BAD NEWS

"Why did you do that? It's against the law, and it's the same as violating my privacy. What are you doing all this for anyway? Don't tell me it is part of your silliness, Sir?" asked Alice who was a little angry at Sean's outrageous behavior.

Alice didn't care if life was usually known to others. What she worries about is that her identity as a mafia princess will be exposed and could endanger the safety of those around her.

"It's up to you if you think me doing all that is ridiculous. Maybe you're right, I'm silly for being attracted to a special girl likes you," Sean said seriously and continued to look at Alice with a warm gaze.

"Perhaps it's true that I've gone completely insane by now and I think this madness because I fell in love with you. Yes, I'm in love with you, Alice!" Sean continued earnestly.

"Let me have you all to myself, Alice. I want you. I want to always see you, I want to be near you. And I know, all that I want to do because I love you. I've never felt madness like this in my entire life. You're driving me crazy, Alice," Sean said without giving Alice a break to speak.

Alice's heart thumped after hearing Sean's words with an intense gaze that pierced her chest. Whether it's true or just a joke, Sean's sentence has managed to shake her heart.

Alice's mind went blank even if she just answered Sean's sudden attack. And somehow every word of Sean is like magic that oozes flowers from his mouth to make her touched and happy.

For a few moments, they exchanged glances in silence. Both of them felt a strange feeling that tickled.

Sean, who fell asleep with Alice's beautiful gaze and face, couldn't contain his passionate desire. Especially when his gaze shifted to Alice's slightly parted lips, making him want to immediately devour the soft and sexy thing because it kept shaking his faith.

Feeling the same way, Alice reflexively closed her eyes as Sean moved his face closer to her.

Closer, closer more, and now only inches away, even their noses had touched and could feel each other's passionate breaths. And then …

Beeb Beeb… Beeb Beeb

Alice's cell phone ringing interrupts everything...

***

The captain of the tanker was forcibly dragged by Mark's men in front of the three of them after they felt the situation getting strange and tense.

The speed of the ship slowed down and it looked as if it was docking with the carrier ship next to it.

"What are you guys planning exactly? I told you not to mess around!" Mark was angry as he pulled the captain's clothes.

"Master, I didn't lie to you. I'm sorry, I don't know anything!" replied the captain of the ship frightened. Rick snatched the gun from his waist and checked for a moment. While Ben took Mark's cell phone he intended to call Alice.

Just as a dial tone was connected to Alice's cell phone, someone snatched him cell phone along with a loud sound of gunfire.

Bang!

A shot in the captain's head startles Mark, Ben, Rick, and two of Mark's men as the captain's blood splatters and even splashes on Mark and Rick's faces.

And when they realized the situation, all of the crew who had been silent since this afternoon like helpless and frightened people, now surrounded the five of them with firearms in each of their hands.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

The sound of applause sounded strange in such a tense situation. However, that was how it was when a man in his fifties laughed watching the five of them surrounded by dozens or even nearly a hundred of his men.

"You guys are boring. I've been waiting a long time, but why isn't the Black Rose showing up as well?" he said looking bored, "aren't you guys too relaxed and underestimating me, huh?" continued the man while throwing a hard punch in Mark's face.

Punch!

The hard blow had knocked Markdown on the ship's captain's corpse. How could the almost old man's punch be that strong if it wasn't for how tough he was?

Mark got up on his own without help, as Rick and Ben couldn't move with gun muzzles pressed against their heads.

"Tch! Why did our Boss come here just to kill you? We have more than enough to kill fleas like you, Alfred!" Mark said angrily but still in a calm tone. He didn't want to act rashly because he took one step wrong, their lives were at stake.

"Alright, I'll see Black Rose's best man fight my men. Not bad, because I'm bored and it's not fun to kill you guys right away. While waiting for your beautiful Boss to come, let's have some fun, hahaha!" Alfred's laughter echoed in the sea of ​​the Gulf of Thailand.

