"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
Zane, Williams and Alice returned back to the dining room. "Sorry I brought someone into your home without informing you." Zane apologized to Sarah. Sarah waved his hand at him with a smile, "Oh, you don't have to worry about that. Your friend is your friend and it's our pleasure that he stepped foot into our property." Williams, who had no idea what was happening, smiled back at her while Collette's face darkened. She couldn't believe her grandmother's behavior. She was so quick to take in Zane and his friend simply because Zane came from a wealthy family and since Williams was his friend, it was also very likely he came from a wealthy family as well. "It's getting late. I think it's time we go home." Collette said aloud, glancing at her wristwatch. "It's late. Would you and your friend like to stay the night?" Alice asked Zane, ignoring Collette's remark. Zane shook his head as he glanced lovingly at Collette, "I came with Mrs. Huxley, so it doesn't seem fair I spend the nigh
"I think it's time you divorce Adair and settle down with someone else. Take Zane for example, I see the way he looks at you. And I'm sure he must have feelings for you!" Those were the first thing Layla said as soon as they got into the house. Collette, who was still upset about what happened in the Pitt's mansion, gritted her teeth and said, "Oh, yeah? Is that why you said nothing when grandma accused me of sexually satisfying him?" "There was nothing wrong with what she said. In my opinion, she was only trying to know the details of what happened, just like any other mother would want to." Layla huffed, defending herself. Collette scoffed and headed up the stairs. However, she stopped when Benjamin called out to her. "Collette." She froze and stopped, but didn't turn to look at him. She was still aware he was utterly disappointed that she had married Adair, so she wasn't expecting his next words, "I apologize for myself and on behalf of your mother." "What are you doing, Benja
"Are you sure you're alright?" Halsey felt that was the hundredth time Adair was asking her that question. And just like she had always said, she nodded her head with a smile, "I'm really fine, Adair." Adair stared at her for a long time before proceeding to tuck her to bed. "You should rest now, Halsey. If you feel different or see anyone in your room, just scream my name and I'll hear you." Halsey nodded and watched him leave the room. Outside, Adair saw a worried Collette pacing to and fro. She rushed up to him immediately. "Is she okay?" She asked worriedly. "Yes, it wasn't blood. It was some sort of juice she had for lunch at school. She got some on her way back." Adair smiled reassuringly. Collette nodded absentmindedly, her mind going back to what happened an hour ago. "It's fine. They won't be back. I promise." Adair promised, drawing her close to him. Collette nodded fearfully and engulfed her hand around his neck. After what he did, she felt safer in his arms. "But