But instead of responding, Silas just stood there with a sneer, then he forced a huge lump down his throat to hide his loud laughter. He walked slowly over to stand beside DrakeShane frown at the nonchalance before he scoffed. "You're with him?""What did you think? That I'll continue being at your beck and call? I choose the winning team where you don't belong," Silas smiled. His voice was thick with pure disgust for the bleeding fellow. "My loyalty belongs to Master Drake. You were completely foolish to ever think I would betray him for a miserable rat like you.""You?!" He spluttered. "Do you want me to go ahead and expose your past? Have you thought about what people would say? How the world would react when-""From where I am, I think you should be more worried about your life,"Shane opened his mouth, then snap it shut when no words came out. His face squeezed into a disbelieving scowl as the terrifying realization finally hit him hard. The weight of fear paralyzed his muscles

Lydia pressed on the bandage on Leo's face and he squirmed in pain. “Ouch, that's hurt…! Be careful,”Lydia didn't say anything, instead, she lowered the pressure on the wound, tapping it slowly.“I'll have to call in the nurse to change the bandages,” He muttered, but when Lydia still didn't say anything, he sighed and turned to face her. “Okay, what's the problem?”Lydia crossed her arm, glaring at him. “Don't you get it? Don't you get how pathetic our lives have become? Look at you almost killed by that monster, and how about me? How about my mother? Is this how we're going to remain forever?”“I told you I'm working on something,”Lydia chuckled sourly. “We didn't end up going for the bidding and I'm not sure that your partners even looked into my case. Right now, it seems all hope is lost…”“Don't talk like that. They—”She stood up, walked over to a document rack at the corner of the room and brought out a torn piece of paper which she waved in his face. “This is the document c

About ten minutes later, the police arrived and Lydia perched herself by the side of the corridor with her sunglasses on, completely hidden from plain sight as she watched Drake getting led out of the hospital by the three officers.Two of the officers had him by the arms to ensure he won't escape. His face looked stunned but still calm. His expensive suit was wrinkled, his dark hair disheveled, but he looked strangely composed.He didn't fight them, but his jaw were clenched tight as he kept pleading his innocence. “This is all a big misunderstanding. Yes I hit her, but I didn't run away. I mean I brought her here to this hospital. Why would I do that if I didn't have her best interest in heart?”“You will have your chance to speak at the station, Mr. Drake,” one of the officers replied.Layla nodded. Beautiful. Let him suffer. Let him he disgraced. He hit her friend. He could have killed her.As the officers led him past her spot, his head turned slightly as if he could sense her pr

“My money! All my money! My goods! Everything is gone!” Those were the words resounding in Drake's ears as he drove through the busy road. Aria's shrill cries were imprinted in his mind as he tightened his hands on the wheels, anger slowly rising in him.In minutes, he arrived at Aria's company to find a crowd gathered. People were whispering amongst themselves while others just stood there. It didn't take long for him to push his way towards Aria who was standing at the center of the crowd, arms folded in shock.“Hey, are you okay?”She broke down when she saw him and his hands went for her back as he supported her. “Breath in, I've got you…”“Every single thing is gone. The thief took away all my financial records and transactions. I have no idea who and my technical team is still tracking it,” She looked at him with glassy eyes. “I…I don't know what to do, Drake. Is this the end of everything? Did I come all this way just to crumble now?"“It's okay,” Drake brought her trembling bo

What?! Everybody in the room froze and, for a second, even time stilled in shock. The air shifted into a charged one, heavy and thick with suspense– suspense that could be touched or even felt.As for Sonia, she bleached white, her eyes widening so large that her balls almost popped out from their socket. Was her eyes playing tricks on her, or was… this really real?Her chest did multiple summersaults all at once that she feared she'd faint. Her knees went jelly, and she staggered backward before quickly regaining her composure. What the hell?!What sort of person was Drake?!How did he fucking know where to find Jerry?!“How…how is he…here?” She blurted, the words slipping from her mouth before she could stop it.Drake walked up to Jerry and crouched beside him. He lifted his chin in his and pressed hard while locking eyes with him in an eerie smile. “Hi Jerry, how was your short stay in Vietnam? Did you have fun?”The man spat through bloodied lips, part of the slimy liquid landing