Chapter 25

Julia went inside dejectedly after what Dylan said to her. Somehow, she felt it wasn't really Dylan's fault just like he said.

He lost his memories and everything was set up by her own best friend. If there's anyone to blame, it should be her for trusting a Nicole in the first place.

"Why do you always look gloomy whenever you return from work?" Andrea folded her arms.

"I don't know. I guess some people don't just want me to be happy" Julia shrugged and sat on a couch.

"Why do I have a feeling that this has to do with Dylan again?" Andrea asked.

"You know everything. I just found out that everything that happened between Dylan and I was carefully planned out by Nicole. She even planned the rape and Dylan's accident" Julia explained.

"Wow! Why am I not even surprised? She got married to Dylan just to steal everything he has so there's no length she can't go just to achieve her dreams. If she's accused of murder tomorrow, I won't deny it" Andrea said.

"Do you think I've been too cold or unfair to Dylan?" Julia asked.

"You know the answer to that yourself unless you want to fool yourself" Andrea answered.

"So I really have been unfair to him. What can I do to make it up to him?" Julia asked again.

"Why will you ask me that? You should decide yourself and I hope you know what he needs the most now" Andrea said.

"Don't say anything if you won't give me a straightforward answer" Julia rolled her eyes.

*China*

Nicole has noticed that Tyler had been acting strange for the past few days. She tried talking to him but even his response seemed a bit off.

"What's wrong Tyler? You are acting strange" Nicole asked again.

"What's your business with how I'm acting? Don't you dare provoke me" Tyler warned in an angry tone.

"Wow! Really? You think you can treat me anyhow because we came to China together?" Nicole scoffed.

"If it wasn't for my strategic plans, you wouldn't have gotten anything from Dylan" Tyler smirked.

"But if you just had strategic plans without anyone to carry it out, it would have been a waste" Nicole said.

"Whatever! Just don't get on my nerves unless you want to sleep in the streets" Tyler warned.

"Are you threatening me right now? The money is in my name so you won't be able to do anything without me. Why am I even trying to reason with you? Pack your things and leave, it's over" Nicole said.

"I should pack my things? Are you kidding me?" Tyler scoffed.

"I'm not joking right now. I'm no longer interested so you can leave and I don't care if you sleep on the streets or walk back to the USA. It's your choice" Nicole shrugged.

"You are really serious about this" Tyler laughed.

"Of course I am. Does it look like I'm joking to you?" Nicole snapped.

"You will regret this" Tyler said.

"That's not for you to worry about, just leave" Nicole said.

"Fine!" Tyler sighed and stood up.

He went to the room and Nicole thought he went to pack his things like she asked but she was surprised to see him return with a gun.

"W....what are you doing?" she stuttered already shaking like a leaf

"I told you that you would regret your actions right? I was saving this for later but I guess I don't have a choice now. Sign them" Tyler said and threw some papers at her

"What is this?" Nicole asked and took the papers

"There is no need to go through them. Just sign them unless you want your brains spluttering everywhere" Tyler threatened

Nicole couldn't think straight so she signed the papers without reading them and gave it to him.

"Now pick up your phone" Tyler ordered.

She hurriedly picked it with her hands trembling as she waited for what next he had to say.

"Transfer every single money from your account into my account. Don't try to act smart with me because I know how much you have already" Tyler said

"All the money? I won't have anything left after that" Nicole gulped.

"You only have a minute. If I don't receive the alert within a minute, you are really going to die" Tyler said.

Within the twinkle of an eye, Nicole transferred all the money she had in her account and the alert got to Tyler's phone within a minute.

"Now switch off your phone" he ordered.

He took the papers and a small bag which he prepared earlier on and left the house hurriedly.

Julia bumped into Dylan the next morning on her way to work and they both stared silently at each other until Dylan started walking away.

"Dylan!" Julia called after him.

"Yes?" he turned around.

"Are you free this evening?" Julia asked shyly.

"I don't know how tight my schedule will be today but I will call you if I'm free and you can also remind me when it's time" Dylan said.

"Thank you" Julia mumbled and left in her car.

Dylan thought of telling Julia about the kids being his own but since he wasn't sure, he felt it wasn't right to tell her yet. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough money for another DNA test because of the project he was currently busy with. He was so lost in thought that he didn't even realize Andrea was sitting beside him.

"What were you thinking about so seriously?" Andrea asked.

"Nothing in particular" he shrugged.

"It has something to do with Julia right?" Andrea asked.

"Are you hundred percent sure that the triplets belong to Roy?" Dylan asked instead.

"Who is Roy?" Andrea asked.

"The man that took advantage of Julia at the club. How can you not know his name?" Dylan rolled his eyes.

"Andrea didn't tell me because she also doesn't know it. So his name is Roy" Andrea said.

"You haven't answered my question" Dylan said.

"Yes, Julia said she got pregnant after that night with him. Why are you asking? You can't possibly be thinking you are the father of those triplets?" Andrea scoffed.

"I have that thought in mind so I want to carry out a DNA test but I don't have enough money. Can you help me out a little?" Dylan pleaded.

"If you ask me money for something else, I can even give it to you instead of lending it to you but I won't let you waste your money on something like this when you have pressing issues to attend to" Andrea said.

"I carried out a DNA test before but I want to confirm the result so I can be sure of it" Dylan said.

"Why? You don't believe the result is negative? No need to waste your time because it will always be negative no matter how many times you do it" Nicole said.

"You also think it's negative and that was the same thought I had at first. The result came out positive so I want to do it again. Why will I want to repeat it if it's negative?" Dylan rolled his eyes.

"I know you are trying everything in your power to make me lend you the money but I won't. Stop trying so hard" Andrea said and stood up.

"Should I bring the result so you can believe me then?" Dylan asked.

"Wait! You are serious about the result coming out positive?" Andrea asked.

"I'm dead serious and I can show it to you" Dylan said.

"How much is the money for the test?" Andrea asked.

TBC........

© Tricia