"Did you finish the process of your admission in this college?" He asked her in a low voice calmly.

Her eyebrows got scrunched in confusion at his bizarre question out of the blue. She even forgot that his arms were around her and she was being kept captured.

"Yes?" She hesitantly said after a few seconds.

"You chose Economy Major?" He lifted up one of his hand and pushed the tendril that was falling on her forehead, behind her ear.

She unconsciously shivered at his touch and replied in a soft tone, 

"Yes."

"What about Hector?" He asked casually and shifted her more closer to himself. The continuous questions were just an excuse to keep her in his arms for a longer amount of time.

"You don't know what Hector has chosen?" Her eyes widened in surprise, "You both live in the same house. Are you both brothers or what?"

As soon as the words slipped out of her lips, she slapped her hand on her mouth, surprised at her own audacity with the way she had talked to him.

"I am sorry." She immediately panicked, fearing his anger, "It just slipped out of my mouth."

He bent his head down and tapped his nose with hers playfully. She scrunched up her nose cutely and immediately a pink blush covered her face.

Had she even realized that it had been almost an whole hour but she had not moved away from his touch, had not tried to run away from him?

Only he knew how much he had craved to have her like this in his arms.

It was not lust that he felt towards her.

It was just pure longing, and need. Like the need for a last breath or a deep thirst for water.


Escaping The Mafia King

Varys' voice haunted Max even in his waking moments. So what if he'd been childhood acquaintances with Hope? That wasn't about to stop Max from finding her and getting her away from that madman, that killer.
How could he live himself if he left her there?
Max glanced up as he heard the click of a ...

Prologue

1- Leaving the Heart Behind

2- The Lust in His Eyes

3- Flipping the Bird Up High

4- 'Hot Coffee'

5- My Taste

6- Neighbors?

7- Involved 

8- Miss Innocent 

9- Bed Issues

10- New Destination 

11- Varys Flint

12- That Girl

13- Seeing Her Again

14- Together

15- A Deep Thirst

16- Sightseeing 

17- Invitation to a Party

18- Ditched

20- Sick

21- Followed

21- Shawn

22- The Fancy Party

23- Anger

25- Happiness and Panic

26- Lost in the Dust

27- Past

28- Enemy

29- Remember

30- Situations

31- Questions

32- Scars of Past

33- Fighting With A Demon

34- Secrets

35- Stalker

36- The 'Date'

37- Chances

38- Punishment

39- Attack

40- Perfect Trap

41- How'd We End Up This Way?

42- The War

43- Alone

44- Face Off

45- It's Over

46- Nightmare

47- Traitors

48- The Drunk Doctor

49- Tricked

50- Danger

51- Bring Her Back

52- Rescued

53- Surreal Dreams

54- Nightmares and Love

55- Love and Him

Epilogue