Chapter 249 - Heaven

"What are you doing?" Persephone asked as soon as she entered the living room. She saw Villain standing near the stove, half-naked. His broad and taut chest was on display. 

"I'm cooking us breakfast," Santiago said with a broad smile. He moved and cut some veggies very skillfully. He looked up when he found that she was suddenly very silent. He found her silently staring at him, her eyes fixated on his naked chest and her face planted on her two hands. She was staring at him as if he was under her study. 

"What are you doing, Red?" Santiago asked quite curiously. Even he wanted to know why she was staring at him in such a lewd manner. 

"Oh, I'm thinking," Persephone replied, her eyes didn't move from her body at all. Her answer gave a bad premonition but he still went ahead to toss the veggies in the pan. 

"Thinking about what? Life?" Villain asked her and she heaved out a sigh. 

"Oh no, I'm just thinking about what will happen if the hot oil ended up splashing on your hot and sexy naked chest," Persephone replied. 

As bad as he could have, a piece of peas busted in oil and the sprinkles on hot oil fell on his chest. 

"Oh, God!" Persephone shouted as she saw the scene happening before his eyes. "I swear I didn't jinx you!" She ran to grab ice cubes from the refrigerator and rubbed them gently on his chest. 

From the beginning till the end, he didn't say a word. It was only when the ice cube touched his nipple, not his burned spot, he winced and grabbed her wrist. He turned off the stove and picked her body up in the air. 

"W-what are you doing?" Persephone asked, stuttering. 

He wickedly smiled at her and leaned in to grab the piece of ice between his teeth. Persephone gasped when her butt hit the empty breakfast table. No, she didn't know where the cutlery disappeared to, but she didn't recall him spreading her on the table and something cold and hot touched her core, making her grip his hair to balance herself. 

Since the past was repeating, why not repeat it perfectly? 

… 

Evening, same day. 

"Santiago?" Persephone called out his name as she munched on bread. She was so hungry and tired that she could eat a horse and sleep off at the same time. This man fed on her while was she lost in him, empty stomach. 

"Mmm?" He replied as he looked at her. He was lying beside her, his head placed on his arm. 

Why was God so cruel and unfair? 

Why was he looking as energetic as ever while she appeared as if her village had been plundered?

"We are the most careless parents," Persephone said. "I haven't even talked to my baby since this morning." 

Santiago passed her his phone and showed him how Valencia had sent Eleanora's pictures and videos every hour. She looked happy in all the pictures. In the videos, she was seen giggling with Junior and Nash while Valencia was recording the videos. 

"Why does it appear as if she didn't miss us at all?" Persephone grumbled. No, she wasn't jealous. It was just that these people spent so much time with Eleanora that sometimes she forgot about her parents. It could be said that Eleanora met everyone on a daily basis. 

"Of course, she didn't miss us. I told her to not trouble her Aunt since her parents were busy with some important stuff," Santiago said with a smile. "She is a good daughter." 

"Of course, she is," Persephone scoffed. "Are we going home now?"

"Do you wanna go back?" Santiago asked her. 

Persephone nodded her head. "It's a very beautiful place and I like it a lot. But it's not home. I miss my daughter and my comfortable home. However, can we come here often? I liked spending time here."

Santiago smiled at her choice of words. "We can come here whenever you wish. This place is ours. This villa could be our little safe haven."

"Nah, our home is our safe haven," Persephone said, not agreeing with his words. "But it could be over heaven. What do you say? Heaven is not real. We don't even know if something like heaven even exists in the afterlife? There is no life without suffering."

She looked at him and found him staring at her, a tender smile on his face and a warm look in her eyes. She added, "Whenever we feel like we can't endure pain and hardship. We can come here. To our personal heaven and forget about the hard real life for a while. Why wait for the afterlife to enter heaven? Moreover, I heard the requirements of entering heaven are quite high."

Santiago chuckled and nodded his head, pulling her into his arms. "You are right, " He whispered in her ear. "Our home is our safe haven and you are my home. Why do we need to make this island our safe haven when I have you?"

Persephone blushed and turned her face to stop looking at him. He was dangerous for her heart and mind. He grabbed her wrist and she immediately ran out of the room and hid in the washroom. She was breathing fast and her heart was doing a happy dance in her chest. 

Then, she leaned against the washroom door and placed her hand on her heart that was jumping under her touch. Yes, she was crazily in love with this crazy man! 

She knew that she was thin-skinned not even his dirty talk could fluster her up but why is it that every time she would hear him confess his love for her she would be left all speechless and flustered up? 

Outside, Santiago was grinning ear to ear. She likes him. He could see it in her eyes.. He would do everything that it takes to make her confess his feelings for him.