Luca remained motionless in the river for minutes with entangled thoughts.He did not shed a single tear as a part of him already predicted she to reject him.Maybe he was wrong to make the move now, but, for how long would he wait before a perfect time comes?Now, things were going to change between them. She probably won't see him the same way anymore. Fvck!He eventually got the courage to let go of the thoughts and find his way out of the waters.He climbed up the cliff rock until he got to the top and tried to roll over when a piece of the rock broke causing him to lose balance and fall but a hand caught him.Luca raised his head to see her luminous blue eyes glaring widely at him.She raised him with ease and he rolled over to see her take a few steps from him."Linda...?" He had difficulty believing she had stayed up here instead of leaving.Could she be shy and that was the reason she left?He staggered to his feet without breaking eye contact with her, "Linda, I--""Don't!"

Linda collapsed into the waiting chair in front of Manager Lucia's office and shut her eyes for a moment to consume all that had happened.The previous day, CEO Luca had taken her completely with a surprise kiss she never expected not after asking her to be his girlfriend, his woman. She always thought he saw her as a friend since he was responsible for rescuing and taking care of her when she arrived in this world. She always felt that strange reading in his emotion towards him and would always categorize it as his sincere care for her but that day, she got to realize it was more than just caring for her.CEO Luca was in love with her and wanted them to be together.While trying to recover from the shock, he came with a mind-blowing kiss which exploded her mind in ecstasy.It was her first and that is enough reason for her to be bewildered and pull away in embarrassment.Also, it wasn't right.What was going on between CEO Luca and her?He was putting himself in danger by professin

Luca alighted from his red sedan which came to stop at a hilly spot and retrieved binoculars from the truck before climbing to the highest point.He exhaled heavily and turned to the abandoned military base before him."Perfect place to hide" He mumbled and brought out his phone to one more time confirm the location of the tracker he attached to the briefcase."Somewhere here" He used the night vision binocular to get a magnified image of the area and noticed the movement of people in the main building at the centre of the base.Some appeared to be armed with weapons to the teeth and the others, looked casual but he could tell they were federal agents with pistols tucked inside their suits.Since Agent Stone had not reached out to them or driven here himself, they would be wise to prepare for the worst. Him.Federal agents were trained professionally, different from hired henchmen and that would make the chances of this operation being successful 50/50.They were good at handling guns

"Hey..." Linda tried to hold Lucia from behind but she broke free and turned to her, "Are you in support of this too? I don't want you to feel entitled to protect me. I want you to live the best of your life as yourself" "He is not forcing me. I want to make sure you're safe. CEO Luca would not do anything to cause you harm" Linda tried to calm her but she could be dramatic when she chooses to and Luca knew this. She turned to him and continued, "You have to stop. Just let go of this game and be happy for once. You can't keep putting us in harm's way"Luca grits his tooth and turned to her with a fierce look, "Do you think I do it intentionally? I can't leave the game because I'm the game, and just when I think it's all over there'll be some motherfvxjer in the shadow waiting for his turn. Listen to me, everything is handled now and no one would be bothering us. anymore "She bit her lower lip and rushed her fingers through her hair, "You keep saying this, Luca, and then someone els

"Hey, anyone here!" Luca was awakened that morning by a muffled noise and continued banging.He blinked his eyes open and mysterious Linda was sleeping peacefully in his embrace.Her long red hair had completely covered her face and her hands rested against his chest.Luca groaned and turned in the direction of the door where the banging was coming from.He was dumbfounded to see Lucia pacing around the hallway through the glass wall.She had her face pressed against the glass wall to inspect the rooms but could see nothing.The glass walls were only transparent from inside the room and not outside to ensure privacy."What the..." He freed Linda from his embrace and carefully rolled away so he doesn't interrupt her sleep. Finding his way to the door, he unlocked it and stretched outside to see Lucia came running back, "Hey, here you are" "What are you doing here?" He almost whispered and her brows furrowed, "What am I doing here?" "Does this place looks like my home? It's morning.