Gideon made four consecutive knocks, followed by two more, before he heard the sound of the door lock turning. The man with a white beard came into his view.The man casually looked around to the left and right before finally opening the door of the room he occupied in the run-down motel in that province."Can I offer you a drink, man?" he said it in a hard English accent. His Russian accent was fitting for his features.He raised his hand and nodded. "No, man. I'm good."Gideon surveyed the cans of beer on the small table in the room the man was using as a living room. Most of them were empty."Wulfric," the man said, extending his right hand in front of him."Gideon," he replied seriously, accepting the hand for a forearm shake."Lieutenant General.""Former. I quit the service," he said, tilting his head. The man had a long white beard, a proud nose, and blue eyes. He had Russian features and a Russian accent. He was also a big man, like him. He also noticed the tattoo on the man's
With the sniper in his hands, Gideon carefully studied Al-Sharique's headquarters, located in the middle of the forest. His mission for that night was to make Al-Sharique surrender himself by eliminating his men until he had no chance of fighting back. He would then hand him over to Wulfric and bring him to the United States without revealing his name. He knew that Wulfric had connections with the CIA, a non-government organization, which would make it difficult to trace who captured Al-Sharique.If Al-Sharique did not surrender, Gideon would have no choice but to shoot him. He had made a mistake by returning to the country to seek revenge.His attention was diverted from his sniper when he heard an unfamiliar sound coming from a nearby location. He put the sniper down and took out his night vision binoculars to locate the source of the noise."Son of a bitch!" he cursed loudly when suddenly, a missile appeared out of nowhere and headed straight for Al-Sharique's large house.The quie
"Holy Shit!" Gideon exclaimed fiercely before quickly running away from his location when he saw the burning helicopter heading towards him. He jumped as soon as he saw it crash in order to avoid it."Fuck!" He grunted when his body landed on the big roots of trees. Fortunately, he was not hurt and was able to stand up right away. He checked the bullets of his sniper rifle before walking towards Wulfric, who was now driving his pickup jeep towards him."Come on, man. Let's go!" Wulfric shouted and opened the door for him. The man started the engine as soon as he got in."What happened?" Gideon asked with a serious tone. "Al-Sharique wasn't in that house.""Yes, man. I know. The tech guy was caught when I let him into my system. Fuck those bastards for trying to outsmart me. I shove their stupidity on their asses anyway.""What do you mean?""I'll blow their laptop. No one can mess with me." Wulfric grinned at him and gave him a quick glance. "So, what's the plan?""Find Al-Sharique an
"Drop it, Vesarius," the leader of the group shouted loudly. They all pointed their high-calibre guns at him.He grabbed Steve Davis's head like a kitten and pulled him up."You’ll open a fire? You have to save him first." He quickly pulled out the knife from his combat boots, and in a blink, it was already pointing at Steve Davis's neck. The blade was making a cut on his hostage’s neck."T-That’s your trick?" The man, even though his face was beaten, managed to smirk like he couldn’t believe the tactic he was using."You don’t know who you are messing with," Gideon answered and pressed the knife deeper on Steve Davis's neck. "Drop your guns!""T-They are not going to follow you. I am the team leader, and you shouldn’t cross paths with me.""You’re boasting your fucked Admiral backer?" he said with sarcasm. "Fuck you and your team and your ass backer."In just a second, he swung his knife, slitting the man’s throat. Blood gushed out of it due to what he did. Steve Davis's eyes remaine
"Where is my son?" Mrs. Vesarius cried as she questioned the police officers."There’s nothing to be worried about. Your son’s condition is stable. It took us a while to recognize him because of the injuries on his face, and he didn’t bring anything that would identify him. Fortunately, Major Almeradez was able to call our station.""He's fine, Aunt." Alejandro nodded to Mrs. Vesarius."Alejandro! Why did you only tell us now?" The old woman stood up while her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at her son’s best friend."We just found his body this morning, Ma’am." The police officer knew that the woman would be so angry in that situation."I'm sorry, Aunt. I know Gideon wouldn't want you to see him in that state. You all would panic, and I would be held responsible if something bad happened to you." He then let out a shrug. "I also forgot to call you earlier because I was busy taking care of him.""Mommy, let's go see him. Daddy, I want to see Gideon. Please..." Lyzzza looked
LYZZA’S hand froze as she was about to open the door to her husband's hospital room. She had heard voices inside besides Gideon and Alejandro, whom she had left earlier to buy food from the hospital cafeteria.She cautiously put her ear to the door to listen to the men's conversation.The first voice she heard was unfamiliar. "I already cleaned up the mess. No one will trace that you killed him. Just like what we have planned—""Isn't it unsafe for us to talk about that here," Alejandro interjected with a question.The first man snorted. "Who do you think I am? I live with bears.""And?""I know how things work," he replied. "I already inspected the whole room in case there was a bug hiding. Besides the woman at the door, who I believe is Gideon's wife, no one is eavesdropping on us."Lyzza's cheeks reddened with what she heard. Damn it! How did that man know she was secretly listening to their conversation?"Come in, Strawberry."She winced, hesitantly unlocked the door, and pushed i
