Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean)

Upon hearing the door open behind him, Sebastian turned with a grim expression on his face. His eyes widened when he saw Myra; as realization dawned upon him, he stormed toward them. He shot an icy glare at her as he snapped, “So, is this why you have not been bothered to keep food in your apartment? You’ve been staying with my grandson all along! Did you rush home last night after you learned that I was dropping by your place?”

Meanwhile, Myra stared at the old man in shock. She did not think that he would show up in Tony’s apartment.

Feeling as though she had been caught with her hand in the cookie jar, she flushed with embarrassment. “Tony, maybe you should let me down,” she said in a feeble voice while tugging on Tony’s shirt. As she did so, Sebastian caught sight of the red marks on her wrists.

When he saw that and her swollen eyes, his eyes widened even more. He glowered at Tony while he thundered, “Did you abuse her? You have quite the nerve, Tony! Who taught you to behave in a barbaric manner?”

“Who are you calling barbaric?” Tony was already annoyed by the fact that the old man had turned up at his apartment without any warning. Upon hearing the latter’s accusation, he could not help but grimace coldly. “Hand over the keys and get out of my apartment.”

“How dare you speak to your grandfather this way!” Sebastian was on the verge of exploding. “All the money you took from me to throw it away on Hilliville—that’s a ghost town, idiot! Now, you’re throwing me out of your apartment! Myra, tell my grandson that he’s being an unreasonable ingrate!”

There was a flash in Tony’s eyes when Sebastian brought up Hilliville.

Myra, on the other hand, was surprised to hear Sebastian addressing her. As she was cradled in Tony’s arms, she suddenly felt self-conscious and softly said, “I think you should let me down.”

However, Tony only tightened his grip and it did not seem like he was going to put her down anytime soon.

Myra looked as though she had been bashed. Sebastian surveyed the marks on her face that were sustained when she was slapped at the construction site and the abrasions on her wrists. Unable to hide his rage, he glared at Tony with scorn in his eyes. “How dare you call yourself a man when you can’t even protect your own lover!”

“My masculinity is none of your business,” Tony countered icily. The frustration and anger in him was reaching breaking point and those who crossed him now would not be spared from his wrath.

and for

another bowl of the soup she made, but what ensued

Myra’s teary eyes. She looked like she would break down in Tony’s arms if both men continued to quarrel. With a sigh,

in a withering tone.

took

eyes fell upon her slender frame and the wounds on her skin, he could

the old man

grew somber and he immediately called Elliot.

she did not know she was holding. She paused before she turned to face Tony and whispered, “Old Master

know.” How could I

discovered a secret that only she and Sebastian knew. She continued to explain, “I thought he swung by because

you think?” There was a glint of amusement in

without much thought and cringed. She had not known that her lips were torn until she bit on the wound and the piercing pain that followed caused her

that moment, her lips were enveloped by a

his lips against hers. His kiss was tentative and careful; as the tip

Myra finally succumbed to the temptation and was about to return his kiss, he withdrew from her. She wanted to

take a

down at her. He smiled when he saw the slightly feverish gleam in her eyes and the pink flush across her cheeks. Then, he gently laid her down on the bed before he retrieved the first aid kid that Philip had