ALL DAY, there was no sign of Eros. He was like a gust of wind that passed by. When the day of the wedding arrived, Keisha was bombarded with accessories, makeup, and brushes. Five women were taking care of her hair, body, and face which is too much for her to handle. The pain of the gunshot wound was excruciating yet her tolerance to pain is letting her get through this without a flinch. “You look magnificent!” The woman putting on her makeup exclaimed. She looked in the mirror in front of her and saw her dolled-up face. A few hours ago she was a dead corpse but now she is more lively than ever but her soul is still dead inside. “Thanks…” she murmured before closing her eyes again. “Aren’t you a lucky girl?” the short-haired girl doing her hair commented and her brows raised. “I wouldn’t say that,” Keisha uttered, making the girls chuckle. They look a bit older than Keisha but close enough in age. “May I know your names?” Keisha asked and they smiled at her. “Soon we will be

"OH, Keisha," her stepmother uttered with emotional eyes and hugged her tightly. Keisha's eyes landed on Shadow who was behind her stepmother. She smiled but Shadow looked away. "You're the most beautiful bride." For a moment, her words felt genuine. But she knows who the real Reyna is. "Thanks, mom," she simply answered. "Find who the woman in red is," Reyna instructed and she nodded her head. "We might find his weak spot through her," she elaborated. "Why did you sabotage my mission only to make it this complicated?" she furiously asked and her stepmother sighed, not providing an answer. "I would've preferred not having a mother than having you," she added, making her stepmom let go of her. "Shadow," Keisha called out after the hug from her mother. She leaned close and hugged her partner in crime. Shadow soon caved in and hugged her back. "I failed," she whispered with disappointment and anger to herself. Instead of getting mad, he hushed her. "Just wait," he answered and she n

JAMES sat down in his brother's office and sighed heavily. "Whoever the attacker was, it ain't her little lover," he commented right after arriving in the office. Eros looked up from his computer and raised an eyebrow. "Don't say that," Eros warned. "Well, of course, there's still a possibility he did it–" Eros shook his head and cut off his brother's words. "Don't call him her little lover," he clarified and James' mouth slightly opened. He nodded slowly before saying, "Right. As I was saying, he doesn't seem to be lying. He was drunk and admitted to everything but not the night of the attack. The chance is low for it to be him," James elaborated and Eros nodded his head. "How about our uncle?" James shrugged. "Haven't investigated. Besides, what will he get from killing Keisha?" he asked his older brother and they both couldn't figure it out. This crosses their uncle as a potential suspect in this case. "How's… Keisha?" He hesitated to ask due to his brother's suspicion of his

REYNA walked down the halls as everyone bowed down to her feet. She has absolute power over the syndicate, next to Sebastian Lexington’s power. Their names constantly change, and so does their persona. She never really knows who the real husband she married is. She sighed heavily before entering her office. Her day was already ruined, she hoped the news will give her light.She waited for Shadow for a little while and he came a little later. He was holding a folder and looked a little disgruntled. Reyna eyed him from head to toe and guessed what was on his mind. “He told you to go without him?” she asked with disappointment and confirmed with his nod. She reached her hand out for the file and he handed it to her before bowing down. He was feeling heartache after not catching a glimpse of Keisha he was barely thinking straight on the job. He wanted to at least see her beauty, even if he can’t touch or talk to her. His head was pounding with stress and was dismissed from the office aft

KEISHA was exercising and training for an hour now when her phone made a sound. She controlled her breathing and drank some water. She opened the message and it read as follows, "The cooking jar was empty. I have to take out the trash too." Her eyebrows raised, realizing it was Shadow. They formulated their own code words using normal conversation sentences in case they needed to do this in secret. The message decodes, "I miss you. I want to kill him now." Looks like someone is running out of patience. She sighed and closed her phone. Nothing was happening and she was so bored. It's been almost a day and a half since they got married yet everything was uneventful. "God strike me down," she begged as she stretched her arms up. Footsteps from behind interrupted her thoughts. She looked behind him and saw Eros wearing a tank top that showed off his bulging biceps and arms. She blinked a couple of times before standing up. "You want to be stricken down, huh?" he questioned before grabb