Valerie, Doctor Marcus, and Andre all left and Doctor Marcus drove Valerie back to the hospital while Andre left in his car.When they arrived at Best Diagnostics, Doctor Marcus was all smiles, and initially, Valerie couldn't understand why. She could not bring herself to smile as she felt as though she had been used. She respected Marcus a lot, but she could tell from the way he was fawning over Andre that he had been bought.However, she couldn't express the grievances she felt in her heart because she knew Marcus was her senior, and she couldn't afford to offend him if she wanted to continue working at the hospital.In the afternoon, Julius, who had been constantly checking his time, hurried out of the office, bought lunch, and went to Melody's house.When he knocked on the door, he realized it was still unlocked and went inside. He went into Melody's bedroom which was also open and saw her in the same place he had left her—on her bed. "Hi, I brought lunch." He said going to sit

Andre stared at Valerie for a while, feeling discouraged. Each time he met up with her, he would be so optimistic that after pouring out his heart, Valerie's mind would change. But she was always as hard as possible, and whenever she spoke like this, he found it difficult to talk back. He took a step back and said, "Okay Valerie, I'll be leaving for now."Valerie was surprised as she thought Andre would insist on staying or getting her to change her mind. She believed that he was gradually pulling away, and eventually, he would get tired and stop pursuing her. Andre opened the door and went outside. It was raining heavily, and as she listened to the sounds of the rain, Valerie was tempted to ask him to stay back. In all honesty, a part of her wanted him to stay the night because she knew that Julius wouldn't be back. He had already told her that he would spend the night at Melody's. She would have enjoyed Andre's company, but she was aware that asking him to stay back would make hi

When Julius woke up in the morning, he said, "Good morning" to Melody. Because he had to leave, he led her to the bathroom to help her take a bath. After they bathed together, he rushed into the kitchen and made breakfast while she sat on the bed waiting. Melody told herself that Julius was such a nice man, and if things were different, she wouldn't have wanted to use someone like him. She had seen that he had genuinely fallen for her, but she had a duty to carry out. She didn't have a choice because betraying Drew would cost her life. A few minutes later, he came out of the kitchen with breakfast ready."I have to hurry back now because I need to go to work and drop off my sister," he said while getting ready to leave."Oh, but won't you at least have breakfast with me?" she asked."I would love to, but I'll come over during lunch."He kissed her on the cheek and rushed out of the house, while she kept staring at him. After he left, she picked up her phone to call Drew because he h

Valerie stared helplessly at Andre. She wanted to break free from his grasp, but his arms firmly held her waist, drawing her nearer."Let me go now," she pleaded."Please, Andre.""No, I'll never let you go," Andre replied."Really?" she asked sarcastically. "What about your 'different packages'? I mean the ones you spend all your time with."Andre smiled, "Spend all my time with? Valerie, you know I spend all my time chasing after you.""Oh, don't pretend like you don't know what I'm talking about," Valerie retorted."Alright then, let me tell you something," Andre said."I won't deny that I used to have weird kinks. Back when Drew and I grew up together, we did a lot of things: wild partying, drinking, smoking, and... well, I occasionally had multiple partners. I never really formed any attachments because I discarded them as quickly as I got them. Then Drew began to get involved with all these 'packages.' He would have many women in a room, partying and having sex with them. He a

Valerie screamed as the sounds of gunshots filled her ears, but Andre covered her mouth and said, "Shhh..."He pulled her towards a table, and they remained underneath as gunshots fired through the window. She looked in the direction of the burly man and saw him lying on the ground, while his underlings, who had earlier stood beside him, positioned themselves at two other windows, shooting out. While Valerie tried to control her breathing, she stared at Andre and noticed that a bullet had grazed his shoulder."You're bleeding," Valerie said helplessly."Don't worry about that," Andre replied, taking out a gun from his pocket. He began crawling towards the door, but Valerie tapped his back."Get back here and let the other men handle it," she said.Andre looked back at her and smiled, "How do I get you out of here if we remain under the table?""This is all your fault," she complained. "If you hadn't brought me here, my life wouldn't have been in danger.""Shush, this is not the time