In the Oasis mansion,

With half-open eyes, Anya yawned, dragging her exhausted body towards Zane's room. She was about to push the door open when she recalled the big boy she had to take care of.

Whining in her mind for the big mansion, she pulled her body towards Alvin's room. She pushed open the door without knocking and was too lazy to open her eyes. "Good night, Mr. Matthews." She leaned on the door and wished him the night

Alvin: ".."

He watched her leaning on the door sleepily without even looking inside the room where he wasn't there.

Anya felt a gentle tap on her shoulder and turned behind to see Alvin. "Oh.." She glanced inside the darkroom and at Alvin who hadn't changed his clothes yet.

Anya pointed inside and Alvin repeatedly as she exclaimed, "Two-two Alvin!!!"

Alvin: ".."

If he didn't know she was being dramatic, he would have rushed inside the room to slaughter the impersonating man. He indulgently pinched her cheeks, "Go to bed, Little Donut. You have an early morning flight."

She was going to the Coastal city in a passenger plane, reluctant to use his jet. She was planning to complete the PSR case soon hence she was leaving early. Zane would be staying with Alvin in the Oasis mansion as the Police agency wasn't good to stay for Zane.

Nodding her head, Anya smiled, flashing him her dimples. She took a step to leave when something flashed in her mind. Alvin worked so hard for her, ignoring his work. She didn't get to appreciate his efforts. She turned around and hugged Alvin, wrapping her arms around his waist.

Alvin didn't know whether to be happy or pity himself due to her sinless simple hug and her pat on his back like she was rewarding her son. "You did a good job today." He was right, she was treating him like a big boy.

Then her hand rubbed his back as if coaxing a child, "Don't stay up late. Shower and go to bed." She flashed him a sweet smile with barely open eyes. Pushing him inside the bedroom, she closed the door.

Alvin: ".."

He didn't know how to react to his Goofball's actions. Anyway, he wasn't going to sleep, he had some work to catch up with. If he could sort out his work, he could bring Zane to the Coastal city and take her to the mansion for rest. They could just stay in the beach mansion until she completes her pending work.

Anya trudged towards Zane's bedroom. It was her first relationship, she wasn't sure what to do and what not. She wasn't being any kind of help to him whereas he keeps easing her work.

'Tap... tap... tap..'

She felt somebody's presence as the footsteps neared. She knew it wasn't Alvin who hardly made any noise if he wasn't wearing his formal shoes.

Her sleepy eyes became alert and her exhausted body turned steady. She looked at the man who had his eyes on her. She could understand Ean's worry about Alvin as his friend but she was in a position where trusting anybody was too difficult for her. Thus she didn't expect him to trust her either. She paused when he halted near her.

The silence was deafening when both stared at each other. Ean Watson always argued with Alvin but he never let go of Alvin, in the past or present. Ean Watson was the only person who managed to stay beside Alvin when Gianna was trying to push everyone away from him.

However, being an officer who had seen numerous cases, Alvin couldn't help but put her guard up against Ean. She hoped Ean wasn't somebody planted by Gianna, because Gianna seemed to be capable of a lot of things.

Ean had collected information on how Anya entered Alvin's life again. He strangely wanted to strangle Linus who took the chance to bring the two closer.

Weren't the two doing good without each other?

What was the need to bring them together?

Ean knew, if not for the hard disk stealing event, Anya Owen, a special service officer, and Alvin, an antique dealer, an Excavationist, and a businessman wouldn't have met each other.

"You have changed." Ean voiced the major fact of Anya Owen. Fluffyball who was simple as a lamb was in contrast to the woman who had an oppressing, cold air.

Nevertheless, Anya took a step closer, looking straight into his eyes. If he had doubts about her, she also had her doubts about him.

When Alvin was drugged for the first time, Alvin was in the karaoke bar with Ean. Where was he when Krystle sent him messages to pick him up?

When Alvin was drugged the second time, Ean was right with Alvin in the club. Wasn't Alvin's whereabouts always confidential? How did Flora get to know Alvin's location?

How was Alvin drugged twice right in Ean's presence?

Anya also considered that she might be overthinking but she didn't want to take a chance on Zane's life if Ean was working for Gianna.

