“Yours?” Shane narrowed his eyes at Stanley's deranged look and his lips curled into a sneer. “If she was truly yours, did you have to hypnotize her into thinking that you were me? Who gave you the right to claim that she's yours?”

Stanley lowered his head after listening to him, his thoughts unbeknownst to anyone but himself.

However, after some time, the man lifted his head and wore a spine-chilling smile as he cackled, his shoulders bobbing up and down from the motion. “Yes, it's all because of you. Your appearance has influenced Nat. If it weren't for you, Nat would have been mine sooner or later. So, Shane Thompson, I just need you to disappear!”

Stanley reached into his pocket and fished out a small scalpel that shone with a cold glint.

Shane's iris constricted at the sight of the scalpel and he instinctively pushed Natalie further away from himself.

“Shane Thompson, go to hell! When you're good as dead, I will erase her memories, and Nat will not have a clue of who you are, and you won't be able to influence her anymore!”

Stanley broke into a cackle right after and aimed for Shane's heart.

“You're crazy!” Shane's face sank as he retracted a step back, just in time to dodge the scalpel.

had failed, Stanley adjusted his

latter was afraid that Stanley's manic episode would accidentally hurt Natalie. Hence, he dodged the man carefully. After putting some distance in between himself and the man, Shane clenched his fist

as he slumped to the ground, knees first. The man winced in pain and

his hands fell to the ground with a clang, its sharp edge

in pain. He held his left arm with sweat beading on his forehead as he cursed, “Damn

he threw the punch at the man just

open his sleeve like it was

as blood gushed out non-stop, oozing out of his fingers, and dripped

to his pain as he rushed to Natalie's side,

that she was alright. He took out his phone and dialed Silas's number, asking him to

over in under forty

when he

into a hard line and said exasperatedly, “What are you doing over there? Where's

here!” Silas replied immediately, and walked over to Stanley and made his

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