Adair was stopped by a doctor as he walked back to the hospital ward. The doctor looked him over like though trying to see through him. "Are you Adair Huxley?" The doctor asked, adjusting his spectacles. Adair first raised one of his eyebrows before agreeing with a nod of his head. "Yes, I am." "I also take it you're the son-in-law of Benjamin Pitt?" The doctor asked again and Adair nodded again. "Oh, his family is in his ward right now and have searched the whole hospital more than thrice for you. Where have you been?" His family? Adair pursed his lips and walked past the doctor without a word. He got to Benjamin's ward and peeked inside to see the entire Pitt family inside the ward. Collette and Layla were situated in the middle and for some reason, the discussion seemed to be about them. Adair didn't stay long at the door because Trevor looked his side and called him out instantly. The rest of the family turned their attention towards the door and Adair was forced to open th
Collette walked out of her room fully dressed and in search of Adair. She met Halsey eating in the dining. "Good morning, Collette!" Halsey greeted as soon as she sighted Collette. Collette returned the smile. She first walked to the kitchen, but didn't see who she was meeting for. "Where's Adair?" She asked, returning back to the dining. "I don't know. I met my breakfast here with a note from him saying he has somewhere to be early in the morning." Halsey responded with a mouthful. She paused and pointed at something on th table. "I think he left a note for you as well." "He did?" Collette frowned, reaching for the paper. "I'll come pick you up after work. I have an early morning job interview to attend to." She read out the words on the paper before a smile lit up her face. "Collette, tomorrow is your grandmother's birthday and our family has been invited!" Collette heard Layla exclaim loudly from the living room. Collette frowned again. After the incident with her father at
Jared's Bar The bar was bustling just like every other day when the door opened and a familiar tall figure waltzed in. Adair's eyes went straight to the bar attendant who was busy serving drinks before he walked up to the counter. Almost immediately, Jared appeared behind the cotton, putting on the bar's uniform. He assisted his bar attendants in serving drinks to customers. Adair walked up to him and sat directly opposite him. "A glass of bourbon, please." Adair said and Jared raised his eyes at the familiarity of the voice. When he recognized Adair, he couldn't help but smile. "It's you..umm.. Collette's husband, what's the name again?" "Adair Huxley." Adair responded, a small smile creeping onto his face. "Welcome to my bar, Adair." Jared smiled, reaching out his hand for a handshake. Adair reached out and took it. Afterward, Jared turned to grab a bottle of bourbon. As Jared filled a glass, he asked, "I'm surprised to see you. And at the same time, I'm shocked that you vi
"CVPD!" Someone suddenly yelled and the door to the bar was kicked open. Jared's eyes widened in shock when he saw the police and he immediately tried to run. Unfortunately for him, his bar attendant, who was a spy the cops had planted in the bar initially, tackled him to the ground. "No one moves!" A female voice yelled and every movement in the bar stopped. Adair didn't turn to look at them, but he had his eyes pinned sharply on Jared. Meanwhile, Jared tried to fight the hands of the man pinning him to the ground away. "Get your hands off me! You have no right to come into my bar and arrest me!" The undercover cop ignored his incessant rambling and held him up for a woman who was walking towards them. Jared gritted his teeth angrily when he saw her and spat out. "You don't have a warrant, do you?" "Hello, Jared. Nice to meet you again." The woman merely smiled. From her tone, others around could sense this wasn't the first time the duo was meeting. She dug out something from
Dame EnterpriseZane, who took his assignment of watching Collette's every move very seriously, stood in a far corner watching her converse with a fellow colleague when he was pulled aside by Iris. "What is it? Or do you have money to give me?" Zane asked, excitement evident in his eyes. Iris hissed and took out the stake from somewhere. Zane flinched, moving back in shock. "What are you doing with that?" "Obviously not planning to stab you with it." She scoffed and extended it towards him, "Can you read the Aramaic writing on it?" Zane cautiously took it and flipped the part containing the writing to his face. "It's not a writing, it's just the name of an ancient tribe back then." He responded, still looking it over. "That's it?" Iris asked in surprise and he nodded. When he realized there was something off about her expression, she looked up at her and asked, "I can see the blood on it, did you kill someone with it?" "No. Adair found it in the heart of the last vampire I tu
"What did you say happened to your face?" Collette asked in distress as she watched Gabriel and Adair get attended to by a nurse. "We were attacked on our way back." Adair responded. "You were? And how is it possible you and my father were together?" Collette couldn't stop herself from hissing. "I got into trouble again when I went to gamble. Adair found me right on time and put himself in danger to save me." Benjamin chose to butt in at that moment. Collette was first stunned that her father had taken the initiative to speak to her before she found her tongue.*"That is what happened? It's a good thing you were around that area, Adair." Collette said, jumbling the words together in excitement. Adair's eyes rested on Zane who stood by the door with a bored expression. "Is that your friend?" He asked and Collette nodded immediately. Feeling Adair's eyes were accusing her, she quickly sat next to him and went ahead to explain, "He's a colleague at work. He has helped me so many t
The Pitt's family manor The entire room was silent as the rest of the family kept glancing towards the direction of Benjamin and his family. "So, Collette, I heard you got a job in Dame's Enterprise." Sarah was the first to say something. Collette who hadn't been able to swallow down a lettuce which had been in her mouth for several minutes, grabbed the serviette beside her and spat it out. Then she looked up at Sarah and nodded. However, before she could say anything, Layla beat her to it. "Collette was hired as a supervisor which means she has a very fat salary. And this young man here–" She paused and let everyone stare at Zane who sat beside her, eyes roving the place. Then she continued, "Can you believe he drives a Bugatti?! And not only that, Collette even had the privilege of riding with him!" The rest of the family gasped in shock. They had all seen the Bugatti drive into the compound and wondered who it was. They all knew it wasn't less than two million dollars and tha
It happened so soon, but the next thing Alice saw was Zane grabbing a figure. She didn't quite see his face, but the shimmering obviously sharp knife this figure held caused a cold shiver run down her spine. "Don't move, miss." Zane ordered Alice without looking at her. "But this man is obviously dangerous. I think I should inform the rest of the family." Alice responded in a surprising defiant voice. Not that she wasn't scared, but she still dared to put on a show of being someone ideal to Zane. Zane scoffed when he made sense of her line of thought. So far, the only brilliant person from this family was Collette. "They won't help. So please don't move." Zane still said. After a while, he added, "Do me a favor and turn your back against me." Glancing behind him, he caught sight of her twirling. He turned his attention back to the man in front of him, a smile gracing his face. "She sent you, didn't she?" He scoffed. His voice was way too low that even the quiet corridor didn't