Albert nodded his head respectfully. "Very well then, Miss. I'm just worried about you walking alone. Next time, please tell me where you are going so I can protect you next time."Karina nodded her head. She walked further into the house, followed by Albert from behind. Karina immediately held Ludwig, who was playing in Eliz's arms. However, something disturbed Karina's sight. Karina felt something different and said from her eyes.Karina looked back and forth, looking for Earl's whereabouts. Albert, who realized it, immediately approached. "Are you looking for something?""Ah, no." Karina shook her head, hiding it from Albert.Albert knew that Karina was looking for Dustin's whereabouts. He also felt worried for his master, how were they there, he had not gotten any news from Dustin or the other bodyguards.***Two days passed, and Karina was still waiting for information from Alea about the drugs she had taken from Earl's room. Karina was nervous and actually curious about what the
"I'm sorry, Miss. I have to go change my clothes." Earl tried to release Karina's hand grip.However, Karina didn't want to let go of the Earl just like that. "Shut up!"Earl tried to remove Karina's hand from his wrist because he didn't want his identity as Dustin to be known by Karina. "Sorry, Miss. I must change my clothes quickly before Young Master Ludwig wakes up.""Shut up!" Karina snapped at the Earl. Karina was even more curious when she saw the strangeness on the Earl's face.Karina's vision was correct. There was a line on the Earl's face that looked different. Karina swiftly pulled the string, instantly making Earl's face peel off. Karina's eyes widened perfectly when she saw Earl's other face. It wasn't blood she saw, but another layer of skin. Karina's heart skipped a beat.Karina's lips trembled. Her hand covered her gaping mouth. Now, she was terrified to see Earl's skin peeling off bigger when exposed to the water spray from the faucet near them. Suddenly, it made Ka
Dustin widened his eyes, surprised by what Karina did. Karina immediately held Dustin's face and instead looked at him affectionately. Not a look of disgust like Dustin thought. Dustin really couldn't believe it."Listen to me." Karina stared intently at Dustin's two eyeballs. Her tears were no longer flowing. Her voice was still trembling but soft in Dustin's ears. "No matter what state you're in now, I still like you, Dustin. You're still my husband."Dustin closed his eyes while holding Karina's hand. "My face is already ugly, Karina."Karina stroked Dustin's face, right where it was damaged with tenderness. "Regarding your face, everything is advanced. The doctor's equipment will make your face back again, and it's an easy thing to do. You don't need to worry. My love for you has not diminished one bit."Dustin opened his eyes again, seeing Karina's smile that he had seen again after so long. Karina hugged Dustin tightly. Dustin transfixed for a moment, then returned Karina's hug
As morning approached, Karina quickly cleaned herself up and prepared to get dressed for work as usual. After getting dressed, she held Ludwig, who had also woken up. The baby's small laughter filled the room, making Karina happier.Karina landed a warm peck on Ludwig's forehead. "Good morning, Ludwig."Karina's gentle greeting was warmly welcomed by the tiny baby. Karina looked at Ludwig's face, which resembled Dustin's. However, her happy face turned sad when she remembered Dustin, who was reluctant to see him because he thought he would be disgusted. That made Karina feel sad. Even so, she promised that Dustin's face would improve like before.Karina's smile grew again. Karina tickled Ludwig's belly on her lap until the baby laughed happily. Karina remembered that Dustin had also done the same thing to Ludwig. "Ah, so apparently, you can recognize your father, huh? No wonder you're always calm when playing with Earl, who turns out to be your real father. You are indeed a great son,
The criminals opened their eyes and were shocked to find themselves sitting with their bodies bound by ropes in a large, dark, stuffy building. They threw their heads back, looking around. They coughed as they breathed in the dusty air around them."Where is this?" They wondered. The four people were tied together with their backs to each other.They still felt confused about what happened while remembering the last time they entered Kendrick's house before they fainted. "Wait a minute, are you guys thinking the same as me? The one who made us faint and end up in this place."The other two criminals' brows furrowed, remembering the same thing, then nodded in unison. "Yes, we were thinking the same thing."One other villain looked thoughtful. "If I remember correctly, before we fainted earlier, I saw something strange. I saw ....""Saw me you mean?" said a woman who entered the room, cutting off one of the villains.The four villains immediately turned their heads to the origin of the
"N-no. That's impossible. How could you have survived that huge explosion? We've confirmed it ourselves that the explosion was huge and there's no way you could have escaped it!" The criminals didn't think that Dustin was still alive.Dustin smiled at the words of one of the criminals. He had predicted this. The people he and Albert had faced while eliminating all of Edward Katedra's family were a handful of people hired to kill him. Some of those people were also hired guns of the Hover family he had argued with over the mine, resulting in him being in the explosion at the time. Dustin deliberately asked Karina to follow the plan made by them so that Dustin could launch his plan. That's why when the criminals entered the house, Dustin knocked them out by electrocuting them with a shotgun.Dustin again took the gun from his pants pocket, pointing the gun at the faces of the two criminals first. "You don't need to know how I survived death. Now, I will be the grim reaper for all of you
