"." I rush to the doctor immediately he stepped out of Sasha's ward. "How is she doing now?"

"She is getting better, her injuries have been stitched with no complications." He explains patiently.

"M-may I see her now?" I ask nervously.

"Sure. Why not?" He nods and walks away swiftly while glancing at his wristwatch.

I take a deep shaky breath and open the door to Sasha's ward quietly, she is laying on the hospital bed with her eyes closed and her face pale. I place a soft kiss on her forehead before taking a seat on the chair beside her, gosh! She's beautiful.

Her eyes flutter open and land on me, we both stare at each other without saying a word for a while. She tries to seat up but wince in pain, I am at her side in an instant and help her seat up. She tries to reach for the pitcher of water beside the bed but I was quick to help her pour some water into a cup. I pass it to her and she drinks everything in one large gulp, I collect the cup from her and return it.

"Sasha..."

"I knew you would come." She says while reaching out to touch my cheek.

I place my hand on hers which is on my cheeks and squeeze slightly. "It's was my fault. I couldn't protect you." My voice cracks with a lot of emotions. I feel guilty for what happened to her.

"How is it your fault?" She asks with a soft smile.

"It took me long to regain my memories..."

"No." She shakes her head slightly. "Your memory loss was taken advantage of." She says firmly.

My jaw ticks and I clench my fist to control my fury when I remember what my mom and Cassie did to me. Sasha has been hurting all this while seeing me with Cassie but she didn't leave, not until she had to.

"I love you," I say what I have been longing to say while staring at her beautiful brown eyeballs.

"I love you too. I never stopped loving you." She whispers and I release a sigh of relief when I hear her say those words I have also been longing to hear.

Longing to say. Longing to hear.

I tilt my head to the entrance when I hear the sound of the door opening, both Ashley and Claire walk in.

"Sasha, you're awake." They say together and rush to her each giving her a hug.

"I was so scared," Claire whispers with her lips trembling and tears brimming in her eyes.

"I'm sorry for making you worried."

Ash sniffs and takes a seat beside her on the bed. "You're sorry? How is it your fault?"

"We prepared some soup for you, you have to eat and take your drugs."

Ash shows her a bag I didn't notice her carrying before and brings out a food flask which she placed on the table beside Sasha. They both watch eagerly as she takes a spoon full of the soup.

"Hmm." She moans in satisfaction. "This is delicious, ten times better than the food brought to me from the hospital's restaurant."

We all burst into laughter. Words cannot express how happy I'm feeling right now and my spirit soars as I stare at the most beautiful and precious woman in my life.

The door swings open and the police officer who led the team that rescued Sasha, Julian Mark walks in with a pen and notepad.

"Hello everyone."

"Hi, officer." I extend my hand to him for a handshake which he gladly accepts.

"How are you feeling now Sasha?"

"I feel better, thanks Mr.__"

"Just call me Julian."

"Julian." She nods.

Knowing the reason why Julian is here, I grab his elbow and drag him to the corner of the room.

"She's is not yet ready to answer any of your questions Julian, give her time," I whisper while glancing at Sasha who has turned back to her soup.

"Alright, she should take her time."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." He nods at Sasha and walks out.

"I'm scared Ace, what should I do?" Cassie fidgets in her seat and bites her nails in agitation.

"Calm down Cassie, we will find a solution to this." Ace promises.

"The fingerprint result will soon be out. Will I be arrested?"

"How could you carelessly hide the bottle under your bed?"

"I don't have time for your criticism right now." She snaps at him in irritation.

An uncomfortable silence settles between them before Ace broke the silence.

"There is one solution."

Cassie swings her head in his direction sharply. "T-there is a solution?"

"Yes." He nods with his lips set in a thin, straight line, he grips the steering wheel tightly.

Even though Jace doesn't agree, I know I have to do this. I have to give my account of what happened to the police, they have been so patient and considerate all this while.

"He came in through the window, he has been stalking me for a while."

Julian nods for me to continue.

"He was the one who caused Jace's accident." I see Jace clenching his fists in fury till his knuckles are white and his jaw thicks in anger.

I place my hand on his clenched fists and rub softly. He turns to me and we both communicate silently with our eyes, I'm asking if he's alright while he is assuring me that he's fine.

I hear Julian clear his throat loudly and I turn to him. "So you're saying he's the criminal we caught in the CCTV footage but couldn't see his face."

"Yes." I nod in affirmation.

"Did he mention anything about Ash's accident? I mean the acid incidence."

"No, he didn't mention anything about it." I shake my head. "I think someone else did that."

"Alright." He writes something inside his notepad and jump on his feet. "Thanks for your cooperation Miss Gibbs, I really appreciate it."

"You're welcome." We shake hands and he walks out.

As I am laying down on the bed back, Jace's phone starts ringing. I watch as he picks up the call and places the phone on his ear.

"Hello."

"Jace, you have to see this." Mr. Calvin, our family lawyer says the moment I pick the call.

There is a kind of urgency in his voice that makes me alarmed. "What happened?"

"Remember what you discussed with me the other time?"

"About the marriage contract between Cassie and I?"

"Yes, you really need to see this."

"Is it bad news?" I gulp and wait in dread for him to answer.

"You'll find out when you get to my office."

I already have a bad feeling about this.