On the other hand, Melody panicked when Jeremy asked who had seen Ivy. “I thought she was asleep in the room. I didn’t get everyone to wake early…” Melody who was panicking explained to Jeremy who began to be distressed.

Real tried to calm Melody before her mobile rang and it was Ryu. She put him on loudspeaker.

“You’re on loudspeaker…” Melody said in a shaky voice.

“Calm down, baby… Jin received updates from a hospital near your area but was captured by Kyle. Apparently, Ivy is up to no good again. Jeremy, you must not interfere for fear it keeps her in danger. All of you have to rush to the boutique before we tell you the plan…” Ryu calmly explained as Melody was sobbing while Daisy held her.

“Is Ivy alright?” Jeremy solemnly asked.

“She lost her memory… Just come to the boutique quick!” Ryu urged as Jin shook his head so as not to reveal anything anymore. Jeremy nearly broke down but Peter had to drag him to the car as they sped back to Landsfield.

When they finally reached the boutique, Melody ran into Ryu’s hug as she sobbed miserably.

“I’m sorry… I should have kept her protected with my news coverage. Now she… She lost her memory. It’s my fault…” Melody wailed as Ryu could only hug her calmly.

Peter frowned at Ryu’s mischief. “Tell her…” Peter instructed in annoyance.

“Baby, she is faking her memory loss…” Ryu quickly said as she stopped sobbing and tried to reconfirm but Jeremy beat her to it.

“What? So, what exactly happened?” Jeremy asked while John and Daisy went to greet Peter.

As Jin explained the whole situation to everyone, he also came up with a plan to rescue her but it involved Melody and her crew to put them on live coverage.

“No… Not my baby again. She got scared so much earlier. I don’t want to put her in danger.” Ryu protested as Melody smacked him.

“Who asked you not to explain properly?! I want to do the coverage. I will!” She insisted and Ryu could only lament on his own playfulness which knew no limits.

At the back of Jeremy’s mind, he was still all equipped to head to Dragon Island in two days' time considering Ivy would be in the good hands of James and Jin. While John and Daisy catch up with Peter, Jeremy is so deep in his own thoughts about his plans that he does not hear Peter calling him.

“Jeremy…” Daisy called out but he was still distracted till John went over and reached out to his arm.

“It’s time you speak with your future in-law.” John’s words made Jeremy a little taken aback, as he was not prepared for it. However, he mustered some courage to greet him as everyone moved away so that they could speak privately.

“Uncle Peter…” Jeremy called out as Peter studied him with teary eyes and reached out to Jeremy’s arm to pat him.

“Good job boy… my daughter is not easy isn't she?” Peter said unexpectedly as the men chuckled together.

“I’m sorry about the meeting… It was an act…” Jeremy tried explaining as Peter raised his hand.

“I know. I know the moment only you ran up to me when I collapsed…” Peter acknowledged solemnly. Jeremy felt terribly bad which brought him down to his knees in front of Peter.

“Jeremy… I should be sorry to you for your fiancees… How are your children?” Peter apologised as Jeremy shook his head.

“It’s not your fault… The kids are well, thank you.”

“He’s my brother. As an older brother, I should be responsible too.” Peter insisted as Jeremy met his gaze.

“If you would like to make up for this, could you promise me not to involve Ivy in the business till she graduates? Even then you must protect her and prevent her from wasting time trying to get me out of jail… Even if she rebels you…” The frown on Peter’s face made Jeremy sigh knowing he could not escape from not telling his reasons.

“I have matters I need to handle while in jail. I will accept early release once the matter is done. Don’t let her know of my intentions too.” Jeremy pleaded to Peter.

“I wish you would return sooner and when you do, you will be responsible my little princess.” Peter wanted to ask about the matter he had to handle in jail but he knew better not to.

“I could only hope for the best.” Jeremy solemnly replied to him.

That night, Kyle felt like he was half a foot six feet under. “Shhh… your pimple is so ripe and tempting to burst it. Can I?” Ivy whispered cunningly by her side.

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“I… I… Ivyyy, could you please keep the penknife away…” Kyle pleaded.

“Oh, I cannot help myself with the pimple being so ripe.” Ivy retaliated while observing his pimple.

“Alright, alright please… I will bring you to Manes. To your grandma’s place… Please let me go…” Kyle pleaded as Ivy smiled mischievously before she playfully leaped off him.

“Alright, done deal. I shall wait for you…” Ivy skipped away to downstairs leaving Kyle catching his breath heavily.

An idea stirred up in his mind while he was alone as he suspected Ivy was putting on an act. The next moment Ivy found herself in the car with Kyle's minions while Kyle drove to an abandoned factory waiting for his plan to unfold.

After the meeting with Peter, Jeremy was about to leave when Jin and Ryu sent off the Rahi family. To their surprise, they were greeted with a sudden ambush and Jin knew it was Kyle’s minions cause he recognised a few of them. As the boys fought them, they were outnumbered by a lot but strangely, they did not attack John and Daisy who ran back into the boutique to get help.

