*** ***After his meeting, Alex booked a hotel to stay the night, making immediate plans to work on Mrs Bruce idea to man up. "What are you going to do?" Devin asks, slicing an apple for Alex. "What else? Go and meet Alina. Have a talk with her.""Okay... Nice idea.""I know right. I won't go back to the hospital until I've spoken to her and won the silent battle between me and that other guy.""Your life is important.""Alina is more important, my life with her is more important.", "Oh.." Devin pursed his lips, If Alex continued this way, no doubt he is going to lay dead in days."Hand over my phone, let me send her a message to meet me up or wherever she wants me to pick her up." Alex said, collecting his phone. "From what I've seen, it won't work that way with her.""Well a man got to try, yeah?"He sends a message to Alina requesting for a meet up. "She's read it!" He squealed, "and she's typing too." "Oh.." Devin muttered in surprise, "I didn't see that coming.""Maybe sh

*** *** ***Devin stood outside the restaurant, wondering of he should enter or not. He had tracked the address after Alex ditched him in the hotel this morning. According to his phone, they had checked in two hours ago but if things were going well, he wouldn't want to mess it up. But still, he could peep.Deciding he wants to just check out how it's going on, he enters the restaurant stealthily and finds Alex struggling to get up, bleeding profusely from his head.Devin rushed to his side worriedly."What happened?" He asks."That fvcking b!tch!" Alex swore under his breath."She did this to you?" "Who else if not her and her crazy husband!!!! They ganged up and used me. I should have known but they played their cards well!!""Let's get you to the hospital." Devin said, trying to get him up.Alex pushed him away angrily, "no!! Leave me alone. They must pay for what they did.""But you love Alina, will you hurt her?""I can't hurt her, I'll never hurt her, but she'll be punished

*** *** ***Ryan's phone kept ringing non stop, it was Alex. "It's must be pretty urgent for whoever it is to keep calling.""It's nothing."The phone starts ringing again."You're sure you don't want to answer that?"Ryan doesn't say anything, instead he answers the call. "What is it?" "Are you okay? Maybe internal bleeding? Although my Intel said you look fine, I want to be sure you are fine." "Ice cream, an hour time." Ryan said crisply and hung up.Ryan made sure to escort Alina back come and made a cup of warm tea before heading out..."How was your meeting with Trish?" "Went well as expected. She's really hoping you would buy the company and not disappoint. I think she has a history of people disappointing her at the ends."Ryan stared away smugly, putting a spoon of ice cream in his mouth. They were outside the ice cream parlor, by the side of the road"Hmmm... So she bought everything?""Yes.""Have you told her yet that she'll be helping you with money?""No, I only

*** *** ****Alex knelt down before his father, in pain.His head was bandaged and there was a newspaper on the floor between them."Are you going to tell me the truth now?" Mr Morbian boomed, "How you were so careless.""I'm sorry dad!!""Sorry is not going to cut it Alex!! I want the truth."Alex kept mute, fidgeting on his knees. It doesn't matter how old he is, his father always make him feel like a baby and doesn't fail to treat him as one."I don't believe you left the hospital to pick up a fight. How the heck did the media found out you were in a fight?"Alex swallowed but doesn't say anything. He had read the news. It came out that night on that day. There was a video and it didn't quite catch Ryan's face, only his which makes it all annoying.He didn't need anyone to tell him it was one of those waitresses that made the video.It made him wonder, if they had a video on how he insisted himself on Alina and if whoever it was, was keeping it to blackmail him. He's gonna have to

*** *** ***"Just forget it." Alina said instead, "The most important thing is that you are trying to get me divorced when you know I'm clearly against it!!""I am merely helping you here.""Are you not ashamed!!?""No, I am not." "Get out of my house Zara.""Fine, I'll talk to that murderer first. Maybe that's what I should have done before coming here! It would have open your eyes clearer.""Don't you dare Zara!!" Alina warned."You are not going to stop me Alina, since you don't want to help yourself, I'll help you!!" "Zara Chun!!" Alina screamed. "Yes? Alina Madison Bruce." "You are not going to talk my husband!!" "You mean murderer?? Who knows who is the next person on his list. Could be you but you are too blind to see anything." Alina groans in frustration, instantly regretting her decision to open the door. "Just leave Zara, leave me to my thoughts. I've suffered enough than to add you to the list of things bothering me.""No... You are still suffering dear, and you'r