THE doctor allowed Gideon to be discharged after two days. His wound was properly stitched, and she, as his wife, just needed to make sure that he would take his medicine. According to her Mommy Gerona, she had to remind Gideon repeatedly because he didn’t have the habit of taking medicine. It was like his body was immune to bruises and wounds."I'm going back to my internship tomorrow. I've been absent a lot because of what happened," she informed her husband while they were riding the elevator. They were alone now because her mother had reopened her store. Meanwhile, Caius and Carollete had gone back to school, and Summer was also back in school."I can give you a direct A," Gideon said, which made her scowl."Do you want to end up in the emergency room?" Gideon laughed in amusement, which earned him rolling eyes from her. "You know I don't like shortcuts.""I was just kidding.""It's not funny."Gideon simply shrugged his shoulders, but his lips were still curved, as if something w
AFTER being done with her last flight that day, Lyzza decided to visit Gideon at his office. It had been two weeks since he was discharged from the hospital, and he was back at work. This morning, he invited her and Summer to have lunch outside.Cleo was not at his table when she checked on him. She knocked on the door of Gideon’s office, but no one from inside answered. The door was locked when she tried to open it."Ma'am," a passing employee called to her. "Mr. Vesarius is not there. He left in a hurry earlier. He was with Sir Cleo. They're probably going to check on the airplane that malfunctioned.""Thank you," she said, nodding and giving a small smile to the woman. "I'll just call him."The woman smiled back before leaving. She took out her cellphone and tried to call Gideon. She wanted to ask him if he was okay. She knew that besides being a soldier, being in the airline industry was also a big part of his life. A small malfunction of a traveling airplane would cause a mess in
EXTRA CHAPTER 3The large front door of the mansion opened, and a familiar man with gray eyes came out."Man." Gideon nodded at him.The two hugged man-to-man before he waved three key cards like those seen in hotels."The house is ready. I already installed a security system throughout the mansion. The roof and walls are bulletproofed just like you like." He then looked at her and Summer too. "Welcome to Northsire Town.""Thanks, Cale. I owe you, man.""Daddy, I won. I won." A young boy ran out of the mansion carrying a tablet.Summer let go of her father's leg and raised an eyebrow when she saw Giovanni. The young boy was also surprised to see Summer, but he quickly rolled his eyes at her little girl.Summer's eyes shone with determination. Giovanni ignored her, and looked back at his father. "Daddy, I won the sniper duty. See, Daddy? I'm better than you."Lyzza laughed softly when she noticed Summer shamelessly peeking at Van's tablet. Her little girl looked like she wanted to gr
EXTRA CHAPTER 2"Do you know her? She's a senior flight attendant," she chattered as they got into the car."Yeah."She crossed her arms and scowled at him. "She's pretty."Lyzza didn't hear any response from her husband, and instead he started the car engine."So, she's pretty, right?"Gideon glanced at her and raised both eyebrows, annoying her.Unable to resist, she smacked him hard on the arm, but he didn't even flinch."Strawberry." His voice had a threatening tone, but it was still affectionate.Damn! He was teasing her and still being sweet! How could that be possible?"You're annoying! She's your mistress, right?" She accused him and pointed at him.He looked at her while slowing down the car until it came to a complete stop before they even left the Vesarius Airlines compound.She let out a scream when Gideon suddenly grabbed her waist and kissed her passionately."Hmp..." She tried to push him away.His kiss was intense, and she was getting excited again."Ouch!" she complai
EXTRA CHAPTER 1Lyzza ran towards Vesarius Airlines because she was already late for her first flight that morning. Emer and his companion, a guy named Paul with no eyebrows, were running after her."Ma'am, please don't run," Emer said like a worried father because of her stubbornness.Well, she couldn’t deny that she was really stubborn most of the time."I’m good. Stay there. Bye!" Lyzza shouted and managed to wave at them while pulling her suitcase. "Tell Gideon I’ll kick her ass when I get back."She chuckled as she left the two bodyguards outside, scratching their heads because they couldn't enter the boarding gate anymore. Ever since she remarried Gideon, she felt like a queen with bodyguards wherever she went.If it wasn't Emer and Paul guarding her, her husband was always trailing her like she was going to run away. Where could she go that he didn't know about? Gideon was really paranoid, even though he knew for himself that she was madly in love with him."Mrs. Vesarius!" Qui
EPILOGUEWatching his wife laugh with her friends, Gideon couldn’t help but smile at the scene in front of him. The way Lyzza laughed and teased her friends made his heart go into a summersault."Man, are you even listening?" Alejandro irritably asked him.He turned to look at him and just raised the corner of his lips upon seeing the annoyance on his face."What?""Fuck you!" Alejandro raised his middle finger. "I've been talking here for a while now."Riguel and Spiel, who were beside him, laughed. Annoyed, Alejandro stood up, took off his suit jacket, and threw it at him. Gideon quickly dodged it and threw it back at the asshole. He was annoyed as Alejandro locked his neck in his arm, like when they were still in military school. Riguel and Spiel chuckled as Gideon tried to remove Alejandro’s hand from his neck."Riguel, bud. Hold this bastard's hand. I'll kick his ass. This is my chance."And because Riguel was also a king of mischief, he stood up and followed what Alejandro said.
