Action Part 1

Zachary was insisting on checking her whole body. He stripped her clothes and she felt like a dummy doll on the bed while he was observing her like a science item. She watched him check her with hat frustration in his eyes and if she got bruises and he found nothing. Then he sat down beside her and gently covered her body with his.

"Stop it. We aren't going to have sex!" She pushes him and reaches for the robe that he prepared. He moved away and sat still beside her. "That's not going to ever happen." She added and was about to leave the bed. But he held her hand.

"You still hate me?" He asked.

"I hate you. But I hate myself more."

"Andy, look. Let's talk about—"

"No. We can't talk about it. I don't want to hear it. Let's just do what our grandfathers had decided and that's it. Don't expect too much from me." She said monotonously.

Zach pulled back his hand and let her leave the bed. He looked around his messy room. The bullet marks, knife… he called the maids to clean it up. He must fix his life now. First, he must fix the household. He will install more cameras and increase security.

Andromeda almost got killed many times. First the Carbonara and now, the attack while she's napping. He doesn't want to leave her even when she's sleeping. Who knows when they will attack again? Although he knew that she can protect herself, 

The bed was newly made with new covers. He took a shower in the other room so he could cuddle her. Andromeda came out from his walk-in closet. She's wearing the adorable pair of pajamas that he owns. She glanced at him and reached for the pillow.

She turned off the lights and left the lampshade open beside him. She yawned and strode to the sofa leaving him. She dropped her body there and cuddled with the pillow. She fell asleep in just a few seconds. 

Zach glanced at the space beside him, puzzled about why she was sleeping on the sofa instead of the bed.

Back then, it wasn't like that. Although they have fights, they always end up making love. So passionate and so wild. He missed those moments. He had decided. He will make this work.

He slipped off of the bed and reached her, carrying her back to bed and he wrapped her into his arms like he always does.

"Andy, please forgive me." He muttered. She didn't respond as she was so tired that she closed all of her senses just to sleep. 

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Andromeda enters EPUA.

Last, she must call her cousin Sabrina about how to undo or to make the assassin back to her consciousness so they could torture her. Sabrina sent her a video on how to do it. With Andel as an example. Andel almost peed on his pants because he knew how deadly it was. Her cousin is just good at tai-chi. She's more of a combat and marksman.

Her phone started ringing which made everyone look at her. She frowned and answered.

"What?" she asked with creased brows and an irritated voice.

"Where are you?" Zachary asked.

"Why do you care?"

"I texted you more than twenty messages and you didn't reply. You always leave without a bodyguard. How can I make sure that you are safe?"

"Are you my dad? Or perhaps my grandpa?"

"I am neither. I am your fiancé—"

"Fiancé as an arrangement. Please, you don't have to work that much to protect me. I don't need protection." She cut him off easily. 

"Andy…" His voice softened. Andromeda hung up and faced Sabrina.

"Hey, sorry about that. It's just some stranger, now let's go torture this girl." She said excitedly and Sabrina scoffed. She didn't say anything as usual since she didn't talk.

They start torturing the woman for her to say who sent her but she's not blurting out anything. Andromeda has a lot on her mind, and she can just choose or maybe accuse all those people who wanted her head.

Sabrina patted Andromeda's top head.

"Okay, okay. I know. I should've put a golden crown on my head with 24 carats of diamonds around it." Andromeda murmured.

They watch as the woman has been beaten up by one of their female executioners.

"This woman got into the house as a maid. I think they just hired without any background checks. And in Zachary's house. Can you believe it? How can they just hire someone like that? Zach's doesn't have proper securities. Their securities are from a normal security agency. For God's sake. My grandfather was in the military and even Elder Pattinson who is currently. I am so, so frustrated with Zach."

  Sabrina only exhaled and let her babble on complaining about Zachary's house, lack of security, and other things. Andromeda found that Sabrina was laughing at her in the middle of her whining. Because of her frustration--she couldn't help but laugh as well.

  Sabrina types on her tablet.

"What kind of asshole is Zach?" Sabrina asked, communicating through the tablet.

"Well, he's an asshole. He doesn't know about security and other stuff but to work out his muscles and attracting women. Oh my, I swear to you. We never hire bodyguards at all. He doesn't know about security and he just works for business. I just wished that I married Gabriel than him."

  Sabrina frowned when Andromeda was mentioning her husband and typed on her keyboard.

"Gabriel is mine."

  Andromeda started laughing and hands up.

"I am just fucking with you!" Andy exhaled frustratingly and thought about Zach.

  Zach was a good man. He wasn't perfect. He might not be as powerful as Gabriel Lawson (Sabrina's Husband) Or good at handling securities. But the way he cared for her, spoiled her and made sure that she met the right nutrition she needed every day was enough for her. She loves him and her mentality is low, not as strong as Sabrina but the two of them are perfectly not identical.

"Sparring?" Sabrina asked, lifting her tablet.

"Why won't you just use your damn voice to talk to me. I am so tired of this." She complained. Sabrina lifted her tablet.

"I didn't vocalize well. Besides, there are people around."

"Okay let's go sparring." She stood and understood well that Sabrina was concealing herself. She doesn't want everyone to know that she can't take it. She preferred it if they say that she was mute. 

  Andromeda and Sabrina went to Sabrina's training gym and they started fighting. A soundproof that has no cameras or bugs or any electronic devices. Sabrina was breathing heavily while Andromeda seemed like didn't break any sweat.

"You done fighting?" She asked her cousin. "You asked for sparring then why are you crawling? Three hours haven't passed yet. It's only been--" she glanced at the timer. "It's only been two hours and twenty minutes. Brina. You have to work on your stamina. How Gabby did take you to bed all night?"

"Damn it," Sabrina muttered and reached for a bottle of water.

"Brina, you have to work on that. I trained five hours a day when I was fifteen years old."

"Okay. You beat me up and training for more than five hours doesn't mean that my stamina isn't that strong. Gabby worked me out every night. Even day breaks."

  Andromeda started laughing and Sabrina laughed with her.

"I think we also need Andel to satisfy me with sparring."

"Seriously..." Sabrina shook her head. "Just get laid. Okay? I think that's what you need." Sabrina put a hand over her shoulder.

"I am not mentally strong like you," Andromeda said.

"And I am not physically strong like you." Sabrina squeezed her shoulder. "You can do this, Andy."

"The wedding is in a few days." Andromeda sat down and her hands started shaking. "I love him. I don't know how to face him. I killed--" Before Andromeda finished her sentence she broke down. 

  Sabrina hugged her and kissed her top head to comfort her. At least that's what she can do for not being there for Andy at those times. They were close and although they rarely see each other, they bond like long-lost sisters. But they were indeed sisters. 

"Andy," Sabrina's voice was soft. Andy rarely hears it but she's lucky enough that Sabrina can speak to her.