“Tell me why you went to Lewis’s house. I saw you on surveillance.” Zayden asked Adrian right after the three returned from the small courtyard to the side room. He didn’t even give Adrian the time to prepare.Alice clutched her teacup tightly and cast an unintentional look at Adrian. She was extremely nervous.“You think I killed Lewis, don’t you?” Adrian asked.Zayden said calmly “I didn’t say that. If you didn’t do this, just explain why you were at Lewis’s house on those days.”Then they both became silent. Zayden knew that Adrian was his brother, but he was not more friendly with him because of that. Plus, he was curious whether what happened to Lewis had anything to do with Adrian.“All right, I admit it. I went there because Jessica asked me to look into something.” Adrian said.Hearing that Alice’s heart skipped a beat, and her hands trembled. She thought ‘Adrian are you going to tell the truth? Will you tell Zayden about I am actually Max’s mom?’Zayden became surprised and s
Zayden asked Henry to let the police handle the case the next morning. Later, Henry found the fake Jennifer Morris.Henry told Zayden about everything over the phone, “She tried to run away, but all the doors were guarded. So, we just got her and handed over her to the police on suspension of fraud. They checked out her identity. Her real name is Miley Johnson and she is Jessica’s cousin. But Jessica ran away. She left the villa where she lived with her valuables with her.“Have the police asked the woman where Jessica went?”“Yes, but she refused to answer no matter what. This will most likely take us some time.”“It’s alright, we’re not in a rush. Let’s see if she has more patience or I do.” Zayden tone was icy like the bitter winds of winter.After this family dinner, the Collins begin to prepare for Zayden and Alice's wedding, which will be held on February 1stAlice had not divorced Damian yet, and she was an American citizen. So, after she got divorced, her marriage to Zayden ne
When Alice got out of the car, she noticed that she had come to the house she used to live. She exclaimed, “I remember that I sold this house.”Areiza explained, “Damian was worried you don’t like living in another house. So after you left, he asked me to buy this house.”Hearing that Alice had mixed feelings. As she entered the house, she discovered that the furnishings in the house were nearly identical to what she had seen before. There was a Christmas tree near the fireplace. The tree was beautifully decorated, and very Christmassy. “Damian decorated this tree himself before Christmas.”Alice asked as she touched the silver belts on the tree, “Oh? Did he invite his friends to spend the holidays here? He threw a party here every year, and it was always a blast.”Areiza replied, “No, he spent the night here alone on Christmas Eve.”Alice’s hand froze. “By himself?” she asked slowly, turning her head back to look at Areiza.When Alice was in America, Damian would plan every holiday f
Damian didn’t sound cheerful.Alice wanted to make him laugh, so she teased him by saying, “I know it’s you because I saw your number on the caller ID. We’re at peace even though we’re getting divorced.”Damian let out a laugh and said, “Yes, you are right.”He was silent for a short moment before saying, “I know that Areiza took you to the house you used to live in. Please do not take this personally. She didn’t mean to make you mad. She never done anything so outrageous before.”“It’s all right, Damian. She probably assumed I’d prefer to live there. You didn’t punish her, did you?”“Well, to be honest, I suspended her for a month.”Alice sighed and said, “Dude, would you please be kinder to her? Areiza has worked you for 7 years, and she deserves to be treated well.”“She bought it up herself.”Alice mumbled, “Ha! That’s really surprised me.”They made a small talk for a while longer before hanging up the phone.Alice sighed as she sat at the edge of the bed, reflecting on what Dami
Maggie knew Alice was about to cry, so she laughed and said, “Oh my goodness! You are not going to cry, are you? Really? Will you kneel for me if I show you the wedding gown when its finished.”Alice glared at her and said, “Damn It! I certainly would not!”“I just have one request,” Maggie said, rubbing her nose and smiling, “I have to be the only bridesmaid of honor.”“I only have two bridesmaids in total, you and Rita. Yeah, I will make sure you maid up of honor, of course.”Maggie tilted her head and said, “I want to be the maid of honor, and I don’t want to wear the same dress as her. I want to wear my design, and I don’t care what she wears. You can get one of her targets or whatever. Everyone will know I am your best friend this way.”When Alice realized Maggie was jealous, she laughed. She teased her by saying, “You don’t like Rita? Why? I get it, It must be because of Daniel.”Maggie rolled her eyes and grimaced as she said, “No! It had nothing to with him. I know she is Dani
Alice froze and looked at Trevor in confusion.Just then her cab arrived. She was about to inquire as to what Trevor meant by that. However, he opened the door for her and said, “Alice bye. I wish you the best of luck.”“Thank you.” Alice replied with a smile. She then got into the cab.Trevor’s smile faded as he washed the car disappear around the corner. He appeared to be very worried. Zayden was his best friend, so he wished for him to find the right person. But he had recently been concerned about his friend.At first, he didn’t know why Damian was looking for a sanitarium for Maggie. Later, he overheard Maggie’s attending physician talking with the nurse on Christmas Eve.The doctor said that he wanted to reduce Maggie’s medication dosage because Damian wanted Maggie to be able to receive prolonged treatment and stay in the hospital for a longer time.Trevor pondered for some time after hearing their conversation. He could only think of one reason and that was Damian didn’t want
