"What happened to you?! Gosh we need to go to the hospital!" screamed Leah frantically. In front of her, Damien appeared to be standing with a deathly pale face. Leah ran inside to get her bag and grabbed Damien's arm which was injured, "Can you walk?" asked Leah. Damien nodded, he winced at the pain in his hand."So what exactly happened?" asked Leah as she made her way down the stairs with difficulty. Damien chuckled, "I was too careless, I put the knife on the table, then I squatted down to clean the floor from the spilled sauce stain, suddenly my cellphone vibrated and nudged the knife so it fell and hit my right hand," Damien replied casually.Leah grimaced, "Why does the wound look so deep? Is the knife that sharp?" she asked as she studied the wound on Damien's hand. "Yeah, pretty sharp. You know the knife to cut Sashimi," Damien said while occasionally grimacing feeling the pulse in his wound which was still bleeding.Down below the apa

"Leah? Is that you?" Adrian's voice on the other side made Leah felt comfortable. "Yes Ad, it's me..." she replied almost in a whisper. "Why did you call the office? Did you delete my cell phone number?" said Adrian. Leah was silent, organizing her messy feelings. She hated herself so much for always depending on Adrian. Hadn't she already cut ties with Adrian? She should have stopped involving Adrian with all the problems in her life."Leah? You still there? Is everything all right?" asked Adrian. Unable to bear the guilt that filled her chest, Leah decided to just end the call. She slumped on the floor, hugging herself. She was desperate, not knowing what to do.Who is Damien? Why did he have a picture together with Jerome? Were they friends? Leah wanted to ask Adrian a lot about it, but Adrian would immediately feel worried. And Leah didn't want that to happen. She did not want to involve Adrian in any business in her life. It would be very unfair

Adrian peeked through the hole in the door, his face shocked for a moment. "Who is that?" Leah asked almost whispering. Adrian walked slowly back to the sofa, "It's Damien, I don't think he knows if I'm here," spoke Adrian. They stared at each other in silence, then an idea popped into Adrian's head, "Let him in, I'll hide in the closet, lure him with all the things you want to know, don't worry I'll take care of you," whispered Adrian, Leah nodded then she opened the wardrobe and let Adrian got into it. "Put this in too!" whispered Leah, holding out Adrian his small suitcase.The bell still ringing, Leah put away a few beer cans and a pizza box. She only left 1 box of pizza and two cans of beer so Damien wouldn't get suspicious. After catching her breath, Leah opened the door. In front of her was Damien who was waiting impatiently."What are you doing here?" asked Leah curtly. Damien rubbed his face, "What the hell happened Leah? Why did you act weird last

"We can move somewhere in Asia, maybe Singapore, Korea, Japan or wherever it is! No one will recognize us," said Leah desperately. "What about my Law Firm? I earn money from that," replied Adrian, confused. Leah just stared at Adrian blankly then she turned her gaze to the other direction. "I'm sorry, I should have thought about that too, I am so selfish," whispered Leah, deep down inside her heart she expected that Adrian would leave all his life and run away with her to somewhere safe, but she knew that's not gonna happen.Adrian held her hand and touch Leah's finger smoothly, "I promise we'll figure it out later, how about flying back to Maryland, and meet my parent? And if it doesn't work we can try plan B," said Adrian, he felt bad because his words made Leah sad. Leah looked up at Adrian in amazement, "Are you sure about it? You know exactly how your mother gonna react when she saw me!" said Leah disagree with Adrian's plan.Adrian shook his hea

Leah dressed up beautifully, she didn't want to be intimidated by Vivian. Even though she knew Vivian was indeed a good person, but the tension between them made everything different."Are you ready?" asked Adrian, hugging Leah from her back. Leah sighed, "Yeah baby, I am so ready!" replied her lightly. There's nothing that could beat her spirit!A few minutes later Leah and Adrian were walking hand in hand to Charlie's office where the whole family was waiting.Charlie smiled at Leah and Adrian and motioned for them to sit down.Leah and Vivian sat across, they didn't even greet each other. It wasn't that Leah didn't want to say hello, but Vivian always avoided her gaze. "Okay honey, tell us everything on your mind but don't forget to be polite," Charlie said to Vivian.Vivian cleared her throat, she looked up and throw her gaze at her only son."Adrian, you really not gonna listen to me, do you?" she asked, her intonation were