EUROPE, RICHARD'S PLACE*

Hyce had to follow them, and they left Morgan and Isaac at the hotel.

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LOFT*

Layla decided to go to the hospital after crying to her heart's content.

She remoulded her face with makeup and came back downstairs, meeting Buddy who's sitting at the center.

Her first day here, it almost hurt her with it's claws, but thanks to Roonie who spoke to it in native Chinese before it could leave her.

Even after that, she's still so scared of the animal.

What normal human keeps a tiger at home?

She was glaring at the tiger as she walked to the door.

She left the building and locked the door, but when she got to her car, she felt a presence.

Instinctively, she turned, and she was shocked to see Teal behind, trying to stab her with a knife.

She quickly left her spot, so the knife met with the car.

"What the hell! Who are you!" Layla questioned, but Teal only smirked and came back for her with the knife.

Layla made to walk backwards, but she stumbled on a stone and fell.

Teal tried stabbing her on the ground, but she rolled away from that spot and stood.

"What do you think you're doing!" Layla spat, shifting back.

"Killing you! How dare you even look at what's not yours!" Teal raised the knife on her, but Layla ran this time.

That was a mistake cos she met Jeremy and Romeo in the front, and she stopped, breathing heavily.

"What...what do y'all want!!!"

"One, you have a crush on Banks. No one does that when Teal is still alive " Romeo said.

"Two, you live with him here? You deserve to die" Jeremy laughed.

Layla shook her head and turned back, meeting Teal again.

Her mouth widened in an earsplitting scream.

"No!!!!!!"

At the same time, uncle Edward's car halted in front of the Loft.

Teal lowered the knife, then she ran into darkness with her dogs.

Layla leaned on the car, holding her pounding chest.

"Are you ok? Nurse Layla?" Kara asked when the couple got to her.

"I'm fine. It was a spider" she straightened her posture, trying to balance her breaths.

"Is Roonie in?" Uncle Edward asked.

"He's probably on his way to North Europe right now. Silver was found, and the girl..." Layla said slowly.

"Silver?" Uncle Edward said shockingly.

"And what girl?" Kara asked.

"Pearl" Layla replied.

"What!" The couple chorused.

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EUROPE, RICHARD'S PLACE*

The ringing of the doorbell made Richard look up from the meal he's having on the dinning table.

A wicked smile graced his lips, and he stood to his feet, walking to the door.

He pulled it open, and a new face came to view.

It's the maker of his silicone mask.

"Come on in" he told him, and the guy stepped in with a light smile.

"I was surprised when you invited me for dinner. It's a luxury" he said.

"It's been years since we made the deal, consider this a rebound" Richard replied, and he bowed as he was led to the dinning room where the full dinner is waiting.

They both settled opposite each other, and Richard watched carefully as he picked his cutleries and started eating.

"I heard you established your company already. What's the name? Most family men name their companies after their children these days" The guy asked as he ate.

"I don't have a child... It's Soft Technology" Richard replied blandly, cutting his steak.

"Cool, and it's making billions already?" The guy asked.

"I believe so. What's your name again? I forgot" Richard replied.

"Arrow" the guy nodded, then he choked on his meal.

He was coughing as he reached for a cup of water, but Richard pushed the cup away from the table, and it landed soundly on the ground, shattering.

Arrow continued coughing, and he began vomiting blood instantly.

"I think today is your last day. I don't trust you, you might take the billions from Xavier and tell the whole world my silicone face...I can't risk it" Richard stood, watching him die with a satisfactory smile on his face.

Arrow suddenly began laughing, his demeanor changing from pains to mockery in a split second as his bloody teeth shone.