After hearing her words, Damian looked up and asked, “Will you stay if I ask you to?”Alice froze not knowing how to respond.Damian calmly looked at her and said, “I already know this. If you have already decided to leave, I won’t be able to keep you, no matter how hard I tried.”Alice remained silent, knowing that it was not the time to speak for Areiza. When it came to making a decision, Damian was always firm.Then she asked jokingly, “You are putting too much pressure on me, as if I were cheating on you. Are you going to accuse me of cheating in court?”Damian looked at her, serious but innocent. “Didn’t t you?” he asked.“Come on, stop joking with me.” Alice exclaimed.The waiter then placed a plate in front of Alice and said, “Ma’am, here is your dish.”They both burst out laughing when they saw the kidney pie inside the massive white plate.Damian said, “After we file our application with the court, we must wait for six months to for a review. It will be good if everything goe
Zayden and Damian ditched her right outside the door.Alice sighed, her gaze fixed on the car that had vanished in the distance. She thought to herself, ‘Zayden doesn’t seem to have come all this way to meet me, but meet Damian. I hope that things will not go wrong between them.It was still early afternoon, so she went to see Maggie at the sanitarium and told her what had happened.She said, “What do you think the two of them will do? They don’t seem to know about each other, do they? The two of them have only even met a few times.”Maggie set by the window, unusually quiet, reading a magazine. She then said, without looking up, “According to what I know about Damian, he may be trying to figure out how much they done truly loves you, but I am not sure about Zayden. Don’t you know him better than I do?”Alice, on the other hand, had no idea. She lowered her head in embarrassment.After a brief moment, Maggie raised her head and asked, “Why aren’t you talking? Do you have any idea what
“Mom, don’t come over!” Eliana and Max yelled at the same time.“Alice, you are such a lucky bitch. You have such two wonderful children. I have worked hard my entire life, but now I have nothing in the end,” Jessica said in an envious tone.‘Did you just mention children? Could be that you suddenly wanted to meet Gary before you die because he’s your only family?’ At the thought, Alice gently asked “Jessica, do you want to meet Gary?”Instead of answering Alice's question, Jessica remained silent. She then bowed her head and began trembling.“I will call him right now. He just left, so he will come back soon,” Alice added.“Is Gary really coming back?”“Yeah. He’s doing great this year. He has always get high grades on his test and he is popular school. He is just as smart as you are.” Alice praised Jessica in the hopes of changing her mind.“He didn’t want to see me. I tried to talk to him this year, but his maid always mistook me for a beggar and told me get lost.” Jessica spoke in
A woman in a janitor’s uniform rushed out of the tool room as Eliana and Charlotte left the restroom. The woman then pressed a fruit knife against Eliana’s neck. Eliana had no idea what was going on because it happened so quickly. She could not stop shaking when she felt the cold metal against her skin.Charlotte was so scared that she screamed. Then she immediately covered her mouth. After hearing her voice many people made their way to the restroom. However, no one dared to approach them, they all stood back and watched.Eliana grabbed the woman’s arm from behind as she wanted to wrestle her to the ground. She thanked Alice were forcing her to take so many taekwondo classes at this moment.However, the woman realized what Eliana was trying to do. She whispered in a husky voice, “Don’t do anything. I will slit your throat if you move one more time. By then your blood will flow like a water flower and you will die tragically.”The woman’s voice was so husky that it made Eliana feel li
Dominic saw Eliana the moment she walked into the room. He looked at her as if he could not take his eyes off her. Eliana shone like a star that was even more dazzling than the bright chandelier. Whenever he looked at her, his heart beat faster, and his palms sweat.Ever since Eliana entered the hall, Dominic had been looking at her. He watched her as she walked around the venue and to greet the guests and he was disappointed when he noticed that many young boys were looking at her as much as he was.Later on, the host asked Eliana and Max to come on the stage. They sang the birthday song together and then catch the multi-tiered cake. Zayden then announced that the party was started.It was not until then that Eliana was free. When she saw him after she left the stage, Eliana moved quickly towards Dominic. Every step she took seemed to step into his heart, causing it to beat like a drum.Dominic had been waiting for Eliana to become an adult for the past two years, but she had no idea
