Reborn- His Scarlett Moon

My eyes suddenly shot open as I sat up.

My lungs were feeling very heavy and my heart was racing like in a marathon.

My mind took a little while before adjusting to the surroundings when I finally understood that I was in my room, on my bed.

I strained out of the window to find that the horizon was laced with faint sunlight.

Was it already evening? How long had I slept? I pulled my phone out to check the time and to my surprise, found that it was the next day. Very early in the morning.

There were parts in my body which still hurt.

I tried massaging those spots a little before moving sideways in the bed and then getting down. It was better when Bellow used to sleep with me. Sleeping alone was nice but it didn’t feel like that tonight.

I craved company. I pulled out the phone and dialed Sarah’s number again. I knew she would answer with a cuss word if she received the call, for waking her up so early in the day.

But I couldn’t reach her. Her phone was going into voicemail again.

I got up and went to the bathroom. I had been sleeping in my underwear. It made me feel comfortable.

I brushed my teeth and then came back.

As soon as I stood in front of the window, the morning breeze blew and touched me like a healing grace.

I ran out just like that, trying to take in the serenity of the rising sun.

The birds circling on top with their open wings, made long so, so much.

Suddenly I wanted to run away and forget all about all the pain.

” AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ”

I yelled my lungs out, letting the vent of anger and frustration go.

Suddenly a pair of hands cloaked me from behind with a white bed sheet.

” You would have definitely been reported for obscenity and disturbance in public, had this house been in a neighborhood. ”

It was Ryan.

I immediately wrapped the cloth around me. Normally I would have answered back with a,

” Well sorry to burst your bubble but there is no one watching. ” , but today felt different.

I couldn’t even lift my head up and look at him in his face.

It was he who touched my chin with his index finger and guided my face towards him.

” Why don’t you look at me Sherry? Do you feel scared? ”

Scared? Not really. I felt weird. That was the word. Not I nodded nevertheless.

He sighed. Then he reached for my hand and asked, ” Do you trust me? ”

My head immediately shook in the negative.Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

” Well, you should. ”

With that he deleted me on his back as he morphed into that furry canine , leaping over the horizon.

I grabbed tightly onto his neck with my hands, my fingers buried in his soft fur. My legs were kneading onto his under belly. It might have been hurting him but I did not dare to let it go in fear.

He crossed the landscape with astounding speed. It seemed like we moved faster than his sports cars. If he was indeed this fast, why did he need to waste fuel on cars that hardly went a few miles with a gallon of gas?

Me and my stingy, low class mind. Guess, Ryan had so much money that he needed to find ways to spend them.

My mind came back to the present as Ryan dropped me on the soft grassy meadows. We were deep into the countryside. There were vast stretches of green and green. As far as I could see the eyes.

Ryan came forward at me with his moist snout as I tried backing off on all fours.

” Are you scared? ” I started nodding my head even before he could complete asking.

His body constricted as his limbs elongated themselves. He fell beside me, on my hand, in his form avatar.

” You see Sherry, if I had wanted to hurt you, I would have, long ago. ”

He turned to look at me and I did as well.

Our breaths clashed as our nose met, our lips, just millimeters away.

” Is this a secret? Or everyone working understands you know about this! ”

I hurriedly sat up, adjusting my bra strap, gasping a little.

” Only the three of us…. and Bellow…. and Chong… and…. ummm, no.. No one else is alive as far as I can remember. ”

He said sitting up as well.

His perfect abs were glistening with the first morning lights as they touched the sweat beads. It looked like crystals as my hands went to touch them.

But he caught my hand before it reached,

” Sherry, sharing my secret will not be easy. I would like you to remember certain things, just in case…. ”

I turned towards him attentively,

” Never… I repeat never come in contact with my father or his men. Under no circumstances. Even if they come to my house.

Go and hide in the toilets if you have to, till you see the coasts are clear. Is that understood? ”

I wasn’t but I nodded still.

” And the other thing is, do not go anywhere alone. You can ask me, I will take you or you can ask Rose…. ”

” Will she continue to stay with you? ”

The shift in the dynamics of my mind at the mere mention of her name was astounding.

” Yes, she will… ” And he replied, without any hesitation.

I immediately stood up and started walking back towards the direction from where we came.

” You forgot the bedsheet. ”

Ryan caught up when I wasn’t even more than five minutes. I snatched it from him, wrapped myself and began running.

What was it that I felt for this playboy? What relationship?

I turned back, expecting him to come behind me, following… But he was gone.

I worriedly scanned the horizon. There was no sign of him.