After being in his grandfather's residence for a long while, Alan decided to leave. He wanted to find Anne until she was found. Being around Luis made him even more convinced that Luis was the one who took Anne away. However, because he did not have clear evidence, plus his grandfather's statement that his assistant had not left him since morning, Alan could not do anything.

"Are you sure you don't want to join us for lunch?

" Mr. David Clarke asked quietly to his grandson, who had just gotten up from the chair.

"I'm not hungry. All my appetite is gone,

" Alan answered briefly while continuing to stare at Luis. He was still very suspicious of Luis.

"Then are you going to stay in the villa? This is your house, Alan, you should live with me. You're the only one that I have,

" said Mr. David Clarke suddenly, which greatly surprised Luis and Noah..

Alan took his eyes off Luis and looked at his grandfather.

"I've decided to stay at the villa for a while, Grandpa, but you don't have to worry because I'll be visiting you often.

"

Mr. David Clarke smiled wryly at the words of his grandson. Even though he had expected to hear the words from his grandson's lips, but still he felt a little sad when he heard them. Not long after, Alan and his bodyguards left the Clarke family residence.

After Alan and his men left, Mr. David Clarke went into the house with Luis and Noah to check on Marianne. He wanted to talk a lot with the girl his grandson was looking for.

"Sorry, Miss, forgive my grandson's actions. I've spoiled him too much,

" said Mr. David Clarke regretfully.

"I know what Alan did was wrong, that's why I, as his grandfather, want to sincerely apologize to you, miss...

"

"L-let go of me, sir, let me go home,

" said Marianne stammering to cut off the words of Mr. David Clarke, her eyes returned glazed.

"Home? Where do you want to go, Miss? This is your home now, are you not going to demand responsibility for my grandson?

" asked Mr. David Clarke repeatedly.

Anne's face turned pale again when she was reminded of Alan again. Alan's ferocity replayed in her memory. She quickly grabbed the edge of the blanket and gripped it tightly and used it to cover her body.

"I don't want to see him again. I don't want to see that monster again. H-he's so mean, I-I'm scared.

"

As she spoke, Anne's body shook violently, making everyone in the room feel sorry for her. Even Noah, who was known to be very strict with the maids, looked teary as he saw Anne's reaction.

Mr. David then ordered Luis, Noah and the maid to leave himself alone with Anne. He needed to talk privately with his grandson's lover. Immediately, the three people left the room. Luis, as the last person to come out, closed the door carefully.

"I know you must be very angry and hate my grandson. I understand it and it's very natural for you to be angry. But believe me, Miss, my grandson will want to be held accountable for his actions.

"

"No!!! I don't want him to take responsibility. I just want to get away from this place, get as far away from him as possible,

" said Anne loudly, cutting off Mr. David Clarke's words.

"Y-you don't want my grandson to marry you?

"

Anne quickly shook her head. Her eyes wet with tears, looking full of anger and hatred when discussing Alan.

"Miss Marianne, I know you're being very angry. But think again carefully, Alan is a good man. It's just that he lost control when he was with you, so I beg you ...

"

"A nice man you say? Tell me if he is a good man when he offers a contract agreement for a relationship? What kind of a good man is he who is willing to pay a woman to be his sleeping partner? Is that what you call a good man? He is a monster to me and I don't want to have the rest of my life satisfying his lust.

" Anne cut David Clarke quickly, her eyes were fixed sharply on Mr. David Clarke.

"But Miss ...

"

"Go away!!! I don't want to talk to anyone. I don't want to see anyone!!

" Anne screamed hysterically, driving away Mr. David Clarke.

Mr. David Clarke took a deep breath. The girl in front of him right now really had a great trauma as Doctor Caitlyn said. The old man finally left Anne in her own room. He didn't want to make Anne had a mental breakdown if he continued to talk about Alan, because it would automatically remind her about the rape that had happened to her.

"How is it, sir?

" Luis asked quietly as he managed to get David Clarke out of Anne's room.

Mr. David Clarke shook his head.

"It's like Doctor Caitlyn said, Marianne is so traumatized that it's hard to talk to her. And I don't blame her, she's the victim here.

"Then it's better if we give the lady some time to calm down, Sir, maybe with the help of Doctor Caitlyn, Miss Marianne's trauma will go away little by little. Usually when a victim shared her trauma with another woman, it will get easier,

" said Luis, quickly giving input to Mr. David. Clarke.

"Oh yes, Doctor Caitlyn! I forget about this. Call Doctor Caitlyn right now, Luis,

" shouted Mr. David Clarke excitedly.

"Yes, sir.

"

According to his master's orders, Luis then contacted Doctor Caitlyn, the only female doctor that Mr. David Clarke trusted to be one of his family doctors. All the doctors that Mr. David Clarke chose did not only examine him and Alan, but also all the employees, because of that, there was a female doctor who in one of the Clarke family doctors.

Meanwhile, in his car, Alan went crazy. He cursed Luis over and over. He was absolutely sure that Luis was the one who had taken Anne away from him, but because his grandfather gave a very reasonable reason, in the end for almost an hour being at his grandfather's mansion, he got nothing but disappointment.

"Fuck! How can he act like nothing happened?! Luis Cobb, you're such a jerk!

" Alan cursed for the umpteenth time. The veins on his face even bulged, showing that he was really angry.

"Be patient, sir, you have to think calmly right now. Don't be provoked by him. Because if you are angry, you will lose, and I'm sure Luis will want that. Therefore, you must be able to control your emotions, especially we don't know who the person behind Luis is. There is big master who protects him,

" Nicholas said quietly, trying to calm Alan.

"What you need to do right now is to keep an eye on all of Luis's movements carefully so as not to make him and Mr. David suspicious. If Luis is being protected by Master, shouldn't old Master be involved in this as well? So you can't be careless, sir.

"

Alan was silent hearing Nicholas' words. He digested the words spoken by his right hand.

"I think you're right, Nick. It looks like Grandpa is really involved in this. I'm sure. Okay then, I will play this game. Just watch, I will definitely get my Marianne back. She is mine, no one can keep Marianne away from me,

" Alan said coldly with tightly clenched fists.

Continued