It was quite obvious what Anna was trying to do. She was trying to stake a claim. The claim was that she wanted to prove openly that Cory was her boyfriend."Anna!" Cory could not take it anymore. He has been quiet all along because he understood what she was trying to do, but now he was clueless. He wouldn't let her drag him into something that he might regret later. "Come with me." He held her by the wrist and led her away from Sheiley and Harry. "What's all this about?" He asked, finally letting go of her. They were about a couple of distance away from the couple."I don't know what this feeling is, Cory." Anna answered, staring him in the eyes. "But I put my trust in you. I believe that you have the potential to become a great person if you allow yourself to break out of the barrier of the mind." Anna said. Cory didn't know what to say to this. He had asked her an entirely different question, and she was saying something else. "Okay. Thank you." Cory nodded firmly, not will

To Cory, it seemed as though the more moments he spent with Anna, the more she tried to confuse him. For a split second, he could have thought she was trying to pull a prank on him, but looking at how serious and intentional her facial expression was, he realised that she meant every word she had just said. "Although you were able to detect the poison, how can we guarantee that I will be really safe henceforth?" Anna asked. "What do you mean?" Cory was trying not to miss the point that she was trying to stress. "My father owns so many thugs. In short, he owns a myriad of them. Yet the multitude of thugs he has couldn't protect me from the poison. Even I didn't know how I could have been poisoned, let alone the thugs." She went silent for quite a while. "You are the only one who found out about it. If I have you around me all the time, then I won't have to worry about my safety. Because..." She lowered her voice as she walked closer to him. She didn't want her driver to hear what

Cory rose to his feet. At this moment, he felt really refreshed and light. Although when he had seen the trance, his heart was engulfed heavily by sadness, but it felt like something took all the gloom away. It was as though a light had shone out of nowhere on his whole existence. There was a hint of pain that lingered in his heart, but because the sadness had vanished, he couldn't hold on to it. The disappearance of his father must have taken all his sadness away. He walked out of the bathroom and got dressed up. His stomach was beginning to make some funny noise. He hadn't had anything to eat since the day broke. It was such a long day for him. He knew that he would have to take time for himself and have a recount of everything that had happened to him since the beginning of today. He settled in one of the couches and shut his eyes for a while. He took in as much deep breaths as possible in order to clear his head. Whatever he was about to do right now would impact his decision

Cory walked away. "Come back here!!! Where do you think you are going?" Sheiley screamed so loudly her throat would tear. She was caught between the claws of chasing Cory and going to attend to her boyfriend. She couldn't believe what had just happened, yet she knew that she had to decide quickly. She stopped in her tracks, panting heavily as she watched Cory walk away. She gritted her teeth, her face turning red, yet she couldn't do a thing. When she heard Harry groaning behind her, she quickly turned around and hurried to him. "Babe. Are you alright?" She reached out to help him up. "Don't touch me!" Harry knocked her hand off, slowly getting up on his feet. Sheiley was stunned by his reaction. This would be the second time that he would treat her this way. Harry felt pain all over his body as he stood up tall. It was obvious that a couple of bones had been broken in his body."Where is that bastard?" Harry wanted to run after Cory. When he made the first two steps, a sever

There was a dead silence that paced the whole restaurant. The people really didn't understand what the status of the situation was. When Cory had announced that he would pay for everyone, the pretty lady had thought that he was saying it to save face, and that was why she had been following him closely from behind. But now that Cory had stopped at the counter and announced to the waitress that he would like to pay, she couldn't begin to imagine her disbelief. "You really are going to keep pretending?" The lady scorned, standing just behind him. Cory felt no reason to look at her. He just wanted to pay and leave immediately. "This is not too late. You can still swallow your pride and come to your senses. Do you think this is a joke? Is your crush around? Are you trying to impress her, or do you think -""Shut up!!" Cory spun around, snapping at her. The lady gasped when he snapped at her. She could never have imagined that Cody would be brazen enough to yell at her. She was suppo