With Emily’s cell phone lying on the table, Daniel was even more convinced that Mia had something to do with Emily’s disappearance.
“Speak, Mia,” Daniel urged, his voice low, but every word etched with undeniable power. “Where is Emily?” A fire of anger and worry burned within his dark eyes.
Mia, who felt pinned by Daniel’s gaze, felt her heartbeat quicken. Mia, with her trembling fingers, struggled to find the number she was looking for. After a while, she found the number and quickly pressed the call button.
“John, where are you?” Mia asked her friend on the other end of the line.
“Turn on the speaker,” Daniel ordered, his voice firm and undeniable.
Mia hesitated at first, but she had no other choice when faced with the threat and her secret in Daniel’s hands. With doubts clouding her mind, Mia pressed the speaker button on her phone.
“What’s up? Do you want to join us for a night of passion?” Mia’s friend, John, asked in a cheerful tone.
At John’s words, Mia swallowed hard, while Daniel shot her an increasingly deadly glare.
“I’m on my way to the Starlight hotel and I should be there in fifteen minutes,” John replied from the other end of the line.
After getting the information from John, Mia immediately hung up her cell phone.
“You’ve been messing with me, Mia,” Daniel’s jaw hardened and his voice echoed in the room, full of anger. “Anyone who dares to hurt Emily is asking for trouble from me. I swear, you will regret doing this to Emily.”
Daniel immediately stood up to hurry away to find Emily. His heart skipped a beat as he stepped out to his car. With quick actions, he immediately started the engine of his car, as if there was nothing more important in this world than finding Emily. His car sped off, splitting the silence of the night.
“Emily, please hold on,” Daniel whispered, his voice barely audible over the roar of the car engine.
With determination burning in his chest, Daniel stomped the gas pedal to the bottom. The car engine hummed, filling the night. The normally quiet streets were now silent witnesses to the unusual speed at which Daniel’s car sped like lightning through the darkness towards the Starlight hotel.
Every second counted, and Daniel knew he had no time to hesitate. With impeccable driving skills, he took every turn with admirable precision, his car moving swiftly through the sparse night traffic. The lights of the city passed quickly, blurred by the speed he was reaching.
***
Meanwhile, inside the hotel room, Emily felt the intense heat creeping up her body. In the room’s corner, John was busy with his device, setting up the camera.
With a whispered voice full of anxiety, Emily kept babbling, “It’s hot.” Her anxiety was felt in every word she uttered.
“Calm down, baby. I will soon satisfy you tonight. Tonight will be a night to remember for us,” John said.
After making sure that every corner of the room was perfectly captured in his camera lens, John approached Emily slowly. He gently caressed her cheek, making her feel even more anxious.
With an intent gaze, John admitted, “You’re quite beautiful,” he said while looking at Emily, who was writhing nervously in front of him.
Emily’s dress was slightly revealed, making his gaze even more passionate. His hand was just about to touch the beauty of Emily’s visible body, but suddenly the hotel room bell rang.
“Ah, damn! Who’s interrupting?” muttered John, his voice trembling between annoyance and confusion. He tried to ignore the sound of the bell, but it rang again, this time with a faster and more urgent rhythm, as if demanding attention that could no longer be ignored.
As John reached for the doorknob, an unexpected impulse crashed through his body, forcing the door wide open. Daniel, eyes blazing with anger, barged in without permission. He caught sight of Emily fidgeting on the bed in the hotel room, her eyes growing sharp and cold.
Without thinking, Daniel took off his long coat, wrapping it around Emily’s body.
“Who are you?” hissed John, his voice trembling with suspicion.
Daniel didn’t answer, his eyes blazing with uncontrollable fire. Without a word, his pent-up rage exploded. With swift and sure movements, he launched a series of vicious punches at the man before him. Each blow expressed the anger he felt for Emily.
When the hotel security guards Daniel had called earlier arrived, they found chaos. With practiced movements, they secured John, who now lay weak and shocked. Amidst the chaos, Daniel’s eyes were caught on a camera device that had been installed with malicious intent. An irrefutable proof of the crime the man had almost committed on Emily.
“Bastard!” roared Daniel, his voice echoing in the room. He wanted to vent his anger at John again, but the security guards quickly held his hands back. The security finally secured and took John away.
Daniel approached the agitated Emily. “Em, can you hear me?” his voice was soft, a contrast to the brutality that had just taken place.
“Hot… hot,” Emily murmured, her cheeks flushed and her labored breathing full of passion.
“You’re safe now, Em. I’m right here,” Daniel said, his voice filled with the promise of protection. “Let’s go home.”
In a weak voice, Emily called out, “Daniel?”
“Yes, I’m here,” Daniel replied softly.
“Help me, I feel hot…” Emily sighed.
Daniel’s hands were clenched tightly, his anger returning as he realized what had happened to Emily. Attentively, Daniel was about to take Emily in his arms, but suddenly Emily’s arms were wrapped around his neck.
“Help me, I can’t take it anymore,” Emily said in a weak voice.
“Stay conscious, Em,” Daniel murmured as he tried to calm Emily down.
Emily felt a strange desire arise in her mind, something she could not understand. Her mind was filled with strange and unnatural desires, for no apparent reason. Despite trying to dismiss the thought, Emily found it difficult to do so.
Emily held Daniel’s neck tighter and tighter. Their eyes met, making Emily even more unable to think clearly. She grabbed Daniel’s face, leaned closer, and kissed him on the lips. Daniel immediately broke away from the kiss.
“Em, you’ll regret it if you do this to me,” Daniel said.
Emily grew more and more agitated, the thoughts that plagued her deepening. “Please, help me,” she moaned in a trembling voice.
“You’re really going to regret this, Em,” Daniel said as he looked at Emily. After saying that, Daniel gently sucked Emily’s lips passionately, as if not remembering what had happened. Daniel forgot the cause of the death of his parents. His longing for the woman in front of him was so great, he finally realized that not since when, but the feeling of love was indeed in his heart for Emily.
Daniel and Emily passed the long night with intoxicating intimacy. Under the dim light emanating softly from the bed lamp, the two looked at each other with a gaze full of desire and desire that was difficult to express in words.
In the night’s silence, the seconds seemed to go by slowly. Their heartbeats were racing to feel the beauty of this moment. Daniel and Emily approached each other, embracing each other with tenderness and warmth. Touch by touch, they build a deeper and more intimate love.
The dim light reflecting on the walls of the room created dancing shadows, depicting the beauty and elegance of every movement and touch they shared.
***
Emily woke up, the sunlight sneaking through the window, adding to the warmth already felt in her heart. Her soul returned to Daniel’s body, remembering the rules of their exchanged souls. In the morning, their souls would return to their respective bodies.
However, Emily looked confused as she realized that the body she was in was not wearing a single piece of clothing. Looking to the side, she saw Daniel, who was now in her body, in the same state, without a single thread covering his body.
“What’s going on?”