His Devious Rule

At Jason's villa,

Anya watched the kids smitten by Alvin. What melted her was Alvin being damn patient with the kids' nonstop questions. Well, Jia continued to exaggerate while sitting on Alvin's lap.

Her eyes went to Zane who was undoubtedly happy that all his friends liked his father and often exclaimed he had the best father. He didn't taunt or tease his father and pretended to ignore him.

Whereas kids' parents who wanted to get acquainted with Alvin found themselves helpless in front of their kids. She often sensed their surprised or amusing gazes on her. Sometimes she brushed them off with a faint smile but her focus stayed on the father and son.

"Emotional?" Mrs. Jason asked, standing by her side with a flute of wine. She smiled, changing her whole opinion about Alvin she heard from outside.

Anya glanced at the woman who arranged the wonderful party for the kids. The past five years of Anya had a large contribution from Mrs. Jason too. If a wife could go to any length for her husband, Anya learned that from Mrs. Jason who always silently shares Jason's extra load.

Anya did feel emotional watching the two but she got a bugging question in her mind, "I wasn't fair to Zane, was I?"

Anya knew if Alvin hadn't put the effort to be in her life, she would have shunned her emotions like in past years and continued to live alone. While trying to be strong and protective of Zane, she did overlook the need for a father in Zane's life.

Mrs. Jason looked at Anya who always gets hard on herself by picking one or the other reason. Anyway, she voiced her opinion as it was very rare for Anya to open up to anybody, "If you ask me, you did the right thing, Anya."

Although Mrs. Jason didn't know deep into Anya's past, after knowing about Alvin through the media and what she was witnessing there, Anya and Alvin were meant for each other, but they needed a break and reason to pull themselves stronger than meet at the right time.

Zane did suffer, anyhow he was going to grow up watching his parents who love each other instead of being in his life like two different persons. Zane was going to forget his early childhood so Mrs. Jason believed everything was better than good.

Anya smiled and nodded at Mrs. Jason in gratification for assuring her. "I needed that." She has done her best for Zane and herself. She didn't want to think negatively about it. But she couldn't bring herself to drop her guard down. She feared happiness with everything happening around them.

However, Mrs. Jason gently rubbed her back, "How are you and Mr. Matthews coping with everything?" It gives her chills to think about what Janet, & her husband, Casper, and Gianna were doing in their life. Anya being professional at hiding her feelings, she doubted if she was refusing to feel them or sharing them with Alvin.

The smile on Anya's face stiffened upon hearing Mrs. Jason. She didn't have an answer to the question. She started avoiding Alvin because his life might fall in danger, and she wasn't ready to fight the Matthews family for Zane.

Now that the fight had started, the fear of losing both Alvin and Zane wasn't reducing how strong she might be. Upon that, She wasn't even sure if Alvin was pretending to be unbothered by everything. After all, Casper and Janet were his birth parents.

Mrs. Jason, who noticed Anya's face turning cold, distracted Anya from her thoughts, "Anya…"

Anya breathed out as she turned around from Alvin's eyes. "It didn't come easy for us."  Their story was imperfect. It wasn't a fairytale. They had to overcome the obstacles, face the challenges and fight their own demons and the norms to stand stronger.

She accepted Alvin in her life and Alvin wasn't going to let go easily. "We would fight until the end to be together." Alvin and Zane were worth all her effort, every second, every minute of her struggle.

Hearing the determination and confidence to face the trouble, Mrs. Jason hoped this was going to be their last fight. Nonetheless, "That wasn't my question, Anya. Sharing… You need to share what you are going through."

Those words reminded Anya of her psychologist. Anya grimaced at the response, "That's hard." She can't just remove her five years and learn to share her feelings that she couldn't even define, "I will try."

"What… is hard?" Alvin's voice briefly changed the duo's expression. Mrs. Jason left the couple to speak and went to attend to others.

"What are you going to try, Little Donut?" He asked seriously as it sounded like something important.

Instead of answering the question, she poked fun looking at the wine in his hand, "That I should drink more than glass and be sober."

Alvin read her lie but played along seeing her cherry at his presence. He snapped at her, "Don't even think about it." Yet, he gave her a sip from his glass.

"Anya…" Jason grimly called her out.

Anya almost choked on the sip and composed herself. She knew Jason was going to meet her and question her but didn't expect him to ask her at the party.

"I will just come." Saying it to Alvin, she followed Jason to the porch.

Alvin was about to follow them, and a few kids' fathers appeared to introduce themselves.

Outside, Jason came to the point, "Who gave you permission to use your skills to save your husband?"

Anya wasn't going to sit and wait for cops to solve the situation. She could break the whole list of laws, much less one. "Chief, it was CEO Jordan who found the truth." Hence she didn't submit any evidence against Wilson.

Jason was well aware of her actions the whole day. She left no single clue anywhere and cleaned the network from her traces. He wouldn't be surprised if any of his officers helped her.

"A smart move there." For making Jordan the hero of the whole situation when it was Anya who planned everything out. He would have probably believed her if he didn't know her well.

If she says the truth, she will have to write an apology without being guilty of her actions so she lowered her gaze, "I don't want to lie." She wasn't going to lie to him when he knew the truth.

Jason's eyes went to the man who stepped out. He watched Alvin pull Anya behind him and lie, "My wife did nothing."

Jason glanced at Anya when she peeked at him and immediately hid behind her husband. He couldn't believe the rapport of this couple. Ignoring Alvin, he warned her while going back inside, "Don't repeat it, Officer Owen."

It was his duty to remind her and he knew well she would do that repeatedly if required. He will have no issues until she doesn't use it for anything illegal.

Alvin also ignored Jason. He turned around and held the frame that leaned to his arms. Pushing her work talk away, he proudly voiced his achievements, "All the boys are brothers of Jia but the little brat."

Anya burst into laughter, slapping his arm. She hoped there won't be any complaints against her husband. Holding her laughter for a moment, "Have you thought that Chief will become our in-law if Jia marries Zane?" She cracked up when Alvin deadpanned.

He simply didn't want the man Anya admires to be around them. He narrowed his eyes at the little woman who was heartily chuckling.

'Beep… Beep…' Alvin fished his mobile to see Rob's message, [Liam Matthews, Lillian Matthews, and their daughter is locked up in the Matthews mansion.]

Anya was rendered speechless when she got a glimpse of the message. She just knew Casper would ruin their evening.

Do they have to go on a rescue mission now?