Dustin exhaled again, looking at his father-in-law, who looked shocked like that. Of course, he understood what Jake was feeling. Perhaps the middle-aged man had no idea that Dustin was still alive and had been around them all this time."You're Dustin? You're alive?" Jake's tone trembled. Dustin answered quickly with a nod of his head and a look in his eyes that confirmed that the man before Jake was, indeed, Dustin, his only son-in-law."Wh-what?" A woman's voice in the doorway made Jake and Dustin turn their heads quickly to the voice's origin.Now, it was not only Jake who was there, but Eri also heard the question Jake asked Dustin and saw the answer Dustin gave, especially Dustin's face that Eri could still clearly recognize. Both of Eri's knees felt weak. The middle-aged woman almost fell if she didn't immediately hold on to the doorframe. Eri was utterly shocked and surprised, just like Jake."H-how come?" Eri's tone was just as shaky as Jake's. She strolled toward Dustin. She
Five years later, Ludwig was running around the park laughing happily. The servants were busy trying to chase and catch the little boy. Karina's screams and voice could be heard booming out Ludwig's name."Ludwig! Oh my, that child! Go get him!" Karina motioned to the servants not to stop chasing Ludwig until he was caught.Meanwhile, Albert, who had just come out of the house after finishing his lunch break, was surprised to almost collide with Ludwig. "Ah, I'm sorry, Young Master."Albert let Ludwig escape. Suddenly, he became an easy target for Karina. "Hurry up and catch him, Albert! Why did you just let him go? Come on, hurry up and catch him. He won't eat!" Karina yelled at Albert while pointing at Ludwig, who had just passed before Albert."G-good!" Albert immediately ran, chasing after Ludwig like the other waiters. They were all riled up by Ludwig not wanting to eat lunch."Young Master Ludwig, you must eat. If you don't eat, you won't have any energy." Albert tried to persua
Karina covered her mouth in disbelief at what Dustin had just said. Her eyes filled with tears. She jumped into Dustin's arms."I'm so happy, Dustin." Karina wiped away her tears while releasing a hug from Dustin. She held the man's hand. "Come on, let's go to the hospital now to make sure that your memory has indeed fully recovered."Dustin smiled, then nodded in agreement. "Alright." He also couldn't wait to find out.They quickly got into the car and ordered the driver to go to the hospital where Dustin usually went for medical checkups. As for Ludwig and Agnes, they left it to the bodyguards and nannies to take the sleeping children back home.Along the way, Karina continued to hold Dustin's hand with an indescribable feeling on her face. Her heart kept beating fast, eager to discover if Dustin's memory had fully recovered.When they arrived at the hospital, Dustin was immediately examined by a doctor. All the examination results will be known within the next 2 hours.Karina bit h
They decided to spend time together there, making a campfire on the beach and enjoying the small waves that occasionally came closer.Ludwig was having fun today. He ate the grilled corn and sausages with gusto. "This is fun. This place is also very beautiful and makes me happy."Karina nodded her head. "That's right. Mom is always happy to be here, too." She rested her head on Dustin's shoulder. "Now everything feels complete. This happiness, the children, and our togetherness."Dustin frowned as a memory flashed through his mind. "Ah, yes. I can remember that."Karina smiled happily. They watched Ludwig, who was feeding his new pet dog and looked at Agnes, who was already sleeping peacefully on the trolley.Dustin kissed Karina's forehead warmly. The images and flashbacks in his mind continued to swirl, showing how many memories it would be a shame for him to forget.Ludwig approached them while stroking his stomach, which looked slightly distended from overeating. "Mom, Dad, I'm sl
When they arrived home, they saw Clark waiting at their door. Ludwig and Agnes rushed into the house first, along with their maidservant. Meanwhile, Karina and Dustin approached Clark.Clark immediately stood up and bowed respectfully when he saw them. "Good afternoon. I'm sorry if I'm intruding."Albert immediately lowered his head when he saw Dustin glancing at him. Dustin's gaze seemed to ask why Clark wasn't waiting inside the house. Although Albert knew that Clark was the one who had saved his master, he didn't want to be presumptuous in inviting the white-haired man into the house without Dustin's permission."Not at all. Come on, come in." Dustin touched Clark's back, led him into the house, and sat together in the living room."You should have told me in advance that you were coming here so I wouldn't have gone anywhere and kept you waiting for a long time." Dustin felt bad for making Clark wait for him. He had no idea how long he had been waiting.Clark seemed to exhale softl