"Don't let me find out you had a hand in Alvin's drug incidents." Saying it, she passed by him to go to the room.

Ean's expression darkened at her words. He snapped at her as he turned around, "Anya Owen, what do you mean?"

Anya paused and turned around to face an infuriated Ean. She wished Ean to be Alvin's best friend, just like Krystle to her.

Her steely gray eyes turned colder as her lips curled to a sneer. "Why?" She could have created a mountain out of a molehill for his mail. But she was sensible enough to understand him. That doesn't mean she will let him browbeat her. "Don't I have the right to protect Alvin?"

"You-..." Ean watched her enter a room and close the door. He frowned without fathoming what just happened.

He would be glad if she was the one to be by his friend's side, but why will he drug his friend? And why did she even get that thought?

"Ean Watson, stop provoking Little Donut," Alvin warned as he went towards the study room.

Ean ignored Alvin's words and went behind him, "Alvin, were you drugged again?" He only knew the first time Alvin was drugged. "Why did she say incidents? Why was she thinking as I drugged you?"

Alvin sat down on his chair and mulled over Ean's questions. He recalled and analyzed both situations. Out of five years, he never went anywhere in Narnia other than the airport, Oasis and beach mansion, and Collins villa. He went out once to the club and was drugged.historical

"Little Donut didn't mean to say you drugged me, she means my location was leaked by someone when I went to the club last week." Ean knew Alvin's location so Ean was on the suspect list of Officer Owen.

Ean exclaimed, discerning it wasn't a coincidence for Flora to appear in the club and she drugged Alvin again. Ean gritted his teeth, "I will find that assh*le." Only his friends from the upper circle were in the club that day, so Ean guessed that somebody helped Flora behind their back.

He swore angrily, "I will prove to her that I have no hand in your drug incidents."

Alvin smirked looking at his friend playing on his Little Donut's terms. Anya exactly wanted Ean to look into the drug incidents and keep those people away from Alvin.

Half of the night, both worked, attending meetings before going to bed.

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The next day,

Anya got ready and left early without disturbing anybody. Alvin woke up and found a sticky note on his forehead.

[Good morning!!! I will be fine so focus on your work, eat on time and rest a lot.] She was simply saying don't run-up to the coastal city.

Alvin read the note numerous times. No word could say it was written to a boyfriend.

He got off the bed and went to Zane's room. He stole Zane's sticky note and read it. [Rise and Shine. Baby, I need cuddles. Don't forget to send me all the hugs and kisses. I love you, mwa.]

Alvin hissed in dissatisfaction. He wanted to swap the notes. He took a picture of Zane's note and sent it to Anya, [I want this note.] Alvin looked at his little enemy sleeping peacefully. He reluctantly left the note back and went out of the room.

Rob who was knocking on Alvin's room door, paused. He went to Alvin and reported, "Boss, a few cops went to the Matthews mansion." He hesitated before voicing his suspicions, "I guess Ms. Owen is taking action against Casper Matthews for helping Harper Johnson." Their worry wasn't Casper in trouble, rather others troubling Anya.

Alvin expected Casper to clear all the ends from reaching him. There should be evidence to arrest Casper. If not, it could just be a letter to summon Casper to the police station for interrogation.

He was cent percent sure Anya was summoning Casper. Taking her sly, tyrannical attitude, she wasn't going to reach Casper to question him.

When it comes to the reputation and prestige of the family, Gianna would join Casper. Alvin wasn't going to let Casper or Gianna find any weakness in Anya to separate them again.

Alvin knew Anya could handle the situation herself but he didn't want the fear of the past to hold her back, or any kind of threat from Casper to affect her.

"Arrange a jet at noon." He will also see if Casper would dare to threaten Anya in his presence or cook up anything against her.

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In the meantime, at the Matthews mansion.

Casper was clenching his teeth looking at the letter with Anya Owen's signature. He couldn't believe the cops stepped into his mansion and that a small-town girl dared to summon him to the police agency in a different city when the chief and deputy chief of police takes his appointment to meet him.

'Anya Owen, I will make you regret it.' Casper was confident that he could tame her audacity.