Christian had the belt of his bathrobe loosely fastened, leaving a small part of his chest showing, looking so casual and languid as though he were in his own bedroom.Though on the run and under great pressure, he was still emanating a powerful brooding air which deterred people from defying him.His eyes lifted and flashed at the furious masked woman, the sharp contours of his chin under the mask etched with flintiness.The sight of Christian's reaction antagonized the masked woman even further. "White! I'm not gonna ask about the history between you and this woman, but have you any idea what kind of situation we're faced with? If you sleep with her in these circumstances, what will your men think of you? And how will you retain your command?!""Are you questioning my ability to keep my men in line?!"Christian abruptly lifted his narrowed eyes and fixed the indignant masked woman with a stare.At the sight of the drastic change in Christian's countenance, the masked woman's at
"White, Felton and his men are here!" the man guarding outside reported."Let them in!"Christian ordered in a cold voice. He stuck out his chest and instantly flung away the masked woman wrapped around his body.The masked woman stood still, fixed her messy collar and hair, turned her head, and took a sinister glance at Jessica.The door opened and four men walked in.The masked woman knew what was what. She would not be hysterical in front of White's minions. Besides, her eyes were quickly tinged with suspicion, as if she was intentionally observing Christian's reaction to see if he recognized his minions…Christian shot a glance at the several incoming people. He was not sure which one was Felton. If he made a mistake now, he would lose.Even so, the anger on his face was already brewing, and the crowd in this room was shocked by his fury.Felton couldn't withstand it, so he begged for mercy first. "White…"Christian quickly fixed his eyes on the speaker.The next second h
Jessica had psyched herself up some time ago, knowing that the masked woman was guaranteed to get hysterical.At this point in time, this masked woman had no room in her mind for anything except her relations with White, which showed that she was indeed in love with White.This was the very key fact that she, Jessica, should take advantage of!All women tend to be blind to reason when in love, especially those being tortured by unrequited love.Jessica turned to look the cocky masked woman in the face and asked, "What do you think?"There was no outsider present, and neither was there anybody to protect Jessica, so the masked woman, having no reason to restrain her anger anymore, took a step forward and lifted her hand. "I can't believe Christian's wife is so shameless as to sleep with another man behind his back! I'll skin you alive!"The next second, Jessica gripped the masked woman's raised hand.Jessica had been on full alert since the moment she'd entered this room, all her
What Jessica had said touched the masked woman's two raw nerves.The masked woman was afraid that White would abandon her thoroughly and her men would think that she was incapable.The masked woman calmed down. Finally, Jessica could relax for a while...Felton took his men to have a meal in a hurry. When they returned to the room, Christian had fallen asleep on the bed.They didn't have the guts to make noises to disturb him. Each of them picked up a quilt. Two men huddled and slept on another bed. One man slept on the ground directly. The other man guarded the door.Not long after, they started snoring.Christian pretended that he had fallen asleep. He was awake all the time.He was thinking about the current situation and was worried about Jessica who was in the opposite room.The masked woman liked to stir up trouble. She was aggressive, peremptory and unreasonable. He was afraid that Jessica would be bullied.'The most important thing for us is to get out of the plight as
Both Jessica and Christian perceived that something was amiss, and almost in the same instant, a sudden crunch of feet on withered leaves issued from the tussock behind the giant ball of flames.Before any of them could react, a bunch of men in black dashed out from behind the tussock grass, hooded and masked. It was impossible to see their features, but every one of them was holding a wicked-looking dagger!The couple of underlings at the front lunged forward and started a melee with those masked men, but those men were quite ferocious and soon broke through the surrounding circle and closed in on Christian.Christian gave a clean roundhouse kick which forced the masked men into backing off.And then, taking advantage of the opportunity, Christian conveniently threw Jessica a few feet away with a swing of his arm before he aimed a jumping kick at another masked man, thwarting his attack.About a second later, before Jessica could regain her balance, Christian gripped her wrist ag
Jessica swiveled her head aside and saw that it was the masked woman who was holding a dagger to her throat."What are you doing?!"Brows knitted, she glared at the masked woman who seemed to have lost her mind."What do you think I'm doing?! I want you dead!" the masked woman snapped through gritted teeth, having the almost overwhelming desire to stab Jessica to death.In the masked woman's eyes, a few minutes ago, in that life-or-death moment, the one that White had subconsciously tried to protect was not her but Jessica! She would not let anybody else get what she couldn't get!The masked woman's eyes, ablaze with fury, flashed at Christian in the fray, resentment glinting in them!"Seriously?! You're gonna turn against your ally at this point in time?!“Jessica forced herself to calm down in an attempt to psych out the masked woman."My ally?! Stop flattering yourself!" The masked woman, however, refused to listen to her, blinded to reason by her jealousy.Right at that mo
Gradually, the masked man prevailed. The dagger pierced through Christian's shirt!The masked man seized the chance and thrust harder. The dagger started piercing Christian's heart!Christian's hands were covered with blood. The blood flowed down the tip of the dagger and dripped onto his body...Blood was beginning to seep through the shirt on his chest. The flow of blood was becoming fast. Soon, it stained his shirt. The area stained with blood was expanding. The dagger pierced into little by little...It was shocking.It was a close call.Jessica's eyes were scarlet. She looked around. The other men had been hindered by the masked gangsters and were not able to come here to save Christian for the time being.The masked gangster who was grappling with Christian was trying to kill Christian desperately and crazily. His explosive power was so great that it was horrendous. "White, go to hell!" The masked gangster widened his eyes and thrust at Christian harder again."Ah..."Ch
Christian...Jessica was just about to call his name when she held back the word on her lips, for she realized that everybody present was calling him "White!"The masked woman, though wounded, kept crawling in the direction of Christian, calling him White along the way.Jessica was also consumed with anxiety. Kneeling beside Christian and looking at his bloodless face, she wished she were the one lying on the ground, unbearable heartache flooding over her.Everybody was on tenterhooks. White getting injured at this crucial juncture undoubtedly worsened their gloom.It was after they called his name repeatedly for a few moments that Christian's eyes slowly opened.But everybody could tell from the look on his face that he was having trouble keeping his eyes open."How do you feel?" Jessica hurriedly asked.Christian cast her a glance and shook his head, suggesting that he was okay, and that there was no need to worry about him."White, those bastards have fled. Should we give c