Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

When Susan was still a celebrity, she barely spent three and a half days at home in a year. Back then, her parents' greatest wish was for Susan to spend more time with them.

Now, their wish had come true. They could see their daughter every day, but having her cooped up at home all the time made them worry.

"Isn't she afraid of getting sick from staying in all day?" Mrs. Simmons thought to herself as she racked her brain for ways to get Susan out of the house.

"Susan, why don't you go out for a walk? If nothing else, I'll book you a plane ticket to travel abroad. Staying home like this isn't good for you," Mrs. Simmons said, her face full of concern.

"Mom, I don't want to go anywhere. Isn't staying home nice? You used to call me all the time, begging me to come home and spend more time with you. Now I'm doing just that, and you're telling me you don't want to take care of me anymore?"

"What nonsense are you saying, silly girl? Of course, I want to take care of you. I'm just worried about you. I even got your visa sorted a few days ago. Didn't you love visiting Europe? Why don't you go relax and clear your mind? Staying at home all day isn't healthy!"

"Alright, alright. I'll go out now, so stop worrying," Susan said, giving in to her mom's relentless nagging.

In the past, Susan would never leave the house without at least an hour of preparation- doing her makeup, coordinating her outfit. But now that she wasn't a star anymore, she'd stopped caring about such things.

She left home barefaced, wearing a simple down jacket. If her past self had seen her like this, she would've been utterly shocked.

It's true-people change.

Susan drove aimlessly around the city. To be honest, there weren't many places she could go.

When she was a celebrity, her days were packed with schedules. Back then, all she wanted was a few days off. Now that she finally had free time, she didn't know what to do with it.

Meet up with friends? She hadn't made any genuine friends in the entertainment industry. Inviting them out now would likely just lead to gossip about the industry- topics she no longer had in common with them.

heading home too early would only prompt another scolding from her mom. So instead, she decided to stay out

book from

the soothing music in the background fill her ears. For the first time in a while, Susan

halfway through when she got up to use the restroom. On her way back,

from a woman, deep in conversation. The woman laughed freely, without a hint of

her a few times before. In this moment, Susan finally understood what

remembered the other day at the Giron family gathering when people said Marcos had agreed to go on a date with Miss Langdon-how

by the day. The irony hit her hard. She finally understood how

angry just witnessing them on a date, how devastated must Aurora have been when she caught

pain can't be understood until it's

to confront them. But she

do with her. The bitter fruit she'd planted, she would eat

had finally

paid her bill and walked out with a sense of

She didn't notice that Marcos, sitting with his back to her, had been frowning the entire time. Nor did

tod I'm guessing your family

Marcos replied,

won't fall for you. I already have someone

only here to make him jealous," Emily

love with someone else, yet you came to a date

So I got mad and

really doesn't like you? What if he just lets you keep

if your man shows up," Marcos said, amused. "Mr. Giron, you're such a good person. By the way,

hadn't kept calling me, do you think I'd be here? I only came to make things clear-I already have someone I

if you have someone you love, make sure you treat her well. Don't let her get hurt," Emily