Chapter 568


    Chapter 568


    After a few moments of silence, Gloria said, “Vicky came by today.”


    “What was she doing here?”


    “To apologize, and to beg for mercy in Alex’s ce.”


    The look in Tyler’s eyes darkened.


    Gloria studied his face. “Tyler, are you holding Alex prisoner? If


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    “Yes.”


    “Is he…” she muttered hesitantly. “How is he now?”


    “Alive for now.”


    Her heart sank and she thought, ‘Alive for now? Will anything happen to him?’


    “Tyler,” Gloria whispered. “I’ve known Alex since we were kids. He might be a hothead, but he’s not a


    bad man. Maybe he just wasn’t thinking when he did all that. I’m fine now, so why don’t you just let him


    go since he has been punished ordingly?”


    “Don’t worry about Alex. I will handle it,” replied Tyler.


    “Tyler, can’t you just leave it?”


    “You should be resting,” he said and turned to leave.


    “Tyler!” Gloria raised her voice. “Are you this reluctant to set


    Alex free because he kidnapped me, or because he…took Vicky and left?”


    “What are you trying to say?”


    “If it’s for my sake, you’ve already shot him twice in return.” Gloria kept her eyes trained on him. “Tyler,


    tell me… Do you hate Alex this much because of what happened in the past?”


    “No.”


    “No?” Gloria’s lips curled into a half-smile. “Back when you broke up with Vicky, Alex asked her out in


    public holding a bouquet of roses and caused quite a scene.”


    When Vicky was studying abroad, Alex had paid her a few visits. He ced candles all over the ground


    and


    proimed his love for Vicky in front of the dorm building, and the entire school was drawn to watch


    him.


    Vicky was one of the most popr women in the school at the time, but though everyone knew she had


    a boyfriend, no one knew who it was.


    Gloria knew it was Tyler from the beginning as he had been to every show Vicky performed in.


    As Vicky’s cousin, Gloria was rtively close with Vicky at the time and had even dined with Tyler a


    couple of times. Still, she merely considered Tyler as a distant friend at the time.


    Gloria was never one to spread rumors about others, so she did not discuss Tyler’s identity at school


    since Vicky seemed to prefer keeping a low profile.


    When Alex confessed to Vicky, everyone thought that he was Vicky’s mysterious boyfriend all along


    and Gloria spotted Tyler in the crowd at the time.


    Vicky did not want to embarrass Alex in public, so she epted the bouquet and the crowd around her


    cheered. However, Alex and Vicky never dated afterward.


    “Tyler, do you know what Vicky said when she came to me today?” Gloria took out a recording device


    and yed the conversation between her and Vicky.


    “If you’re willing to help, I can promise to do anything in return within my power.”


    “And if I ask that you leave Tyler and divorce him?” came Gloria’s voice from the device. *


    After a moment of silence, Vicky said, “Sure. If you can convince Tyler to ept that, I will cooperate


    unconditionally.”