella, seemed like he was holding a doll, whom he adored.