Noah went to the plane private suite after he dropped his call with his daughter. Lucille called him ugly. And he doesn't want Jess to see him and think that he was ugly. Hence, he was taking a shower in the ensuite.

He washed his face and felt the roughness of his facial hair. He had no time to shave his face. No wonder Lucille called him ugly. But what she said made him laugh. She was excited to get on a commercial plane.

Maybe one time, he should take him on a plane ride where they would get a seat in the economy class and know what her reaction will be. With what Lucille said about riding an airplane that wasn't their own, he realized that his daughter had been too sheltered.

They always travel. He loves taking Lucille to different places but he didn't realize that some experiences were taken away from her, such as riding a commercial plane just like everyone else, well, not like everyone else since they would be flying business class, but still the idea of Lucille haven't experienced those things that were considered normal, evoke some guilt feeling with him.

He had his daughter too sheltered. He promised himself that during the duration of Lucille's stay with him, he will introduce normal things to his daughter. Maybe, asked Jess to join them. He wondered if this time, now that they were together, would Jess still declined to have a deeper relationship with Lucille.

He knew that the two were exchanging messages in WeChat, though, he doesn't know what they talked about because none of them wanted to tell him. They both told him it's a secret between girls.

He was grinning to himself, thinking of Jess and Lucille when he stood naked in front of the bathroom counter, naked and shaving his facial hair.

Once he was done, he slapped some moisturizer on his face so as not to make himself ugly.

He got out of the bathroom naked. He put on black boxer shorts, faded Levis 501, and a navy blue polo shirt. He combed his hair and checked on the phone that was on a call with Jess's phone but saw that the call was cut.

He tried to call her phone again but he couldn't connect. The phone probably was off or had no more battery.

He needed to contact Aadir and asked him to do something about it. He was scrolling on his phone to find the number to call for Aadir when he heard Capt. Aigasaki's voice, announcing that they were about to land.

He decided not to call Jess anymore. He waited for more than thirteen hours already. A few minutes more won't make a huge difference.

She got out of the room and met Amara and Janella getting ready for the landing. He smiled at the two girls before taking his seat and buckled his seatbelt.

He ordered Antonio to take care of everyone as soon as they landed. Marcus was waiting for him, and they left before everyone else.

Dr. Navarra was sent to the hospital to meet Dr. Sidorov. While the two lawyers would be taken to a hotel near the airport after taking some rest, they would take the flight back home.

After taking care of everything, Antonio would follow them to the villa.

Noah was so restless he called Markus to pick him up so that he could go ahead of everyone else. He wanted to see Jess and make sure she was okay with his own eyes.

The villa from the airport according to Markus was about forty minutes drive, give or take with the traffic. And traffic is something that is constant in this country. The distance of the villa from the airport would be further if the villa is located in the middle of the city.

However, the villa that was gifted to him by the previous owner of the company he acquired, was in the suburban area.

"You look ugly," he told Markus as soon as he sat down on the passenger seat of the Land Rover.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" he snarled at him. He has a dark circle under his eyes. His face was darkened with facial hair that hasn't shaved for two days. And today, he felt sticky and in need of a shower but Noah couldn't wait for the company driver and ordered him to pick him up, and now the first thing he said was that 'he's ugly.'

He shot a deadly glare at Noah as he started the ignition of the car. How dare this bastard call him ugly.

Noah laughed wryly, "Sorry, man. You have to run all over the place because of me. By the way, the you're ugly was what Lucille told me when she saw my face with facial hair."

Markus mellowed down upon hearing the name of Lucille. "How is she?"

"She was excited to get on the plane that we didn't own," he laughed when he remembered what she said.

"There is nothing more adorable than that kid of yours," he grinned. Already forgotten the hell Noah put him through because of what happened to Jess.

"If you like kids that much, why don't you have one?" he asked. And watched Markus grinning face darkened like the sky with an incoming storm. He wondered when Markus would get over the pain of his past.

"When will Lucille come back to LA?"

"Oh, she's on the way."

"What?! And you forgot to tell me that?"

"Nicole changed the schedule." He pulled his gaze away from the window and asked Markus, "why do you drive like an old woman?"

Markus got the forty minutes car drive to the villa in just thirty-two minutes. When the car stopped inside the courtyard of the villa, Noah didn't wait for the car to reach its full stop. He unclipped his seatbelt and jumped out of the car.

He found Aadir waiting for him, shivering in fear.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Noah but Miss Zimmerman was taken away."

'Taken away,' were the two words that registered in Noah's brain before he yelled for Markus' name.