Alice was taken aback when Bill suddenly approached her. She leaned back, looked at him with a wary and puzzled expression, and asked, “What do you mean?” Bill smiled contemptuously and rummaged through his pants pocket with one hand. He then quickly slammed a dagger on the table. “Kill me,” he said calmly. Alice’s face turned pale as she shuddered. “Are you crazy?” She asked as she reclined in her chair. Bill knew Alice would react that way. So, he turned back and sat on the deck. He drew the dagger from its sheath and examined the cold light on the sharp blade. “Think about your grandfather. I hear he was a big help to you before he got sick. He would have recovered and been released from the hospital by now. If it were not for me, he would have been at home leaving a happy life. You now have a fantastic opportunity to revenge on him.” As Bill provoked her like that, Alice felt like she was going insane. His crazy words were getting on her nerves, and making her almost cry. “A
At that precise moment, the door beside her opened. The next second, the crowd rushed in, bringing in the fresh air.Alice set numbly on the floor, unable to process what had just occurred. People standing outside the door were also taken aback and shocked. They had just witnessed the crime scene in their boss’s office.The room appeared in disarray, with debris scattered all over the floor. Holding a blood-soaked dagger in her right hand, Alice sat by the door, and a man lay beside her. Blood was dripping from his body and seeping into the beige floor cracks.“Someone called the police and ambulance!” Suddenly someone shouted. It was not until then that some people in the crowd who regained their composure acted quickly. However, most of them were still in shock and stood very still.Zayden had just stepped out of the elevator when he noticed a young man frantically explaining the situation over his cell phone, “Someone has been injured here. I’m not sure if the man was still alive,
With her face as pale paper, Alice did her best to walk towards the courtyard, although she seemed unable to stand still. Zayden immediately frowned upon hearing Alice’s voice and didn’t even dare to turn around.Then Alice approached them and stood beside Zayden. She reached out to take his arm, then slowly said, “I’m Alice Collins. I can go with you.”Tony, who was standing outside the door, took his handcuffs from his bag and approached her. However, he stopped right there when sensing Zayden’s glare at him.“Give it to me,” Another officer said to Tony, took the handcuffs, and put them in his pocket. He continued, “Mrs. Collins, we are not going to handcuff you. All you have to do is to go to the police station with us.”Alice nodded and followed him to the police car.When Tony was about to get into the car, he felt someone grabbing him by the collar and pulling him backward and Tony became enraged right away. Before standing still, he saw a man moving behind him and getting into
Adrian frowned put his hand in his pocket and looked at her as if she was an idiot. Julia quickly realized she had said something stupid, so she explained, “I mean, even though we believed Alice, we can’t convince the court. To prove her innocence, we will have to provide evidence.”Adrian nodded, then grinned cunningly and said, “I have the evidence here.”“What?” Julia could not believe his words and moved closer to him.Adrian didn’t explain anything. He put his hand in his pockets, shrugged, and said, “I only need your help with one thing. Do you want to have dinner now?”“Huh?” Julia asked, not understanding what he meant. Before she could respond, Adrian had stopped a cab and told her to get in. He mentioned the name of a French restaurant, and the car abruptly changed direction.Sitting in the passenger seat, Adrian looked out of the window with a sorrowful expression. Meanwhile, Julia didn’t know what was going on or what to do. She leaned closer to him and said, “Can’t we jus
The next morning Stella ran into Irene, the nurse, on her way back to the ward from the cafeteria. She had just turned around once Irene excitedly grabbed her arm and exclaimed,” Stella, we received your surgery fees!”Stella went completely still. She assumed she would not be able to have the surgery and didn’t hold out much hope. So, she was at a loss for words when she received the unexpected news.Noticing that Stella froze, Irene extended her hand and waved it in front of Stella’s face, asking, “What happened? The Dean just arrived and said that doctors will give you a check up in the next few days. Then, you can have the surgery.”“Oh, okay!” Stella regained her composure and smiled, Still, Stella felt that something had gone wrong. She had called Bill several times last night, but he didn’t answer. Coincidentally, she found out this morning that he had given her the money for the surgery. Somehow she had the impression that there was some sort of link between those things.As s
In the prison, Alice emerged from behind the remand prison’s door dressed as a prisoner. Rishan had been waiting for her longer time. He was heartbroken, however, when she saw Alice’s exhausted expression and she realized she was pretending to be calm.Alice sat in front of him and smiled as he teased him, “As a lawyer, you should have seen a lot of situations like this. Why are you still so surprised?”“Are you still in the mood to laugh? It seems Zayden doesn’t have to worry about you that much.” As he said, Rishan snapped back to reality and regained his composure.“You have been here several times, so I know he is worried about me,” Alice explained.“Because you are detained, only your lawyer may visit you,” Rishan immediately said, and he misinterpreted Alice’s meaning.Alice waved her hand and said, “I didn’t mean that. Have you become an overly stressed as Tracy is? Besides, even if they could come to see me, I wouldn’t welcome them. I don’t want Zayden to see me like this righ
Inside a luxurious club in Rose City, a tall and beautiful woman blew a flying kiss to the man at the end of the sofa.After seeing this “signal” the man leered at the beautiful woman with a wicked smile. Then he asked, “Are you flirting with me?”“Of course! I have never met a handsome man like you.” The woman said with a lovely smile. She did, however, appear disgusted with the man for a brief moment.The man then pointed at the woman with his finger. Covering her mouth and laughing softly, the woman walked over to the couch. The moment she sat on the couch, the man rubbed his arm around her waist, and he was surprised that her waist was not as soft as he had anticipated.As if she knew he was confused, the woman leaned her head on the man's shoulder and asked, “What? You don’t like women like me?”“Not at all! I had only dated petite woman before, so I wanted to try something new. Do you work out a lot?” The man grabbed the woman’s waist and exclaimed.The woman put on a sweet smil
“I’m sorry. What did you say?” William asked, frowning.Adrian became enraged and grabbed him by the collar, yelling, “Don’t play dumb. You put the bug in Julia’s bag yesterday, didn’t you? You followed her and stole my flash drive. I know it was you. You gave Jessica that empty flash drive, didn’t you? I bet that you didn’t get anything from her as the flash drive has nothing in it.”As he thought of what happened last night, William was furious. He clenched his fists and asked, “You fooled me!”Adrian gave him a cold look and said, “Don’t think you are a professional spy just because you studied detection in college for few years. I don’t care if you work part-time, but how dare you do something so indecent and horrific? You ruined our Military Academy’s reputation!”William was not surprised that Adrian recognized him, but he appeared irritated at being accused. He screamed, “I didn’t mean to hurt anyone. I have never heard of that Jessica you mentioned. I have taken these missions
“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