After two months of continued therapy Marcus's condition improved. He can walk in short distance and in a slow pace. Hillary and Marina cared for him very well.Marina was observing at her two friends who were very affectionate to each other. Hillary was feeding Marcus and they were laughing together. The two were both unaware that Marina was envious about it. She took a photo of them silently and posted it on her instagram account."I love you Marcus but you pay no attention to me." Marina mumbled bitterly.Days went fast. Hillary most of the time assisted Marcus for his therapy and his day to day activities."How was the investigation?" Marcus asked Hillary in between their conversation."No new updates yet. Don't think about it for now. Just focus on recovering for yourself. It is important that you can walk back normally again. Right Marina?" Hillary spelled out smiling peeking at her friend."AHH, yes. That's right so we can tour around the city again. Hillary was right." Marina
Kryss arrived in New York. As he enter his suite he still scented Hillary's sweet aroma. He was dying to see her. He touched the bed where she used to lay down and make love with him. "I missed you so much." he whispered. He touched the bracelet in his wrist and concealed it under his pillow. He laid down in bed and fall asleep because of exhaustion.In Los Angeles.Thea Chen looked like a prisoner of her own home. Her every move has been monitored. CCTV's were everywhere in the house including her own room and space. Out of Hillary's awareness, the people whom her mom live with were their real enemies but Thea Chen was completely abreast of the set up. She don't have the courage to voice out the truth to her own daughter. Thea was a detainee of her own home, own wealth and own power.She pretended that she was sleeping when someone blew inside her room. She overheard the conversation."Yes boss, copy. She's sleeping now. " said the girl that she assumed was Bridgette, their new ma
Kryss started the investigation concerning Hillary's father. He sensed that Hillary's life is in real danger. Kryss wanted to investigate everything. Confusion about Hillary's real identity troubled his thoughts. A lot of troubles occured. Since Edward was in Los Angeles helping Hillary's company so Kryss hired another investigator whom he directed to killed Marcus too. "That damn Marcus!" He thought.He was able to tracked down where Marcus rented place was but he don't want to bother them at the moment. He desired to find out the truth first.According to his investigator that Hillary kicked off the investigation of her own as Kryss expected. What bothered him was that the lack of evidence for the case. Kevin Chen was very famous in business industry so why was that his brutal death seemed to be a wind which instantly passed by."No one knew about his death?" Kryss interrogated his investigator."Just the family, the cops, us and some of his business partners.""It's impossible.""
Few days after, Kryss obtained some informations concerning the investigation. In addition to that Erica showed him the duplicate copy of the CCTv footage from Janna. At first he was astonished for unexpected results he acquired. He requested to re-investigation to avoid any discrepancies. Afterwards they unveiled same informations again. He planned of founding from there to proceed with his next move.As he drafted his next plan Marcus presence in Hillary's life bothered him. "They can't be together." Kryss thought.Marina, Marcus and Hillary were perching inside Marcus suite when they heard loud knocks. Marina stand up to open the door when Kryss figure appalled all of them. There was a cramped atmosphere after.To break the awkward silence Marcus spoke up."What are you doing here? Sorry to say but Hillary had given up on you. You cheated on her. You asshole! You are a piece of shit.! " Marcus shouted out of his anger."Marcus." Hillary eyeing him with a warning look."Sorry, I ju
Kryss often visit Marina in the suite and it pained Hillary to the bones but she had to conceal what she felt in front of everyone.She don't want to give Kryss the satisfaction of seeing her in a vulnerable state. They usually went out for movie dates and shopping."Once I serve justice for my dad's death I'll leave this place as soon as possible." Hillary uttered in her thoughts.Kryss and Marina invited them to an overnight outing in one of the famous resorts in Manhattan."C'mon, this would be fun." Marina verbalized."What do you think, Hillary?" Marcus inquired asking for Hillary's opinion. Hillary was moved with how Marcus valued her opinion in the first place."Sure. Anyway, it's been long time since we visited a resort in LA." she voiced out."Great. It's all set then." Marina was indeed happy that both her friends agreed. Although the sudden appearance of Kryss and his instant confession of interest to her still confused her but she believed that Kryss liked her. "He was spo
The day after, they decided to go on fishing. Kryss together with Marina were on one boat. Hillary and Marcus teamed up on another. Kryss was always showing off his affection to Marina. Hillary felt jealous. After her father's death, life knocked her down several times. Marcus was her constant, he never left her despite the difficult situations. She was gratified knowing someone will keep her mind at peace even if everything was in total chaos.Currently her heart was at the peak of break down. It feels like she was stabbed in the heart everytime and the cuts were leaving scars to it. She witnessed the undeniable affection of Kryss to Marina."Hey, Kryss what a good catch..whoaaahhh." Marina pronounced. Then she helped Kryss with fishing rod and clapped her hands after. Kryss gazed at their direction. Hillary felt sad that they didn't get any."Just be patient, we will get a big one later. Trust me." Marcus tapped her back. Hillary smiled realizing Marcus was a good comforter.Hillary
Next day, after dinner Hillary and Marina decided to sleep early since both of them were exhausted for the entire day. Hillary decided to go on shower before heading to sleep.When she went out Marina asked her."Do you still love him?" "Who?" Hillary was not expecting Marina to get interested about her feelings. Hillary was silent for a while. She don't want to hurt Marina however she don't wanna lie to her either."I got the answer. Are you mad at me?" Marina asked."No of course.Why you think that way?" "Because I stole him away from you." Marina exclaimed."No you didn't. He cheated on me when he got engaged after she abandoned me. It's not about you. It's him." Hillary pronounced."Thank you Hillary." Marina granted a worried face.They hugged each other before going to sleep. Hillary was deeply hurt witnessing Kryss and Marina being together anyhow she don't want to be a hindrance by any means.Not long after Hillary fall asleep while Marina went out of the cottage looking fo
"Dad? What's up?" "Where the hell are you Kryss?" Andrew asked annoyingly."You never asked permission from your fiancee and did not notify me either." Andrew added.Kryss was astonished. It was the first time that his father scolded him."Are you in New York?" Andrew inquired."Yes dad. I'm sorry." He apologized. He knew he did something wrong."Kryss the Courtland's were looking for you. Remember the deal? Are you trying to escape the wedding?" His dad interrogated him."Dad, I don't know what to do. I don't love Hanna." Kryss voiced out his inner battle to his dad. He was certain that he would understand."Will I disappoint you if I won't marry her? Will your name or the company matters to you better?" Kryss wanted to know the answer. He don't want to sacrifice if he has another option. He overheard Andrew sighed."Dad? Are we really going to lost the company if I won't proceed with the wedding? Don't we have sufficient fund? I doubt it." Kryss at first was confused why he had to