Joe looked at Vero whose eyes were bloodshot after Mia left with Fritz.
The woman looked fragile with obvious sadness, even Joe's anger that had turned into pity. He also handed a handkerchief to Vero who started to sob.
“Mia's presence reminds me of the deaths of some of my friends. Yesterday was Julie, now….,” Vero cried, unable to pronounce the name of her best friend murdered a few nights ago.
“Should I wait until I become the next victim? While Mia still doesn't know anything around?” asked Vero in a slightly raised voice. “Look what that woman brought to this town.” Vero's hands move in all directions. “The corpse in De La Crush, Slaine, who was almost run over by an unknown person and injured several times in a short period of time! You even almost died! But notice how blind she is going around!”
Vero's anger grew even more after she explained at length what had happened there.
Mia’s head turned to Jaxon who was still holding his breath with his eyes closed. Her fingers touched his cheek lightly and asked, “what was that earlier?”Hearing her question, Jaxon’s eyes opened. He glanced at Mia with a furrowed brow in surprise.“How was what?”A blush spreads throughout Mia’s body, including her ears and neck which always amazed him every time she showed an expression of shyness that was completely pure without being made.Mia cleared her throat and whispered softly, “The one just now,” she said as she tried to cover her face with the blanket.Seeing her expression which was having a hard time making eye contact with him, Jaxon began to understand what Mia was asking, and that made Jaxon laugh so hard that he got a small hit in the chest.Instantly, Jaxon tilted his body with his right hand on his head, while his eyes stared mischievously at Mia whose entire skin tu
Mia could hear his strong heartbeat and deep breath his unique masculine scent.There was still a trace of the after-struggle pheromone emanating from his golden-skinned, and she didn’t stop searching for the scent until she pressed her nose against his exposed skin.Jaxon sighed as he stared up at the ceiling, casting a spell to keep himself cool.“Dolcezza,” he whispered hoarsely. “I think we’ll sleep in separate places tonight,” said Jaxon who stopped Mia for a moment.She lifted her head and looked up at Jaxon who was flat-faced with a clenched jaw.Not understanding anything, Mia also looked at Jaxon with a hurt look, as if something was wrong with her until Jaxon’s mind changed not to sleep in the same bed.Seeing her teary eyes and a change in her facial expression that was starting to cloudy, Jaxon exhaled slowly as he hugged her back.“Dolcezza, I didn’t mean to offend you
Jaxon asked Fritz to call Vero to come to the Red Cage that morning because there was something he wanted to talk to her.Hearing Jaxon’s orders, Fritz was silent for a long time and did not immediately respond to his superior’s orders.“Why are you still standing there, Fritz?” asked Jaxon who was gathering some documents on the table.He only glanced at his subordinates briefly, because he was busy sorting the documents that he would bring to give to Gavin regarding the development of their club, GC.Remembering the name of the club, Jaxon felt like he want to banging his head, because he just agreed when Gavin named their club Great Cock, which Jaxon immediately negotiated to become GC, because he couldn’t understand why his best friend had to name the club to sound so ... horrible.Luckily, everyone thought that the club name was the initials of Gavin Caleston, not the real name that was listed in every official do
Vero was standing in the middle of the Red Cage bar room, a place where all the Red Cage members usually gathered and spent their time drinking, playing chess, and billiards.One of her legs moved from right to left or vice versa due to extreme nervousness. Her head looked around, at the rows of pictures, paintings on the walls and the furniture in the room.This was the first time for her to enter the building, because not everyone could enter without the access granted by the members of the organization.Mason who was currently patrolling the Red Cage just watched Vero silently. He was ordered to pick up the woman early in the morning and bring her here confused and frightened.No matter how many times Mason comforted her, she would still cry and say she would not repeat the same mistake, even though Mason didn’t know what it was.“You can sit down, Miss, because Mr. Bradwood will still be here in an hour,” said Mason.
While at the dinner table, Mia didn’t stop staring at Jaxon who was enjoying his dinner voraciously. He was very focused on the food on the table and seemed to be ignoring his surroundings.Having dinner together was something they rarely did, even being at the same table was a rare opportunity. Mia could count on her fingers how much time they spent enjoying their meal together. In fact, their last romantic meal was at La Fontana.“Don’t you like the food on your plate?” Jaxon asked suddenly which brought Mia back to her senses, made her cheeks turned red because she was caught watching him shamelessly.“Oh, I like it, there’s no problem with my food,” replied Mia who immediately put the food into her mouth.The corners of his lips rose slightly. He had been silent for a long time, letting her pay him attention, but after a long time, she seemed to have forgotten herself.“Jaxon,” Mia called, l
After making an appointment with Slaine, Mia went to the cafe where they had an appointment.Earlier, Gia had told them that they could meet directly at the boutique, and Mia wanted to go with Slaine as an escort. She didn’t know much about fashion, and Slaine was much more experienced.Accompanied by Joe and Fritz, Mia crossed the parking lot into a coffee bean-themed classic building. She could see the figure of Slaine sitting by the glass window sipping her drink.The two of them smiled at each other as Mia approached the table and sat across from the woman, while Joe sat at the next table and Fritz stood guard outside near the parking lot.“Have you been waiting long?” Mia asked.She glanced at the drinks on the table and was interested in ordering the same menu.Slain shook her head.“No, I just arrived too. Just order first,” suggested Slaine which Mia immediately did.After ordering La
A message popped up into Jaxon’s phone. He glanced at the contents of the message for a while before finally looking at Rey who was pulling a corpse from the Red Cage’s basement which was usually used as a place of torture.“Is there something?” Rey asked.He glanced at Jaxon for a moment before finally returning to busy with a lifeless man who he was wrapping in a black plastic bag.Jaxon shrugged slightly and put the phone back in his trouser pocket.“Only reports from Fritz said they were with Mia at the Coffee Bean Cafe,” Jaxon explained as he approached Rey who was wiping his bloodied hands with a white napkin.“Have you contacted Fontana?” Rey threw the bloody napkin into the trash can in the corner of the room.“What for?” Jaxon asked with an eyebrow rising.“He said Romero was fighting with his uncle, Sergio Falcone,” explained Rey, who kicked the black bo
The sirens of police car echoed through the entire air around the Coffee Bean Café’s street, and the police were seen approaching the place with yellow lines starting to be installed around the parking lot.Rey who came earlier than his friends to the scene looked around with his angry eyes. He saw the movement of Dane Loren who closed the access road around him.After closing the car door, Rey walked closer to the front of the Café building, but he was stopped by Noel Kendrick, a young police who still didn’t understand that they had no meaningful authority in front of the Red Cage Members.“Get out of my way,” Rey hissed in a low intonation.Noel raised his chin defiantly.“We are conducting an investigation, and you are prohibited from damaging the crime scene,” Noel said with a straight shoulder, a posture that showed that Rey was far under his authority.With a quick movement, Rey pulled