Chapter 131 - Trance

"Adeline!" Within a fraction of seconds, Theodore's mind was filled with ghastly thoughts. An image of Adeline's lifeless body on his arms flashed before him.

Theodore dashed towards the bathtub, grabbed Adeline's arm, and pulled her upper body out of the water.

Adeline gasped for air and then coughed violently. She was underwater for a little too long. In the hopes of drowning her sorrows, she almost drowned herself.

Seeing Adeline breathing and moving, Theodore let out a huge sigh of relief and bend down on his knees by the side of the bathtub. And in the next moment, he pulled Adeline and pressed her cold bare body against his warm chest. He enveloped Adeline in his arms and kept on holding her tightly.

Theodore closed his eyes and relished the moment. Adeline had no idea how grateful Theodore was feeling right now.. "I thought I lost you," Theodore whispered in a voice that both reflected pleasure and pain. The pleasure of finding Adeline alive and well and the pain of knowing he was the one to put her in this state.

Adeline also ran her cold hand up to his spine and whispered, "And I thought I lost you. I thought you were going to disappear for another decade." As she said that, a few drops of warm tears ran down her cheeks and fell on Theodore's shoulder.

He felt those warm tears of Adeline. He caressed her wet hair and reassured her that it would never happen, "Do you think I will be able to keep myself away from you for another decade? I would die of heartbreak, Adeline."

Theodore pulled away from the hug and looked into her eyes. Her eyes had turned red because of all that crying from earlier. Theodore wiped her tears and apologized, "I'm sorry for lashing out at you. I don't know what came over me." Theodore's eyes were showing remorse for saying so many things to Adeline that he didn't actually mean.

Adeline wanted to say that she was sorry too but she couldn't quite bring herself to do so. She looked away from Theodore and stared at the herbs and flower petals that were swirling around her.

Theodore gently cupped Adeline's face and made her look into his eyes. And he whispered assertively, "And don't ever try to push me away and ask me to leave. I don't think I will be the same if I have to stay away from you. I will truly turn into the Devil that the world thinks I am. Do you understand?"

Adeline nodded her head and a soft smile appeared on her face. "Promise me that you won't leave me like that, even if I ask you to leave. I think I would die within an hour because of the pain."

Theodore held Adeline's hand and planted a warm kiss on her knuckles, "I promise." Theodore lovingly stared at that fool who had almost died just a while ago.

He knew that she wasn't bluffing when she said that because he had felt her pain. It was the first time that he had ever felt this kind of pain in his entire life, or the second time. The only other time he had felt such a nastiest pain was when his father had cast him out of heaven.

Theodore slowly trailed his golden eyes from Adeline's wet face down to her chest. And his eyes trailed further down. His gaze managed to pierce through the water and herbs that were covering her lower body and he caught a glimpse of Adeline's naked frame. Until now he hadn't realized that Adeline was completely naked.

But he quickly averted his gaze not wanting to arouse the Devil inside of him. He didn't want the Devil to crawl out and show itself to Adeline. She had never seen his true and complete form, and he did not want to scare her when she had just come out of her pain.

He didn't want her to think again that he was hiding several things from her and was being dishonest to her. He would show his true form to Adeline someday, but only when the right time came.

Adeline was slightly shivering because of that cold water. But she was still sitting inside the bathtub not wanting Theodore to see her.

"Get out of the water, come on." Theodore got up from the floor and gave his hand for her to hold.

But rather than holding his hand, Adeline asked him a question that was troubling her, "Do you still think that sleeping together with me was a bad idea?"

Theodore felt a slight pinch in his heart for saying that to her a while ago. He wished that he could take it back but he couldn't.

So instead he spoke in a reassuring and passion-filled voice, "If it was possible and if you would allow me then I would keep you with me every day and every night for the rest of your life. And you know what I would do, Adeline? I would make love to you. I would make love to you every day and every night, whenever we both would desire. I would dedicate my every waking moment to please you."

Adeline had no idea what he was referring to because there was no one who had explained the meaning of 'making love' to her. Both of her maids were inexperienced in that field for them to share their knowledge. And her teachers just taught her how to run a Kingdom and how to fight.

So she just assumed that he meant he would kiss her. But that answer seemed to satisfy her. She believed that she was the only one whom Theodore would kiss.

Adeline shyly smiled. Then she pointed her finger beside the door and asked, "Will you hand me that towel?"

"Sure," Theodore turned around but suddenly everything around him changed.

It was suddenly brighter. He darted his eyes around and realized that he was back at his own bathhouse.

"Will you hand me that towel?" he heard that same melodious voice again from behind. He turned around to see Adeline in his bathtub. And suddenly, he replied to her, "Are you sure you need a towel?" And he began to inch closer towards Adeline.

He wanted to stop himself but he realized that he had no control over his own body.

"Oh Hell!" Theodore screamed in his mind when he realized what had just happened. He had unintentionally used his Divine Vision and had entered a trance state. And now he was stuck in the future version of himself, he no longer had any control over what he would say or do.