Bonjour! At last, i finally managed to complete this chapter. I was planning on updating this story yesterday but i went to somewhere and didn't have enough time to do so. Anyway, i hope you like this chapter :p

I think, i'll write one more chapter after this and then epilogue next :p

ZANDER's POV

I looked at her coldly. As what we predicted, this woman would come out here too. I'm glad that all our hard works paid off this much. All the information we gathered because of our reliable source didn't go to waste. 

But since we came here with a little time of preparation because of the fact that we didn't expect them to kidnap Jewel, we couldn't device a better plan to get all the perpetrators all at once in one place. But at least, I know that help is on their way. I must deal with her as widely as I can.

"I don't have the time to be dealing with the likes of you, Vanessa" I said coldly and if an intense glare could kill, she would've been dead by now and I knew I wouldn't feel sorry for her if that happened. My anger towards her doubled with the thought that she participated to all of this just because she wanted to get her revenge on me.

I knew I hurt her pride when I dumped her but it was a better thing to do that time rather than staying in our relationship.

But I wasn't aware of her dark plans against me until before we came here. She even donated Daniel several of her henchmen in order to make sure that they would succeed on destroying me and taking Jewel on the process. They even included other people because of their shallow mindedness. Accepting defeat was never in their vocabulary and that was very unfortunate. Doing bad things in order to make yourself feel better is the worst.

"Sorry, lover boy, but I think you misunderstood me. I really want to deal with the two of you right now but I would never put blood in my hands. I'll just have the pleasure of watching someone while killing the both of you" She said before she laughed.

"Come out" I heard said in a loud voice and I was right, she called one of the people that I expected to be here. Lovely.

"Lovely, please help me. I need to get Jewel out of here as soon as possible. She's bleeding" I pleaded but her emotionless face didn't even change a bit. I caught her staring at Jewel, who was still in my arms and unconscious.

"Don't listen to him. Just go on with our plan and kill that woman!" Vanessa hissed.

"Shut up! Don't f*cking tell me what to do!" Lovely shouted back. I saw different emotions warred in her eyes while staring at Jewel and I wasn't sure if what are those emotions are. Whatever they are, I need to take this chance and try to convince her to help us.

"Lovely, even though I don't know much about you, I know you're a good person. Please, I'm begging you, she's bleeding. Help her" I saw Vanessa gritting her teeth in anger while staring at Lovely like she was confused of what's happening to her.

"What are you still standing there for? Do it now!" Vanessa yelled.

"I told you to shut up and let me handle this!"

"Then do something now!" She ordered her which made Lovely glare at her before she looked back at our direction.

"Put her down" She instructed to me. I shook my head. I didn't know what their plan was but I would do anything to protect my wife especially now that she's in sheer danger. I need to do something in order to get out of here, fast. But no matter how much thinking I do, I still can't think of any way for us to escape from them. Damn it!

"What are you going to do with her?" I asked, trying to be calm but my insides were in turmoil.

"I want you to leave her there on the floor and come with me" Vanessa snapped her head towards Lovely's direction.

"What the hell are you saying?! Stick with the plan, you b*tch, and killed them!"

"You're really testing my patience, I told you to shut up and let me handle this!" Lovely's face contorted in anger.

"No! I already brought enough money in order to take my revenge and----" Before Vanessa could complete her sentence, Lovely hit the back of her neck with the gun she was holding which caused Vanessa to lose consciousness and fell on the floor. I was utterly shocked of what I saw. Lovely's eyes were void of any emotion except the incomparable anger which was very evident in those eyes.

I swallowed hard when I saw her pointed the gun towards us, to Jewel in particular. I couldn't fight her because I was carrying Jewel in my arms and my gun was in my right pocket. They couldn't see it because I was holding Jewel.

I felt scared not for my life but for Jewel's. As the minute passed by standing here and dealing with Lovely is putting Jewel in further danger. I could feel the blood coming from her and I wanted to shout in frustration. I wanted to run and get out of there as soon as possible but I fear that she might shoot us and Jewel could be killed because of it.

"I'll help you---" My eyes widened and I was about to declare my gratitude when she continued.

"But after that, I want you to come with me and leave Jewel for good"

"Are you crazy?! Why would I do that?!" I yelled at her. She smiled but her eyes were still ice cold.

"Because you need my help. Choose, I'll help you get out of here and bring Jewel to the hospital but after that, you'll come with me or...Choose to stay with her and I'll kill her here right in front of you. Choose!" She yelled.

I stared at Jewel's face again and I wanted to cry because I knew I needed to do what's needed to do in order for her to live. I love her so much and just thinking about losing her forever is almost killing me already.

"The clock is ticking, you know. It's not my fault if she dies here because you didn't make up your mind on time" I laughed humorlessly and stared at Lovely.

