Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Mira's words made Julian want to laugh. "When you treat love like business, you've already lost it."

"Am I wrong? Love also requires management. A lover is just like your employees-if the benefits are good, she'll stay with you. But if you're penniless, who would choose to follow you?"

"Your business instincts are sharp, but you're missing the most important point. A lover is not an employee. In fact, a lover is far more complicated than an employee.

With employees, you just need to pay them regularly, throw in some performance bonuses now and then. But with a lover, what you give might not necessarily be money, but it will always be your energy.

If you truly fall in love, you'll understand what I mean. She feels like an egg in your hand, with only a thin, fragile shell. You're terrified of breaking her, so you do everything you can to protect her, to care for her. You want her to be happy, and her happiness makes you happy in return.

Love isn't something for one phase of life. It's something you dedicate your entire lifetime to. What you feel for me isn't love-it's possession and conquest.

We are both strong, Mira. You're eager to conquer a man stronger than you, just to feel a sense of fulfillment. But true love has nothing to do with benefits, conquest, or possession. It's simply wanting the person you love to live well."

Julian's voice suddenly softened, so gentle that it was almost unrecognizable as the voice of the sharp and commanding man known in the business world.

Mira gazed at his gentle profile, and her heart stirred. If she hadn't known before what it meant to love someone, at that moment, she realized she truly liked him.

She liked this man who deeply loved another woman, a man who only showed such tenderness for that one person.

"You're saying that as long as she's living well, even if she marries someone else, it won't matter to you? If she falls in love with someone else, would you willingly stand aside and attend her wedding?

I doubt it. No one is a saint. The more you love her, the less you'll be able to tolerate her being with someone else.

You'll feel jealous. You'll seize her. You'll go mad trying to bring her back to your side. You're only saying all of this because she loves you back, and you know it."

words. She stood up. "If you can truly let her

turned and left. Julian sat alone on the couch. Before he had been

love for her had only grown. The idea of letting go, of

reminder. He needed to quickly wrap up matters here

had said, he loved Aurora, and fortunately, Aurora loved him

fast asleep by now. He had thought about calling

short message before heading to the bathroom to wash off the fatigue of the

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after a full night's sleep. Perhaps it was the sudden shifts between hot and cold the day before, or the fact that she hadn't dressed warmly enough, but she felt a bit under the weather. Her head felt

the nightstand, she checked the time. The first thing that caught her eye was an unread message: "Baby, I love

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called her Little Bunny or Aurora, but this was the first time he had called her "baby." The message,

loved him too, that she

out of bed and looked out the window at the falling

ten days, and now it was falling again, blanketing the world in

Mrs. Hill for

How could

Mrs. Hill's nagging felt almost motherly. Watching the heavy snowfall outside, Aurora couldn't help but wonder how her mother was

prophecy. Unfortunately, her mother wouldn't even take her calls now. Trying to

you feeling unwell? Maybe you should take the day off from work,"

take the cold medicine after I eat," Aurora replied,

fine. It was the 21st century-believing in curses

knew her young mistress well. Aurora was headstrong, and once she made a