Chapter 37

As high-valued items are being auctioned one by one, Alice grows more and more nervous. Roman seemingly enjoying her discomfort doesn��t help. Luckily, with Roman clever manipulations, someone actually bought the drawing for 800,000. not bad for a loofah. Alice is exceedingly glad she was saved from the ultimate embarrassment. Of course, Jacqueline is happy for her.
It��s time for Roman to throw up, so he subtly excuses himself. While he��s gone, Phillip invites Alice for a dance which she gladly grants. However, on the way to the dance floor, a waiter accidentally spills wine on Alice dress, so she goes to the CR to clean up. Unknowingly, someone locks the door from the outside and smoke suddenly fills the room. After, she fell unconscious, someone picks her up.
Roman throws up at the parking lot. He overhears some guy having trouble getting her sick daughter home because of the car blocking the way, so, he volunteers to help and pushes the car effortlessly. The guy is surprised but Roman explains that he knows martial arts. Later on, someone was switching the air freshener of the said car.
Alice wakes up in a room on fire. She tries to escape but fails. She can only cry for help.
Roman returns to the party and asks Phillip where Alice is. Phillip answers that she went to the CR. Suddenly, Roman feels pain in his heart, an undeniable sign that Alice is in danger. He dashes off to find her.
He finds her in the burning storage room. Without wasting time, he kicks down the door. Debris and burning flanks fall in his way but he easily tosses them aside. Alice is already smiling when he arrived. For a moment, Roman just stares at her and then leans his forehead against hers. He then picks her up and brings her to safety. Before he can give her his blood, she stops him in fear of revealing his identity and assures that they can continue ��kissing�� at the house. Roman corrects that it��s not kissing per se but Alice dismisses his argument with a laugh. Right on cue, security personnel come to their rescue. She reminds him to tell the investigators that she escaped on her own and he only met her at the door.
Some people at the party learn of the fire. Phillip notices them panicking and immediately runs towards the parking area. Something��s really not right with Phillip. Why the parking lot?
A guy wearing a mask gets inside the car that Roman pushed a while ago and drives off. Phillip sees the guy and engages on a car chase with him. The guy Remember that someone changed the air freshener in the car. Well, it turns out that it has some chemicals that put people to sleep. So, the guy faints while driving and hits a pile of sacks and boxes. A few seconds later, the car exploded.
At the hospital, Alice whines that Jacqueline doesn��t appear really worried for her as she��s only busy painting her nails. She further warns that press people may take a picture of Jacqueline and it��ll create another rumor. However, Jacqueline brags that she��s an expert in avoiding paparazzi. Roman, who is reading a newspaper, laughs and shows them a picture of Jacqueline in a crying mess. So much for avoiding the paparazzi.
Philip comes by to offer his apologies. He takes full responsibility for what happened since the incident occurred during the charity banquet. Alice assures that she��s fine and takes off the bandage on her head, saying Roman only put it there for fun. However, Roman sharply warns Phillip not to come near Alice again.
At the police station, Crystal and Squid (yeah, weird name) talks about Alice and her unusual attraction to danger. Both officers are Hilton's subordinates. Crystal remarks that Alice, being constantly in harm��s way, makes perfect sense. She further recalls that Alice luck is so terrible that even if she��s standing in a 100 acre grass land, a pigeon will find its way and poop on her head every time.
Right then, Hilton storms in. He��s mad at Squid for not informing him of Alice recent mishap and talks with the Chief to cancel his leave. The Chief surprisingly grants Hilton's request, telling him to do what he wants and not leave with regrets.
Alice has been released from the hospital and is now busy checking her online fan base. She��s appalled upon knowing that her fans are slowly withdrawing their membership. She voices out her annoyance a little louder than needed so Roman who is freshly out of shower, hears her rants. Seeing him half-naked, Alice is put into a trance. Roman flicks his finger just to get her out of it.
To cover her embarrassment, Alice asks him why he wants her to avoid Phillip? He answers that it��s to protect Phillip of course. This clearly annoys Alice, noting that the reason why Roman has no girlfriend is because he doesn��t know how to treat women nicely. But since she can��t concentrate while staring at his topless body, she instructs him not to expose himself in front of her anymore because she can��t resist his charm and if he continues to do so, she won��t be able to control herself and make a move on him. The door suddenly rings and Roman tells her that it��s the police. She panics and defends that she haven��t assaulted him yet. He chuckles and walks off.
It turns out to be Hilton. He shows her a picture of the suspected arsonist. However, Alice can��t confirm if it��s really the guy. Hilton offers a small smile and asks if she��s still mad at him for putting a tracker on the car. He explains that it wasn��t his intention to follow her, he was just worried for her safety. Alice then wonders why he rejected her when it��s apparent that he still cares for her. Hilton falls silent and just in time, he receives a call that the suspect��s address has been found out. Roman who is hiding in his room overhears the phone conversation.
Hilton and his gang go to the arsonist��s house and find clues that the arsonist is in fact a contract killer set to kill Alice.
Next, Professor Gerald celebrating over a glass of wine. He is holding a test result showing 99.9% DNA compatibility. Through flashback the DNA belonged to Roman. The professor gets a hold of Roman's DNA when the he left his wine glass and dashed to find Alice
Roman goes to the shoot to pick up Alice. It��s obvious that she is in high spirits. He asks why she��s so calm and collected after the incident and she replies that it��s because he guaranteed to save her every time she��s in danger. Suddenly, he changes his mind and walks away, leaving the confused Alice behind.
Roman goes to the shore to talk with his imaginary friend again. There he vows to find the enemy and leave Alice for good, noting that the only reason why he finds it difficult to say goodbye is because her blood is in his system. Her possessiveness is consuming him and he must stay away from her.
At home, Alice is happily sniffing the fresh laundry when she slips right into Roman's lap. He tells her to get off but she scoots closer and calls him a human sofa. She then offers two choices, either to push her away or hug her closer. Roman chooses the first option. He forcefully shoves her away and then leaves. In result, she falls to the floor with a nasty scratch.
Bill tends to Alice wounds when he came. He then comments that Hilton will be able to relax because she always escapes unscathed in every major accident she��s in. Alice is rather surprised that he has grown close to Hilton lately. Bill explains that it��s only because they were teaming up to look for the corpse. She then add if there are any updates on the corpse. Bill replies that it��s already impossible to find it and that she should be more worried about Hilton. She finds it odd though that he always brings up Hilton in the conversation when she��s not Hilton's girlfriend anymore. Bill hints that some men say the opposite of what they truly want to say especially if he��s hiding something. And at times, he will push her away just to prevent her from getting hurt. In Bill's mind, he��s doing this for Hilton's sake. However, she thinks he��s referring to Roman.
Alice arrives home and excitedly greets Roman. But he only gives her a cold shoulder. She follows him to his room and sharply asks if he didn��t notice that she was wounded when he pushed her that morning. Roman brushes her off with a simple ��it will heal��. She continues her tirade and tells him that it still hurts. Roman bites back that that pain is good for her because it will remind her to be careful. He noticed that she has been living quite rashly, even joking about the fire incident. He suggests that she hires bodyguards and brings Richard along wherever she goes. Alice finds his suggestions useless because he��s there for her. But sadly, Roman reminds that he will be leaving soon.
Roman is preparing the kids for their sports class when a stranger covered in an over-sized coat walks in. The stranger is revealed to be Alice and she��s there to challenge Roman to a duel. This is her way of proving that she doesn��t need bodyguards or even him to protect herself, vowing that she��ll cause him severe pain if he will hold