On her birthday eve, Zoey decided to spend the night at her boyfriend's house but she met a shocking scene. Her boyfriend and her colleague at work. She was tricked. She was deceived. That same day, the news about her mother's death got to her. It was too much to take in. Everything fell apart for her. She wanted to end her life because she had nothing to live for. She wanted to fall down a cliff but someone held her back. Someone saved her. He is no other than Isaiah Alcatraz, who had thought his mother died by suicide and so hate when people want to kill themselves for no reason. Isaiah Alcatraz, the CEO of 'X-ZIG technology is terminally sick but he wasn't bothered about his end. He was going to die but he just wanted to enjoy the rest of his short life by having all the fun he could get. The day he had saved Zoey from dying, he found out that his mother didn't really commit suicide but was killed. He planned to get his revenge but first he has to live. To do that, he has to get Zoey, who has a blood of immunity. Because of this reason, he has to find her no matter what it takes. "Make sure everyone is not resting until they find her. I want her before me immediately and no one should fail that." he commanded.
더 보기Zoey Hall sat in front of her mirror fixing her makeup up. The thought of what that day is, brought a smile on her lips.
She applied some lipgloss and looked at her reflection in the mirror. "I look so ready."
It was a happy day for her as she would be celebrating her birthday with the man she loves. Her birthday is the next day but spending the night at his place would be splendid.
She examined herself one more time before she left the room.
"Omg, you look so beautiful. I bet Philip would be so lost staring at you." her roommate, Elena giggled.
"You think so?"
"I know so. Go get him girl."
With a bright smile plastered on her lips, Zoey left the house, the studio apartment she shares with her friend who is like the sister she never had.
Coming out of the cab in front of his apartment, Zoey checked herself one more time. Satisfied with how she looked, she proceeded further.
It is the eve of her birthday and she wanted to spend the night with him. That would be the best start of her nineteenth birthday.
She got to the door and knocked on it. There was no reply but the door was opened. With a raised brow, she slowly opened the door and went in.
"Hello?" She took a few steps towards his room but stopped halfway when she stepped on something. She looked down and her eyes widened, almost popping out of its socket.
It was a woman's bra.
She bent and picked it up. Realizing what might be going on, her heart skipped a bit. It can't be that her boyfriend is cheating on her. Maybe, her mind is just telling her something that isn't true.
Philip wouldn't betray her. They love each other so much and have been in love with each other for five years.
It could belong to his sister. She tried to convince herself but deep down, she knew it wasn't what she was trying to believe.
The door to the room opened and Philip walked out with a towel, tied around his waist. Seeing Zoey standing right in front of his room, he moved back with his eyes widened.
"What are you doing?" he suddenly asked.
Philip would never ask why she was there. Well, she always comes to visit whenever he tells her to and not when she decides.
She raised the bra to his face. "What is this? Who owns this? What the hell is going on here?" she asked at once.
He stared at it for a while before he faced her and sighed heavily. "Why are you going through my stuff? That is none of your business."
"None of my business. I came into the house of my boyfriend and found this bra here. All you tell me is, it is none of my business?"
"You shouldn't have come without me calling you?" he said remorselessly.
Zoey could only open her mouth with no words coming out from it. She couldn't believe her ears.
A half naked lady came out of the room and when she saw Zoey, she frowned deeply. Zoey's heart stopped beating for a while seeing who she was.
She did know her. Her colleague at work.
"Rina?"
Rina stood beside Philip and held his hand. "What is she doing here? I thought you told me it's being settled." she whispered to him but loud enough for Zoey to hear.
He looked at her and smiled brightly. "I wanted to do it right in front of you and I think this time is the best."
Zoey couldn't do anything nor could she move her body because of how shocked she was. She stood on the same spot, watching the two people in front of her acting all lovely. She watched as her boyfriend was all loving towards her colleague.
Philip faced her and the smile he had was replaced with a frown. He took in a deep breath and released it afterward.
"Let's breakup." he suddenly said.
Zoey couldn't believe her ears. Breakup? Just like that? They both had a great chemistry so what was going on?
"Is it something I did? Tell me...... Did I do something wrong?" she asked with a rather calm voice, still trying to understand everything that was going on.
Philip, not feeling a bit sorry for her, walked closer standing at arm's length. He smirked and shook his head. "Did you ever think we would end up together? I mean you?" he scrutinized her from head to toe. "You have nothing to offer."
"What are you saying? We both had great chemistry together. You love me and I do love you a lot. I can forget about all these and we continue our lives together."
