<p style="text-align: justify; ">Ada is a girl in her late teens, moving into her early twenties. She had just returned to the village from the town to stay with her grandmother for a while.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ada was slightly fair in complexion, with very dark hair and long legs. Ada was everything a lady could be.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Just as Ada arrived in the village, intending to stay with her grandmother for a while, the quiet village suddenly had news buzzing around like flies.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The young and the old, the married and unmarried, male and female, all began talking about the new girl who had just arrived in the village and was living with the old woman whose house was near the palm kernel tree by the corner of the road, adjacent to and very close to the road leading to the palace.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Everyone seemed to have something to say about Ada.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ada, however, was an easygoing and very respectful lady. She was only on holiday in the village, and her holiday was supposed to last for one month and three weeks.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But after one week of Ada's arrival, problems began occurring throughout the village.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Married women started having problems with their husbands.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Young ladies became jealous of Ada's beauty and charm.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Old men's blood began to boil.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Young men started laying plans to chase after her.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The prince began having sleepless nights over Ada.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And even the king began making plans to take Ada as his wife.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Days went by.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Another week passed.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Then</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Gbam!</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Trouble finally set in.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Plans turned into action, and action turned into disturbance.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Suitors began coming from every direction, one after another, hoping to win Ada's heart. But Ada rejected them one after another.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Then the prince decided to take matters into his own hands.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">He began trying to win Ada's heart by showing her love and affection. He made his intentions clear and tried everything he could to make her fall for him.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But Ada had no feelings for the prince.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The king, on the other hand, could not make a direct move because of the respect he had for Ada's father.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Yet Ada's situation was becoming increasingly dangerous.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">One day, Ada was attacked by a group of village guys who tried to force their way with her.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Luckily, before things could get worse, a guy named Ethan happened to pass through the area.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ethan rescued Ada.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Afterward, he escorted her home safely before turning around and going back.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The next day, Ada secretly began searching for Ethan.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">She wanted to find the guy who had rescued her.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But she couldn't.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Days passed.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Four days later, they met by coincidence beside the market roadside.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ada saw him.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">"Ethan!"</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ethan turned.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">"Ada!"</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">They met and talked for a while.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Something about Ethan caught Ada's attention.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">She became very interested in him.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ethan was different from the other guys.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">While almost every man in the village seemed desperate to get Ada's attention, Ethan was the cool guy who almost seemed like he wanted nothing to do with her.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And strangely, that made Ada want to get closer to him even more.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">A week later, the relationship between Ada and Ethan had grown stronger.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Things began moving fast.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But Ada had less than two weeks before her holiday ended.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And now, she was becoming hesitant about going back to the town.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Because of Ethan.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ada was a reserved girl.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">When she was in the city, she didn't go out much unless her parents took her out. She didn't have many friends either, except her classmates.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">She was the kind of girl who kept things to herself.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But with Ethan, something had changed.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ada had allowed herself to become emotionally attached.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Eventually, the two reached a certain stage in their relationship.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And because Ada liked Ethan—and because her days in the village were almost over—she began thinking about what she could do to make her relationship with Ethan unforgettable.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Then came that fateful afternoon.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Exactly six days before her holiday in the village was supposed to end, Ada and Ethan met up.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ethan, being the cool guy he was, began acting holy and reserved.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ada made the first move toward Ethan.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Two hours later, Ada lost her virginity.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">She believed she had given herself to the man she loved.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The man she thought loved her.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The man who had rescued her.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The man she believed was different from every other man who had chased after her.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But after losing her virginity to Ethan, Ada discovered the truth.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">It had all been a game.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">From the very beginning.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Every part of it.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And the mastermind behind the game was Ethan.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The same Ethan who had rescued her.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The same Ethan she had searched for.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The same Ethan she had fallen in love with.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The same Ethan she had trusted enough to give herself to.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">When Ada discovered the truth, she became completely heartbroken. 💔</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">She went back home.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">She didn't go out.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">She didn't talk.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">She simply stayed to herself until the day she finally left the village.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And from that moment, Ada made a vow.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">She vowed never to trust any man again.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Ada knew that her beauty was what had caused her this pain.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But instead of seeing her beauty as a burden, she decided to see it as a weapon.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Five years later, there lived a beautiful and stunning lady named Ada.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But this was no longer the same Ada who had arrived in the village five years earlier.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">This Ada had become something else.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">A woman whose hand forty-three men had died.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Twenty-five men had been exposed for cheating on their marriages.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And nothing less than nine men had gone bankrupt.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">She became known as a danger to any man alive.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Men feared her.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Women wondered about her.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And nobody truly understood what was happening.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But behind every man Ada destroyed was a story.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Behind every death was a reason.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Behind every exposed marriage was a secret.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Behind every ruined man was a connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And somewhere at the beginning of it all was a quiet village, a girl staying with her grandmother, a man named Ethan, and a promise Ada made after her heart was broken.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The question now lingers:</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Who made Ada this way?</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Was it Ethan?</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Was it the village?</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Was it the men who saw her beauty as something they could possess?</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Or was Ada always destined to become the woman she eventually became?</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And perhaps the most important question of all;</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">What is Ada's goal?</p>