Chapter 46 Rhea POV "What happened, Rhea? Like how the hell did it happen?" Ray asks after I narrate everything to him. When I arrived at the hospital earlier, I was shocked to have found out that the mark on the male victims' necks had disappeared, and the injury inflicted on the female victim too. I checked the CCTV footage of the hospital immediately to see if there was someone at the hospital earlier before I came, and I saw nothing. I also asked Dave if anyone came by while he was there, but he said no one. "I don't know. I've been trying to figure out what happened, but nothing is just coming through for me," I hit my hand on the desk slightly in frustration. After I got off work earlier, I went out to the restaurant with Raymond after we went to the hospital to see my mom. "Wow! This is just like a movie, and I'm starting to get confused. How could someone have gone to the hospital, the station, and yet they didn't appear in the CCTV footage?" He mutters as he picks on his
Chapter 47 Adelie POV"What exactly happened to me, Asher? Why did you take me to the hospital?" I ask him when we are having breakfast together in the dining room, causing him to raise his gaze to look at me. "You came back late from work, shivering, and suddenly passed out," He explains to me, and I slowly nod my head, even though I'm feeling a bit difficult to believe this. At least if that happened, I should've been able to remember something, right? "But...I can't remember that happening to me," I further say to him, and he shrugs. "I don't know why. Should you be worried about that now? The doctor already said that you'll be fine if you take your medication the way he prescribed," He utters casually, and I slowly nod my head. I was discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon, and Asher has been strangely nice to me since then. He hasn't tried to flirt with me, which is already alarming. Or has he changed? "He can never change, Adelie. Just snap out of it," My subconsci
Chapter 48 Rhea POV "Are you kidding me?" I shriek after Raymond released the shock to me. He told me that the female victim was his girlfriend in the past. This is crazy. "I'm not," He shrugs, and I scoff. "Why didn't you tell me this all these while?" I ask him, and he rubs his forehead. "Nothing, I just feel..." "And you think it was ok not to tell me? Why did you do that?" I ask him angrily, and he sighs. "We broke up long ago, so I didn't see the reason I should..." "Are you kidding me, Ray? Do you even know the situation at hand now? Who knows, maybe I could've gotten some information from you that will help in the investigation," I cut him off. "What information could you possibly get from me? We dated in college and broke up during the last year in school, and I haven't seen her since then, until some weeks ago at Alex's birthday party," He shrugs, and I sigh briefly. He's right, I can't get any information from him. "I need to get back to work. I'll talk to you late
Chapter 49Cynthia POV"Why don't you just give up on this guy already, Cynthia? You have been calling him nonstop, and he hasn't answered his phone. What is wrong with you?" Nathan groans angrily as he throws himself on the couch, and I sigh briefly. The past three days have been difficult for me since I couldn't speak with Asher. I have tried to call him several times, but he didn't answer his phone, and I haven't seen him. I have dropped messages for him and pleaded with him to forgive me if he is angry about me saying he should introduce me to his sister earlier, but he never replied to any of my messages.'I don't do love, Cynthia. Will you be able to handle that?' his words repeat in my head as I throw myself on the couch frustratingly. He warned me beforehand, but I was so blinded that I couldn't even think straight. I thought I would be able to handle it but turns out that I was mistaken. I can't take this one-sided love, no matter how much I try to endure the pain."Are you e
Chapter 50Adelie POV"I told you that I'm fine already. I can resume work," I whine to Raymond. I have been at home for the past two days, and all effort to convince him that I'm fine and can go to the office has proven abortive."I told you to rest, baby," He utters as he strokes my hair, and I sigh briefly, knowing he won't listen to me no matter how much I try to convince him."When should I resume then? I can't keep staying at home like this. Asher is going to the office every day, and I'm bored being the only one at home," I whine to him. Talking about Asher, he has been avoiding me and acting weird ever since I got back from the hospital. He hasn't flirted with me the way he used to, and as much as I want to assume that he already changed, something keeps telling me otherwise. Something must be wrong with him which he's hiding from me."Do you want to come over to my place and stay..." He pauses and sighs briefly."I forgot Rhea has been busy with work, and won't be able to spe
Chapter 51Asher POVIt's finally the two of us at home after Cynthia left, and I can see the fear in her earlier before she left for her room. As much as I want to go talk to her, I feel like it'll make her feel uncomfortable and scared, so I decided to just take a walk to the garden and clear my head.My phone starts ringing once I arrive at the garden, and I check the caller to see that it's from Alvira. She has been calling me nonstop for days now after the day I left there, but I have been ignoring her calls. I haven't been feeling well lately. I know I should never allow myself feel anything for Adelie, but I think that law has been broken, considering how jealous I feel whenever I see her with Raymond.I watch as the call rings and finally ends after a few seconds. A message pops on the screen after, and I open it. 'Let's talk tonight'. I sigh briefly and slid the phone into my pocket after I read the message."Have I fallen in love with her?" I ask myself the crazy question, b
Chapter 52Asher POV"You arrogant jerk! Do you ever love her?" I guess that must be her cousin's voice, and wait a minute! He just called me that?"What did you say?" Turning to face him, I ask to be sure he wasn't referring to me."What are you going to do about it, huh? All you ever did was hurt her. Are you kidding me? Who does that?" He snaps at me like he would hit me anytime soon, but I bet that is one thing he would never want to do because he won't even spend another second here on earth if he dares to lay his hands on me. I mean, does he want to write his death wish?"Stop, Nathan. Just stop!" She turns to him and tries to stop him. Isn't it time I just end this shit once and for all? I mean, I have been doing this all along because she was desperately crazy over me, and not that I ever wanted this relationship."Love? Do I ever love her? No, I never did," I reply to him sarcastically, and I watch as he balls his fists, and wait a minute! Who does he want to use that on? Me?
Chapter 53"What did he say when you told him that?" Jessica, Alvira's best friend who was also a vampire, asked as she sipped from the glass of red wine she was holding, or was it blood? Maybe it was the latter. Jessica had outlived many vampires, except Erubas who was still older than her. "He said nothing. He was shocked, and that even got me thinking about negative things. I mean, he said he loves me, right? Why didn't he say anything when I asked him to mate me?" Alvira sighed briefly as she threw herself on the couch, releasing a deep breath. She was scared of losing the man she has spent all her life loving like he was the only man on earth, she was scared of losing him to a mere human. She used to know him so well, but now she was not sure anymore of who he is. She could read him with just a glance before, but that has changed now that she felt drifted away from him."Maybe he wants to figure out some things first. Maybe he needs some time, who knows? Is he doing anything wei