"So desperate." Rina said and walked forward, standing beside Philip. "You are so desperate, girl. You have nothing to offer so why should he stick with you? You have no money. Your family is wretched and you have a sick, dying mother. Like they say, like a mother, like a daughter. Your father left her and so is Philip. You are all bad luck."
Zoey smacked her hard on her face. "Don't you dare involve my mother in this. If you want to insult me then do that to me alone."
She charged to hit her again, but Philip held her back, overpowering. He pushed her towards the wall and she hit her badly on the wall, falling to the ground.
"Don't you dare touch her."
Zoey closed her eyes for a while and took in a deep breath. Her father's family have a special gift of immunity. They are all immune to a lot of diseases and sicknesses. Many years ago, her family were used as experiments because of their blood.
Having that immunity too, she can only survive disease within but not when punched or hit, they tend to feel much pain then. Her back hurt a lot from the way she had fallen to the ground.
She struggled to stand up and caught Philip being all worried about Rina. Her heart broke into a thousand pieces. She was only used all these years, never relevant to Philip. The man she had fallen in love with, is a beast.
Seeing she was up, Philip rushed to her and held her arms tightly, hurting her. Tears dropped down her eyes as she tried to escape from his inhumane act but she couldn't.
"Let go of me!" she cried but it only fell on deaf ears.
"Who do you think you are huh? How dare you smack her?" he shook her arm vigorously. "I wonder how I was able to survive all those years with a woman like you." he spat, his eyes burning with hatred and anger.
Zoey felt the world crushing around her. What went wrong?
He let go of her roughly and that caused her to hit her back again. Before she could recover from the hit, her phone rang.
Seeing who was calling, she quickly answered the call, not minding what the two duos were up to.
"Hello....."
"Zoey, your mother is......"
The phone fell from her hand as she slowly went on her knees. "Mother?"
Immediately she walked into the room, and Isaiah's eyes fell on her face. He stared for a long time trying to observe her features.Her face was pale, her eyes a bit reddened and her lips lost a bit of their color.Zoey forced a smile and walked in fully, closing the door behind her. She was getting scared of the way he stared cause he might have noticed she was weak.She walked closer and stood beside his bed. "Are.....are you...... feeling better." Her voice came out croaky to which she cleared her throat but it didn't do much good."I am. What about you?" He questioned with his brows knitted together.She widened her fake smile and raised her two hands waving it in the air. "I am fine. See." An instant regret filled her mind as what she did made her dizzy again.She hissed silently and closed her eyes. Observing what was going on with her, Isaiah tapped on the bed."Hurry up and sit down."She managed to sit and rubbed her forehead. "Sorry about that.""You don't have to. Those men
After what seemed like forever, Zoey felt no pain or stab in her body. Or was she dead already?She heard a low groan so close to her. So close that it made her heart ache. Slowly opening her eyes her breath seized when she saw that it was what she was thinking.Isaiah was in front of her, holding her tightly and his face was covered with sweat and pain. She knew what had happened but didn't know how it happened.She should be the one stabbed but how was he quick enough to have switched position with her and blocked her from getting the hit?"Isaiah!" She called, with her voice low and her whole body shaken.She gently laid him down and made his head rest on her thigh. "Oh my goodness!" she gasped seeing the amount of blood gushing out of his body."No, no, no," she cried and attempted to apply pressure on his side where he was stabbed.Akin, seeing what he had done, took a few steps back in fright. He just stabbed one of the prominent men in the society. He was in big trouble and he
Silence reigned in the large room for what seemed like forever even though it was just for some minutes. Zoey took her gaze to Isaiah in fright of what he would do next because he'd been caught. Surprisingly to her, he was staring back at the men fearlessly and not moved that he was in danger."Well...... Seems like we have a guest." Akin's voice broke the silence. He lifted the corners of his lips and crossed his arms. "Unfortunately, we don't let go of our guests so you will have to stay here now."Mr Clinton, the client, snapped his fingers and drew closer to Akin. "This is Isaiah Alcatraz. I thought he looked familiar and now I remember." His voice was filled with wonder and his gaze was focused on Isaiah."Well then, an introduction has been made so let her go and end all these?" Isaiah's voice was distant and cold as he stared back at them."You are one of the richest people on the continent." Akin informed even though they all knew, and laughed, "How would I let go of this opp
