I PRETENDED TO BE “D.E.A.D” TO TEST THE LOYALTY OF MY SHY HOUSEKEEPER — BUT WHAT I DISCOVERED… WAS DEEPER THAN MY HEART COULD HANDLE.

And at that moment,
the world stopped.

I—
a man who had never cried for any woman—
stood now in front of the one woman
I had avoided looking at for months
because I was afraid of my own feelings.

WHAT REALLY HELD MY HEART CAPTIVE

I approached.
Slowly.
Carefully.

Me:
“Lina… If I knew…
You are the first person who has shown me kindness without asking for anything in return.”

She looked at me—

And there I saw the secret he had hidden for two years:

Love.
Be careful.
A heart afraid of being hurt.

Me:
“I never meant to hurt her.
But you woke me up.
You gave back the beat
to a heart that had been dead for a long time.”

She took a deep breath.
Tears fell.

Lina:
“Sir… Please don’t say those things
if you don’t really mean them.”
Me:
“Yes, I feel them.
And from today…
I don’t want you to call me ‘Lord’ anymore.”