KENDRICK'S POV"Boss, what are you doing here? You’re back so early," Lewis said as I stormed inside the house. I ignored him, kicked off my shoes, marched over to my chair, and flopped on it.My mind was in chaos. I had to calm down, but it was always impossible whenever it came to my woman and how she was treated. No matter what I did, she wouldn't let me interfere in her life.I dragged the chair, letting the tires shriek against the tiles until my elbow was on the table and my curled-up fist was on my chin. "Good. Anything you want. I won't try to help you next time."I didn't know if I was expecting some sort of answer, but when I got nothing but silence, my heart swelled. "Damn it," I hissed."Umm, boss, permission to say something?" I barely lifted the corner of my brow when I noticed he was moving backwards.What was the point of even trying when you didn't have the balls to chest it out? Boring.My back nestled slowly against the chair and I exhaled, tossing my head back. "Go
REBECCA'S POV"Li..." I gritted my teeth, trying to take the little girl's tiny hands away from my body, but she held on tighter.I nearly summoned all my strength, grabbed her, and slowly detached our bodies from each other. "Little girl, look at me clearly. I am not your mother, okay?"The sadness in her eyes made me take a deep breath. Whose kid was this? And for some reason, she looked quite familiar.Her hands tilted toward the floor, brushing her feet, her hair swinging alongside. I traced her gaze and noticed the milk I gave her was still on the floor. I reached out, picking it up from the floor and handed it to the little girl."I'm not your mom, but I can give you this milk. How about that?"Her eyes softened, tracing them from me and then back toward the bottle of milk, and she hugged it tightly. "Thank you... miss."For some reason, the words sounded bitter on her lips, and I sensed every bit of it."But miss," the little girl grinned brightly, looking up at me with shining
REBECCA'S POVI thought I was losing my mind until I met Kendrick. Turns out, some forms of madness are far more dangerous than others. And he was living proof of that.I plunged forward, both hands in the air, with his gun pointed right at me. Somehow, I knew he was not going to hurt me or I was playing with my life.Either way, the only reason he was here was because of me and I was going to make sure that he doesn’t get involved.His eyes widened when he saw me right in front of him. His face squeezed with rage."You want to protect them? For that bastard, you want to throw your life away again?" His voice croaked and I noticed the way his hands over his weapon lowered, but not fully."Kendrick..." I started with caution, moving a step closer."Fine. Let's see how you want to protect them. Move aside," he rasped softly."Kendrick, no. I can't let you do that," I said."Why is that? Do you still love him?" Kendrick groans, straightening his arm but moving his gun towards Felix.I sw
REBECCA'S POV"I will only say this once," I started through clustered breaths. "I didn’t do anything. That woman is nothing but a liar."I ran my eyes around the hallway. Confusion washed over me, but I did my best to hold back my fury."You shameless bitch. Look at what you did," Evelyn snapped. I didn’t even notice that she was already back. She was beside Felix, staring down at Anna with pity before she snapped her head back to me.This whole place was already suffocating enough. William was still asleep and when he wakes up, he might get scared that I wasn’t around.Some nurses were already attending to Anna as she rolled on the floor with tears in her eyes and low moans. They took her away.A hand clamped around my arm. I spun around and saw that it was Felix. I snatched my arm away."Where do you think you are going? Apologize right now or else I will not let you off," he said.“You’re insane if you think I’d do that. I have no reason to hurt Anna — not the way she’s claiming.
REBECCA'S POVIf anyone had told me that I was going to be standing at the corner of my room watching Kendrick through the transparent glass, I wouldn’t have believed it.His private life was none of my business, and yet something kept pulling me in.Was it a force, or just my own curiosity? Because he was showing interest in another woman?I tried my best to catch anything from the conversation, but there was nothing.The only way would be to open the door, and that was a risk I couldn’t afford.I was almost giving up when Kendrick turned toward the hall. I quickly ducked to the side before he saw me, and then I noticed he entered a room almost directly opposite William's.My eyes squinted at the numbers. "308. Was that where this woman Kylie was?"I snapped my eyes closed. What the hell was I doing?This was something I should have expected.All men lie and cheat.He was making all these promises, and yet he already had someone else in his life.“Damn it,” I cursed. “How could I alm
KENDRICK'S POVI knew Lewis was the one buzzing my phone like a beep. Only he would dare to do something like that.It was obviously something important, but then I couldn’t just leave. And the moment he mentioned Kylie, I didn’t know how to react.I didn’t ask for the details. It was too risky talking about Kylie while Rebecca was here.“I’m on my way,” I said, ending the call before Lewis could say more.I clenched my phone in my hands, turning over to Becca as she caressed the little boy’s hair.She looked so beautiful despite the stress from earlier. I wondered how she would look if that little boy she was holding was actually my son.I took a deep breath. “I have to go. Something came up. Once I’m done, I’ll come back as fast as I can.”Becca didn’t say anything. She didn’t even look up at me.“Okay,” she muttered.It was back to her cold tone. I thought we were already past that?Was she mad at me for leaving? Wasn’t she the one who wanted me to take the call? I do it now, and s