I wish I could give you my pain just for one moment... Not to hurt you, but to make you understand how much you hurt me. ---- Unknown Author
"Just tell us if you still can make it to the next level, we might be ruthless, cruel, heartless, and cold but we are not barbaric to kill someone even though we want to kill you because of what you have done to Luna. Dimitri and Francois were the first ones who love to skin you alive, while Ryder and Jamil want to pour hot oil to you till you beg for your death" Alexei informed him.??
"Then what about you, the ladies and those trusted men that you have? And I know that your parents also want my head to serve in a plate, what do they want me to do?" Louie asks him as he hissed every time Alexei pokes some parts of his body. Alexei chuckled as he checks on his bruises and cuts on his face. "The truth? I want you to become my guinea pig in my science experiments. I want you to become my test kit for all the drugs that I am formulating, for the ladies? That I don''t know but my sister Isabele... She wants you to be sold to the famous brothel at the black market in Italy so that you will know the feeling of what you have done to Luna.
Louie gave a soft laugh, "I don''t know why I did too many horrible things to Luna back then, and maybe because I was fooled and blinded by what I think is love that I felt for Sofia. But still, I don''t want to lose Luna back then, I want her to be by my side that''s why I didn''t want to divorce her. I even regret signing the divorce settlement the day after she left the Villa. I even hired a dozen investigators and detectives for five years just to find her, Samantha told me that she is dead. She died at the train station but my heart says she did not, I know that she is still alive and I did search for her and you can ask Yuan for that information."
"Ryder disclosed everything about her, even the information''s that Harry''s people got was manipulated by Ryder. We want you to suffer mentally so that you will feel the nightmares of being hunted by Luna''s ghost" Alexei told him.
Louie chuckled "I am ready now Dr. Alexei Voronov." Alexei nodded his head and informed Ares that his opponent is ready for their duel.
"The duel will about knives, your left hand will be tied to Ares left hand. You can kick any parts of the body except for the s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e part, the first one to drop the knife will win, you two can''t stab the knife but you can make some cuts to any parts of the body except for the face and s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e part. Are we clear?" Xavier informed them, Ares gave a devilish smile while Louie nodded and closed his eyes for a while.
"I''ll be soft to you Louie Chen. Don''t worry I won''t ruin your beautiful face" Ares teasingly told him. Artemis was the one who makes sure that the rope that they tied on their hands are secured and in good condition. Soteira was the referee this time and he made sure to have a timer so that Louie will not exert too much strength. Soteira could see that Louie is already worn out, his stamina is not already strong to do this kind of sparring with Ares.
As the two men took their places, Ares was on his stance and he gave Louie the first kick on his left calf. Louie was caught unaware of the kick and he hiss because of pain but he didn''t fall for Ares holds the rope that binds them very tightly so that he can''t make a sudden fall. "These guys are going to kill me slowly," Louie thought to himself. Ares didn''t forget to give Louie a deep wound on his body for every move he made and it seems that he was enjoying the given task to him by Dimitri. Louie dodges some of his moves but he can''t counter-attack the four attacks from him for he was very tired to do it anymore. "This person is a beast hidden in a very angelic face, it seems that he didn''t get tired just like the first one," Louie said to himself.
Ares didn''t also forget to give Louie a very deep cut on his right arm near to his wrist that made him drop his knife. "Aaah!" Louie yelled when Ares gave him the slit on his right arm. Luna was just watching on the scenes and she didn''t react when Ares was giving some beatings and slits on Louie''s body. She didn''t know that the Wu triplets are observing her, they already knew that she had already moved on.
"She''s doesn''t love Louie anymore, she is not affected to the pain that Louie has been showing to us" Jessica whispered and her fiancée heard her. Marco looks at her and raises his right eyebrow, "When you care and love someone more than they deserve, you get hurt more than they deserve. Is that what you mean Mi Amore? Marco asks Jessica. Jessica nods her head, "Luna doesn''t like Louie to get hurt in any kind of form, she is willing to sacrifice herself for Louie not to feel any pain but this time it is not happening anymore. It seemed that she was enjoying seeing Louie get hurt" says Jessica.
Louie drops the knife that he was holding, he could feel the pain on his arms, and he was also shivering to the cold wind. He knew that he was having a fever but still needs to endure everything, he needs to prove to Luna that he is ready to face everything, every challenge and obstacles just to show her how much he needs her....how much he loves her and how much he misses her. As soon as Louie drops his knife, Ares cuts the rope that binds them together and Louie stumbled and he suddenly smacked on the floor. Ares just look at him and said "Louie Chen Love is the most beautiful thing to have, the hardest thing to earn and the most painful thing to lose." After Ares said that he walks away from him and gave his bow in front of Luna and Francois, Luna smiled at him and nods her head as a sign of giving her thanks.
"True love is painful. You watch the person you love dates with other person and you just get crushed as the person you love uses you as a rebound, but you are so attached to the person you love and you can''t say no" Sapphire suddenly uttered beside Ryder her fiancée, Jamil, and Audrey. The three gave her a confusing look and she knew that they want to be enlightened to the words that she has just said, "Luna loves Louie so much five or six years ago and she let him use her because of that love. But now that she has finally moved on and Louie shows himself again and declaring his love and care for her but it is now too late....too late that even his kids don''t like to be with him even just for a minute. Now he tastes his own medicine....his own medicine because it looks like it was already the reverse story" Sapphire explained to them.
"Honey, everyone says that love hurts, but that''s not true. It is the loneliness, rejection, and losing someone that hurts. Everyone confuses these things with love, but in reality, love is the only thing in this world that covers up all the pain and makes us feel wonderful again. That''s what happened to our dear Luna, she have loved Louie Chen even before they got married and the love she felt for him masked the pain that she had when they are already married. But everything has its own time, to burst up like a balloon for it is already full. Full of anger, hatred, and most of all painful memories and even love have their own time to give up" Ryder also speaks up what''s on his mind.
"Luna is very strong because it takes a strong heart to love but it takes a stronger heart to continue to love after it''s been hurt and broken," Audrey said and took a glance at Ryder and Sapphire. Jamil chuckled, he knew that his fiancée was the few persons who saw Luna''s devastated state when the Duke and Ryder rescued her at the train station. Audrey was one of the few people whom Luna trusted aside from Scarlet, Dimitri, Ryder, and most especially Francois.
"The tactical combat is now ended and Louie Chen lost. You take an hour break to build your strength and stamina for the next two events. Harry and Yuan you can check on your friend, Artemis, Soteira prepare something for Louie Chen, food and drinks; we will take it for now" Dimitri''s cold stern voice was heard as he ordered his words to the people present inside the torture room.
Harry and Yuan stood up and immediately rush to Louie and they took him and ushered him to sit on the chair, Amber also went to Harry''s side to help him while Isabele helps Artemis and Soteira to what food they will get and prepare for Louie.