Jessica was haunted by Christian’s look before he was resuscitated. Her pale face, colorless lips, and tightly closed eyes... He looked so painful. She was afraid to feel the pain of losing him again..."Don't worry. He's out of danger and now resting in his room," the nurse blurted.Jessica shook her head, afraid that she had misheard it.A moment later, her pale lips twitched. She smiled with relief. She was about to get up, but the nurse stepped forward to stop her. "You are very weak now. You need to rest in bed..."Before the nurse could finish speaking, Jessica had already braced herself to get up. She held the wall all the way and walked to Christian's room.She opened the door.Not until she saw Christian's real face did she finally feel relieved."You're awake?"Christian just woke up. His heart ached when he saw Jessica’s pale face. That pain was much worse than the wound pain in his chest. "I'm fine, don't worry."She entered the door and stood near him, looking a
Felton's disclosure of the upcoming return of the owner of the manor house seemed to have added some tension to the atmosphere in the room.But Christian, appearing as composed as always, quickly stabilized the mood of the meeting by saying impassively, "I'm not sure if we'll see him.""What do you mean, White?" Felton asked, confused."This is no place to dawdle. Tell our men to pack their stuff in the next two days. I want everybody ready to leave at a moment's notice," Christian instructed.His tone of voice was solemn and determined, as though he had had it planned out some time ago, so there was nothing uncharacteristic about his words.Felton knitted his brows. "But White, you're still recovering.""And I will be recovering for a long time!" The look in Christian's eyes became stern as he reprimanded, "We're running for our lives, not on vacation!"After hearing the stinging rebuke, Felton hurriedly bobbed his head, not daring say another word.Having perceived Felton's o
But fortunately for Christian, he had wounds on both his torso and his face and was swathed in bandages with dressings under them, so the masked woman wouldn't be able to notice any flaws in his disguise anytime soon.On top of that, Christian had saved her life during that fight. Owing him her life, the masked woman was naturally much less suspicious of Christian now.But Christian had never lowered his guard. Likewise, the masked woman, though having been pacified for the moment, didn't fully trust him.Christian knew that the owner of this manor house was coming back, and that he must not stay here any longer, for if he lingered, finding himself faced with a new test might become a daily occurrence for him.**The next noon, Christian decisively ordered that everybody gather up their things and get ready to depart at dusk, when the sun would be setting and the traffic would be light. Those who still needed a rest cure would have to wait until they reached their next hideout.M
Christian was consumed with anxiety, but on the surface, he appeared as poised as always. Jessica was the only one who perceived the perturbation hidden beneath the extreme composure in the depths of his eyes.She knew him well. The direr the situation, the calmer he was.Just like this moment.Jessica unnoticeably took a deep breath and decisively said, "Is it that you don't want her to feed you? If you want me to feed you, I'll do it."With that she picked up a fork, rose and made her way towards Christian.Unsurprisingly, the masked woman was distracted by Jessica, her eyes glinting maliciously. She promptly put her spoon down and reprimanded Jessica, "Who do you think you are? How dare you act like this? I've been going easy on you for a couple of days, and now you've grown some balls?"Jessica kept progressing without the slightest change in her countenance, showing a total disregard for the masked woman's rebuke."Stop right there, or I'll have your legs broken!" The maske
As Christian swallowed one spoonful of sea cucumber after another, the masked woman's eyelids twitched again and again.Everybody present except for Christian and Jessica knew that White was allergic to sea cucumber, but this man in front of them was clearly not.Face of everybody else at the table changed, and almost all of them put down their forks and knives. Some even had their hands clenched around their guns.Christian was the only one appearing composed. He was still enjoying other dishes.Standing on the other side of Christian, Jessica perceived the change in the others' mood. She knew that the tension was reaching flashpoint, and that they were in desperate need of a favorable turn of situation.Right at that moment, Christian unhurriedly put down his fork, wiped his mouth on a napkin and lifted his head to look at the masked woman. "I've eaten more than enough to satisfy you, I suppose?""I'm not satisfied."The masked woman's tone of voice was very weird. "Since when
The masked woman said those words through gritted teeth, which caused Jessica's body to tense up.But Christian was still maintaining his last sanity and shouted angrily at her, "What the hell are you doing again?"This time the masked woman wasn’t deterred, but slammed on the brakes.Before Christian and Jessica could react, she quickly raised her gun and aimed it at Christian's temple with a ruthless look in her eyes."Watch out…"Before Jessica sitting in the back seat finished speaking, the masked woman decisively pulled the trigger.The smell of smoke quickly spread out in the car.The loud sound was terrifying.Jessica lost her balance and fell backwards heavily before looking at Christian. She only felt that the moment the gun went off, the car suddenly accelerated, and its speed was extremely high.Due to the inertia, the masked woman's shot was inaccurate. The bullet was a little off the planned course. It passed from behind his ear through the glass window, hitting t
The moment the car collided with the tree, Jessica flew out of the back seat, crashed through the windshield, and flung herself to the ground in a parabola in the air…It was a bad fall…Christian prostrated forward, something hot constantly gushing out of his eyes, stinging his nerves and blurring his vision. He thought it was blood, instead of tears.The shards of glass along the way pierced his flesh. But the pain was incomparable to the worries in his eyes at the moment.He just wanted to crawl faster to her side, even if he used up his strength."Jessica…"As he said, he felt the pain of his vocal cords tearing, but he continued, "Jessica, wake up!""You can’t sleep!""You hear me?"**In fact, Jessica could hear Christian's voice. It sounded it was right next to her ear, but it also seemed to come from afar.She wanted to open her eyes to see him, but her eyelids seemed to be too heavy to be raised, though she had tried her best.She felt she was dying. Christian's ra
As Jessica insisted on asking about it, Christian said slowly, "That Perla you mentioned is from the organization. They have relations with foreign consortia, and…" "And they're related to my father's death." Jessica picked up the conversation.Christian nodded his head.He had planted Felix in that organization. It seemed that the man had been working undercover, and she shouldn't suspect him anymore…"My men are digging into White's identity," Christian added.Jessica nodded. "I'll keep it in mind. There is something familiar about him. He should be someone I know, but I can't place his face for the time being… Is he dead?" Jessica asked again."Felix seriously injured him, and we haven't received any news. His life or death is unknown," replied Christian.White might still be a threat…"What about that masked woman?"They had a car accident together. The masked woman was the driver. Her condition was unknown.Christian shook his head. "She died?" Jessica asked.