MasukZARIA …with the help of a friend. When I probed further, she whispered Renzo asked her to come with a cargo.Shu Yi.Who knew what Renzo wanted with the boy? Whatever he wanted was none of my business anyway. Either way, I was glad Anna was here. I took a sip of the warm coffee and frowned at her. “What’s everywhere?”She pulled out her phone and turned the screen toward me. At first, I did not understand what I was looking at. It was a video from the operating room. I was with Dr. Anthony's team, giving instructions and gesturing here and there.It was such a beautiful thing… The moment I stepped in during the complication and used my traditional methods. The title of the video read “Miracle Doctor Revealed – Zaria Dominico Saves Child in Dramatic Surgery.”My stomach dropped. “The fuck?” I jumped from my chair.Anna swallowed hard visibly. “I told you.”I scrolled through the comments and saw thousands of views already with people sharing it across every platform. Some called i
ZARIA My heart hammered against my ribs as I stood at the scrub sink, letting the cool water run over my hands. Rai was already on the table, looking so… fragile under the bright surgical lights. My baby. My entire world.I had delivered hundreds of miracles in my career, but nothing had ever felt this personal…this terrifying. This time I ran away from Renzo was no different.Every breath I took seemed to suffocate me. “Listen up everyone!” Dr. Anthony called out. “This is Dr. Zaria and she'll be assisting today.” He was still talking calmly to the team, but I could barely hear him over the rush of blood in my ears. Rai was on the table, about to go under the knife.My heart broke over and over again.We began the procedure carefully, and I assisted Dr. Anthony as he made the first incision. Surprisingly, my hands were steady even though my soul felt like leaving my body.“Have you adjusted the monitor?” I asked the nurse.She nodded. Still, I monitored them myself and adjusted
RENZO“... lower…” Hawk whispered into my ear.I opened my eyes. “Good. No one touches him until I get there.”I walked down to the secure section of the warehouse where we handled special matters. The room was prepared with the tools I might need: bright lights, a metal table in the center, and various instruments laid out neatly on a side cart. Shu Yi sat tied to a chair in the middle of the room. He was fourteen years old, but his face already carried the arrogance of someone who thought money could protect him from everything.What was a fourteen-year-old doing with Zaria's baby boy? That boy was barely nine. I think? Damn it. I should have asked Anna for more details about the fucking boy.To my surprise, this Shu Yi boy looked up when I entered and smirked. “Now, who the hell are you?”I turned to the back, hoping he was talking to Hawk. Clearly, he wasn't.“Are you the boss?” He eyed me from up to down, reminding me of Yakov's sharp tongue. A fourteen-year-old Yakov probably
RENZO 224:Oh, the master? His name still sounded hilarious. Asher, the clown of the gang had found a way to tease us the entire way about capturing the master.He eleven mentioned something like the master doing dirty things to Hawk. My laughter knew no bounds at the disgusting expression Hawk threw back at Asher. The man had tried playing mind games with me earlier when my team first brought him in, speaking in riddles and trying to manipulate the conversation. I had not been in the mood then, and I was even less in the mood now. So I had snapped my fingers and my men had bound him properly while I was still dealing with Zaria and Rai’s situation. He was settling in quietly now. Just the way I wanted.Further down the warehouse, another team was unloading the shipments we had confiscated from Governor Henry’s private convoy. He had crates of illegal weapons, stacks of cash, and several sealed containers of questionable chemicals being catalogued and moved into secure storage.
RENZO But I kept quiet.The time will come soon.The boy on the bed suddenly whimpered. “Father…”Wang leaned in immediately. “I am here, son. I am right here.”I looked away. Zaria and I could have had such a life… but everything was ruined because of my father.But no worries. I would handle Shu Yi. I would make sure no one touched Zaria’s son again. And then I would remind Wang exactly who he was dealing with.Zaria opened her eyes and caught me staring. I did not look away. Let her see the anger. Let her see everything I was holding back.When we landed back at the main institute, my team moved fast. They had the operating room fully prepared. I watched Zaria remove her jacket and demand gloves and scrubs. She wanted to go in with her son.Well, deep down, I respected that fire in her, but another part worried she was too exhausted.“Are you sure?” I asked, searching her eyes. “You’ve lost some color and your eyes are sunken in. Zaria, allow my team to handle it. Dr. Anthony i
RENZO An annoyed sound left my lips.Seeing Zaria break down today was one of the worst feelings of my life. She had a lot of snort running down her face… not caring who was seeing her.Before the helicopter took off, I had stood a few steps away from the group, crossed my arms tightly over my chest, and watched the entire pathetic display unfold. What's with the crying?Also what the fuck was wrong with Wang? The man was constantly hovering around Zaria, offering his shoulder, whispering soft words that made my blood boil. Jesus. I could fuck him up with one call alone!Every time he touched her arm or pulled her closer, my jaw tightened harder. That man had no right or claim to her, yet there he was, playing the devoted fiancé in front of everyone while I was forced to stand back like some outsider in my own institute.This was my wife for heaven's sake.I turned my gaze away and towards the boy on the stretcher, Rai. His face was swollen beyond recognition with one eye complet
RENZO A week changed everything.And it was not because time healed or any of that bullshit, but because my body finally stopped lagging behind my head. On the second day of my recovery, the shaking eased and the weakness stopped embarrassing me. I could walk without the crutches by the fifth day
ELIX “I’m sorry, ma’am,” Grace continued. “She’s been under a lot of stress.”I nodded once. “It’s fine. Accidents happen.”“Come, I’ll attend to that.” Grace gave May a worried look and gently guided her away, still apologizing, completely unaware of how close she had been to witnessing something
ZARIA That also meant my days of ‘normal’ were over.Was it Grace? Her voice was unmistakable over the landline. No. Grace wouldn’t do that. Reasons?My mind gave me two solid reasons and the first was: She wasn't a hacker. Secondly; she was old. I exhaled slowly and shook my head, forcing the tho
ZARIA Work resumed in a way that felt almost surreal.After the rush of adrenaline, and the bright satisfaction of finally scoring a strategic goal against Rosita Dominico, life simply… went on. I couldn't place it.Normal was the best way to describe it.The patients we desperately wanted— came







