Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia)

The way the man called for Alicia reminded her a lot about the past. Right then, her eyes started to glisten with tears. She helped the man up and spoke coyly. "Nicholas... Is it really you?" It was Nicholas Blanchard, Alicia's elder brother.

Right then, they were interrupted by an impatient male voice. "Hey! What do you think you're doing? You're not here to reminisce about the past! Where's the money?" Standing beside Nicholas, Alicia glared at the man angrily. "None of your business! How would I know you're not cheating me? Let me get an explanation first!"

Alicia turned herself towards Nicholas and started to speak in a gentler tone, "What happened?"

How could he owe them so much money?

The man was startled by how aggressive Alicia was. He scratched the back of his head unconsciously.

"Your brother owes us money! If it wasn't for us, he would have already been dead on the streets of Italy! Five hundred thousand for smuggling fees, two hundred thousand for labor fees, and another hundred thousand for us to come all the way from Bayton City. Do you know how hard it was for us to look for you? Now, give us exactly eight hundred thousand dollars!"

Smuggled... from Italy?

Those words popped into Alicia's mind. She noticed how dark Nicholas's skin was and how much bigger his build looked. It was as if he had been doing manual labor for a long period of time There were countless scars on his body. What kind of life was he living for the past ten years?

Alicia noticed how silent Nicholas was and knew that they were telling the truth.

How did he smuggle his way to Italy? Thinking of the many stowaways who died miserably and being abused, Alicia broke into a cold sweat.

It was lucky enough that he made it back alive!

Eight hundred thousand dollars was a big amount for Alicia but the priority at this moment was to get Nicholas back safely. Alicia took out a bank card and started to speak.

"There's eight hundred thousand inside and the password is written on the back!

Withdraw it yourself."

turning around, he took a glance at Alicia. Moments later, another

held Nicholas, "Let's

stepped on Nicholas before blocked them. They

tough! Can we play

at what he said. They were surrounded by four men and those people didn't seem nice. At that moment, Alicia was on high

He pushed Alicia behind him and gave the man a

my sister alone! I've survived hell once and I can do

Try me. I don't

stretched out his hand and tried to touch Alicia's face. Nicholas clasped the man's wrist and swiftly broke it. The man wailed in pain. Another man stepped forward

be their leader came and

touch me! Get off of

he had but was outnumbered. The moment he saw Alicia being taken away, he swept the feet of the man standing in front of him and the man fell. Then, he took the knife from the man and rushed to Alicia's side, forcing the leader to step back, away from

his lips, Nicholas turned around swiftly

either. But, I am not afraid of death! As long as

moment he finished speaking, a white light flashed and blood splattered

kill you! I'm a man of my word! If you don't believe me,

"Nicholas!"

as she hugged him. She tore part of her clothes and

some of the men were dumbfounded. They were initially shooting daggers at Nicholas but at that moment, all of them including their leader stepped back. Their faces turned pale. Alicia suddenly tugged at her

seen syphilis before? It

by her. They looked at each