CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT:—“Are you ready?” Althea asked.Tyler let out a breath, the white mist emerging from his mouth and disappearing in the air. He tugged his scarf on his neck and rubbed his palms together. “Yes.”Althea glanced at him from the corner of her eyes and saw that his usual smile was not there. Althea smiled sadly. She did not comment on this and just turned to lead the way. They trekked a path towards the mountain. The path was littered with tall grasses and massive trees, standing like a proud wall and shielding them with their leaves. Tyler was silently following behind Althea. His eyes swept around anxiously. The road seems endless. Later on, there seems to be a clearing. Tyler paused in his tracks, and Althea waited for him to move back on in silence. "We're here." Althea voiced out after the long walk. They were in a

 CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY:—“You remembered something.” Althea went straight to the point, she looked at her husband sternly with both of her arms crossed against her chest.  “Tell me, is it yours?”It was the day when Tyler received a message from the cops that they found the hideout where Althea and Kai were. He remembered waking up in a hotel with a stranger in the bed, but because of that message, everything turned blurred and he disregarded everything. Now that this came up, everything came back rushing in like a tide in his mind.Memories from the night when he drowned himself in

Althea's phone rang. Both eyes went to her pocket, and with no suspense, she took it out and… “Speak of the devil and the devil shall appear.” Althea laughed at the idiom. She flashed her phone’s screen to Sheryl.Sheryl read it and her eyes contracted after seeing Tyler’s name on it. Althea picked it up and purposely put it on a loud speaker. “Hey.”“Hey my love.” Tyler lovingly said from the other line. The sweetness in his voice traveled to the ears of the other three. “How’s it going? I hope my wife’s not stressing herself up. I can’t have the future mother of my children frown all day.”“I haven’t reached the offi

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (02):—The phone call was cut off. Although it was broken abruptly and rudely, the pregnant woman showed no dissatisfaction and she was even wearing a complacent look on her face, seemingly proud of what she had done.She turned and caught her mother staring at her above the wine glass that was hovering right above her lips. Diana had a small smile on her lips as she watched her daughter. When Diana saw that Sheryl’s attention was on her, her smile widened.Her luscious red lips were especially inviting, added by the moisture that was taken from the wine she was taking. Slowly, she muttered. “How is it?”She was asking about what happened. Sheryl chuckled and responded with pride. “Sooner or later, he will be mine!”The pitch in her voice was high, showing an obvious hint of her excitement. Sheryl thought that her mother would also ride her excitement and compliment her on what she’s done, but then, she said something unwelco

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (04):—“Sheryl, it’s late.” “But I’m scared!” Sheryl refuses to back down. Her voice was slightly muffled but they could hear the begging in it. The two looked at each other. She continued. “It’s a foreign house, you expect me to adjust quickly? I—you should have agreed about moving into my house…”Tyler silently cursed inside his head, he wanted to shut her up but his attention got shifted to the sudden disappearance of the weight on his lap. He looked at Althea in alarm, his eyes questioning.‘Go.’ She mouthed.