Axel bowed his body before Dustin, looking very sorry for this incident. "I apologize for this unpleasant incident."Dustin nodded slowly. "It doesn't matter. It's also my fault as a parent for not paying proper attention to my child."Axel did not expect that something like this would happen at his mall. The problem was it happened to Dustin. Axel felt bad.Dustin looked back, seeing how Ludwig was doing. "Are you okay?" Ludwig nodded his head. Dustin patted Ludwig lightly on the shoulder. "You're a very extraordinary boy. You don't have to fear anything if you're in the right situation."Dustin held his son's shoulders as he leaned over slightly, looking earnestly into his son's face. "If someone else wants to push you down, you have to push them back."Ludwig exhaled softly with a severe face. "Father, don't treat me like a child. Of course, I know that." He folded his arms across his chest. "You saw that yourself, right? I can deal with both of them."Dustin smiled, then hugged Lu
Karina immediately embraced Ludwig's body. The look on her face was one of deep concern. She had been trying to avoid approaching Ludwig, holding back the resentment and anger in her heart towards the man with glasses and his son."Are you okay? No injuries?" Karina watched Ludwig's face and body, who had been pushed several times until he almost fell.Ludwig only answered with a shake of his head.Dustin slammed Nueve's hand down so hard that the man took a few steps back and dropped his glasses. His nearsighted eyes squinted, trying to see who was before him."You're the father of this fucking kid?" Nueve tapped Dustin on the shoulder with the tip of her index finger. "Look at this!" He pointed at his glasses that had fallen to the floor. "You made my glasses fall off. Compensate now!" He clucked in annoyance while holding his head. "Ah, how unlucky I am to have met two damn people like this."Dustin remained silent, looking at Nueve with a sharp gaze. He was holding back his anger
"You've hurt my son." The man's voice was so loud that it scared Ludwig because he had never been yelled at like that by anyone, not even his parents.Ludwig was scolded by the man with glasses. The man's eyes were not good, so he thought that Ludwig was a damn person who abused his son."He's the one who's not careful." Ludwig tried to defend himself. He looked at the boy sharply."Don't be evasive." The boy pushed Ludwig's shoulder, causing Ludwig to take a few steps back. "You're the one who knocked me down." The boy held up his index finger, pointing at Ludwig, seemingly not wanting to take the blame for his actions earlier.Ludwig was waiting in line for his turn to play the basketball game, but since it was filled with kids who were quite a bit older than him, Ludwig decided not to play the game and left. But when he turned around, he accidentally bumped into the boy, knocking him to the floor.It wasn't all Ludwig's fault because the boy he hit was playing with his cell phone,
After breakfast, Karina took Dustin to the office where they used to spend time together doing their work. Dustin looked around and was surprised to see so many reports on the desk.Karina stroked the edge of the brown desk and looked at Dustin. "Actually, this is all your work, but I'm helping you finish it little by little even though it seems like the reports are never finished because they keep adding up every day."Karina picked up one of the files there and opened it, then handed it to Dustin. "Maybe you'll remember it better if you see this."Dustin took the file and looked at Karina. "So, this is all my work?" He did not expect his duties as the head of the Kenderick family to be this extraordinary. He opened the file and skimmed through it. "It's overwhelming and confusing."Karina nodded her head and sat on the table while gently stroking Dustin's shoulder. "At first, I also had a hard time working through all of this, but I forced myself and managed to do it." Karina smiled
Dustin nodded his head. "Yes, I'm fine." He raised both hands while smiling kindly. "As you can see."Clark nodded. He sat on the chair next to Dustin's bed. "I had no idea that you... ah, I mean, you were such a wonderful person." He smiled with a cautious-looking face. "You are the leader of the Kenderick family."Clark looked very awkward in Dustin's presence. Even now, he dared not look directly into Dustin's eyes. He only dared to glance occasionally.Dustin smiled at Clark's behavior, which was different from usual. "Just act normal. Don't be awkward or feel reluctant towards me. I already think of you as my friend."Clark smiled happily as he raised his hand. "This is truly a tremendous honor for me."Dustin shook his head with a soft sigh. "Don't overdo it. Just behave as you normally do. I am deeply indebted to you for taking such good care of me."Clark smiled as he bowed his head for a moment. "It's my duty as a doctor."Clark looked at Dustin. Although Dustin's memories we
Karina released her embrace from Dustin. She wiped away her tears, and then Dustin's hand gently wiped away the remaining tears on Karina's cheeks. The woman's face reddened slightly."So, are you my wife?" Dustin asked again to make sure. He was still not entirely sure because this felt strange to him. Even with all the images in his memory, it felt like something new.Karina nodded her head. "Yes, I am your wife." Karina stroked Dustin's face affectionately. "You are my most handsome husband."Karina's pupils lit up. The longing in her heart for Dustin was so great. She couldn't imagine if Dustin had died in the helicopter crash. She wasn't ready and never would be, especially with Ludwig and Agnes still young. They desperately needed Dustin's love.Karina smiled, lowering her hand carefully. "You are a great person. You protected me under any circumstances. You were even willing to risk your life for me several times." Karina tried to unlock Dustin's memories. "You were very good a