Chapter 38

Alice was challenging Roman to a basketball match. He accepts but with his calm reaction, he��s not entirely convinced she poses real threat. After several puny and not to mention silly attempts, this conclude that Roman is right after all.
When she lunges a seemingly strong blow, Roman sidesteps to block the hit and pushes her backwards. This simple maneuver somehow works for Alice as it resulted to a close up, face to face moment with Roman. A few seconds later, Roman drops the defeated Alice, walking off like nothing happened. The kids laugh at her and all she can do is instruct them to delete their memories and crawl out.
Roman gives Alice a piggyback ride home, asking if her waist still hurts. Alice lies that it doesn��t but reprimands him for putting all efforts on a friendly match. Roman then whacks her butt, it��s her punishment for purposely putting her life in constant danger. She��s naturally shocked and climbs down his back almost automatically. But his answer pleases her nonetheless and she can��t help but laugh, saying that contrary to what he claims, his actions prove he loves her too.
At that, Roman falls silent and in a serious tone, he tells her that she may have mistook his concern for love. Because their blood saved each others lives, a special bond was formed. They are connected in a way that if she dies, he��ll also return to dormancy. He apologizes for not telling her the truth and causing a huge misunderstanding between them. Alice is saddened by his revelation, realizing fully well that he��s only protecting her to protect himself and that she was just overthinking things.
With tears in her eyes she asks him ��If you live for a long time, does it mean you won��t have a heart anymore?�� Roman walks closer to comfort her but she backs off. This time she admits defeat, saying that if she can��t have love then she doesn��t want it and promises to leave him alone. She silently walks away, leaving a very confused Roman behind.
At the police station, Crystal is disgusted seeing Squid drooling in his sleep. Hilton laughs and says that Squid is not that bad. He teasingly adds that if she��s not allergy to seafood, then she should at least give Squid a chance. Right then, Jacqueline walks in to bring food for Hilton. Crystal and Squid leave to give them room to talk.
Jacqueline comments that Hilton is too skinny and worriedly asks if something��s wrong with him. Hilton just laughs it off but she maintains that he has been exuding sad vibes lately. He reasons out that it��s only because there are tons of work and that the cases, in one way or another, involves Alice He then diverts the topic and talks about Bill, saying that she should consider the latter because though he may seem carefree, he is serious when in comes to love. Jacqueline teases that he sounds like he��s entrusting her or something and he dismisses her remarks with ��Not refuting means accepting��. She jokingly hits him and instructs him to eat properly.
Alice is on set, acting out a very dramatic scene. The director, for once, compliments her believable acting, telling her that it��s the best performance from her yet. But Alice seems not to hear a thing and continues to cry.
Alice gloomy mood continues until it��s time to pack up. Richard tells her that it��s a wrap but Alice refuses to go home and asks if there��s a lined up event for her. Richard answers that there��s one but she already declined the invitation because of her tight schedule. She tells him to call the organizers and inform them that she��ll be there. Richard tries to talk her out of it since the event will be held overseas and it��s tomorrow morning. But she insists and demands that they go.
Roman passes the time by watching Alice recorded interview on TV. He scoffs when the host asks Alice what her boyfriend likes about her and she answers ��everything��. When the host proceeds to ask what she and her boyfriend usually fight about, Alice recalls of the toothpaste incident. She relays that though Roman repeatedly tells her to squeeze the toothpaste form bottom to top, she always tend to forget. One morning, Roman reached his limits and deliberately squeezed the toothpaste in front of her. It gave her a fright and from then on, she squeezes the toothpaste like he wants it. Roman recalls and smiles on the thought.
It��s getting late and Roman decides to knock at Alice door, tempting her with a midnight snack and her favorite milk tea. No one answered so he opens the door. He finds it odd that it��s empty, remembering that Richard informed him Alice has no shoot for the evening. He tries calling her but her phone is turned off.
The next morning, Alice is still not home. Roman starts to worry and checks his heartbeat. It seems okay so he wonders where Alice might be.
Richard notices Alice lack of sleep, asking if it��s okay not to call Roman and tell him where they are. Alice casually tells him to let it be. Richard tries to sneak a text message but she castigates him, reminding him that she��s the boss and Roman is only a boarder.
Roman still doesn��t want to go home, so she instructs Richard to take her to the mall. There, she indulges in a mad shopping spree.
Roman is busy choosing a bodyguard for Alice. It��s funny that all applicants don��t match up to his skyscraper standards, citing that they are either too short, too tall, too skinny, too ugly or has the wrong blood type. The manager gets angry and orders the applicants to beat him up but it turns out the other way around.
On the way home, Alice tries to boost her confidence by asking Richard if she��s really popular among guys. Richard assures that she is. In fact, if she counts the perverts, her admirers will reach to millions. Alice is comforted by his words and tests that if it��s really the case, then he must be willing to marry her. Richard loses focus and nearly crashes the car. He had enough of the drama and tells her to talk with Roman since it��s clear she��s heartbroken because of him. Alice rejects his suggestion though. Instead, she tells him to have a drink with her.
After a few bottles of liquor, Alice is dead drunk. Richard had no choice but call Roman for help. In no time, he arrives in the bar and carries the unconscious Alice away. Richard thanks Roman for the help. He then asks why they fought, adding that since Roman's 500 years older, he should give her the leeway. Roman remains silent and thinks about Alice words earlier.
At home, Roman panics when Alice wasn��t in her room. He finds her relaxing on the porch. Thinking that she��s already asleep, he tenderly stares at her. When she slightly opens her eyes and bitterly smiles, he awkwardly looks away. Alice then blabbers why he hasn��t left yet. She has already accepted her fate. Unlike other women, she��s vulgar, stingy and mean so she understands why he doesn��t like her. She was unlucky anyways so he can leave without worries. He can hide in the forest or do whatever he wants. As for her, she��ll be dead after a few years because of her bad luck anyways. If that happens, she��ll be lucky to be rid of him forever.
Roman tries to carry her up and learns she has a fever. Alice continues to express her feelings, relaying that modern women are too stubborn to give up and chooses to suffer even though the one they love don��t care at all. Once again, she tells him to leave because she doesn��t need him anymore. I think her conclusive remarks finally went through him because he ��kisses�� her on his own accord.