Take Me Away

The fitting room was bigger than what Fiona had imagined it to be.

She then turned around, intending to take the dress from the shop assistant. The assistant, however, shook her head and made her way into the fitting room before gesturing to Fiona to follow her in.

Fiona frowned. While she knew the assistant wouldn't understand what she would say anyway, but she still went ahead and said, "I want to change my clothes myself. Please go out." As expected, the shop assistant didn't understand what she said. Charles, on the other hand, did. This was the first time Fiona experienced having a saleswoman accompany her inside the fitting room. 'Why is she doing this?' she thought to herself. 'Charles must have asked this girl to do what she is doing!'

And indeed, when the assistant sensed some annoyance from Fiona, she looked at Charles in a bid to understand what was happening.

Charles slowly walked towards Fiona and said, "You will be trying on so many clothes. It's just not convenient for you to dress yourself. If you let her help you, we will save a lot of time."

Fiona rolled her eyes. "I can do it myself," she said, her voice emotionless. "I really do not need her help."

"Don't be childish, Fiona." Charles' voice reeked of authority and danger.

Fiona wasn't fazed by Charles' demeanor. "Well then, forget it. I won't buy any of these. I don't like them anyway." Without taking a look at all the pretty clothes prepared for her, she turned around and headed towards the door.

"Stop!" Charles suddenly roared, his face showing a pained expression—he looked like he wanted to be angry at Fiona but he couldn't. After a long pause, he took a deep breath and said resignedly, "Okay, you win. Go inside and try the clothes on yourself."

After that, he went to the shop assistant and explained what had happened.

The shop assistant just nodded politely to everything Charles was telling her. After their little talk, she neatly hung everything on the rack, bowed to Fiona, and left.

A small smile spread on Fiona's lips. She appreciated Charles' quick resolve. With that, she started walking back, but before she could, he blocked her way. He closed the gap between them and caressed her face with his left hand. "I can't do anything that will upset you, Fiona," he whispered. "I'm pretty sure a smile from you is all it takes for me to go and do whatever you want me to."

He then looked deep into her eyes. Without a warning, he pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly. In a gentle voice, he said, "Fiona, as long as you're with me, I promise to give everything your heart desires."

Fiona's mind instantly went blank. The moment she realized that what Charles said seemed like a heartfelt confession, her muscles became stiff and she felt like she could not move. Hell, she didn't even know how she walked into the fitting room.

When she came to, she found herself standing in front of a mirror, a light pink chiffon dress in her hand. She sighed deeply and went ahead and started changing her clothes.

However, just as she was about to unbutton her top, she saw a figure of a man suddenly pop up behind her in the mirror.

"Ahhh!" Fiona felt her heart race faster than ever before. Before she was able to scream for help, however, the man already had his hand over her mouth, effectively muffling whatever she was going to say.

"Don't scream," the man whispered. "It's me!"

so she quickly turned her head around to see who

she knew: Spencer! The expression on her face changed dramatically, and her heart now was thumping because of excitement and disbelief. Spencer had lost so much weight. There

to say something, but someone suddenly knocked on the fitting room's door. "Fiona, are you alright?" asked

she said, trying

"Call me if you need

rate came down to normal, she looked Spencer in the eye and started tearing

"You look thinner."

"You look thinner."

them spoke at the same time. Huge smiles started spread on

Spencer's body so close to hers once again made

had missed

passion, love, yearning, and guilt. While this was

to threaten him. But then with everything that had transpired today, it was clear that Charles had no intention of doing that—he just wanted Fiona to be

the end of time. But when he remembered the kind of situation they were currently in, he knew that

he couldn't help but feel sad inside. Slowly, he let go of her lips and gently took her beautiful face

comforting words, however, only made Fiona cry even harder. All the emotions Fiona had bottled over the last few weeks were pouring out of her. She felt happy, sad, euphoric, depressed, relieved, and scared at the same time. Everything was overwhelming her, and so

her back as tight as he could, and then planted a kiss on the top of her head. Even for a moment, he felt that everything was all right in

the man she had longed for so long.

you too," he said after a while, smiling softly. However, the aggrieved look on Fiona's face wiped the smile of his face. Hurriedly, he apologized, saying, "You must have been so scared. It was all

fist. Through her sobs, she complained, "Why are you so late?" Once again, she broke down and buried her head onto

immense hurt he might have caused her. Suddenly, however, she stopped and once again raised her head to look at his face. "Does it

replied, shaking his head. A small chuckle even escaped his lips. He then took Fiona's hand, and looked into her eyes.

eyes brightened up. Quickly, she wiped away the tears

escape through it. I'll hold you up and then you climb along it until you

talking about her escape. Also, she just realized how high the walls were. 'How am I going to scale

Spencer said comfortingly. "I will be right behind you. It won't be difficult for me to boost myself up." He

Spencer. I

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"What's happening in there? What's taking so long? Are you having problems with the dress?" Fiona's

head then snapped towards Spencer as she was trying to see if

flashed across his eyes. With one swift motion, he lifted Fiona up to the

doing and started to wriggle free from his arms. Would he go up against Charles face-to-face after boosting her up to the ventilation pipe? No! He