"It doesn't matter if he can fight as long as I like him."Amused, Tyler questioned, "You like him? For what? How is he better than me?"Vicky lifted her chin. "He's the only son of the Canyers. You know the Canyer family, right? If I marry him, I'll be Missus Canyer. You know that I've lost both of my parents, and it's not easy for an orphan to survive in my family. I need someone powerful to back me up..." She studied him and said, "Your career is just taking off, and you can't help me."She knew Tyler's plan for the future. He did not intend on inheriting his family business and wanted to make a path of his own.He was only 22 and had achieved a certain level of accomplishment in Molivia. Still, it would be some time before Tyler had enough power to rival influential families in Stoneford City."Vicky, just give me some time." The look in Tyler's eyes darkened as he swallowed hard. "Five years... No, three years. Give me three years, and I'll give you everything you want."Vic
Vicky herself was shocked because she knew just how possessive Tyler was.He would get upset when passersby looked at her and get jealous when her childhood friend came to see her. His one and only wish seemed to be for her to know no man apart from him, so she did not expect him to accept such a condition.She only proposed such a term knowing he would not accept it, but Tyler surprised her by agreeing to it....Since Tyler had accepted the terms, Vicky knew just how to make him give up.One day after dinner with Noah, she stepped out of the restaurant to find Tyler leaning by the door with a cigarette lit between his fingers. The smoke hovered over his face and clouded his features.He put out the cigarette when he spotted her coming outside and ignored Noah to grab her hand. "It's getting late. I'll send you back.""..." Noah watched in silence.Vicky scowled. "I have something planned with Noah today..."Tyler pulled her toward his car as though he did not hear a single w
After a few moments, Tyler slowed the car down but remained tense and held onto the steering wheel stiffly.Vicky opened her mouth to speak but decided against it in the end.The car stopped at the entrance of a theme park that they had once been to before.It used to be a place filled with sweet memories, but there was nothing left but pain at this moment.Vicky unfastened her seatbelt and was about to get out when Tyler grabbed her and leaned closer to kiss her.She resisted at first but soon found herself lost in his kiss, and she started to respond in the end.Tyler tensed and deepened the kiss.Sometime later, he pulled away and stared at her with lights in his eyes. "Vicky, you're still in love with me, right?" he said with certainty; a confident smile appeared on his lips as the despair he felt had vanished completely.He planted a light kiss on her cheek and said, "Vicky, you're the one I love right now... What happened in that garden never really mattered to me. Even i
Vicky turned around. "We aren't exactly all lovey-dovey, Noah. You need to do me one more favor."Noah felt chills down his spine and said reluctantly, "Go on.""Let's walk out of here holding hands. He'll snap when he sees that.""..." Noah was rendered speechless at first. "Vicky, I can tell that you still love him, so why are you so dead set on breaking up with him? Did something happen—"Vicky interrupted him and said, "Here he comes, Noah." She took Noah's hand and whispered, "I'm sorry...but I have to break up with him."Noah shot the slender figure from afar and before he could hold Vicky back, he was punched and slammed against the ground once again.Baam!Tyler had struck much harder than before, and Noah could see stars before him.Tyler grabbed his collar and glared at him maliciously. "Who gave you permission to touch her?""Tyler!" Vicky hurried over to stop him. "Let Noah go!"He turned around to look at her, his eyes bright with rage.Throughout the year they
"I know," said Tyler calmly. "Don't worry. I'll handle it."When Vicky noticed that he did not regret his action at all, she gritted her teeth in frustration. "You know that I only made that request so that you'd give up. Tyler, we've broken up. Don't cling onto me again."He paled and grabbed her by the wrist. "Why are you breaking up with me all of a sudden? We were doing great—"She interrupted him. "Were we? Are you sure?"He narrowed his eyes and realized that Vicky had been depressed recently, but whenever he would ask her about it, she would refuse to talk."If it's because I mistook you for Gloria at the beginning, I told you...that's not a problem."She remained quiet for a moment. "That was just an excuse.""Why is it that you insist on breaking up, Vicky?""I told you that I don't love you anymore.""I don't believe you." He stared into her eyes and said, "You still respond to my kisses. This can't be because you don't love me anymore."She smiled mockingly. "There
Tyler had shown more restraint from that day onward and stopped taking Vicky away from her dates with Noah, but he would follow them wherever they went.His glare was so piercing that Noah felt chills down his spine.He had been interested in Vicky and planned to pursue her when she succeeded in breaking up with Tyler, but he gave up after realizing how difficult Tyler was.It was not that Noah feared Tyler because he was beaten before but because his instinct warned him that Tyler was a monster deep down despite his cool demeanor.At this very moment, Tyler was standing in the distance and staring at them.Vicky noticed Tyler as well. The man stood out no matter what he wore given his tall, muscular build and handsome looks.It was no wonder that Tyler had the confidence to question how Noah was better than him.While Noah was a handsome man, he could hardly hold a candle to Tyler in terms of appearance and demeanor.Noah's blood ran cold under Tyler's watchful eyes while he d
Vicky and Noah sat across from each other, so the chair next to Vicky was unoccupied. Tyler went ahead to sit next to her. "I'm sorry. I misunderstood your relationship and injured your hand."Noah glanced at Tyler pointedly and thought, 'What a great apology. Misunderstood our relationship, huh? He's saying that I'm not involved with Vicky to begin with.'Vicky scowled. "What are you going on about here?"'Has he forgotten about our promise already?' she thought."I'm here to...apologize," said Tyler calmly and turned to Noah. "Mister Canyer, I'm sorry."The more Noah looked at Tyler, the more certain he was that Tyler was a sociopath. He could feel chills down his spine as he thought, 'Have I crossed a psychopath? If he is mentally sick, he won't even need to go to jail if he kills me.'"Ahem!" Noah cleared his throat. "Forget about it.""Mister Canyer was injured because of my mistake and now he struggles to even eat, so I intend on coming over to make up for my mistakes," Ty
Noah immediately turned on his heels and ran.Vicky turned to stare at Tyler sharply, who then said to her, "I'm just here to apologize and make up for my mistake.""Are you making up for your mistake, or causing a misunderstanding?""What kind of a misunderstanding?"Vicky was rendered speechless and gritted out, "That the two of you are seeing each other.""Oh," he said carelessly. "Let's just eat."Furious, she shouted, "Tyler Hart!"He shot her a look. "Even if there's a misunderstanding, they're judging me, not you, so why are you all riled up?""..."He served food to her plate. "Noah left you behind, so it's not against the rules for me to stay with you."Vicky felt defeated as Tyler always seemed capable of finding a way to get what he wanted....Tyler had kept his promise and did not interfere with their dates after that, but he continued to watch them from afar every time.What confused Vicky further was that Noah would often make up an excuse to leave as soon a