When they returned, the boys were all captured leaving Cassandra to work with James’ minions while Melody backed her up. Watching both ladies doing their best to save his sons, Peter felt a little more at ease. He all of a sudden realised all his children were in good hands amidst the chaos.

As for the boys, they were all sent to the warehouse where Kyle was waiting. Ivy had noticed the car she was in had been driving in circles in the same area for quite some time as she began to become impatient.

“Where are we? Where’s Kyle? Aren’t we supposed to go to Manes? Where is this? Did you get lost? Would you like me to help you…” Her continuous questions annoyed the minions but also panicked them when her hands were reaching for their GPS tracker as they stopped her.

“Sit. The master will tell.” The driver said sternly as she rolled her eyes. She could only obey before a phone call came.

“Let’s go.” The driver said to her after he hung up the call.

She followed him carefully and realised they were in a secluded industrial area. She prepared her penknife in advance as she began to worry about Kyle’s agendas.

When the trio was taken, Kyle was satisfied her brothers were around. Initially, his plan was only to have Jeremy captured but now that her brothers were around, he bet Ivy will soon be exposed.

“What exactly are you planning?!” Ryu scolded Kyle who was sitting in front of the trio who were forced to kneel in front of him.

“Shut up or I will torture you all!” Kyle retaliated as he ordered his minions to punch the trio continuously and halted them halfway when he was satisfied. That causes Jin to spit on one of Kyle’s minions resulting in his being slapped.

“Enough!” Kyle bellowed as he found it strange Jeremy had been keeping quiet.

“Now, why is this person so quiet? It’s so not you… Aren’t you used to being loud?” Jeremy raised an eyebrow at Kyle signalling a challenge as Kyle got agitated and punched Jeremy in the face.

The moment the main door was opened and he saw Ivy walking in, he ordered his minions to continue beating the trio up. Ivy was furious when she noticed who the trio was and she could not hide her anger as she stood facing Kyle face to face. Kyle thought she was already giving herself away as he smirked and chuckled.

He made the minions stop the beating before confronting her.

“Ivy! Run! Don’t care about us!” Ryu yelled weakly as Ivy snarled at him for interrupting before rolling her eyes and meeting Kyle’s gaze.

“So, are you admitting that this was all an act?” Kyle asked as Ivy scoffed.

“What play are you talking about?! You said you would send me to Manes and my grandma should be very worried now! Where is this? What are you doing? Who are they? And I don’t care what you are doing, I just need to head to my grandma's place! Why is it so hard for you to understand?!” Ivy bellowed as she slowly pushed him to walk one step behind till he sat on a chair Ivy forced him to.

With that, she softened her tone and climbed up to his lap. “In that case, let’s examine your…” She drew out her penknife in front of Kyle. “Pimple again…” She transformed into a little girl meddling with his pimple on his head which he was shrieking about as he fought her.

“Why can’t I meddle with the pimple?” He held on to both her wrists when she questioned him as she sharpened her gaze.

“I will bring you to Manes after you sign something..” Ivy raised her eyebrow at him.

“I’m hungry…” She whined suddenly but stole several gazes at the trio and noticed the only person paying attention to her was Jeremy.

She whined to Kyle about wanting mung bean cake, Mac and cheese, and some ginger pork liver soup which left him flabbergasted as it was in the middle of the night but she insisted.

“Alright, sign the agreement first,” Kyle instructed as he took it from one of the minions. “This is the transfer of shares to me of your father’s company.”

The brothers were shocked as Ivy turned her gaze at the trio and once again Jeremy was absolutely calm while her brothers were protesting but she ignored them. She knew Jeremy had seen through her intentions.

She daringly swings her arms around Kyle. “My food?” He then coaxed her by getting his minions to place the order for delivery.

“Satisfied?” He asked as she kissed his cheek.

“No…” She folded her arms as Kyle sighed heavily and Jeremy squinted his eyes.

Vivi, you’re so dead for that kiss when I catch you.

“What else do you want?! Why are you so demanding?” Kyle whined.

“Well since we are going to marry soon, you should give me your empire of the gang too since I’m giving you my father’s empire like you said.” She made her offer.

Smart indeed… Jin began to understand it was all an act as he let Ryu continue with his protest. Ryu’s genuine act would convince Kyle that Ivy was genuine in losing her memory.

“No!” He wanted to carry her to the side when she put in more strength and forced him to sit back down before drawing out her penknife again and slashing at the pimple on his head. Kyle screamed in pain as he bled while Ivy leaped off his lap leaving his minions to tend to him as she laughed hysterically.

Amid the chaos, she took out a pen which Ryu recognised was a toy pen children in primary school loved to use, and signed nonchalantly on the contract.

“Signed my beloved! I shall wait for my food before I leave!” She said out loud but could not be heard by Kyle who was panicking at his bleeding forehead.