Adair drove into the house's garage and parked the car. He turned to his side and was about to turn the doorknob when something grasped his shirt. "Tell me, Adair, how were you able to escape them?" Layla asked inquisitively. She knew her son-in-law had combat skills, but she really doubted he could take care of such people armed with clubs. "How I took care of them doesn't matter, mother-in-law. What matters is that I got rid of the IOU." Adair mused, shook her hand off and alighted from the car. Layla pushed the side of her door open and quickly rushed to meet Adair. "Don't think I now like you because you helped me take care of a mistake I made, after all, that's what son-in-laws should do for their mother-in-laws." She hissed, turning her head to the side. Adair refused to say what was running through her mind. "Just return the jewelry to Collette and no one will hear of this.""Don't make it sound like I'm a bad mother. I only took the jewelry because I had some bills to off
Jordan walked into the hospital, clad in his black suit as usual. He walked towards the tall figure who sat on a chair, a hand supporting his chin. "I've assigned someone to find out what attacked your father-in-law." Jordan mentioned when he got closer. "I'm sorry such a thing happened, Lord Adair." "A cloak and a dagger. Have you ever seen anyone with such a symbol before?" Adair asked out of nowhere, the look in his eyes signifying his thoughts were somewhere far away. Jordan paused for a moment before he shook his head, "I haven't, Lord Adair. But I can ask some people in the military. Or Sister might know something. Do you need me to find out?" "Yes. Yes, I do." Adair nodded. Jordan didn't waste any time as he whipped out his phone and placed a call to someone. After a few minutes of talking on the phone, he ended the call and returned back to Adair's side. "I have people looking into it. They should have something in an hour." He revealed, but Adair merely nodded. Jordan p
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