Ryan laughed. "Mr Carson, your father, and I are friends. You know what it would feel like if we date?"
Piper shook her head. Somewhere deep in her heart was a familiar feeling. One she had grown used to wherever she had anything to do with guys. Hurt."It would feel like incest," Ryan said. "And it would be awkward."Piper burst out laughing, and Ryan joined her."You know, I was just fooling around. Do you think I can date you?"Ryan smiled too. "I knew you were joking."Piper tried to smile. She tried not to let the fucking tears forming in her eyes to fall. She blinked repeatedly and picked at her food."I am off to the restroom. I'll be back," she heard Ryan say. She nodded. She couldn't look at him.Some hours ago when Ryan had hugged her after the incident with the tailers, she had felt Ryan was the guy for her. She had thought she had finally met someone she wou"You are the worst liar I have ever met," Stephanie said.Ryan snapped out of his fantasy. He loved a different Stephanie. The Stephanie he loved back then is gone. This Stephanie standing in front of him is the one who moaned another man's name while they were… damn it. A frown caressed his face as he remembered that night."What does it matter to you who I date? Do you think we are still married?" Ryan asked.Stephanie laughed. She staggered. Ryan thought she was going to fall but she maintained her balance after some moment."You… have I ever told you?" She laughed. "You're cute when you're angry." She staggered again."Don't threaten me with divorce. You…" she laughed again. "You can't divorce me. You love me. Like… love me so much."Ryan shook his head. Just how much did she drink to get this drunk? She is very good at handling alcohol. "Ryan… you… we can't be divorced. Huh?" She
Brenda came in after the door had been opened. She looked at Ryan. Stephanie was leaning on him, her head on his shoulder. She bit back the disappointment nagging her. When she had gotten Ryan's call, the last thing she had expected he would talk about was Stephanie. After everything Stephanie has done to him, she found it hard to believe Ryan would still want to have anything to do with her. "What happened?" She asked, taking her eyes off Stephanie's back. "I think she is drugged." Brenda wanted to ask Ryan what his business was with Stephanie. For all she cared, Stephanie might as well go to hell! But she didn't say all that, she fixed her eyes on Ryan instead. She came here because of him, not her. "For how long have you been here, waiting?" She asked, looking around the little restroom. She ignored whatever it was at the back of her mind wondering what might have happened between Ryan and Stephanie while they stayed here. "Not long. You came right on time." Ryan sta
Had Piper left without waiting for him? He went back outside and dialed Piper's number. She didn't answer the call.He tried calling her repeatedly but it was still the same. She wasn't answering the call.Why would she have gone instead of waiting for him? Not knowing what to do, he tried calling her number again, this time, it was switched off.He frowned. Switched off? Is she upset or something?With a frustrated hiss, he started toward the road to find a cab. That temper of Piper can be really annoying. What was so difficult for her to wait until he was back? After the hectic day he had, he couldn't believe he had to deal with Piper's attitude being like this. While he searched for a cab, he glanced at the parking lot. The exact place he had parked the Ferrari. Was it possible that Piper had left on her own? He frowned, thinking about the possibility of Piper leaving on her own.
She swallowed hard. What the fuck was happening? "What's the fuck is happening?" She snapped."Shh. Don't raise your voice," Anderson whispered. For a man in his position to look that scared, Piper's heart beat faster against her ribs."We've been kidnapped," he whispered again.Piper wasn't ready to believe that but looking at how rough and dirty his white suit had become, she couldn't help but… believe a bit of what he was saying."You've been unconscious for a long time," Anderson added."How long?""I'm not sure. I'm relieved that you are awake," Anderson said.Piper looked around the room again. There was no door at the entrance of the room. Shs glanced at Anderson. He seemed to have followed her eyes and knew what she was thinking of."I already checked. There is a door in the other room.""Have any of the bastards who brought us here com
At that moment, she remembered the incident of the SUVs that had been on their tail. Ryan had been so calm about everything as if he expected it. She felt like a fool for having believed Ryan was a calm guy. A good man. A great big brother. A part of her still felt there might be a misunderstanding somewhere and that Anderson might not know the Ryan she was talking about. "Anderson, are you fucking sure of all these?" Piper found herself asking, even though it sounded stupid to her ears."Actually, I don't have any intention of convincing you about anything. I just… I felt I should let you know about your boyfriend." Piper glanced at Anderson, she wanted to tell him off to hell for telling her all that stuff about Ryan but she bit back all the cuss in her throat when she saw the hurt in his face."I'm fucking sorry. I didn't mean that."Anderson turned his back to her. For a moment, no one said an
As she stared at him, Piper saw the anger… was that anger? Fuck. What she was seeing in Ryan's eyes was pure fury. It might have been for a second, but Piper realized that she didn't entirely believe all what Anderson had told her."Once we kill Ryan, I will make sure to fuck you until you lost the use of your legs." Ryan heard the man grabbing Piper's hair say.Piper must have been screaming before… She couldn't tell, her throat ached. She heard a loud scream when she saw Ryan moving toward them. She couldn't tell if the scream was from her or not "Run, brother Rye. Run, they're going to kill you!" She couldn't believe the loud shout was from her, all she knew was that the shout conveyed what was on her mind.Barely had Ryan heard Piper's shout for him to run when some men surrounded him. He couldn't tell where they had come from. He couldn't count them. All he noticed was that they surrounded him, holding clubs in their hand
The man was slightly surprised by Ryan's gut to hold the steel pipe. With his second hand, he held the pipe at the other end, making Ryan's hand to be in the middle.It all happened in a flash; Ryan twisted the pipe, the man held tightly to it. The snapping of the bone in the man's wrist as Ryan twisted harder, the fear in the man's green eyes as he tried to understand what was happening.The first thing Ryan had learnt about life when it comes to dealing with an enemy was to leverage on his enemies' fears. And that was what he did. He suddenly let go of the pipe. Due to the man's tight grip on the pipe, he flew across the room. It was as if all the forces holding him, the force of friction making it position for the green eyes man to remain on his feet had gone against his favour. His flying body finally found rest at the corner of the room. His body lay still on the floor.All the other men in the room had been discussing an
Ryan had picked up a club in a swift movement and had swung it at the man. It didn't only knock off the knife from the man's grip, it also hit the man's hand, creating a gash in the man's wrist. Ryan didn't wait for the man to process what was happening, he kicked him, sending him flying across the room just like the first man. The man screamed and a moment later, everything was quiet. As quiet as the early hours of the morning could be.Scar-face watched in horror as the last of his men lay dead on the floor. He walked backward as Ryan came toward him. Who would have believed this man had these great skills when he was lured here. He had only been informed that Ryan was quite dubious, there had been no information about him having this great skill to handle all his men.Seeing the determination in Ryan's eyes, scar-face resolved to the last thing he could do. If that didn't work then he is gone but he would damn well make sure it bloody wo