After dinner, Eliana comes back to her apartment. She took a quick shower before going to bed. As she lay down in bed, she checked her phone and found tons of unread messages in the Team Wolf Chat Group. Eliana was supposed to join her teammates in celebrating their victory after the game, but she didn’t because her parents showed up unexpectedly.Eliana’s teammates not only posted pictures from dinner in the chat room, but they also mentioned for several times. Eliana was about to go to bed after replying to everyone's message, but the moment she discovered Dominic had also texted her, she perished her thoughts.Dominic had become extremely busy since he retired from the e-sports circle two years ago and returned to London to take over his family’s business. Recently, instead of having time to play games with her, he could only teach her practical strategies occasionally.Dominic returned to Rose City this time just to watch their game. However, Dominic and Eliana didn’t even have ti
After the game was over, the lights in the hall lit up and the host invited two teams onto the stage after congratulating the winners.Max and his parents took a seat in the first row. People around them began to whisper in surprise, and they only stopped when Team Wolf showed up on the stage.The stage was well-lit, but the auditorium was dark, so Eliana had no idea her parents, whom she had not seen in a long time, had arrived on the scene.Standing on this stage, Eliana smiled while waving at the audience. She sparkled like a diamond and nothing seemed to be able to dim her light.Meanwhile, Alice looked at Eliana as if she was her biggest fire. She felt proud of Eliana from the bottom of her heart.Initially, Alice was furious when she learned that Eliana wanted to become an e-sports player. However, she began to regret it after Eliana became a world champion. ‘If I stopped her back, then I would have stopped her from succeeding. Thank goodness I didn’t do so. Alice thought to her
Two years later, an important match took place in a hall in the center of Rose City. Eliana’s team, the Wolfs would play against a team from another country.Teen Wolf had previously won the world championship twice while their opponent was a dark horse team that had only recently formed. As a result, game lovers from both countries eagerly anticipated this match.At the same time, this was the most crucial match for Eliana since she joined Team Wolf two years ago. She would be a member of the world championship team if she won the game. However, she would lose her best chance to win the World Championship if she lost it. Therefore, Eliana took this match very seriously.Because the Dream High Group was one of the match sponsors, the live room was packed with people Eliana knew. Although ticker prizes had risen to several thousand dollars per person, Max could still obtain tickets for his family.At that moment, Trevor, Maggie, and their children sat in the center of the front row. Da
Henry was very efficient. Two days later, he managed to place the information he had gathered about Dominic on Max’s desk.Then Max started reading it carefully.Dominic Deleon was Dominic's full name. He was born and grew up in London, and he was twenty years old. His great-grandfather was a politician who once held a high govt position. His grandfather was a successful businessman who owned a large corporation. As for his father, he was a businessman who made the company well.Dominic was the family’s only child, but he was uninterested in business. He fell in love with e-sports in college and soon signed up with an E-sports company. Later, he made it to one of the best teams in the country and was named captain due to his outstanding performance. He once led his team to a world championship victory.Before moving to Rose City Dominic attended a university in London. However after he fell out with his parents, he transferred to a college in Rose City because several of his teammates
“Do you really want to know about it?” Dominic asked after some thought.“Yes!” Eliana said.“I might tell you after we get to know each other better. But, you know, we are not even friends now,” He said.“Well, I’m not interested in that anymore.” Eliana said. She became impatient, so she stopped talking to Dominic.“Are you angry?” Dominic asked.“No.”“I know you won’t get angry that easily.”“That’s because I know getting angry easily is bad for my health. It’s nothing to do with you.”Hearing Eliana’s words, Dominic burst out laughing. He knew Eliana loved sashimi, so he gave her that plate. “Well, we are friends now,” he said.At that time, Charlotte was talking to Kevin and Max was talking to Jason. On the other hand, Max kept a close eye on Dominic and paid attention to his every move.Dominic quickly realized this, so he turned to look at Max. The two boys then locked their gaze on each other. Max appeared weary and hostile whereas Dominic didn’t seem to be bothered by Max’s
Alice nearly fell on her knees and then stood up straight with all her strength. Seeing that Zayden was in more pain. He wanted to rush to Alice and help her out of the situation at that moment, but he had to wait for the right time. Therefore, he stood in the crowd, silent.“I’m just a doctor. I’m not that capable enough to defeat mercenaries.” Alice said, through gritted teeth.Hearing that Victoria kicked her once more. “Are you trying to fool me? I’m sure you know some special forces! Isn’t Adrian Taylor is your brother-in-law.”Alice let out a painful groan. She took a deep breath and said, “I had no idea you know it. But sadly, none of them in Flesoil.”“That’s fine. I can wait! They will agree to my request, as long as you are my hostage.”Zayden’s gun was in his pocket, but he didn’t have the guts to touch it.At that time, Victoria’s gun remain pressed against Alice’s temple, making him nervous. His hands were sweating, and he was even more nervous than he had when he saved E