“What happened?”I just shook my head and smiled at Rios.“Nothing. He said he wanted to drop me off, but I would rather not see him, not even his shadow,” I said, crossing my arms as I was going to be late for the meeting. Rios shook his head and drove away from the mansion.“When you fight against him, you’re acting like a child,” Rios smirked.My smile faded as I turned away from him. I’m also embarrassed to face him because of what I did to him last night.I just sighed and shook my head. “There is nothing to return, Rios.”He nodded. “I know because what you went through wasn’t easy, and I was also a witness, but…” He paused and looked at me while smirking. “You know Dominic has a good reason he did that, and you also know that snake… It’s really a snake.”I looked at him, but he just looked straight at the road. I shrugged it off because Rios thinks in strange ways. We can’t make sense of his actions. I believe he got it from Carter. That’s why they get along so well, TSK.“Do y

“Wow, Mommy, I’m exhausted!”I smiled as I wiped her body because they had stopped swimming after soaking for a while in the pool.“Did you enjoy it?” I asked. Carrie nodded and smiled.“Yes, mommy! Uncle Rios taught us how to swim!”I smiled and kissed her nose bridge. They seem to have had a good time and have forgotten what happened earlier.I took Carrie and Agustin’s hands in mine so that my cousins and I could go to the living room together.“Oh, come join us next time, Scarlett,” said Lux. I just chuckled and patted her on the back because they seemed to enjoy it as well.“Yes! F-ck! Rios is still annoying. He’s drowning me! He thought I didn't know how to swim!” said Ara, slapping Rios, who just smirked at them.“You can’t even swim!”“I can swim! You stupid asshole!”I shook my head and laughed, but we all came to a halt when we heard a noise coming from the living room.“Wow! I’m overjoyed, daddy! Thank you!”My cousins and I exchanged glances, and then I looked at Carrie, w

SCARLETT’s POVI’m not certain, but I’m concerned about what’s going on right now. I have more issues. Furthermore, I don’t know whose are spreading wrong information about me and what’s worse, my children are involved here.When we arrived at the parking lot, I turned to Claire, but she was serious, so I removed my helmet and got off her motorcycle.“All right, let’s go!”I said nothing, but I just followed her. She was so serious that I couldn’t ask her what was going on.It surprised me to see the police when we arrived at the bar. Why are there cops? What is going on? I also noticed our employees talking to the police.“What’s going on, Claire?” I asked, but she ignored me and continued walking, so I followed her.When the cops saw us approaching, they immediately came to me.“Ms. Scarlett Knight, you are the one we want to speak with,” the cop said, bowing to avoid my gaze because I am a knight.“What are you doing in my bar?” I asked. The cops exchanged glances before facing me,

SCARLETT’S POVWhen I arrived at the parking lot, I went down from the big bike to talk to all of our employees.“What’s wrong, Scarlett? Why did you gather them all together?” asked Claire as I entered my office.I sat back in my swivel chair and looked at them all. As I clenched my fists and took a deep breath to calm myself because I couldn’t think straight when I was like this.“Who did Ken talk to before the problem?” I asked.They exchanged glances before Ken’s friend Samuel abruptly raised his hand.“Do you notice anything unusual about him?”“I noticed something about him. He’s always anxious, and he’s always staring inside his locker,” he said and looked at me.I nodded and looked around, but a server caught my eye who was sitting quietly next to him and didn’t move, and she seemed to want to tell me something, but she was afraid.“Jasmine.”It startled her and couldn’t take a glance.“Would you like to tell me something?” I asked. She bowed, but said nothing. “Do you have an

“That was the start of why this happened to me…”I was just stunned because I still couldn’t figure out who had kidnapped him that day.“Didn’t he show up?” asked Erin. Ken shook his head because the person who abducted him had not shown up.“I-I only heard his voice… Ugh!” Ken groaned, and I reached out to touch him, but he was pale, and his skin was turning violet.“Ken!” I yelled, looking at my cousins. “Erin, let’s take him to the hospital!” I yelled, and Erin nodded as he took his car keys, but Ken intervened.“I-I won’t be here much longer, Ms. Scarlett… I just tried to live, so I could tell you everything…” He coughed and vomited blood, as my eyes widened.“K-Ken… Please?” He shook his head and smiled as I pleaded with him.“I'm fine, Miss S-S-Scarlett,” he said, taking a deep breath and wiping away his tears. “I-I thought… they’d stop, but I was wrong because they keep messing with my life…”*** FLASHBACKKen became anxious after being kidnapped and couldn’t sleep at night for