Chapter - 157"Where's my son?" The old man let go of his grip as he asked the young man."Yaannhh... Yaannhh..." holding his neck, the young man sprung up on his feet and distanced himself from the old man, panting for air. For about a minute, the old man had held him by his neck against the table. Now his eight holes were just not good enough. All he wanted was to be a toad and breathe through every pore of his skin.The old man, on the other hand, picked up his cane and slowly moved towards the couch in the room. All that sudden burst of energy was gone now, and the old man was back to his harmless old self.Seeing his assistant struggle to breathe, the old man poured down some drink into a glass and extended it towards the young man."Drink this," The old man said, "I... I just tend to lose control when I think about him. I don't know why? But, other than that, I am very much polite, don't you think so?" The old man said helplessly.But to the young man's ears, it was shameless. H
Chapter - 158"Why don't you take me with you?" The girl held on to the boy's arm and asked. She was desperate to follow him wherever he was going, even if it meant following him to hell."This has got nothing to do with you," The boy grabbed her hand and pushed it away, "I have been waiting for this moment all my life. I am this close to finding it out, and I don't want something to hold me back.""Am I a burden to you now," the girl asked, disbelieving what she just heard, "I... I am willing to dedicate my whole life to your cause, and I am holding you back? Tell me, what more should I do? Should I kill someone? Who? Tell me..." The girl grabbed the boy's shirt, pulled him towards her, and asked, looking straight into his eyes."Just don't get in my way," The boy got his shirt out of her grip, "You are the only person I trust and want to be safe. But there is one thing I hold dear more than you, and it's my revenge. I have spent fourteen years running around trying to find clues, an
Chapter - 159"Look at that smile," Rebecca could not hold herself back when she saw Alex smile as he stared at his phone, "You were acting so grumpy moments ago, but now look at those white teeth. You aren't even trying to hide them."Alex smiled even more, hearing Rebecca but did not say anything to explain."Who is it?" Curious, Rebecca tried to peek."My girlfriend," Alex said but did not let her see his phone. This was also the first time Alex had openly admitted to his relationship with Margaret with anyone. He has not done that with Margaret per se."You have a girlfriend?" Rebecca asked but soon changed her tone, "Well, you are indeed a bit good looking, so it's no wonder you have one." Rebecca nodded to herself."Who is she? Is she beautiful? How did you guys meet?" Rebecca suddenly sprung towards Alex, and with her face inches away from his, she bombarded him with questions, "Who was the one who proposed first?"'Calm down, girl,' Alex looked at Rebecca in surprise by her re
Chapter - 160"What are you doing here?" The girl asked the guy who was approaching her, donned in a red shirt beneath that whitish, yellowish suit. One could see a slight limp in his walk. Whether it was his style or someone did his leg good was something only he knew."Chillax, babe. I came all the way here to nowhere to see you." The boy said, taking off his red shades, "Aren't you happy?""You should know, you are not welcome here," the girl crossed her arms around her chest. She was clearly displeased by his presence there, "These islands are off-limits to everyone. Even your father had to think twice before stepping here.""That was in the past, long back, baby. And these islands belong to you, that they do. And soon, they will be mine, and so will you." The guy chuckled as he leaned forward, closing in on the gap between them."Huh... Dream on," The girl scoffed as she looked away."Listen to me clear, loud and clear," The smile on the guy's face was gone, "You know I don't car
Chapter - 161"Alex... Hello," As Alex sat by his pool, Abir walked towards him from behind the trees."Yo!" Alex was pleased to see Abir, "So you are here as well. I guess Veronica pulled you here along with her. Don't tell me she made you carry his luggage here as well." Alex laughed as he pat beside him, gesturing Abir to sit.Abir smiled hearing Alex but did not answer his question. He rolled up his pants and sat beside Alex dipping his feet in the pool."You know I was quite surprised to find out that Veronica was your sister," Alex leaned back with the support of his hands and looked up at the sky, "When I was reading your file during that court trial, the part where it was written that you were the brother of some famous celebrity was torn off," Alex told Abir."I tried to guess who could it be, but it was of no help. There are quite a few with your surname," Alex shook his head, "On top of that, when I met you, you were just too polite to be linked to any one of them, especial
Chapter - 162"Welcome, welcome, Mr Lulu. I hope your journey was comfortable," it was already evening, and Alex was standing at the entrance of the resort welcoming the last batch of newcomers.Alex and most of the crew came the day before, but the director, his personal staff, and the actors were to come today. And by the evening, many of them had arrived in batches.Mr Lulu, the director of this project, was the last one in this line. With a series of hits behind him, Mr Lulu was the hot potato right now. It must have cost Theation a lot of bucks to get him on board."Thank you... Thank you..." the short, stout Mr Lulu greeted Alex back with a beaming smile. With his eyes squinting as he smiled, Mr Lulu grabbed Alex's hand and shook it vigorously and with ample excitement.Mr Lulu had a pretty clean name in the industry. There were no scandals against him, and he was said to be rather polite and hard working. The only issue with him was the discipline he forced on everyone when it
Chapter - 163"Ahemm... Hello," Alex greeted everyone with a weak and nervous smile."I don't know what to say. Rebecca here has said it all in such a sweet yet concise manner," Alex said, pointing out Rebecca, "Never knew you had such a convenient talent at your disposal. Kudos to you, little girl. Your sister will be proud of how mature at least your words are," Alex praised Rebecca. But Rebecca knew it better than anyone that his insides must be churning with every word of praise he spoke for her."Speaking of her sister, for the next few months, we all are going to stick together. From sharing rooms, food, joys, burdens and everything else that comes our way to fighting over the use of bathrooms, we will share it all with one another, like a family.""... Now a family has its problems. Every family does. Even we might be head butting each other by the end of these few months of staying together. But as long we don't lose sight of our end game, we will come out on top of every obst
Chapter - 164"Hey, did you notice something different about Alex today?" Munching on her chips from the bowl in front of her, Veronica asked Rebecca, who was busy making her bed. She has been feeling unsettled ever since Alex heaped praises upon her during dinner."Don't even get me started. If not for the crowd in front of me, I would have crushed some balls today," Rebecca got hold of the pillow and tried to squeeze it hard, "Aahh... Look, it's still red," Rebecca tried to show Veronica her hurt wrist, but Veronica was not interested."Do you think he has a thing for me?" Veronica suddenly popped the question taking even Rebecca by surprise."Wha... Why would you even think so?" Rebecca asked. She may not know much about Alex, but she knew that he had a girlfriend, and from the way she could bring a smile to his sulking face with nothing but a text, he really liked her a lot."I don't know. It's just that the way he looked at me was different," Veronica lay on the bed with the supp