
Dean pulled Alika's hand into his deck and looked her in the eye. "If I told you I love you, what would change?" Alika said while looking into Dean's eyes.
"I expected it" said Dean as he let go of his arms and turned his back to Alika.
Alika turned her gaze and turned her body. Just a step Alika walked Dean back to pull Alika's tanga into his arms and kissed Alika's forehead lovingly. Alika shed tears.
"I love you" Dean said after kissing Alika's forehead.
"Our love is a mistake, we must not hurt Johan with our selfishness" Alika said, letting go of Dean's hand.
"You're thinking about my father who loves you but why don't you think of me who loves you so much?" Dean asked annoyed.
"I think of you, always think of you... But our love is wrong. I'm your father's wife your own stepmother"
"Then why? Should I not love you, I will not separate you from him but please let me still love you" Dean pleaded with all his heart.
"I love you too, but I cannot hurt the heart of the one who has bound me with the sacred bond of marriage. Johan and I promised to live together forever when we were under bail, so how could I let this love be a thorn in our lives?"
"I also want to forget you and erase this love. But I can't because the more I try to forget you, the more I love you"
As they were talking, Dean's phone rang. He received a phone call from Rio and got word that Rio was in the hospital and not far from Dean's current location.
The two of them immediately headed to the hospital and when they got there they were told which room Rio was being treated in. As he entered Rio Dean's room and Alika saw Hans was sitting guarding the unconscious Rio.
Dean was shocked to see Hans in front of him. "You?" Dean said in disbelief.
"Sir you should have taken good care of him, you know he's so careless and you let him go without worrying about him in the least" Hans rebuked Dean.
"What happened to her?" Ask Alika quickly.
"He had an accident, he crossed the road without paying attention to the circumstances around him and now he is like this" Hans explained.
"If you're so worried about her why did you leave her?" Said Dean in a flat tone.
"I've left no one, sir, I just haven't been able to forget that and when I'm around you, Tao's memories always haunt me and make me want to end my life... that's why I chose to leave" said Hans, who then passed away.
Dean looked at Rio's pale face and then sat down beside him. "What happened to Rio? Why does he look so pale?" Ask Alika curiously.
"Since that day Rio changed drastically, he did not want to talk to anyone but me. Even in the campus he was always alone, he also always spent his time daydreaming and crying" Dean's voice while placing his head on his two folded hands.
"He must be very depressed and sad. Children his age should not experience all this" said Alika while putting his hand on Dean's boat.