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."

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

as she held Nicholas, "Let's

stepped on Nicholas before blocked them. They gave their leader a

this girl seems tough! Can

surrounded by four men and those people didn't seem nice. At that moment, Alicia was on high alert. Her heart was about to

second, Nicholas straightened himself. He pushed Alicia behind him and gave

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

I don't buy

that said, a man 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

Don't touch me! Get

swept the feet of the man standing in front of him

off his lips, Nicholas

know how powerful you are! We're not here to fight or make you look bad! We're not here to hurt anyone either. But, I am not afraid of death! As long as I'm alive, no one touches my sister! I have

blood splattered everywhere. Right then, a

I'm a man of

"Nicholas!"

part of her clothes and used it as a

them including their leader stepped back. Their faces turned pale. Alicia suddenly tugged at her collar as

sick! See this? It's contagious! Do you guys want to die in the hands of a sick woman? Have you guys seen syphilis before? It was transmitted through this small wound here and that's all it takes! If you want to get

startled by her. They looked at each other