Purple Romance

"I am not your brother'' Max said and stood up ''you came here suddenly, barging into my life after gaining your memories. Did you come here without knowing the consequences? Even after I told you about my feelings?''

'"You said it was a mistake? You said I should forget about it'' Marvel said and stood in front of him.

''You really do hold grudges against people. were that bothered about what I said this morning?'' Max asked and looked at her.

''No!!!'' Marvel answered quickly.

''I said that because I was angry. I was angry and sad that you didn't know I was and you didn't even remember me. sit down first'' Max said and pushed her back into the sofa.

''That must be because of what happened that year'' Marvel said.

''What happened that year? Did something happen to you while I was away?'' Max asked worriedly and she nodded her head and her tears suddenly started falling as she spoke.

''A month after meeting you was our college entrance exams, so my uncle promised me that he will bring me to see you if I concentrated and did well in my exams. He enrolled me into a private class that was attended by only rich kids. I met a boy there that I really liked. He was called Jones Cambridge. I knew he didn't like me much but I thought it was alright as long as I liked him more''

''Silly woman. What kind of thought was that?'' Max murmured as he wiped her tears. Marvel became sober and calm and chuckled before she continued.

''I know right? I should have stopped but I didn't. That was around that time when I heard that you were getting married. I was angry that you didn't bother to contact me again. You gave my uncle a job but you never asked him about me again and when I found out that you were getting married, I was angry and hated you for it. I stopped asking my uncle to bring me to meet you and because he was probably busy at work, he didn't also bother to ask me the reason. But, I'm guessing it must have been because of your marriage. My uncle never mentioned you in front of me again.

Then, about two weeks to our college entrance exams, Jones asked me to go somewhere with him. I didn't know where it was but I readily agreed to go with him and that was when everything happened. Jones took me to a casino and asked me to sit on his laps while he made bets but he sucked at it and lost all his money in a short span of time, but he still wanted to bet and that was when I realised his aim for sending me there in the first place. I went to the washroom while he was playing and I overheard some girls discussing in one of the cubicles. They said that the gamblers at the table were now gambling using their girlfriends as ransom and I got alarmed but I still didn't believe Jones would do something like that to me but that was exactly what he did. He sold me in exchange for some gambling money and left the casino by the time I returned from the washroom. One of the men told his guards to take me away along with some innocent girls who also went there with their boyfriends. They sent us to a place I can't really remember till now. The only things I remember about that place was that, we weren't the only kids that were kidnapped. There were at least 10 other kids there. first we thought we were just kidnapped so that they would ask for a ransom from our families but that wasn't it.

After two days, the kids we were kidnapped with started disappearing one after the other. I was so scared. then, a fight broke among the kidnappers and it was then we realised that it wasn't a normal kidnapping they were doing but they were people who were engaged in child prostitution. The other girls that disappeared were sold to rich men who wanted untainted girls to mess with and the place we were kept was actually a betrothal house were teenage girls were kept and used to pleasure men.

That day a fight broke among them, it was because of a girl. She was really beautiful and curvy. She was the one who always shared her food with me because they didn't give me food''

''Why did they give you any food?'' Max asked even though his whole body was boiling with anger.

'Because I looked rather flat and couldn't guarantee them much money ' Marvel said and chuckled ''I heard the discussions of the girls I was with and that was when I found out we were there because we were virgins so I decided to do something to myself. I didn't want to be used as a sex tool so that night when everyone was asleep, the girl who shared her food with me woke me up and took me to the washroom.

There, she gave me a piece of banana and asked me to penetrate myself with it if I wanted a way of there''

Marvel suddenly felt chills and started shaking. Max pulled her to himself and made her sit on his laps. He hugged her tightly. He could guess the rest of the story from what she said so far.

''Is alright, Mar, you are safe now. Is alright'' Max patted her softly and she sobbed in his arms. Max's face darkened as he thought of the things that happened to her without his knowledge. That same must have been a real jinx for him and the people around him.

That year, his girlfriend broke up with him and disappeared. Ad-Din got into an accident and his little girl was kidnapped and made to go through a lot of hardships. He was so angry with himself. He couldn't even protect the people he cared about even though he was the eldest. Back then, he lived under the shadow of his grandpa and did everything he was told.

He heard a soft breathing sound and looked at the woman in his arms. She was now asleep and he sighed. Max lifted Marvel up and carried her into his bedroom. He placed her on the bed and covered her with the quilt before he picked his phone and made a call.

''I want you to find someone for me, Jones Cambridge and also find out if there was a betrothal house operating in Cosmos around the year 20xx and if they are still in operation'' Max said and hung up. He turned and looked at Marvel who was still sleeping soundly and sighed. He went into the washroom to wash up.

He soon returned in his pyjamas and saw that Marvel had kicked away the quilt. He chuckled and walked to her. He pulled the quilt and laid next to her on the bed and covered the two of them with the quilt. He moved closer to her and held her as he closed his eyes.

Marvel opened her eyes and saw a familiar face sleeping next to her. Her first reaction was to scream but the memories of the night came back and she flushed thinking of how she held unto Max and didn't want to let go. She noticed he was still sleeping and decided to be a little bold. She moved closer to him and looked at his face as she murmured.

''Still handsome. His face is so perfect. Wait, did we sleep on the same bed? Does it mean we jumped the stages and went straight to sharing the same bed?'' Marvel kept murmuring and suddenly heard a hoarse chuckled and froze. She looked down slowly and saw Max looking at her. his hair looked messy but charming and seductive.

''We didn't jump the stages. I just didn't want you to sleep alone. I was afraid you will get nightmares and wanted to be there'' Max said and smiled as he closed his eyes again. He still wanted to sleep some more Marvel flushed as her heartbeat quickened. She tried to get out of the bed and Max pinned her down with his hand. His hand was across her chest and her breathing that rose made his hand seem like it was moving with her pace of breathing. His fingers were also greasing her left breast and their scene looked ambiguous and a little erotic. Marvel held unto the bedsheet tightly, digging her nails into them as she tried not to make any movement because the moment she did, his palm will now be on her breast. His fingers were enough to cause her messy thoughts.

Max touched something soft and suddenly opened his eyes. He first looked at the red face of Marvel and his eyes turned to look at the position of his hand and immediately pulled away. His face also turned away and apologised.

''Sorry, I didn't know my hand was there''

''I will go and drink some water at the kitchen''

Their conversation turned awkward and Marvel got down from the bed and ran out.