"Do you not have anything to say?" Gideon asked her as she only continued to stare at him, her eyes widening.She blinked slowly and closed her mouth. She pressed her palms against his chest to raise herself slightly."W-What did you say?" She couldn't believe it. The strong thumping of her heart was like a drum that deafened her.Gideon's face turned red, and despite her confused feelings, she couldn't help but chuckle."Are you blushing?"Her teasing remark made him blush even more, causing his ears and neck to turn red. He looked away from her, but his hand tightened around her waist."You're blushing," he said, trying to ease the tension with her laughter. She held his ears.Gideon almost jumped in surprise, which made her laugh even louder."Strawberry," he warned her.However, his authoritative tone did not deter her. She gasped as he tightened his grip on her waist, and in a blink of an eye, their positions changed. His large body pressed against hers while his hands captured h
Lyzza scratched Gideon's back when she reached her climax countless times that night. She was already exhausted, but Gideon continuously moved and thrust inside of her. Her lips would part every time he went deeper inside her, giving her a pleasure only her husband could provide.The delicious feeling of him inside her made her crazy. It was giving her an incredible sensation that felt like sending her to paradise—and only Gideon had the ability to make her feel that way. He was the only one."F*ck, f*cking delicious," Gideon cursed hoarsely as he moved above her. He thrust faster that she could feel her nails digging into his skin. She felt a familiar sensation in her abdomen and moaned his name as he hit her G-spot."Oh…Gideon," she moaned loudly, and she couldn’t recognize her voice.He hit her g-spot, which made her roll her eyes with so much pleasure. She bit her lower lip firmly when he went deeper inside of her again."You like that? Do you like it? F*ck, I love this so much,"
Lyzza peeked through the window when she heard a commotion downstairs. Someone was shouting at the gate, and the bodyguards were alerted. There was no one in the mansion but her and the servants.Her mother and Caius arrived at the penthouse a few days ago, and their eyes showed a mix of surprise and happiness upon seeing her again. Like Summer, her mother cried and hugged her tightly. She sobbed and kissed her face like a child. Caius, on the other hand, quietly cried when Lyzza hugged him.Afterwards, they went back to Vesarius Mansion. Mommy Gerona nearly fainted when she saw her again, and Carollete almost choked her when her sister-in-law hugged her tightly."Gideon Vesarius, come out! You killed my daughter," the man outside angrily shouted and tried to push through the bodyguards."Ester, who is outside?" she asked the passing butler.Ester approached her and took a peek. "Is that Mariz's father? Yes, that's him.""Mariz's father?" She was taken aback and stared at the man outs
"The report is with me, bud," Alejandro said as he opened the door. "The old woman and the neighbors confirmed that your wife was found by the seaside. She was asleep for a few months in the small hospital on the island. The old woman named Erlinda is a simple high school teacher, it’s understandable that she doesn’t have enough money to put your wife in the big and better hospital."Gideon took the folder that Alejandro handed him and read Lyzza's records in the small infirmary on the island. His suspicions were confirmed. She ended up on that island after falling off a cliff."She's here in Manila with the old woman's son. The name is Senen, and he is one of the representatives of the academic contest... something, I don’t know.""A man?" he asked bitterly. Of all the things Alejandro said, Lyzza's companion's name was the only thing that caught his attention."Yes, he’s currently staying at the hotel. Stop your sh*t ass from being jealous.""I'm not," he countered.Alejandro chuckl
After her CT scan, the doctor immediately read her test result. It was clear, and there were no problems found in her head. As the previous doctor who examined her on the island said, the blow to her head was the reason why she couldn't remember anything. Her memories will come back, and it will help if she's with the people who are a part of her life.Summer didn't leave her side, even when they were eating at an expensive restaurant in the city. The little girl sat on her lap and hugged her tightly. Lyzza, on the other hand, couldn’t help but kiss Summer’s hair, and if Gideon wasn't looking, she might have cried too.She missed Summer so much and wanted to shower her with kisses. But the man who wouldn't stop staring at her might notice.Lyzza thought it was fine; she'll just kiss her baby when Gideon is not around."Mommy, I love you. I miss you so much," Summer said in a sweet voice, kissing her on the cheek.She tried to hold back a big smile and returned the affection subtly. Sh