Chapter 173 - Did She Even Love You

Meanwhile,

"Take your time." Caitlin turns her head around and gasps when she saw the man she has been avoiding already standing behind her.

"Think you can escape?" He lifts his eyebrow and grabs her hand before she could run away again.

Seeing there are a few bouncers starts entering the club night, trying to find them, he pulls Caitlin's arm and placed his hand on her waist. "Don't move or we both get caught."

Caitlin groans and follows his pace. Each time the bouncer walk closer to them, they hide their face with acting intimate until they all go to the private area.

"Agent Caitlin, Kiera's location has been detected," Eli respond which then Caitlin immediately pull her hand back from Brian and turn around. "Where?" She asks in a low voice and ready to leave the place.

"It's the hotel near-"

Caitlin was startled when Brian suddenly take off her earpiece and crack it with his hands like a peanut. "Hand it over," Brian said coldly while blocking her way.

He roughly pulls her waist and forces her to take off the devices from her hand. "Fuck off, Ben. Or I…" She glared at the man while trying to struggle out her body from his grasp.

"Or you what? Embarrassing my name and reputation again, like when you're caught being a drug trafficker?"

Caitlin scoffed and smirked at him. "You believe that I'll do something like that? You're an asshole, you know? Marrying another woman just after the day I was caught. Really a gentleman, aren't you?"

She had no choice other than grabbing his neck by her other hand and they both were pinned on the wall, of course, nobody cares about what they're doing as they thought it just another lover fight or drunken act between them.

"I marry the woman I love and not a cheap girl like you." He mocks at her which only makes Caitlin tighten the grip on his neck.

"The woman you love?" She tilts her head and laughs a bit. "Did she even love you, Ben? I doubt that.." She yanks her hand and took a small knife from her thigh band. Brian was shocked when she without hesitating slice his arm.

Hearing her word was like getting a deep cut in his heart and it somehow makes him angrier and he then rips off her dress from the back. Let show her naked body in front of everyone and see how she gonna handle that. How dare she provoking him using Lisa's name.

"Don't mess with me, Caitlin. You should learn how to utter your word wisely after spending so many days in prison." He grits his teeth and stares intensely at her.

"You really a bad guy, Ben. No one will ever love you." She squinted her eyes and release her hand from choking him. She then rips off the ruined dress and leaves only her bra and lace panties.

Everyone was looking at them with shock. And she just shrugged her shoulder looking at everyone. "Oh! Please, savor my beautiful view, everyone!" She sarcastically said and scoff at Brian.

"You wanted this, right? See? I'm not the girl you used to know. Humiliate me and do anything that you can to bring me down, you won't ever get me. Stop wasting your stupid time." She leaves him dumbfounded and everyone was looking at her walking so proudly leaving the night club.

When she was already gone, he punches the wall with his fist. "Fuck! I gonna found out who are you working with, Caitlin. Just you wait." He grunts and averts his eyes to the cut that she made on his arm.

It's not deep but it sting and what's more sting is her word. 'Does Lisa love me? Fuck, she loves me…and not that..'

'Dammit, Harry!'

…

Caitlin slips to the mall area and snatches a new outfit to wear before she walks out of the building. "Eli? Eli, do you hear me?" She touches her device on the surface and the device suddenly turns on. Luckily she had a set of back-up earpiece she hide inside her bra.

"Yes, agent Caitlin. Is your heart okay? I found the-"

"Cut the crap, Eli. Where's the location?" Caitlin look around her and hope that no one will notice her face tomorrow. She curses that jerk who tore her dress and she had to take the brave move to walk half-naked out from that night club.

'He'll surely be going to pay for this price of humiliation today.'

"Ah~ about that…Keira was just deactivated a few minutes ago and I couldn't find her anymore. All of her traces already wipe clean." Eli state in his robotic voice.

Sighing, Caitlin lean her head on the wall. "Fuck that Ben. I lost her again."

"Agent Caitlin?" Eli speaks again.

"What, Eli?" She replies lazily and walks back to their hotel room.

"Is that the man who broke your heart years ago?"

"Did I give you permission to see through my memory, Eli? If you don't want to be punished, don't ever peek at my memory again. You copy that?" She warned him and Eli immediately reply, "Yes, agent Caitlin."

"Now, I need to report this situation back to the base. Connect me with agent Flynn."

"Right away."

…

The next day,

Jamal blinking his eyes a few times when he saw all of his clients today in a weird state. For example, Raymond looks a bit pale and covering his eyes using his sunglasses even though there's no sun outside.

Luna also looks the same as him. Wearing her long cardigan and sunglasses, not only that... Alex is also wearing his sunglasses? 'What is this? A matrix family?'

While Brian looked like he just lost a billion-dollar asset and his arm was bandaged. 'Is he fight with someone last night?' He then averts his eyes to the little sweet girl.

She's the only one who looks normal even though sometimes she doesn't act as a normal kid would. But hey, look at how cute her smile is with her little pony bear on her arm.

"Jay…are we gonna go or not?" Raymond suddenly voices out which makes him suddenly fall back to earth.

"Oh, yeah-yeah…sorry. I was..spacing out a little." He said and went to the pavement, waiting for the valet to bring their car from the parking lot. Today's activities are fully outdoor and they have a limit time to visit all the places today.

Not long after, their car arrives at the lobby and Jamal helps them by putting their bag at the trunk before he went to the driver seat.

"Everything okay, Luna?" He asked, peeking at the girl for a moment.

"Hm?" Luna turns her head around and faintly smiles at him. "Yeah... I just..caught flu a bit. Maybe the weather here is a bit cold and we're just back from the island and that's why I think."

"Maybe, but just tell me if you want to be checked with the doctor, okay?" Jamal steps on the gas and drives to their next visiting destination.

Just like what they agreed on yesterday, Raymond, Luna, and Alex going together with their own pace and Brian, Lily and Jamal going to the other way.

They somehow understood their circumstances and let them be for a moment now. Maybe after this, they will not have the same experience again. Especially for Alex.

After so long, Luna was laughing and enjoy the moment with Raymond again. Playing at the theme park and went to every ride with just the three of them, really fun.

From the theme park, they went to the brand outlet mall and shop almost everything branded item for Alex and Luna and sent at their home. Even though Luna and Alex were refusing to buy it, Raymond still with his decision.

Alex did not say anything as he goes along with his parents' decision. If this is what they think best, what else could he say? All that he ever hope is, his mother be more honest to herself.