As usual, Shiori sent Takumi a message before going to bed.
This time she received a reply: "Thank you, good night." Although it was a short phrase, Shiori was very happy. She didn't fall asleep even after reading the message for more than ten minutes in bed.
"He's so kind to me every now and then..." Shiori thought. Although Takumi showed a little tenderness occasionally, he was very stingy with messages. Since she confessed, this was the first time she saw Takumi thank her for a message.
But after reading it for a long time, she felt that something was wrong.
Takumi had told her not to bother him a while ago, and he hadn't replied to messages in the last few days. Why is he so kind this time?
"Am I overthinking it?"
Perhaps the girl in love is too sensitive. Shiori would fear it was fake upon receiving a little affection. She wanted to call Takumi to ask him clearly, but she was afraid it would disturb his sleep and felt a little irritated.
"What do I do?"
While thinking about it, Shiori opened the software and checked Takumi's whereabouts; she had that technology, and it was impossible to know how many "dangers" lurked around him. If she didn't install trackers, how could she protect him?
However, upon seeing this, Shiori sat up in bed, surprised.
"Not in Sakura Garden Community!"
Her pupils constricted and a cold look appeared in her eyes.
Why wasn't Takumi home? Could it be that he hadn't replied to the text message just now? Shiori wanted to call to ask, but she stopped in time. No, if Takumi was in danger, wouldn't it be a warning?
She got up and changed her clothes, under the somewhat confused gaze of her two roommates. Shiori made a call. She woke up Aika, who was sleeping.
"Takumi? Oh. He went shopping with Alice tonight. Alice just called and said there was a traffic jam on the street...".
Aika's reply was very clear, but Shiori was even more stunned. She clearly saw that the tracked address was a hotel. Would the traffic jam be stuck at the hotel? Shiori wouldn't believe anything so strange, much less Alice...
"Takumi...".
Shiori felt like she was going to lose something. Her face paled. She almost ran out of the dormitory and school. Then she hailed a taxi on the street.
"Hotel Sakura, hurry!"
Shiori said anxiously after getting in the car.
However, the taxi turned. It was an illegal taxi. The driver saw a beautiful girl skipping school so late at night, and he couldn't help but think of something.
"Miss...".
"Bang!"
Shiori said nothing. Suddenly, she threw a punch, and a dent appeared in the iron bar between the two.
"You're going the wrong way!" Shiori withdrew her hand, with no trace of a single scratch on her fist. She threatened: "Keep going straight. I can make you stay in bed for two months, do you believe it?"
Although Shiori was anxious, she wasn't foolish. After getting in the car, she had been looking at the navigation on her phone. It wasn't easy to be deceived.
"Yes... yes!"
The driver, scared by her, started sweating coldly. What kind of woman is this? She's more exaggerated than the martial arts masters in movies.
Of course, he didn't dare to offend someone like that. His small thoughts disappeared instantly, and he stepped on the accelerator. The taxi quickly took Shiori to Hotel Sakura. In the end, the driver didn't even dare to take the money. After seeing Shiori get out of the car, he stepped on the accelerator and sped off.
Shiori didn't care. She turned and looked at the large hotel in front of her, and her heart grew more and more nervous: "Takumi, he's fine."
She ran to the lobby and asked about the room.
"We have no record of Alice opening a room here, but Takumi does have one...".
The receptionist told Shiori the number, and Shiori immediately ran. In the quickly ascending elevator, she felt a pang of coldness. She understood that Takumi wasn't someone who would take the initiative to go to a hotel, and that Alice must have opened his room. But what did Alice do with Takumi at the hotel? It was so late, what could she do?
Although she didn't want to have murky thoughts, Shiori kept thinking about a consequence.
This consequence suddenly broke her heart, and tears began to well up in her eyes...
"No, impossible!"
. With bloodshot eyes, Shiori was unwilling to believe it. When the elevator stopped, she ran to find the door. Without thinking, she kicked it.
"Boom!"
With a loud noise that shook the floor, Shiori kicked open the thick security door. Her foot was slightly numb, but Shiori didn't care too much. Her eyes saw the blonde editor who had just come out of the bathroom.
Alice was stunned in the towel. She looked at Shiori, and both women's faces began to pale.
Shiori stared at her, her eyes burning: "What did you do?"
"..."
Alice remained silent.
"Nothing."
After a few seconds, she replied.
But Shiori had already rushed past her. The girl went to the bed like crazy and saw Takumi sleeping.
"Takumi, Takumi, wake up quickly..." Shiori reached out to shake Takumi, and tears kept falling from her eyes, but Takumi was like dead, not reacting.
She checked his breathing and pulse and found nothing unusual. Takumi was simply sleeping. His clothes were neat, with no trace of disorder.
Shiori wiped away her tears. She walked around the bed. There was only one sign that someone had slept in it. There wasn't a single golden hair under the quilt, and the other corners were also clean. If Alice had really done anything to Takumi, she wouldn't have cleaned it so well.
"I caught up..." Shiori sat down, happy and sad. Almost, her most important thing was about to be defiled. She gritted her teeth, pulled Takumi out of bed, and left.
"Why are you doing this?"
Shiori asked angrily as she left.
Alice bit her lip: "I want a child...".
She wanted a child. She envied Aika's happiness. If it were Takumi's blood, it would undoubtedly be an excellent child.
"Child... I don't care what happens to your husband."
Shiori gritted her teeth and told Alice: "Don't involve Takumi in this. He's mine. If you dare to harm him, I will definitely kill you...".
Alice didn't dare to move. She saw the flames of hatred and anger in Shiori's eyes. This girl wasn't lying. Alice couldn't help but take a step back.
Shiori put a hat on Takumi behind her and entered the elevator under the gaze of the hotel guests, who had already woken up.
"Wait, miss...".
Several security guards rushed to stop them.
"Let them go!" But Alice stopped them, and said with a confused expression: "I will compensate the hotel for all losses."
Shiori and Takumi left, and everything returned to calm.
Alice returned to her room, squatted on the floor, hugged her legs, and cried softly.
"I'm sorry, Shiori...".
Whether male or female... human impulses are always difficult to control, even if they shouldn't exist.
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