Adair walked into the house to see his mother-in-law heartily trying out the numerous clothes on the chairs. Layla raised his eyes to see who walked in and her smile was instantly wiped off. "Ah, if only you were wealthy, I would've had no problem with you. But you're just a useless son-in-law." She mumbled underneath her breath. Benjamin walked into the living room at the same time, his eyes settled on Adair and they glanced at each for a few seconds. "Benjamin, look how beautiful this dress is!" Layla exclaimed, holding up the dress for Benjamin to see. Benjamin wasn't all enthusiastic about being shown the so-called beautiful dresses, but he knew he'd be inviting an earful if he refused. Hence, he could only force out a smile and sit right beside her. "It really is." Adair took the opportunity to escape. He pushed the door open and met the unusual sight of his wife on her bed, going through a novel. "How did your interview go?" He asked with a smile.However, unlike before,
Next DayCollette dressed up an enthusiastic Halsey for school. "Are you sure your head isn't hurting? Like no stings or sudden pangs of pain?" Collette asked worriedly. "I'm fine, Collette. In fact, I feel better than when I was healthy before." Halsey grinned. Collette sighed and reached out to touch her head. "I still find it strange. What if it's a side effect?" "I'll be fine, Collette. I'm almost late to school." Halsey squeaked, hugged Collette and rushed out of the room. "Wait for me in the car." Collette heard Adair's voice behind her and swirled around to see him standing behind her. "Is anything the matter?" He asked worriedly, but she shook her head. "Nothing. I was just helping Halsey get ready for school." She denied. He stared at her for a few minutes before he nodded. She didn't want to say it, but he knew she was anxious about the high school reunion they'd be going to in a few hours. "I'll get some groceries on my way back after dropping off Halsey." He infor
Adair's eyes darkened, but he did nothing other than gently drop the lamp holder. Layla, who saw his eyes darken, flinched for a moment, but continued screaming like a mad woman the very next second. "Go ahead, hit me! Ignore the fact that I'm your mother-in-law and hit me!" She was acting unreasonable and since Adair had always been a patient man, he turned and headed straight to his room. He opened the door where he saw Collette seated before her computer, typing something on it. No, it looked like she was typing something on it, but in truth, she actually wasn't. Her fingers hovered above the keyboard, shaking. "Please, forgive my mother." She apologized after a few seconds passed. "Don't apologize, wife. Your mother is now my mother. And I understand the reason why she hates me. After all, I did take her chance of having a wealthy son-in-law." Adair hushed softly, moving close to her. Collette said nothing else for a while before she spoke up again, "Henry Devon looked lik
Although the Devons weren't a first tier family, they were close to being a first tier family. His golden locks, lanky body and perfect height made him the ideal type for girls. And because people didn't fail to tell him how handsome he was, he was prideful. He strolled into the room fully with his two bodyguards, eye-searched for somewhere to sit and walked towards it. Coincidentally, it was directly opposite Collette. He looked up and locked eyes with Collette. Then he scoffed, "No one told me this whore was here with her befitting husband." No one dared to correct him, except Aster. Although Collette hadn't shared the real reason she refused to get married to a seemingly perfect man like Henry, Aster knew it must be something really bad. After all, her best friend was a very good judge of character. "Little wonder why she couldn't put up with you. If I were her, I would've killed you and gone to jail." Aster spat out with raw hatred. Henry tilted his head a little towards the
"This reunion isn't a medium for us to kill ourselves. I beg that everyone calms down." Jared butted in, trying to calm the two men. However, a hard glare from them sent him back to his seat where he remained seated until the first group walked into the room. From all indications, everyone could see they were Henry's men because of their evenly pressed suits and black sunglasses. Second later, another group which obviously belonged to Dagger waltzed in. The door was closed by the last person and they made their way to Dagger's side. After Zane liked most of the Dagger's men who were in the casino with him that night, Dagger had made it clear to them that from that night henceforth, they were trying to be on Mr. Huxley's good side. Dagger was their boss and his word was law, but a lot of them couldn't help question his words. Well, that was until he asked them to come help him bury his men who Zane had killed. The bodies were all neatly slashed in half like the person had measur
"What do you—Ah!" Henry's question was cut short when Zane really broke his hands. Zane suddenly felt a frightening heat at the back of his head and refrained from proceeding. He straightened up, arranged his collar and turned around. However, he noticed the horrified look in their eyes and sighed. "What? You'd agree with me they were bad guys." He said, trying to justify themselves. "They were still humans and didn't deserve to die." Jared said in a low tone from where he sat. "They only looked like humans. They had lost every bit of humanity in them. And were becoming professional killing machines. It was only a matter of time before they went berserk." "Stop trying to justify the fact you just killed more than a dozen humans. You are a murderer." Aster said with a tight frown. Zane looked towards her direction and scoffed, "You're a lieutenant. If your superior tells you to shoot someone who has murdered a lot of people and is currently on the run, would you?" "Yes, I would
Imperial Middle School Earlier that day "I heard you're on scholarship. And it's quite depressing to breathe in the same air with someone like you." A boy of 13, scoffed, walking towards Halsey. School had closed for the day and Halsey was currently on her way out of the school when this boy cornered her to mock her. She shrank her neck back in fright, glancing at them fearfully. "Is she dumb? Why isn't she saying anything?" One of the bullies asked, reaching out to poke Halsey on her shoulder. "Don't touch her. Who knows the disease you'll contract by that singular act?" The leader uttered in disgust. The other boy who still had his hand outstretched, nodded and withdrew his hand, "You're definitely right, Dylan. She must have different contagious diseases running through her veins." The one called Dylan smiled proudly. Folding his hands underneath his chest, he called out, "Hey! Listen to me carefully." However, Halsey didn't raise her eyes to look at him. This angered him,
Kings Hotel Steven was in a conference meeting in his office when an urgent knock sounded on his door. Without waiting to be ushered in, his assistant opened the door and walked in with a panicked look. "There's something wrong, Mr. Wright." She informed. The look on her face told him the matter was really urgent. So he rescheduled another time for the meeting and got off his laptop. "What is it?" He asked, putting on his suit jacket. "The Secret Police are downstairs. And they've taken out more than a dozen dead bodies from a room." "Dead bodies?" Steven grimaced, rushing out of his office. He rushed down to the supposed room, but was stopped by one of the Secret Police who stood in front of the door. "Hello, I'm Steven Wright, manager of this hotel. May I know what's going on?" "What happend in there has nothing to do with Kings Hotel, rest assured. And I'll advice you to return back to your office and pay a blind eye to this." The officer admonished. "I need to know who die