"Hey, you!" It was Akin, the man who rescued her earlier. Zoey breathed in relief and swallowed the bile that had gathered in her throat.She thought her life was over for a few minutes but luckily for her, he was the one who came to rescue her."Let's get out of here before they come back." He looked behind him to see if any of his siblings were coming back but they were far gone.He stretched his hand to her and she took it immediately without thinking. He was her savior anyway.He helped her get up and together, they began to run with him tugging behind her quietly. After running for some distance, he stopped and bent a bit, resting his hand on his knees. "That's enough now. We are far away from them."Zoey stopped too, panting heavily. She looked behind her and noticed they had run some distance.She calmed down a bit and swallowed hard but her nervousness was still there cause she knew she was still in their territory even though she didn't know where they were at the moment.Ak
She breathed out and said the words, "I will not be your girlfriend. I can't stand your insults and accusations when my reputation is on the line," She paused and went on, "As I said, I will clarify everything that happened to the public. You don't have to take the blame for it. I will find a new place so give me two weeks to. I will leave your house," she said to him and waited for him to say something but he was silent, still back facing her.After what seemed like forever, she turned to leave but stopped when he responded. "Do as you wish but just know, there are consequences to this if I lose those properties." He rolled his fist into a ball. "Those properties are important to me." His voice was almost like a whisper and Zoey felt terrible, but, he insulted her and her reputation was important to her.She sighed and went back to her room.Immediately Isaiah locked his door, he punched it in annoyance. He needed to live and her leaving won't make it possible.He sacrificed his comf
Zoey was startled and lost her voice immediately. She wanted to tell him about the drugs that Archer prescribed, but he just had to tell her off by yelling.He pushed the door open and yelled out, "For the second time, what do............" He paused when he saw how she looked at him.For a moment, he couldn't talk cause he was overwhelmed by guilt.He looked away and cleared his throat, "Do you want something?" This time, he asked in a calm voice.Zoey shook her head and looked down. "You will need some painkillers for your head cut. I must have barged in at the wrong time and I apologize for that." She responded and walked away immediately.Does he have to yell without finding out why she was there?Isaiah grunted and walked out of the room. He went after Zoey and caught her halfway, holding her wrist firmly."Listen, I apologize for yelling at you. Got a lot going on before you walked in." He explained in a rush while she forced a smile and nodded."You don't have to apologize to me
Zoey stood by Isaiah's door, contemplating if to go in or not. She thought over what he said and had come to a decision but deep down, she knew that would mean danger to her.What if it backfires?Well, does she have a choice? She took a deep breath and gently knocked on the door. After waiting for a while with no one answering, she made to leave but the door was suddenly pushed open.Coming face to face with him, she flinched and placed her hand on her chest."What do you want?" He demanded, not bothered, that she was sacred a while ago.Zoey dropped her hand and faced him completely but that was a mistake of hers, as her gaze fell on his half naked self.He was shirtless, exposing his muscular, firm, hot self. Staring at him made her speechless. Her throat went dry and for a moment, her memories were wiped off."Hello? Are you gonna keep staring or tell me why you are here? I am about to take a shower and I don't need you delaying me."Realizing how long she had been staring, she lo
"What.....what are you talking about? What do you mean?" She questioned as her heart began to race abnormally. "I am bringing the deal to you this time. Let me be your boyfriend for ninety-nine days," he repeated. No strings attached. Just be dating in public and back to our normal lives on the inside.""Why.....why should..... should I be your...... girlfriend?"“There's a document that I need to get. It's in my late mother's name and if I don't get it, someone who doesn't deserve to even call her name, would and I can't let that happen. I can't let it get to the wrong hands," he tightened his fist as he spoke. "If it does, I will never forgive myself and everything my mother ever worked for will be in vain." He sighed deeply and went on."To get the document, I need to present my fiance," he smirked. "She played a smart one but painfully she never knew she would die early and this request will make it hard to get what she owns."Zoey smacked her lips and narrowed her eyes. "Why nin
Zoey swallowed the lump forming in her throat and looked down. If he calls the police then her life is over. Her career would be affected too.Never in her life did she ever think she would have a criminal record and now, she is about to get one.She quickly went to her knees with her palms joined together."It was a mistake. I never knew you were standing in the way. Besides, you touched my butt. That scared the shit out of me so I acted in self-defense," she spoke out quickly.He found how she explained funny, but he held back his laughter and took his gaze to Carissa instead."You can leave for work now Carissa. I would love to be alone with Zoey."Carissa nodded and glanced at Zoey who also nodded in approval for her to leave. She walked out, leaving the two of them."You should also blame yourself. Why would you touch my butt? I never knew you were a pervert either." She spoke out rather confidently.Isaiah was surprised at her sudden boldness, but he laughed shortly and sat down
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