Seeing Lucy tearing up, Yuna smiled a little and said, "I'm really fine. Carl came right on time, so I wasn't harmed at all." With a grave expression, Lucy looked at her and asked, "Really?" "Surra, you have to be honest with me. If not, I'd feel guilty about this. Carlos is Elizabeth's brother. He tried to take revenge on you because of Elizabeth. He'll definitely not let go of this matter so easily." She nodded. "I promise you, I'm really okay. Besides, Carl helped me in giving Carlos a good lesson last night. What happened yesterday wouldn't happen again." Seeing how serious Yuna seemed, Lucy then sighed in relief. "Surra, do you know how terrified I was last night?" "I know." Yuna hugged her and patted her back to calm her down. She added, "If I wasn't so sure of myself, how would I have possibly met up with Carlos? So don't worry, everything's in the past now. Everyone is safe. Nothing went wrong." "That's great, then. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if someth
When Yuna lifted her head, she noticed Carl walking toward them. Noticing the expression on her face, Cedric looked behind him and saw Carl too. Right then, Carl entered. "Are you guys having a chat?" Cedric got up and said, "We're done talking. Are you looking for Surra?" Carl nodded. Yuna didn't say a word. Walking out of the research room, she followed Carl and slowly headed to his office upstairs. "If anyone from the Wycliffe family comes to see you these days, don't listen to them or promise them anything, alright?" Carl said. "Are they trying to beg for your forgiveness?" "Yeah." Carl had a cold look. "I definitely won't forgive them. It'd be useless even if they try to use you." "Then, they probably won't see me since they know it'd be useless, right?" "Not necessarily." "Okay." "I want to have two of my bodyguards to protect you. What do you think?" Carl suddenly changed the topic. Hearing that, Yuna was pleasantly surprised. She said, "I have two body
When she heard Fendi's praise, Yuna simply smiled. "Mrs. Wycliffe, why don't you cut to the chase? It'll only be a waste of our time if you don't, right?" The smile on Fendi's face froze. "Surra, aren't you being too cold by saying that?" "But I never had any interactions with you before. Isn't it better to deal with this matter directly? Besides, I don't think you want to have a long chat with me either, would you?" After being exposed, there's a vicious look in Fendi's eyes. But she still grinned. "Surra, don't misunderstand. Why would I not want to chat longer with you?" "But I don't want to," Yuna said honestly. "If you really just want to have a chat with me, I'm sorry, but I'm in a hurry. I have to go." "Wait!" Fendi's face eventually darkened when Yuna upset her. "Since you have to act this way, I'll be honest with you." Fendi stared at her coldly. "Surra, tell me. What do we have to do to make you help us ask for Carl's forgiveness and let my children go? I can
In Flokstra, Yvan and the rest headed toward Agoura. Then, they settled down in that area. Sitting in a circle, they discussed their next plan of action. Yvan said, "Let's split into two teams. One for day and another one for night. From there, we split into several smaller teams to walk around and observe the situation in turn. The people who head out have to be different every time. If not, we'll be caught. "Also, when you find any dangerous or suspicious human or object, you must inform the others immediately and take pictures as proof. Don't act on your own." Everyone nodded. After that, they were assigned to certain tasks. Jeremiah was assigned to the night patrol. He was even on the same team as Yvan. He didn't have a good feeling about this. But knowing that Yvan had excellent combat skills, he felt better about it. When he was thinking of how to tell Nathaniel about this, Yvan patted him. "Get ready. We'll be leaving soon." Instinctively, Jeremiah looked at the
When Luther heard such words from Yuna, he was angry. But he had to hold it back for his cousin's sake. He tried to speak politely. "Ms. Surra, we're all living in Phoenix City. We'll encounter each other in the future whether we like it or not. If things get ugly, it'll be unpleasant for us when we meet again."If you can forgive us for what happened this time, the Wycliffe family would owe you a favor. Our family would be the first to help you if you ever have any troubles in the future. Having a friend is always better than having a foe. "I believe you understand that very well, don't you?" Yuna glanced at him calmly. "Are you done?" There was a slight change of expression on Luther's face. He narrowed his eyes as he stared at her. With an icy look, Yuna said, "From the moment your cousin decided to ruin me, I knew that there was no chance that we could ever be friends." Hearing that, Luther quickly said, "Ms. Surra, let's talk things out properly." "If you don't wa
Thinking of what happened last night, Cedric seemed to be furious. He complained, "How dare they ask for forgiveness after what they did? Cops exist to catch people like them." Seeing how angry Cedric was, Yuna said with a smile, "Cedric, don't waste your energy on people like that. Do you want supper?" "Now that you mentioned it, I'm quite hungry." "Give me a few minutes. I'll whip up some food." The two finally had a chance to have supper together. They chatted till late at night. …In Flokstra, Jeremiah finally returned. He sat on a bench and gulped some water down without stopping. Yvan didn't spare him another glance. He went straight to his room upstairs. After he was gone, Jeremiah complained to them in distress. "Why am I working so hard now? Is it because of my client?" Lucian and Gabriel threw a look at him at the same time. Jeremiah frowned a little. With a confused look, he said, "Am I wrong? Should I have not said that? Would he choke me to death if he
At noon, Yuna was called to the top floor after she was done with work. Right after she sat down, Carl placed a cup of black tea, which he prepared earlier, in front of her. "I heard from my mom that you like this kind of black tea. So I asked the staff to make some for you." Hearing that, Yuna didn't know how to feel about it. Although she now knew that Carl had feelings for her, she didn't want their friendship to end. She was afraid that they wouldn't be able to chat so casually anymore when they met each other in the future. After all, she didn't want to lose a friend like Carl. "Thank you." Yuna accepted the tea and took a sip. Carl went straight to the point. "I heard that Mrs. Wycliffe and Luther went to see you." "Yeah, but they didn't get what they wanted. So you don't have to worry." Carl's face had darkened when he first heard the news. He had wanted to visit the Wycliffe Manor right away to talk about this. But eventually, he decided to meet Yuna and dis
With a gloomy expression, Maxus said, "We shouldn't leave such upsetting matters to the elders to handle. So I'll deal with this." Carl nodded. "If that's the case, let's cut to the chase then." Maxus asked, "Carl, we could've solved a trivial matter like this on our own. Are you sure that you want to go this far? I've told you that the Wycliffe family would be willing to compensate Ms. Surra in any way." "I don't want any compensation," Yuna replied. "Mr. Wycliffe, if my senior wanted to avenge me by kidnapping your daughter, and sending ten men over to do something unthinkable to her, would you have let him off so easily?" Suddenly, words were stuck in Maxus' mouth. Fendi quickly retorted, "That's impossible." Yuna smiled. Her eyes were cold. "Yeah, it'd be impossible. After all, more than ten bodyguards follow Elizabeth around every day. Of course, no one would have the chance to get near her. "But does that mean someone like me deserves to be treated that way? Mr. Wyc