COMPLICATED SITUATION

Hailee gasped when she saw the news about Roland Dimatrio appearing on the television screen, how come? This was the man who led her into a complicated life, plunged Hailee into the bottomless abyss, and count God-knows what left of this ever-ticking time bomb; her 'lie' to the Tordoffs.

However, that was not what dumbfounded Hailee thoroughly to the point that she forgot what she was supposed to do, the thing that made the girl with her shoulder-length black hair startled was; the fact that Roland Dimatrio was still alive!

Yes! That immoral fifty years rogue of a filthy man was still alive! And today he was reported to have awakened from a coma.

How could that be!?

Thousands of questions swirled in Hailee's head. She saw with her very own eyes the bloody and heavily wounded Roland Dimatrio, collapsing on to the floor and became still lying motionless.

Not that Hailee believed it because she had taken the old man's pulse, or checked his breath, but from what Hailee saw, Roland Dimatrio could not have survived the explosion!

Or the other possibility might be; what Hailee saw was not quite true, and the District Attorney actually managed to escape the clutches of death?

The news couldn't be a lie, could it be?

The beautiful woman who read out the news couldn't possibly have received the wrong information, right?

Hailee's head was spinning in confusion. Without even noticing herself, Hailee's body was moving on its own toward the reading room.

A maid, who was supposed to be cleaning the room, was engrossed in watching the news too, but as soon as she realized that Hailee had came into the room, the young girl immediately panicked and started apologizing.

"Sorry miss ... I don't ..."

But, even before she had time to finish her apologizing words, Hailee was already waving her hand at her, asking her to go out of the room.

"No, don't turn it off. Give me that," Hailee immediately said while extending her hand for the television remote control from the maid, as she was about to turn off the news channel. "Go out," said Hailee, eyes still fixed on the news.

The maid immediately went out of the room, leaving her cleaning tools inside. She would come back to continue her work later when Hailee was no longer there.

Meanwhile, in the room, Hailee was struggling to digest every bit of the news. And, in the end, she skipped breakfast and spent her entire morning, going through every news article featuring Roland Dimatrio until Lis called, saying she will be coming soon and the two of them would go to an acquaintance's boutique, where Hailee would choose her wedding dress.

Her so called visit to a boutique with Lis for her very own wedding gown selection didn't really interest Hailee, not in the slightest, because this was the first time she heard about Roland Dimatrio after her escaping.

And what Hailee got to know by watching scraps of the morning news about five hours and searching for the latest articles using Ramon's computer in his office, was;

Roland Dimatrio was still alive and this very morning, he was finally awakened from his coma. This had been confirmed by hundreds of media outlets and there possibly could be no error.

However, based on the news circulating in the public, it was completely different from the real incident.

Because the media outlets had reported that Roland Dimatrio had been a victim of an attempted murder, plotted against by his business opponents or by people who didn't like him.

As a district attorney, of course the two possibilities were very strong, but until the time the news was released, it was still not certain who could be the potential suspect or people involved in the attack.

Dammit.

Hailee kept cursing to herself as she changed her clothes because soon Lis would come to pick her up.

How could that dirt-smelling man twist the true facts to such an extent?! What's with the attempted murder!? He himself was eager to die!

Of course Roland Dimatrio would not admit his shortcomings, his name and social status would be tarnished if he was found to have bought a girl to spend the night with, especially when he himself had a family and children.

Not to mention the good image he loved to maintain in public.

Hailee clenched her fists so tightly that the hem of her clothes were creased and crinkled.

Then the next question was; why Alex, lady Roland's personal bodyguard, was still chasing her? What is he up to? And who ordered him to? Did Aileen have anything to do with this?

"Aarrgh!" Hailee let out a frustrated scream unintentionally. "It sucks!"

Right after her she lost her composure, there was a knock on the door of her room and a female maid walked into the room with a worried expression.

"Miss, are you okay?" she asked, looking at Hailee with a probing gaze. "Earlier I heard a scream from inside," she said again carefully.

"Oh, it's okay…" Hailee waved her hand and smiled awkwardly at the young maid. "I'll be finished in a moment."

The maid looked back at Hailee anxiously, but when she was sure that Hailee was okay, she smiled back at Hailee and said that Lis had come and was waiting for her downstairs.

"I'll be down soon," said Hailee who immediately looked at her reflection in the mirror once again.

Since Hailee didn't bring anything with her when she came to this house, Lis had been generous enough to buy her several pieces of clothes that she could use for a while.

The plan was that today, Lis will bring Hailee to shop for other necessities she needs.

To be honest, Hailee had absolutely no interest in shopping today or tomorrow, or the day after… the only thing she wanted to do was; contact Ian and ask her friend to gather as much information as possible about anything that could help her find out about Roland Dimatrio and the current situation in town R.

If Roland Dimatrio was still alive and this case was said to be the attempted assassination by the district attorney's business rivals and enemies, then there was no point in Hailee continuing to pretend to be Ramon's fiancé, right?

And this marriage would probably be cancelled.

Hailee had to act quickly and make up her mind about the next step she should take.

While walking down the stairs and approaching Lis who was waiting for her while sitting gracefully on the sofa, Hailee began to regret losing this opportunity to become the daughter-in-law of the Tordoff family.

If things were different, of course which woman would refuse to stay beside Ramon Tordoff and become his wife?

Aileen could have had a heart attack out of jealousy if she'd known that Hailee got into this position because of her own actions.

Too bad, things weren't as smooth as Hailee wanted them to be.....