Maxime ran to Austin’s room in a hurry. When she pushed the door hastily open, Austin looked at her, stunned. He frowned as he listened half-heartedly to the person on the phone.
“What the hell, Maxime!” He yelled, but Maxime quickly knocked out the phone away from Austin’s hand and scrambled to pick it up off the bed.
Maxime didn’t even bother to look at the screen and ended the call without hesitation. She huffed to take in the air she lost from running in the hallway to reach his room. When she realized what she’d done and how it looked awkward that she was crouched on top of his bed, Maxine stood up and fixed her uniform.
“Do you have a death wish? Why did you take my phone like that? Are you nuts?” Austin was enraged after what Maxime did to him.
Alexa was sitting on Austin’s bed, waiting for him to remove his shirt, so she could remove the plaster from his back. Their eyes darted to the door when it opened. Austin sighed in relief when it was Maxime who entered his room.‘Good thing it wasn’t Ethan. Or else he would think we were doing something behind his back.’ Austin thought.“What is it?” His face became stoic. He was still annoyed at Maxime. ‘She should take care of me. Not roaming around.’ He thought.“Boss,” Maxime looked at Austin, then at Alexa, then back to Austin. She tried to gauge if she should announce her news in the presence of Alexa. They don&
“WHO. THE. HELL. ARE. YOU?!” Austin gnashed his teeth.“Don’t you remember me? You owe me your life for ruining my business.”‘Max Willies’ Austin held his phone tightly.“Does it ring a bell?”“How dare you take my dad… You have the guts to kidnap the President of this country. You really have a death wish, don’t you?” His jaw clenched. “What do you want?”“I’m not afraid, Austin, but maybe you are… I know how valuable your father is. So might as well listen to what I have to say… And give me what I want.” Max warned him.
Struggling in his seat, Albert tugged aggressively at the bindings tying him down as he wanted to beat the man in front of him. “How dare you show your face to me! I will kill you… You asshole!” If they did not tie him to his seat, Albert would have beaten Andrew to a pulp.Andrew Morgan laughed mockingly at his futile attempts to get free. “Do you think you could really kill me?” He looked at Albert with brows raised. “If I were you, I’d pray to all the Gods to save me… Instead of thinking ill about me.”Albert glared at him, “Where are Beatrice and Athena?! Bring them back to me, you bastard!” He yelled.“Oh, I forgot to send a funeral invitation years ago. Beatrice is dead. And you can’t raise a deceased person.”
Austin and Ethan anxiously waited outside the operating room when the doctor in charge of the President's operation appeared.“Doctor, how is the president doing?” Ethan asked.“He is out of danger for now, but I had to induce a coma because of his condition. He suffered two stabbed wounds. One in the stomach, which didn’t pose a lot of threat because the knife didn’t hit any major organs. The second wound was in the chest, which hit the aortic arch. This is an integral part of the heart, as it carries blood into the other parts of the body. But don’t worry, I fixed it. He just needs to sleep it off. He lost a lot of blood, but fortunately, our hospital stored enough of his blood type, so we just gave him a transfusion.” The doctor explained.“Will he wake up soon?&rdq
“H-How could this be?” Max was in a daze and still couldn’t believe what was happening. ‘Now it all makes sense why Austin always appeared whenever Ethan was around. Austin was probably his right-hand man. He might be the same person who shows up at events the Devil-Reaper gets invited as a guest. To cover his identity.‘I wonder why he doesn’t want his name involved in the underground world?’ Max smirked as he shook his head.Ethan remained unemotional when he saw Max laughing. “Now, I get it… You hide your identity just to save your reputable name, all for this country, huh?” Max shook his head.“And why are you showing yourself to me now? Aren’t you worried that I will expose your identity to the world?” Max sneered as he threatened Ethan.Instead of feeling intimidated, Ethan laughed. “Do you think there is even a remote chance you can escape from this prison?” Ethan mocked.“Not a chance, man… Not a chance.” He said in a dangerous tone. Ethan walked tow
“Who. Did. This. To. You?! Tell Me!” Ethan glared at Alexa, which made her feel terrified. She took a few steps backward until she accidentally hit the antique vase that was worth hundreds of dollars. It was placed on the corner of the corridor, and bumping into it broke it into a thousand tiny pieces. Alexa gasped as she saw the broken pieces of glass all over the floor she had just cleaned.Ina ran from the kitchen when she heard the sound of something breaking. “You, idiot!” she yelled when she saw Alexa trying to pick up the shattered pieces. With long strides, Ina reached Alexa in a split second and pulled her hair. “You careless, bitch! How many times did I tell you to be careful?” Oblivious to her surroundings, she kept on scolding and tugging at Alexa’s hair. “These are very expensive pieces. How are you going to
Alexa woke up that morning feeling dizzy. She immediately ran to the bathroom when she felt the need to throw up the dinner she ate last night. But when she got there, nothing came out. ‘Arghh! What is this happening to me? Why am I so dizzy?’ Alexa massaged her temples to ease the dizziness she was feeling. ‘Maybe I’ll tell Maxime I can’t help them–- oh shit! Maxime is going to the hospital today.’ She bit her fingernails out of frustration. “What should I do? If I tell them I need to take a day off today, Ina will probably get mad again. Arghhh…” She shrugged as she felt like she had already lost her battle. ‘I guess I have no choice but to help Ina today. I just hope sh
“Miss Alexa Morgan is pregnant… ” Ethan felt horrified. He felt shaken up as if the doctor had just drenched him with cold water. The doctor was still talking, but he couldn’t hear any words she was saying. ‘Alexa is pregnant’ are the only words that kept rolling to his head. ‘Fuck!… I’m so fucked up. This is my fault. I didn’t even think about protection. What should I do now? Once Uncle Albert awakens, he and Austin will find out that Athena has been here the whole time and is no longer missing. And if that happens, they’ll get back at me for everything I did to her… I can’t… Uncle… Austin…. They’re the only family I have left… They will get furious...” ‘It’s not true. This is a dream. Alexa can’t be pregnant,’ he told himself. “Mr. Reed… Mr. Reed…” Ethan returned to his senses and looked at the doctor in a daze. “Huh?” He asked, feeling a bit lost in their conversation. “What did you say, doc?” He asked. “I gave Miss Morgan the prescription for