"I missed you, Rowan," Rose said as she buried her face in Cliff's broad chest.

"Is it true?" said Cliff, making Rose look up. After a while, she nodded her head vigorously.

"I'm willing to do anything for you so that you are always beside me and will never leave me again," she added, inviting a cruel grin to Cliff's face.

Nick, who heard Rose's words, immediately tensed up, especially when he saw the triumphant grin on Cliff's face. He knew that soon Cliff would start his action.

"I love you, Rowan," Rose spoke again, a statement that for the umpteenth time struck Nick's heart when he heard it.

"I...