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"I know I won't be saying this since I'd put you in this situation but congratulations! You're free now!"0

Samantha Ryans came to me, teary eyed. The next thing she did made a smile appear on my lips. She hugged me tight and without warning she burst into tears.

"I- I honestly don't believe you when you tell me you will do your best to free me. I'm even thinking if you could actually do it, it will take months before it happens but you made the impossible possible."

I hugged her tight like a sister. Laying a comforting hand on her shoulders, I told her. "A promise is a promise. I'll make it come true at all cost."

Samantha wiped the tears from her eyes with the handkerchief I handed her. 

"Let's get out of here before I change my mind." Jokingly, I told her and pulled her hands to the door.

Once outside, Samantha pulled into a stop and lifted her eyes up to the sky, savoring the fresh morning air and the warm sunlight caressing her face. She stayed in prison for a year and she's savoring the feeling of her new-found freedom now.

Her eyes fluttered close and her lips moved as though she was expressing her gratitude to the heavens. When she finally opened them again, her eyes glowed with liveliness.

"W-where are we going now?" She meekly asked, her cheeks turning pink in embarrassment. Until now, she's not yet used to my presence. But then it's only logical, I just appeared to her life out of the blue when she least expected it to happen.

"We're going to celebrate!" I beamed at her.

"I-I don't have money with me." She reasoned as she bit her bottom lip.

"Don't worry. It will be my treat." I assured her. Before she could object, I caught her hand and ushered her to my car.

Opening my car, I climbed into the driver's seat. Samantha on the other hand took the seat beside me.

"We could skip the celebration." Sam told me. "You've done enough for me. I don't want to cause you more trouble." She added. This time her cheeks turned crimson in embarrassment.

"We must. I take no for an answer." 

Samantha fell silent. She bowed her head and stared at her lap. I shifted my attention to the car as I turned the ignition on then drove the car under the picturesque blue sky that looked like a painting from a painter's canvas.

I was quietly driving for minutes now when Samantha's voice broke into my bubble of thoughts. "I-If y-you don't mind, may I ask how did you manage to pay the debts?"

Casually throwing her a brief glance, I replied, "I sold every single property I own including my company share to pay for the debts."

"Are you crazy! You sold everything for my freedom. Have you lost your mind?" Samantha's in shock. She didn't intend to say the words aloud but it did. I was not surprised by her reaction. Anyone would think I'm crazy once they discover what I have done. 

With her reaction now, I couldn't possibly tell her that I will have to work in the company Lucas owned in order to pay the remaining money I owed him.

"Perhaps the accident did rattle my brains but I don't regret my decision." I replied, smiling at her.

Startled, Samantha's mouth parted open. She closed it again afterwards after realizing her mouth was wide open. A resigned sigh escaped from her lips. Lifting her eyes to me, she gave me a thoughtful glance. "T-thank you for what you've done for me—"

"You don't have to thank me." I cut her words off before she could finish. It had been my fault from the very beginning so she shouldn't thank me for what I did. If it weren't for me, she shouldn't have been imprisoned for a year. 

"No matter what you say, I will still thank you." Samantha insisted and I said nothing more because there's nothing I could say that will stop her from showing her gratitude.

We reached our destination, a cozy restaurant famous for their dishes and desserts. I wanted to try how the food tastes here.

I parked the car into the corner and turned the engine off. Samantha and I both climbed out of the car at the same time.

From the outside, the mouthwatering scent of food reached my nose and my stomach growled in response. I ate breakfast with Niall this morning but I'm feeling hungry again. 

"Thief! He took my bag!" A woman screamed, immediately alerting my attention and saw just in time as a suspicious man with a black bonnet on passed in front of me.

"Thief! Thief!" The woman continued to scream hysterically, taking everyone's attention nearby.

My eyebrows scrunched into a frown. Acting on impulse, I ran after the man. What the hell, I could run so fast for a woman who just recovered from her heel injury. I thought to myself, surprised by my own speed. I must have been born a runner in my past life.

Crossing the distance between us, I jumped and landed a kick on his butt, resulting in him to fall on his knees with a loud thud. 

"Argggh!" The thief moaned in agony. He willed himself to get up and pulled a knife out of his pocket. The sharp blade gleamed against the light as he slashed it into the air.

"Bitch!" He spat leaping in my direction. I dodged the knife and he missed. He growled in rage and slashed the knife in the air but missed again. 

"This woman you call a bitch will break your bones." That being said, I leapt into the air, kicked the knife from his hand, and landed a finishing punch across his jaw.

He stumbled to his feet and slumped to the ground with his mouth bleeding. He tried to get up again but groaned as pain surged in his broken knee.

I think I overdid it. I thought to myself while watching him thrash to the ground.

The loud applause from the crowd caught my attention. My cheeks instantly turned crimson in embarrassment as I noticed the people gathered around me.

A police officer arrived and handcuffed the man then dragged him to the patrol car after thanking me.

Spotting the bag from the floor, I picked it up then returned it to the owner who had followed and witnessed the scene. "T-thank you." The teary eyed woman thanked me.

"Shall we eat now? I'm starving." I told Samantha after I spotted her from the crowd. She just stared at me disbelievingly.

"You're a monster." Samantha blurted out loud while shaking her head as though she still couldn't believe what she'd seen.

"I'll take that as a compliment." I replied, smiling. Grabbing her arms, I dragged her to the restaurant to ease the growling in my stomach.

I'm hungry. I couldn't wait to eat.

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