Josephine’s heart softened at Zayne’s pitiful expression. Taking over the ointment, her face flushed as she applied it over his behind. Zayne could not help but laugh at Josephine’s beet red cheeks. “Why are you so shy? You do know that there won’t be any hiding between us after we get married, right?” Using her hands, she covered his face.“Okay, okay. I’ll stop.” Zayne stopped teasing. Chirp, chirp, chirp.The sound of birds singing drifted through the quiet park. Sighing, Zayne lifted his head to stare at the scenery outside the windows. “The Tourmaline Estate is beautiful. What a quiet and pleasant place as well. I’d say it’s quite the paradise.’ However, Josephine sounded uneasy when she spoke, “Both Uncle Jacob’s and Uncle James’ illegitimate children have become adults in these few years. Every year they use the Grand Old Master’s birthday to make themselves known to the world with all sorts of oppression.” Pausing for a while, she continued, “Tomorrow will be Gran
Rain fell harder. There were no roads in front of her for it was densely packed with bushes after bushes that never seemed to end. Pushing the bushes apart with both her hands, Rose found footprints the other woman left behind and trudged on with difficulty.After quite some time, she had finally walked out of the thorny bushes only to stand in front of a uniquely designed mushroom house. ‘Why are there buildings of such styles here?’ Dazed, Rose paced back and forth in front of the mushroom house. She was curious about the world behind those doors, yet afraid that it would lead her to pieces of truth that she should not be aware of. In the end, curiosity overtook Rose and she pushed the small door of the house. Thanks to her small body, she was able to climb in.It was dark inside, but she could vaguely tell that the room was spacious from the little bouts of light the hole in the door provided. Groping her way through the dark, Rose found that the inside of the dome reminde
The man suddenly raised a syringe. “This is a drug we’ve just invented. We need someone to test it out on. How does being our lab rat sound?” At that, the man walked toward Rose and injected the syringe into her arm before she knew it. Then, the man took a skull necklace out of his breast pocket and waved it in front of Rose. “I’ve got to hypnotize you as well. I need to implant new memories into you…” the man spoke sinisterly. Rose’s gaze landed on the skull necklace. It belonged to Jaybie. Why did this man have the same necklace? “Who are you?”“Curiosity kills the cat, Miss.” The drug began to take effect not too long after… Rose felt her consciousness begin to slip. With a thud, Rose fell onto the floor. “Well, that was fast. What weak willpower.” The man kept the necklace. “This means that the effectiveness of our new drug has been greatly enhanced.” “Bring her away. Watch her after she wakes for abnormalities and send her out if all is good.” “Yes, Sir.”
Intimidated by Jay, Zayne had no other choice but to compromise and search for her together with him in the heavy storm. “Rose…” Jay hollered from the top of his voice. Zayne’s lips tugged into a mocking smile at the other’s discomfort. Karma was a b*tch. This had got to be Jay’s payback for forsaking Angeline. Jay shot Zayne who stood still like a puppet with an infuriating glare. “You have a mouth, right? Use it to call for her.” Zayne wiped off the droplets on his face, revealing a taunting expression underneath. “Now do you understand the pain of losing a loved one, Master Ares?” “Cut the nonsense. Finding her takes priority.” There was no way Zayne would listen to Jay. Watching the other care so much for Rose, Zayne could not help but feel frustrated for Angel. “Let me ask you, Master Ares. Had you loved my sister Angel at all back then?” “Now is hardly the time to talk about this.” Jay searched left and right. Zayne’s suppressed flames of fury ignited at t
Jay’s handsome face was ashen. He had suspected this before. However, when he got out of the ICU, Angeline’s funeral was already completed. Every evidence of the investigation was also destroyed… He had to accept that her death was caused by an accident.Still, his exceptional rationality and calmness brought him back to his senses. “Zayne, don’t waste any more time. We have an emergency on our hands, which is to find Rose. Once we find her, I’m sure that she can answer any doubts you have in your heart!”Jay shoved Zayne’s hand away and ran forward.Zayne hesitated before saying, “Rose knows the answers? Bullsh*t! You’re obviously playing me by taking me for a fool.”Zayne ignored Jay’s request to split up. Instead, he tailed him. He wanted to know what secrets Rose held. Jay went round and round within Fragrant Vessel Court, his clothes completely soaked. However, he still could not find Rose. Even so, he had no notion to give up just yet. Zayne took off his shirt and cover
Jay’s eyes were somber as he said, “I believe in you.”Zayne was somewhat touched by his blind confidence. Throughout his entire life, this was the first time someone highly regarded him. Furthermore, that someone was the crown prince of Imperial Capital. Zayne felt out of place. “What if… What if… I fail?”Jay’s gaze pierced right through him. “What if I tell you that Rose is Angeline? Now, do you still want a taste of failure?”The other man froze like a statue. After a long pause, Zayne excitedly removed the laurel on his head and grasped Jay’s hand. “You could even come up with such a lame excuse just to coax me into searching someone, huh?”Jay replied, “This is the truth.”Although Zayne thought that this was ridiculous, this matter was too important. He lowered himself and asked Jay, “Can you give me a good reason to believe you?”“The difference between Rose before and after the accident is staggering. The Rose we know now has all of Angeline’s skills and abilities.”
Jay arrived at the area and gave orders for a chopper to rescue the people trapped in the middle of the fire. He then went into the scene of the fire and guided the panicked visitors out in an orderly fashion.John was also following orders, yet he scolded him, “Jay, you’re mad. You have a death wish! How could you personally come in and give orders? Whose life here is more important than yours?”However, no one knew what Jay was thinking as he rushed into the sea of flames. “What are you looking at? Do you have a death wish?” John snatched the hose from a fireman nearby and sprayed it at Jay.Soon, Jay emerged from the inferno while carrying someone on his back.Thick smoke blanketed the scene. John escorted him out of the area. After 40 minutes or so of burning, the blaze was finally put out. Jay gave instructions to John on how to deal with the aftermath. “Investigate the source of the fire, which guests resided in rooms affected by the fire, and also… Catch that arson
Rose’s mind flooded with a horrific scene of Jay wanting to harm her...Was he testing her?Rose maintained her tone, “Even if you put a magnet on me, I can’t escape from your grasps.”As she lifted her wrist, her timer was gone. Rose shrieked with frenzy, “Ah, where’s my timer?”She glared at him angrily, saying, “You tricked me. You took the timer off of me, so does that mean that you gave your body for nothing?”Gave his body for nothing? Jay’s temple twitched intensely. She grabbed the towel beside her, wrapped herself in it, and got out of the tub before rushing outside, not noticing that a savage expression had slowly surfaced across Jay’s face. A sudden punch to the surface of the water formed countless ripples, splashing water on his face. Perhaps something more sinister was behind the incident that happened to Rose. He felt terribly uneasy.She had selective amnesia!Rose rushed downstairs, sat on the sofa, and held the teacup shakily to drink its contents. Afte