He cuffed her both hands to the bed this time.He looked up at her and was startled. She had tears running down her face."You're all the same! You're just like him! You just want to use me and then throw me away! You're keeping me chained like he did! You're all beasts! Heartless beasts!"He was frozen to his spot. Exactly what treatment did Luca met out to her?*He stared at her. Was she for real?"Get out! Go on, get out! Leave me chained here like some animal! You heartless shadow of a man! Get out!"He had enough of the insults. He had chained her alright but it was for both their good. She was a pest and with her character, she would not let him concentrate on the important life saving things he had to do. She didn't understand but she had the guts to open her mouth and say trash. She compared him with Luca. Why? Because he let himself get lost twice with her? He was foolish for that. His first kiss. Had he ever assaulted her? Did he make out with her in public?If not out of p

Luca didn't budge when he heard the news. Good riddance to bad rubbish. King was better off without his cheating best friend. King needed to be a man; tough and unyielding, witty and crafty like he was but he couldn't achieve all that if he was still so attached to that weak girl.Frederico did nothing since Luca did nothing. Alistair was there anyway, why couldn't he protect her?Isla had no idea.But Luca tightened security at King's hospital just incase.*All Victor and his men's effort to find Joan proved to be in vain when nightfall came and they had no tangible result.He said to his men, "If by tomorrow night, we don't find her...we stop. It's not Joan we need, it's King and our time and effort should be focused on him. He can do without her."The night passed in silence and the day brought even more sorrow but no one expected what the afternoon brought for behold when the click struck twelve, a sleeping beauty was delivered right into her bedroom."Jack, do you copy? Chase th

"I'm sorry." She whispered, "I'm sorry you had to go through all that alone. I'm really sorry."A sharp cough had them turning their heads to behold another intruder, one with a mischievous smile on his adorable cute young face. She had forgotten he came with her."Who's that?" King asked curiously.She opened her mouth to respond but Alistair beat her to it."I am your brother."*King eyed the boy up, feeling slightly irritated by the joke. He had just woken up from coma and also had a close shave with a prison cell, all he wanted now was spend the rest of the day mopping in his bestfriend's arms. He still felt weak as hell and he just had to be hindered...again.From the boy's wise eyes, he could tell that he was far mature than he looked."Half brother actually, we only share the same mother." Alistair continued.Joan was ... What was he doing? She adjusted herself to be free from King's arms and sat properly on the bed."I don't have a mother." King replied coldly.Alistair smile

Mrs. Michaels shook her head, "No, it's now or never. I don't care whatever happens to King Johannson. You're going with me on this trip whether you like it or not. King can go to hell for all I care and also this..." She eyed Alistair, "thing. You either go with me, Joan, or die."*"It's a pity you didn't die." A voice suddenly spoke up.Alistair.Mrs. Michaels glared at him, "I'm talking to my daughter, not some street outsider so you shut up, boy" She spat, "when your elders in every way are talking.""Mum!" Joan called exasperatedly.She ignored her."And what do you mean by it's a pity I didn't die. Do you plan to kill me?""Yes, it's a pity I didn't succeed the other time. I'll just have to try harder next time" Alistair licked his lips, "A blade will really suit on your neck, so smooth and slit-ready. What do you think?"Joan and her mother were aghast. Just how could someone speak that way!"You!..." Mrs. Michaels was in horror. He couldn't mean what he said, could he? He rea

There was just something strange that she couldn't figure out.Everything, everything around her. Her mother, him...even King.There was something strange about them. Something strange going on behind the scenes and she felt like she was involved.*Joan and Alistair walked through the dark passages of the hospital after being allowed in. She placed a soft knock on King's door and pushed the door open when she got no answer."Be silent." She whispered to Alistair, scared that perhaps King was still withdrawn.She tiptoed to his bedside and peered down at him, jumping back and letting out a loud shout when she saw his eyes wide open."Joan?" Alistair called in alarm. He groped around for the light switch and flipped it on when he found it.Joan was standing wide eyed at a corner, King was sat up on his bed. His brows went up."What happened?"Joan shook her head, avoiding King's eyes."Where were you?" King spoke up, feeling glad and relieved that she came and that she wasn't mad at hi