Jayden propped the door open and walked inside the room. The lights inside the room were low, and there were cords hanging down for the nurses call button and the IV solutions. An electric machine sat on a cart with odd wires leading from it, a privacy curtain hanging from a track on the ceiling. The window had a mini blind on it, and a view of the roof of an adjoining building. The room was awfully silent apart from the beep beep sound that indicated Chloe was alive. She had wires glued to her chest and coming up through the neck of her gown, a gauze bandage wrapped around her head. Jayden made his way to the bedside where his beloved sister lay, unconscious. It had been a week since they landed in LA and Chloe was currently admitted at Kindred hospital. She hurt her head badly when she fell and lost so much blood in the process. Jayden teared up seeing the condition that she was in, and he blamed himself for it. If he listened to her pleas and never sent her to Japan, she would not

Aviana felt her muscles tense when she heard Ethan's words. She never hated Chloe, and she was glad that she was doing okay, but why did she want Ethan to visit her at the hospital? Aviana didn't want to be one of those jealous girlfriends who felt insecure about their boyfriends visiting their ex's or their female friends, but at this point, she could not help it. She felt insecure. She felt really uncomfortable. She had a bad feeling about it. "James called me this morning and asked me to come to the hospital today to check on her. Jayden came to ask the same thing, too," as Ethan spoke, he was keen to notice that Aviana seemed uncomfortable. "I told him that I wouldn't go today. Tomorrow, I will find time and visit her," he added. Ethan delayed visiting Chloe because he wanted to inform his woman, first, and get her opinion about everything. Aviana didn't hate Chloe, he knew. She couldn't possibly hate anyone because that was her personality. She had a kind heart. Still, he had

Aviana sat between Chloe and Ethan. The two reminisced about their childhood memories, at one point they laughed and Aviana forced a smile. That very moment, Aviana felt left out in their conversation. She felt like she didn't belong. And, she blamed herself for it. She failed as Ethan's girlfriend. All the while she had spend time with him, she never bothered to ask him about his childhood. She practically knew nothing about Ethan, except that he had a step brother and a step mother and he was the CEO of the largest company in LA, something that every person in LA knew, and it made her like everyone else. The more they continued to laugh, the more sad and left out she was feeling. At that very moment, Aviana felt like time just froze and the world was spinning fast and everything around her disappeared except the sounds of their laughters. Aviana felt an intense tightening in the chest and a sudden hunger for air. She felt like she was going to suffocate if she continued to sit ther

Aviana noticed that Ethan was awfully quiet, so she slowly disengaged from the embrace and looked up at him. His gorgeous straight-faced wore a pleased and flattered simper. She frowned Instantly, "W-why are you smiling? Did I say something funny?" Ethan didn't wipe the smile from his face. He said simply, "No, you didn't." "I don't believe you." She creased her eyes at him, suspiciously. Her eyes suddenly widened as realization finally dawned on her. She realized she may have accidentally revealed to him that she was jealous of Chloe, that would definitely explain the coquettish smile on his face. Aviana knew that Ethan would tease her with those words at any given opportunity he got, something that she would not allow to happen. So, she added quickly, "Don't be flattered. I didn't mean what I said, I was only overwhelmed with sadness which is why I uttered those nonsense." Ethan said simply while he shook his head innocently, pretending to be confused, "I don't know what y

"Sir. This is what I found in his hide out," Rao reported as he placed the envelop he was holding on the desk and passed it to Ethan, who was sitting behind his desk as usual. Then, he stepped back, holding his hands on the front. "What's this." Ethan picked up the envelop and opened it. Inside the brown envelop were pictures taken from the video footage that Rao found inside the man's hide out. "Pictures taken from the video footage I found in his hide out. The man had cameras installed outside the company giving him enough access to everyone that went in and out of the company," Rao revealed. "You might want to listen to this, Sir," he added. Rao took out his phone from his pocket. He tapped on the screen, and the man's voice came along. Ethan gestured with his hand for Rao to hand over the phone to him, to which he did. Ethan listened keenly, the expression on his face was unreadable. "Alright. You're doing quite a good job being my ears as well as eyes in the company." "Your