***

'A call from Mark?' Alice said to herself as her eyes caught sight of the caller's name on the screen of her cell phone which had stopped ringing. A feeling of trepidation and anxiety overtook Alice at this time. For some reason, she was sure that something wrong had happened to her men.

Alice faced Sean who looked disappointed not to kiss her. Looks cute to Alice. However, she could not linger over the cuteness of Sean's expression at this time because she had to catch up with her men who seemed to be in danger.

"Cough! Mr. Sean. Thank you for today. Master has escorted me to the Wing and now Master has also escorted me to the front of my apartment. I thank you for your kindness, Sir," Alice thanked Sean who looked at her with a sad look. Sean just smiled without answering.

"Okay, I'll go inside first. Thanks again, and take care, Sir!" said Alice again as she opened the car door. Before the car door opened, Alice's hand-pulled towards Sean and hit Sean's chest that was hugging her.

"Soon. Just a moment like this. Let me hug you to calm my pounding heart. I'm struggling with this feeling, Alice. Is this love or just a crazy obsession? I don't know how to tell the difference. All I know is that, I just want to have you and hold you like this," Sean said calmly when he managed to feel his body-hugging Alice.

Alice froze and fell silent. Her ears could hear how loud Sean's heartbeat was at this moment. And that's how she felt too. Her heart seemed to be about to pop out of place now.

Being in Sean's arms like this gave her the comfort she hadn't felt in a long time. She had forgotten that she had once received this kind of warmth from a man she didn't want to remember anymore.

"But I'm not the right woman to accept anyone's love. So I hope you forget this feeling," Alice said as she tried to let go of Sean's comfortable embrace.

Alice looked at Sean's sad face.

"I'm not a woman who can accept anyone's love. Sorry, I can't give you what you're revealing to me. I go!" said Alice again before actually getting out of the car without waiting for Sean to reply.

Sean is disappointed.

Knock Knock!

A knock on the windshield broke Sean's disappointment at Alice's refusal. He opened the glass that seemed to be knocked by Alice from the outside. Sean poked his head out a little to ask Alice what she meant by calling him.

When his head had slightly popped out of the open glass, his eyes widened and his smile returned as he accepted Alice's small gift.

Cups!

"This is the thanks you asked for. I don't want to owe you anything. See you!" said Alice as she walked over with a wave and smiled, after giving Sean a small kiss on the lips as a thank you.

Far and away Alice's figure disappeared from Sean's sight as Alice entered the lobby of her apartment. Sean laughed with delight at the precious little gift of the woman he was crazy about. And with a happy heart, he drove his car slowly to return home.

Meanwhile, Alice ran quickly into her room. And went straight to where he put her communication watch. And yes, just about to search, the sound of her sophisticated watch rang and it might have been a long time, because when she opened it, there had been a lot of failed incoming calls there.

'It's Lion? What's with him?' Alice muttered. And immediately press the speaker button after the call is connected.

"What have you been doing, Rose? I called you hundreds of times but you didn't pick up!" Lion's loud voice made Alice close her eyes at the noise.

"If you call me to nag, just turn it off! I'm in a hurry to catch up with Mark and the others!" Alice answered without paying any heed to Lion's tirade.

"That's what I wanted to tell you earlier, you stupid girl! Listen to me! My men are tracking the whereabouts of your men's communications equipment in the waters of the Gulf of Thailand and I know according to information from the center, the Alfred Murphy Eagle will hijack a ship in the Singapore Strait, and the radar shows that your crew's communication equipment is there."

And Lion's words this time made Alice's body tremble violently after Lion continued his sentence.

"And just now my men's radar lost signal from their communication device. I hope you are careful when you go there. In half an hour my men will arrive by helicopter to pick you up at the nearest dock. Be careful Rose, the sly old man Alfred. I will send my men as well to help you, be prepared!" Lion's call hadn't finished when Alice hung up.

Her hands clenched into fists and her body trembled violently when she imagined the state of her men in the open sea.

"Mark, Ben, Rick, wait for me. You all stay alive!" said Alice furiously.