It definitely wasn't love, but it was inching towards it. He was fascinated by her, in love with the idea that she was different from any other woman. And also, he thought of the list.If she made sure his name was on the top level, was it mainly because of business or was there something else?He was being delusional, and he knew it, but he couldn't help himself. He had been trying so hard to not indulge in this idea; he had been trying to focus on something else, to not believe that he was feeling a certain way about her. He wanted nothing to do with her in that manner, and it made him feel very unsettled that she looked so calm about it.As if this had been her plan all along.Kraig opened his mouth to say something, but before his voice could be heard, Tabitha already began to make his way closer to him.The closer she got, the more he got frightened. He got so scared that he would back away from her slowly. He was no doubt scared that this was going to result in something he didn

Kraig took in a deep breath. The last thing he wanted to do was talk to her, and it wasn't because he had slept with someone else, but because he had totally given up on whatever the two of them used to have. Though he wanted to understand that she was mentally not in a good place, that was not a reason to treat him like that. No matter how hard he tried to reach out, the space he had given her, she still didn't want him. She still played with his feelings. He loved her, but he was just not ready to deal with her. And truthfully, he didn't think he would ever be ready for such. She was just making it too hard for him. Kraig didn't move like how he would do normally; as he turned around and saw her, he remained in that position, his facial expression changing into one that was unreadable to her. Seeing this action of his, she realized that he may still harbor some resentments regarding what happened between them. But it wasn't her fault. Though what she had been through wasn't someth

Jade had run so fast that she didn't see Wynn standing there by the door. She had overheard their conversation. She hated the fact that Kraig did not come to her to confide in her, but rather he had gone to Jade. She understood the reason why Jade had to know, but something in her wanted him to come to her first.But he didn't.Rather, they had argued, talked against each other, and eventually ended up hurting each other by their words.However, after coming across this knowledge that his frustration had not been just from talking to her, she felt rather hopeful. She felt that maybe with her presence, he was going to feel better.She wanted to make him feel better. She wanted to make him smile.This must be how he felt when she was raped.Her heart fell.He had such pure emotions in his heart for her, but all she did was push him away regardless of whether or not she wasn't in a place where she was rational. The only thing that she should've possessed then was kindness, but she had no

Christian looked at the profile intensely; he found the address, but unfortunately, it wasn't an address from here."This is from another country," he said to Daniel."Why don't we look up the address; surely there may be something about it."Christian agreed, and then he did just that. He typed in the address to be searched, and then a picture of a house shows up, a small house, and it looked to be situated in a very broken-down neighborhood.Christian showed it to Daniel who rolled his eyes, "don't tell me that she's trying to cook up a story that she came from a poor background."Christian shrugged, "the mother is dead, but there's no record of the father.""No record?" Daniel asked again."This fake profile shouldn't have this many holes in it; do you think it's fake?"Daniel doesn't say anything; what Christian assumed was the truth actually, it was surprising for a fake profile to have this many holes in it. Normally, everything was perfect, but having no record of the father an

Kraig looked around the room. It never occurred to him that these women were acquainted with each other. He suddenly felt like an idiot. He had gone around the hospital searching for the woman he had seen. Though all evidence made it seem as if he had imagined her, he knew damn well that that image was too clear, too real to have been simply imagined, so he went in search.This ward, this place next to this woman was the last place he thought she would be. He had come here in search of Carolene to inform her that Jade was already out of the operation ward.He had had a talk with the doctor and was told that Jade wasn't in any danger. The bullet had gone through her shoulder. There weren't any notable injuries, nothing really malignant. He wanted to tell Carolene those things, but upon seeing Tabitha in there, he was surprised, taken aback, unable to understand what the relationship was.However, seeing as Tabitha just stood on a spot, with her fingers wrapped around her bag, looking p