Chapter 23. I'm Not Brian, Anna.

"You forced me," Anna said, the occasional sobbing sound still audible.

"It's up to you," replied Devan immediately entered the elevator that had just opened.

Being in the arms of a burly man, Anna struggles to rebel. Until the two of them got back into the car, the girl was still in Devan's arms.

The two of them left the hotel, go away somewhere, Anna didn't know.

...

Back at Devan's house, it's probably 1:00 in the morning. Anna is still awake, the girl can still be heard occasionally sobbing.

"Stay here tonight," said Devan suddenly.

Anna who heard the man's words did not respond and just followed him into the house. She also doesn't know where to go, the boarding house where she lives is very far from here.

So she had no other choice but to obey Devan's words. Yes, just tonight. The last time she was with the stranger man.

Anna's body suddenly jerked in surprise, it was because Devan suddenly turned towards her and held her forehead.

"How are you feeling now?" he asked.

"You've seen everything that happened to me, you shouldn't ask me that again."

"I mean, are you still feeling dizzy?" asked Devan keeping his hand away from Anna's forehead.

For a moment the girl froze on the spot, the dizziness that had been bothering her so much just a moment ago had disappeared, either completely gone or because her heartache was so domineering that she no longer cared about the other feelings her body was experiencing.

Anna nodded slowly.

Seeing the response of the girl in front of him, Devan immediately walked away, seemed to enter a room, and come back out after a few minutes.

"Want to drink with me?" he offered while bringing the bottle of wine to Anna.

Anna didn't respond, only glancing at the man.

"Here," said Devan, handing Anna a glass of wine.

"Thank you."

Devan just nodded his head unresponsive. The look of the girl next to him was truly pathetic. Although still wearing the same luxurious dress as before, but those puffy eyes couldn't lie to how she felt right now.

Until several tens of minutes passed, only silence became their friend. Anna and Devan seemed busy with their thoughts.

No one knows how many glasses of wine Anna had spent, her body was getting hot. She took off Devan's tuxedo who wrapped in her shoulders and put it carelessly, and it managed to expose her exposed skin.

As if Anna didn't realize that she was currently with a normal man.

No matter how much she drank the red liquid, her memory of Brian didn't go away either.

Maybe because the wine is not much? she immediately grabbed the bottle in front of her and gulped it carelessly, making some of the red liquid spills and run down her chin to her neck and chest, as if she didn't care about Devan's gaze at her.

'This girl,' Devan thought.

'Does she not notice my existence?'

But he quickly turned his gaze to another direction. He almost lost control of the sight beside him.

He kept his normal demeanor as much as possible. Cleared his throat several times to normalize his feelings and tried not to turn his head in the direction where the girl was.

Until soft snoring was heard making the man turn his head towards the source of the sound.

Anna fell asleep, the wine bottle in her arms.

A harsh sigh escaped the man's lips.

Slowly but surreally, Devan lifted Anna's body after placing the bottle of wine on the table, intending to take her to the room.

"Brian ..." a name sounded from Anna's mouth, making Devan's steps stop for a moment.

"I'm not Brian, Anna."

But the girl kept on mentioning the name of the man who had hurt her, to the point where Devan felt irritated because he kept hearing the name of that bastard.

Someone's feelings are very troublesome for him.

He is laying Anna's body on the bed, but his body suddenly jolted. Anna withdrew his hand right then and there.

"Don't go... Brian." Again, Anna raved and said the man's name who knows how many times.

"I'm not Brian Anna."

"Once again you say his name, don't blame me if I do something more to you."