Chapter 27

Alice patiently fans heat inside the elevator. Several hours after, Roman's iced up body is thawed and he regains enough strength to lift the trap door before succumbing to unconsciousness. Of course, the enemy is undeniably angered by the news of Roman's escape.
Because Alice was up all night, running around and trying to save Roman, she catches a cold. She expresses her regrets for helping him and stresses on the fact that he has failed in his promise to protect her. Tired of her whining, Roman pins her down the bed and kisses her, or more like force-feeds his healing blood using his tongue. When Alice recovers from her initial shock, she pushes him away and starts beating him. He catches her hand and reiterates his promise. He will surely protect her and as proof, he unwraps her bandage to show her healed hand.
Alice is bewildered by this and makes a summary of his ��powers��. First, he��s the fastest being on earth. Second, he can fill his lungs with helium, allowing him to jump higher than an average person. Third, his blood can cure any illness and injury. She then realizes that his ��healing tongue�� was the reason she survived the accident.
While they are talking, Roman hears some people outside and so, Alice panics and tells him to hide. It��s her Mom, jaqueline and a nurse. Mom and jaqueline worries for her so they brought a nurse to change her bandage. Alice struggles to keep them from seeing her ��wounded�� hand. Thankfully, Roman passes by and she signals him for help. He readily obliges and aims his sweatshirt button to break the iodine bottle.
Now that her visitors are gone, Alice dubs Roman as the pervert who stole her precious first kiss. Roman defends that he only did what he had to do to save her, so by default, her first kiss is still intact. However, she contends that he can always cut his finger to give her blood. He dryly looks at her. He then cuts himself with a knife and the cut vanishes in mere seconds. Again, he reasons out that his tongue is the only part of his body that takes time to heal. Alice can only grumbles ��That��s just so great. This type of vulgar skill really is a good news for a pervert��.
Alice is enraged and thinks of ways to kick Roman out of her house. She tries calling some of her friends. First, she thinks of jacqueline
but decides otherwise because she will only treat Roman like a pet. Second is Bill. But she imagines him bisecting Roman for his study and deems the act too cruel. Last is Hilton. But after visualizing Roman breaking his neck, she changes her mind. As her last resort, Alice thinks of the Master (Jacqueline's fortune teller).
The next day, Alice pays the Master a surprise visit. But he is clearly unhappy to see her. She begs that he gives her an amulet to drive out an ��evil spirit��. Sadly he refuses, saying that he��s too old for that stuff and concludes that the only way for her to get rid of the ��evil spirit�� is to fulfill its wish.
Alice thinks about the Master��s advice and finally accepts that it��s her fate to help Roman. She asks him about his mission and he willingly relays he��s out to find the person who wanted to kill him. He initially suspected Professor Gerald, but it turns out, he��s not the enemy, though it��s quite evident he has involvement somehow. Speaking of Professor Gerald, Alice shares that the Professor is being suspicious the other day. He was being desperate to get a sample of her blood but thankfully, she was being smart and refuses.
Roman then reminds Alice to be careful because the enemy is just around the corner. It��s basically the reason why he insists on living with her. Alice is quite surprised hearing that because she assumes he��s attracted to her that��s why he is being incessant in his attempts to live together. He confirms her belief with a passive ��You��re okay. Good enough��. Roman adds that she can help him by being his link to Bill and Hilton, the key individuals for his case. And because she has no choice, she agrees.
Hilton calls Alice for a friendly date. He asks about her health and she dismisses his concerns, saying that he doesn��t need to act worried for her because she��s a strong woman who never gets too depressed after a break-up. Hilton falls silent and is saddened by her blunt speech. He proceeds to show pictures of her after the accident and given that evidences are inconsistent, he probes to know if she remembers something out of the ordinary that night. However, she lies that she doesn��t know anything.
While having a bath with Jacqueline Alice receives a text message that her credit card debt suddenly ballooned. She immediately goes home to confront Roman about the recent credit transaction. Roman enlightens that he used the card to purchase a camera and some lenses. Alice angrily replies that he has absolutely no right to touch three things. her body, her money and her boyfriend. She then calls him a thief. Roman is offended by her accusations and to resolve the issue, he writes a promissory note. Alice then realizes she went overboard and says sorry for being mean. To make it up to him, she thinks of a way for him to earn money.
Alice recommends Roman to Jeff her former sport teacher and an owner of a sport Gym. Consequently, Roman is hired as an instructor and proves to be good at teaching kids. Jeff who initially thought that Alice and Roman are an item, is actually relieved to know that they aren��t or else it��ll be tough for Alice pointing to the girls smitten by Roman's handsome looks.
On the way home, Alice meaningfully stares at Roman. He��s rather bothered by her knowing gaze. So she teasingly warns him not to smile at random women because surely, they��ll be infatuated by his charm. Roman then ask if she encountered the same predicament with Hilton She��s suddenly not in the mood to talk and tells him not to mention her ex. Her annoyed expression makes him smile. And Alice points out that it��s juts the kind of smile she was talking about. He cutely asks if she likes it and she doesn��t bother to deny, inferring that everybody likes beautiful people. He differs. Her being pretty isn��t the main reason he��s helping her but rather because she��s kind.
Realizing that he��s the one driving, Alice panics. But he tells her not to worry because he has a driver��s licence. He got one for free because the establishment making fake IDs had a sale.