Dylan opened his eyes when the plane landed, but deep down, he felt restless, as if something was wrong, but had no idea what exactly it was. "The car's ready," Lucas said, distracting his thoughts and he soon rose to his feet after a minute. Dylan stepped out of the plane and began heading towards the car with Lucas trailing behind him. As soon as his luggage was tucked in, the driver ignited the engine and drove away.It's been more than a year since he last saw Lyon, and Linda, his adopted Mom. Dylan brought out his phone to check out the news. Mr Henry's death was the talk of every damn news station at the moment, and although this was a hard time for him, he had to get everything done as soon as possible so he could leave.It took 2 long hours, but Dylan was finally there. The car halted right in front of King's Corporation, the head company amongst all others, and when the car was opened, Dylan stepped out putting on a pair of dark glasses. He tucked his hand into his pocket a

CHAPTER 23Anna groaned lightly as she opened her eyes, but was welcomed with a blurry vision of a man sitting a few inches away from her. She fluttered her brows once and groaned again realizing that she couldn't move her hands properly. The deep cut around her forehead had been stitched up and a bandage was used to prevent further bleeding around her forehead."You're awake."Anna was quick to recognize the voice that spoke the moment she opened her eyes and fluttered her brows again to get a clearer vision of him. He was seated with his legs crossed as he stared at her."How long have I been here?""Two days," Dylan responded, still seated calmly. "Two days? My daughter, where is my daughter?" Anna panicked as she realized Emma would be so worried about her. She tried to stand on her feet, but groaned aloud in pain,"You should stay still. Your daughter's safe." Dylan replied and rose to his feet. He walked towards the small table close to Anna and pressed a number on the telephon

James Smith struck down the glass table with a wooden stick, but that wasn't enough to keep him calm. He walked over to the flower vase and smashed it on the floor. As he did all of this, Liam stood behind, jerking at the sound of everything that broke.There was no way he could utter a word in this situation until James was calm.James suddenly turned around to face Liam. His eyeballs were big and swollen, and a few bruises were on the back of his hands."How the hell did those damn photos get off the internet Liam?""I have no idea, but we're looking into it.""It couldn't just vanish. I'm sure Anna's working with someone very powerful, someone who's helping her get away from me."James took a deep breath in,"Sir, your grandfather will be here in a few minutes," Liam announced with a shaky voice as his grip tightened on the case he was holding. He had to prevent James from getting angry so he wouldn't get hit at any time. When James heard this, he tucked his hand into his pocket to

"Why?" Dylan questioned, crossing one leg against the other as he wanted to know why Anna had said that."Because you're a billionaire. A lot of people out there might call me a gold digger or even worse names. Besides, after one year, we'll go our separate ways, so it's better not to have it announced. Just a simple marriage as evidence for your family would do right?" *After one year, we'll go our separate ways?* The words just rushed out of her mouth, and it was then Dylan realized that she had no idea he liked her and his reason for this marriage wasn't just because of his father's wish or order, but also because he wanted to protect and keep a close eye on her. Maybe for a second, he had forgotten."Yes." He responded with just a word, and kept staring at Anna talk,"Then a secret contract marriage would do." Dylan averted his gaze to his wristwatch. He wanted to change the topic, but thankfully, Anna laid back on the bed to rest,"You should go freshen up a bit, I'm not going

Ten minutes later, Lucas walked into the ward, and Dylan rose to his feet when he saw him,"I've gotten everything you need, sir. The pictures on the internet have also been taken care of, and this is everything you need to know about Ms Anastasia George.""George?" The last name sounded familiar to Dylan and he arched his brows as he collected the papers from Lucas."Alright, thank you," Dylan said and took a few steps away from Lucas, heading towards the window. When he heard the sound of the door as Lucas stepped out, he didn't look around but began to go through the papers that Lucas had brought to him.His grip on it slowly began to tighten, and he bit his lower lips. One minute later, when Dylan saw the exact words he was looking for, he turned around slowly till he was able to stare at Anastasia who was still unconscious on the bed.It was so hard to believe, but based on Lucas's research, it was stated that Anna was the only daughter of Mr and Mrs George, which meant, she was