It was the terrace of a big mansion at a private island owned by Ryu where he could see two more helicopters were already parked, indicating others have already arrived.

Ryu laughed and gestured Bernard to follow him.

"Well at this place no one can stalk us so it's perfectly safe and private." Ryu explained as he pressed the b.u.t.ton for the elevator to open.

So you bought an entire island and made it a private property for your own use and leisure only. How nice… Maybe I should think of buying one too." Bernard uttered as he followed Ryu inside the elevator.

"Yes, you can tour around if you want. I will make it open for families and trusted friends only." Ryu answered grinning.

Bernard was taken aback and murmured, "So I'm considered a trusted friend already…"

"Of course you are, should there be something for us not to trust you?" Ryu asked with an arched eyebrow that made Bernard laugh.

"Well there's nothing untrustworthy about me at all but, just so you know, I'm also keeping my eyes on you." Bernard uttered that made Ryu crumpled his forehead with a confused looks.

Bernard just laughed and walked out of the elevator without further elaborating his last sentence leaving Ryu in confused state.

"Who told you to make yourself feel at home," Ryu jested as he pa.s.sed by in front of Bernard and walked towards the living area where the rest of the group were already having fun while chatting teasing and bantering.

Bernard greeted everyone and Dean introduced him to Rita and said proudly, "Meet my pillow, my wife, Rita. Who wouldn't miss such a beautiful wife in the cage called the house of Zeus? How couldn't I miss this pillow of mine?"

Rita hit Dean's shoulder because of embarra.s.sment. Then Shawn introduced Denise as his fiancé.

"Another pillow?" Bernard said teasingly, embarra.s.sing Shawn.

Dean laughed and pulled Denya in front.

"She's Denya… Our cousin who is on a vacation with us. We decided to bring her with us since she'll be bored at the mansion alone. Besides, I think you'll need someone to talk to since you don't have a pillow by your side yet. At least you won't feel out of place because of the presence of our beautiful pillows along our sides." Dean said grinning while his eyes were teasing Bernard.

Deyna was pretty and she smiled at him timidly. Then she offered her hand for a handshake that Bernard hesitatingly accepted.  He felt a bit awkward but tried to ignore his feelings.

'Weird…' he mused.

But then Bernard s.h.i.+fted his gaze towards Arya who was standing intimately beside Ryu. He quickly walked to Arya and sat beside her.

Dean on the other hand looked at Bernard with his suspicious eyes…

They all started chatting and talking with each other sharing their experience of the limited time spent in the house of Zeus, Bernard had most of his attention towards Ryu and Arya's interactions.  Dean noticed this weired gaze of him and was about to say something when Ryu's man, Regan, entered and said, "Boss the bonfire outside is ready and so is the dinner…"

The group went out and sat down around the bonfire enjoying the cold night breeze, gazing at the beauty around the place and the warmth of the fire.

There was grilled meat and fresh sea foods and the group enjoyed their dinners.

"Let's get insanely drunk tonight because we will soon go back inside your high rating show with no fun and no drinks!" Dean shouted and proposed a toast.

Without Bernard noticing, Dean poured more drinks in his gla.s.s..

They say people start to reveal their secrets when they're drunk. Dean felt Bernard was hiding something about his feelings towards Arya, so he wanted to make him heavily drunk and then spill out his secrets.

"Let's play truth and dare guys," Dean suggested when he noticed Bernard drinking well and his plan can be executed now

And all of them agreed at once. Bernard who was pulled out by Dean to sit beside Deyna was starting to get drunk. And as Dean suspected the latter had started to talk too much.

Dean spun the bottle and it stopped, pointing at Bernard.

"Truth or dare?" Dean asked.

Bernard chuckled and said, "Truth!"

He was trying to avoid more drinks which was Dean's dare because he felt his head was going crazy already.

"Alright, do you like my sister-in-law Arya?" Dean asked straightforwardly.

"YES! But she doesn't remember me at all! I had been trying to find her for a long time and when I found her she was already with Ryu Ken. I would have taken her away from him had he been treating her ill or not faithful towards her. But Ryu, you are good to her, taking good care of her and love her from your heart. She's happy now so I won't take her away." Bernard answered directly with his drunken voice. Then he looked at Ryu and said, "The moment Arya cries because of you… I will definitely take her away!"

All were stunned with what they heard, Arya among all who finally speak, "Wait, what do you mean I don't remember you meeting before Bernard? Had not Kay introduced you to me that day for the film?"

Arya was confused as she stared at Bernard directly, he seemed familiar but she couldn't remember meeting him at all.

Bernard's face sulked then he said, "I understand, you're still young that time. Maybe around five or six and I was 12. That was before I left the country. You saved me from a crazy dog that almost got you bit…"

Arya tried to recall what Bernard was saying but she failed. "I'm really sorry… I'll ask my parents if something like that happened when I was a kid…"

Bernard smiled sweetly at Arya while Ryu was just silent with his expressionless face.

Then Dean thought of something and said, "Sis maybe that's why you're afraid of dog… Maybe it's connected."

Arya was about to ask Bernard the details of all that had happened, but then the latter had already dozed off in Deyna's lap.

Dean shook his head and commented, "This flower boy is so weak. Just a few shots and he's down like that…"

Deyna touched Bernard's face then felt his pulse on his wrist and she crumpled her forehead.

"Why, what happened?" Ryu asked.

Deyna suddenly spoke, "His pulse… Something is wrong with him."

"What? Do we need to send him to a hospital? Isn't it just a simple blacking-out because of over drinking?" Dean asked with concern.

Denya shook her head. "No, he's okay. What I mean is he was sick… It seemed that he's been sick for so long… This man is not well, but I will need further checking." Deyna murmured with hesitation.

"Oh you're a doctor?" Arya asked in amazement.

Deyna with half smile responded, "I actually don't know. I can't remember, but Chief Physician said I'm gifted with knowledge of medicine so he taught me well…"

"Oh flower boy actually was sick I heard, since he was young that's why he left the country when he was young… Maybe that's what it is..." Dean commented.

Ryu called for Regan and one more man to bring Bernard inside one of the guest rooms.

Deyna asked the group if she could follow Bernard and check him further…

Meanwhile, Shawn was quiet as he looked at the message he had received. Then his face became gloomy and dark like he was ready to kill anytime...

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