"I was wrong about you. I thought you were a nice person but I made a mistake of even thinking that. I regret the day that our paths even crossed. You're an evil. You can even kill your own sister because of how selfish you are" I said while slowly putting Jewel down on the floor. She didn't even react when I told said the word 'sister'. I've discovered about it just the other day.

I didn't stand up right away from kneeling down on the floor as my right hand remained as Jewel's pillow, her body was now lying on the cold floor.

My left hand discreetly went to my right pocket and when I finally got a grip of my gun, my right hand slowly let go of Jewel. Then, as fast as I could; I stood up while pulling my gun from my pocket on the process and then shoot Lovely. But to my surprise, she likely saw what's coming and quickly stepped to her left as fast as she could in order to dodge the bullet. But she miscalculated because the bullet scraped her right shoulder which made her yell in pain.

"Throw your gun to me or I'm going to shoot you again!" I warned her, silently praying that I still have bullet left because I lost count during our infiltration.

Lovely slowly stood up while her hand was cupping her bleeding shoulder.

"Damn you! And I even thought of letting your beloved woman live but now, I changed my mind. I'll kill her here! If you're going to kill me then I'll take her with me! No one would ever have you except me!" She raised her gun and pointed to us again.

Judging from the determined looked on her face, she was really going to kill Jewel. I got desperate and decided to shoot her again. I pulled the trigger but to my big disappointment, I was already out of ammo. I heard her laughed evilly and I knew she was really going to pull the trigger so I quickly knelt down as fast as I could and covered Jewel's body with mine.

I heard the sound of a gunshot echoed around the area. I prepared myself to feel the pain of being shot to but seconds later, I felt nothing. I wasn't shot at all. I sat straight and inspected myself if wasn't really shot and when I saw that I was fine, I swiftly shifted my attention towards Jewel and inspected her body if she was shot, but she wasn't. I looked in front of me and my eyes widened when I saw Jewel's father in front of Jewel and I's spot, already lying on the floor. He's bleeding and unconscious. I searched for Lovely and I saw her with the same state. She was bleeding too and unconscious.

Then I noticed Stephen who's walking towards us and behind him were the police together with his men.

"Stephen, we need to get Jewel to the hospital as soon as possible!" I said with trembling voice.

"There are ambulances outside! C'mon, carry her and let's get out of here quickly" I followed but not after instructing him to carry Jewel's father too. I saw Helena at the corner, crying while staring at Jewel and her father.

"Hold on tight, love. Please, fight for me and Camila" I said to her as tears welled from my eyes.

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When we arrived at the hospital, the hospital staff quickly took Jewel to the emergency room. After how many minutes, I saw them pushing the stretcher where Jewel was lying onto and went to the operating room. I asked one of the nurses of what happened but she couldn't answer me. They were in a rush and even the doctor didn't say anything.

I didn't have a choice other than wait patiently but as the time goes by, I felt heavier inside. I didn't even notice that I was already crying.

"Mr. Montealegre, do you want something to drink or eat?" I heard Helena asked me. Just like me, she was shaken up of what happened. She was crying a while ago but she managed to calm down now. Even though sadness and worry were still evident of her face.

Stephen didn't come with us because he needed to fix things in that place on my stead while Jewel's father was in another room in the operating room too. I didn't know what happened to Lovely and I didn't have the interest of knowing anything about her condition because all I could feel for her was rage.

She almost killed Jewel and I because of a shallow reason. She didn't even considered the fact that Jewel is her sister. I wanted to fly into a fit of rage but that would never help anyone right now. Instead of thinking about my anger and any negative thoughts, I focused on praying silently for my wife, begging God to help her and heal her because I know I won't be able to survive without her in my life. I need her. Camila needs her.

Waiting outside the operating room felt like the longest time I've ever waited in my entire life. When the doctor finally came out, I quickly approached her.

"How's my wife, doctor?" I asked her. I saw the sympathetic look she gave me before she answered me.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Montealegre----" Hearing her saying those words made my body went numb. No! Jewel is okay!

"---but we couldn't save the baby. She lost a lot of blood"

"W-What?" Was all I could say. I felt like my head wasn't working right at the moment and I needed to hear it again in order for it to sink in my head.

"Your wife was two weeks pregnant but unfortunately, she had a miscarriage" I shook my head vigorously while mumbling 'no' a couple of times. I couldn't accept the fact that we lost our baby. I wasn't even aware that she was pregnant. Tears escaped my eyes again because of so much emotions that I couldn't hold inside me anymore.

"W-What about my wife?" She patted me on the shoulder.

"Frankly, we almost lost her but she was a fighter. She's out of danger now" I sighed in so much relief. Even though I was crying, a small smile crept out of my lips. Thank God!

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Jewel's miscarriage?

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