Zane showed his respects to Jared. "Thank you. Without your help this time I wouldn't be able to complete my task this easily, nor would I have been able to catch the double agent doing this."Jared smiled. "As long as we're able to find out who the double agent was."Zane had hoped that Interpol would have some conscience and not threaten Nicole. He noticed that Jared had wanted to say something."Mr. Johnston, I'm not quite sure why you've invited me here. Was there something important you wanted to tell me?" Zane continued.Jared noted Zane's question and knew that he had not much time left. Thus, he cut straight to the point. "Nicole and I have already registered our marriage. We're going to host a wedding reception soon, and we want to cordially invite you to attend."A smile crept across Zane's face. "So soon?" Zane was well aware of Nicole and Jared's love story, but he had not foreseen that their wedding would happen so soon. On top of that, Nicole had not made a peep abou
Zane turned around instinctively. He had not expected Nicole to be already there standing by the door.Nicole had been thinking of how to break the news to Zane when she was walking, but to her relief she heard such words from Zane as soon as she pried the doors open.Zane looked at Nicole like a father looking at his daughter. "Nicole, what are you doing here?"Jared looked at Nicole as if he had been expecting her. 'I knew she would come personally.' Jared walked up to Nicole, and supported her before turning to Zane and saying, "Then I'll take you on Nicole's behalf."Nicole looked up at Jared. 'He's just gotten Zane's approval and couldn't even hold his horses.' Nicole noticed Zane's embarrassment. She could not bring herself to speak."I'm sorry, Zane," Nicole blabbered out abruptly, finding herself apologizing.Zane immediately shook his head. "No, don't be. I'm sorry I didn't let you go sooner." Zane had long since contemplated this issue when Nicole had returned to her fa
Jared noticed Nicole's unwillingness to let go. He did not bring her directly back to the hotel."Let's go on a walk. I'll lead the way."Nicole nodded, as she let Jared take the lead. The nightlife in Ramania was bustling. However, none of it lightened Nicole's mood. The couple walked until they reached a fountain where they watched the colored lights of the fountain change and the water bursting into the sky, some getting caught by the wind, before falling. The sight before them was soothing. Nicole's focus shifted a little."No one can be separated forever. In fact, Zane had been prepared for this for the longest time. He has the capability to accept all these changes," said Jared.Nicole nodded. "I know. It's just that when he was leaving in his car earlier, I saw a trace of his hair turning gray..."'For the longest time, Zane was a fighter who had never lost to young contenders challenging him. But when did he turn old?'"The organization really needs people. If we all were
Nicole raised an eyebrow. "Even if I don't care, you would have it ready anyway."Jared pondered for a moment. "I just can't help myself; you know?"From the engagement dress to the reception dress, Jared had been fretting over it in her stead. "Who knew my wife would not care about things like these?"Nicole raised her eyebrows helplessly, and flipped her hair. "That's because my natural beauty makes me look good in whatever I wear. So why should I even bother, right?"It was very unexpected for Nicole to speak such egotistical words. Jared stifled his laugh. "I really didn't expect my beloved wife to be so confident about her appearance."Nicole heard Jared's sarcasm and began to ponder. "Of course, there are many things that I'm proud of."Jared curled his lips into a smile. "Since you're preparing for the wedding, I won't be mad at you, but you have to take care of your body.""Okay, don't worry about it," Nicole agreed.However at this moment, Janus's frantic voice suddenl
'No matter what happens, I'll do my utmost to protect Nicole.'At this time, the black helicopters caught a glimpse of their plane turning around. They did not waste time, chasing after them.The masked man, who had one ear, had a face filled with hatred. "You dare try to escape?! Nicole, I'll kill you today!"'For my ears... and my brother's life. I'll get my revenge on her!'Janus noticed the black helicopters had sped up. He increased their speed, putting aside the safety in the cabin which caused a minor turbulence due to the airflow.Nicole felt a little nauseous. 'Pregnancy really made me so fragile that I can't even go through with minor turbulence without feeling sick.'Jared noticed Nicole's complexion was not looking too well and came to her side. "What's the matter? Nauseous?"Nicole shook her head. "It's just a little uncomfortable."Jared looked at Nicole with a distressed look, instantly regretting bringing her out for a trip. 'Never would I have thought that The
"Okay." Jared pursed his lips, before handing the key over to Nicole.Nicole quickly entered the aircraft's system. Nicole's face brightened as she entered the missile defense radar system. "This system is brilliant! All the latest versions!""Yes, the locating of missiles is quite accurate, but for the time being, this jet has yet to pass the legalization of weapons installation. So, it's quite useless now since it has yet to be perfected for the later phase."Nicole raised her eyebrows and smiled. "I bet you don't know that even if you can't have weapons legally installed, things like radar have various uses."Jared pondered for a moment. "What uses?" He was perked up, trying to listen intently to what Nicole was about to tell him."Those rockets on The Raven were all smuggled from the military. In other words, though their rockets don't have a radar system, they do come with radar functions...""What do you mean?" Jared seemed to have caught on to what Nicole had said."What
Nicole felt bad about making Jared's plane the target.But she had no other choice."So, what you're saying is, the more they shoot, the better results you get." Jared already understood what Nicole was trying to do.Though it was dangerous, he was still willing to cooperate."Something like that, yeah." Nicole grinned brightly and looked at him with an innocent expression."Sure. Whatever you say goes." Jared wrapped Nicole in his arms lovingly.Nicole looked at him, embarrassed. But she did not stop him."Janus, charge. Let's get them to fire at us.""Huh?" Janus was shocked as he did not get what Jared was trying to do.'But Jared always has a reason for his actions,' Janus thought. He then charged toward the enemies!The black helicopter grew anxious when they saw that the three shots that had been fired had little to no effect on them!All they could do now was fire again! But Jared's plane was rock solid, and the bazooka only left a dent! The plane swayed a little, but
'Jared must've spent tens of millions of dollars to fully reinforce the aircraft armor. I can't believe he actually put in so much effort!''Clearly, he cares a lot about Nicole!'But for that exact reason, he wanted to split them up more!"All of you, listen to me! Just fire everything we have!"Jared's plane would escape if it was too far from the firing range! This was not the time for them to save their ammunition!"Yes, sir!" Though they found it slightly wasteful, none of them wanted to go against their commander. Suddenly, all the planes with rocket launchers were aiming at Jared's plane!"Fire!" the masked man yelled.At that moment, thirty missiles were fired!"My God!" Janus gasped in shock. "Not good, Mr. Johnston! There are over twenty missiles fired at us! There are also 4 A-grade ones!"Jared's expression darkened for a second.'Seems like they've been pushed to the brink!'Even if those were B-grade ammunition, they could not dodge twenty missiles anyway. As s