"Rowena…"Randall had dreamed of seeing Rowena awake. Yet, now she was, he did not know what to say. He wanted to ask if she was all right, but he found it hard to utter a word.While Randall walked toward Rowena, Barry put on his pants and tried to sneak away.Randall seemed to have eyes on his back. He shot Barry's left leg without looking.The gunshot echoed loudly in the small treatment room. Blood gushed out Barry's leg. His face grew ashen. He screamed in pain, "Ah! My leg! My leg!""Ah!" Rowena shrieked, jumped off the bed, and hid behind Randall.Randall grabbed her arms. The ferocious look on his face disappeared. He quickly consoled her in a soft voice: "Don't be scared!""I want to leave! Bring me away from here!" Rowena requested."Okay," Randall answered.That had been his original plan: to take Rowena away while she was unconscious. He had been afraid he would harm her if he took her away so he had not. In return, he had had to give Donald his support.Since Bar
Randall realized it would be hard for him to get used to the way Rowena was treating him. He had not quite accepted that Rowena had lost her memory.Rowena had hated and loathed him. She had dreamed of breaking free of Randall's control and had fled from him when he had tried to get close to her. None of those unhappy memories remained in her mind now. She felt no hatred toward Randall. In fact, he sensed that she was slowly leaning toward depending on him.Then again, Randall did not know if his instincts were right. He found it hard to believe because his luck was always poor.He would always lose at bets and gambling. When his life had been in danger and Rowena had saved him and when he had been abused… Those were the consequences he had to bear for losing a bet with God.The only lucky thing that had ever happened to him was meeting Rowena. Not only had she saved him, but he had met his dream girl.He had made another bet with God when he had tried to make Rowena fall in love
Randall began to contact Harrison frequently after he had a falling out with Donald. With Yaacob acting as the middle person, it stood to reason Harrison welcomed Randall with open arms. Plus, Randall's resources and connections would only make Harrison even more powerful, no matter who he sided with.Adding to the fact that Randall beat up Barry when he rescued Rowena, he had made himself an enemy of the Hardin family. After that, Donald said that he would crack down on the criminals working in the gray area in an interview, and everyone knew he was actually talking about Randall.However, Randall did not work in the gray area; all of his investments were of legitimate businesses. The ones that Donald had cracked down on were not really that important to Randall, so he was able to let them go without even batting an eye.Donald had not expected Randall to be able to wash his hands off his shady businesses completely. As furious as he was, there was nothing he could do about it. To
It was just as Yaacob guessed: Randall was going to pass up the chance to get back together with Rowena.Randall never visited Rowena again after dropping her off at her parents' home. It was not an easy decision for him to make as there were too many things tied up to the matter. However, it was one he still had to make as a responsible man.Rowena's memory loss could not have come at a worse time since he was already with Lola. Plus, he still remembered how much Rowena hated him to the point she would rather go in hiding than to stay with him.Even though Randall was no saint, he drew a line on taking advantage of others when they had memory loss. Not to mention, he always treated women with respect. It was because of that reason he had stayed single for so long despite his status, good looks, and money.However, a few days after dropping Rowena off at her parents' home, Randall received a call from the person in charge of protecting Rowena. Even though he had told them there was
Rowena had already seen Johnny on the night Randall dropped her off at home. Also, she was able to gather from her parents that Johnny was her first love. However, her parents had no clue why they divorced because they did not really know what was going on in their marriage.It was just that they never approved of Johnny. They thought him a good-for-nothing who got to where he was by leeching off his ex-wife. The difference between him and Randall, who got to where he was by his own effort, was like night and day.Not to mention, Rowena's parents knew she was still hung up about Johnny, so they would often gripe about her bad taste in men, prompting her to mistakenly think she was the one who caused her marriage with Randall to implode. Otherwise, why would her parents have nothing but praise for Randall? In fact, it seemed like they would prefer to have Randall as their son rather than Rowena as their daughter."I apologize if I've ever done anything wrong to you in the past, but y
"Ms. Sanders, Mr. Smith said you can pick whatever you want. All of these are the new arrivals of our store," said the sales assistant.Randall had forgotten Lola's birthday a few days before, so he bought out the entire jewelry store for a day as a way to make it up to her.Lola was admiring a six-carat pear-shaped diamond ring on her finger."Ms. Sanders, you have very good taste. This is one of the rarest jewelry in our shop. There are only two of these diamond rings in the whole country, and the most popular celebrity has the other one. The ring represents 'everlasting love', and it looks really good on you," said the sales assistant.Lola smiled at the compliment. Randall had always been generous to her ever since they got together. In fact, he had never said no to anything she asked for. Thus, she knew he would not even bat an eye if she told him she wanted that ring despite it being 700 hundred thousand dollars.However, Lola would have preferred if he had gone to the jewel
Lola was busying herself in the kitchen when Randall arrived home. She immediately smiled and said, "Randall, I want to personally cook something for you today. It's going to take some time, so why don't you do something else first?"Randall paused when he saw the eggplant she was slicing. "These vegetables…""Are all harvested from the vegetable garden out the back. Don't they look fresh and yummy? I really am impressed by your green thumb." Lola sliced the eggplant into pieces before glancing at him and asking, "What's the matter?""Nothing… Did you pick out your own present?""Yup. I'll show you later," said Lola with a wink. She then shyly chased him out of the kitchen, so he thought he would go to the second-floor balcony to read a book.Lola was a sweet-looking girl, and she knew how to use that to her advantage. She was completely different from Rowena, who was cold and unfeeling; she knew when to smile and when to act shy and weak to stir up a man's protective instinct. Ho
Lola looked up to meet Randall's eyes and found that she could not read his expression. Her face turned pale, and she could hardly hold onto the diamond necklace. She knew Randall knew what she did that afternoon!"Are you angry at me because of what I did to Ms. Peck? I swear I didn't know she works at the jewelry store! Plus, she didn't seem like she remembered me, so I thought there was no need to tell her who I was," explained Lola."So you took advantage of that by deliberately leaving an earring there so that you could lure her here?""I…"Lola had kept Randall's house running in tip-top condition ever since she moved in. She might be young, but she was competent. In fact, so many people had told Randall how lucky he was to have her. They also praised her sensibility and thoughtfulness and often compared her to the aloof and cold Rowena.However, Lola was simply too smart for her own good. Her act was up, so there was no point in her playing dumb. Randall knew she was not th