Kisa was disappointed when she realized it was just a spam text. She stared at her text history with Gilbert for a while; there was only the message she had just sent, while the rest was blank. She sighed softly, turned her gaze, and continued to look out the window. After waiting on the bus for more than ten minutes, several people went onto the bus one after the other. Kisa put on a mask and took out her earphones to listen to music.The bus finally started its journey at ten o'clock. The seats were almost full at that time. Sitting in front of Kisa was a young couple; the girl was intimately leaning on her partner's shoulder; it looked peaceful and serene. Kisa thought of her youth when she saw this. 'Once, our school organized a summer camp, and Gilbert—who was a few years older—tagged along, saying that it was for fun and to gain experience. We took the same bus at that time and miraculously sat together. I didn't sleep much the night before because I was so excited about the tri
At the front desk was a woman who was in her thirties, swiping on her phone. When she saw Kisa coming, she gave her an eye roll. "Single or double? Show me your ID.""Oh, I forgot to bring my ID."The woman frowned. "We need ID to register you into the hotel system. No ID, no room. Go back home and grab it.""My home is too far away from here. How about I give you an extra seventy dollars? Can you please help me check in?"The woman thought for a while and smiled as she said, "Alright. How long will you be staying?""Just one night," Kisa said. The hotel only had six floors, and Kisa chose the highest floor. The higher her room was, the safer she felt. After entering the room, she locked all the doors and windows and lay on the bed, exhausted. After lying there for a while, she picked up her phone and clicked on the text history between her and Gilbert once again; it was still blank. Kisa closed her sore eyes and put her phone aside. 'Maybe he hasn't looked at his phone yet. What
"Mom, what do you know? I've done so much for Gilbert, yet he died just like that. Then what's the point of me doing so much in the past?""Shush, quiet down. Are you trying to announce to the world that you sent them to kill him?" Carolyn quickly covered Sharon's mouth and spoke seriously, " Listen to your mother. Let's not publicize this. Wait till the news outlets cover the news of that man's death, then you pretend to cry him a river.""But I originally didn't want Gilbert to die. I've said before that I wanted to have him. Now that he is dead, what am I fighting for?""You idiot! As long as he was alive, he would eventually learn about all those terrible things you did back then. If that happened, it would be your turn to die. It's fine that he's dead now. You can rest easy in the meantime," Sharon did not speak as tears fell.Carolyn hugged her and said, " Listen to me. He's dead. To us, it's absolutely a good thing. Next, you should consider how to overthrow GK Pictures."S
Kisa shook all over. She quickly rubbed her eyes. The streetlights were dim, so she couldn't see clearly so far out. The figure seemed to be invisible. When Kisa rubbed her eyes to look again, the figure seemed to be gone. It was as if she had imagined that apparition just now.She was worried and anxious. She hurriedly got up, but her legs were numb because she had been crouching for too long. She could not stand up at all and could only lean on the glass door. She anxiously looked in the same direction as earlier. This time, she really saw it. There was indeed a figure that was walking toward her.'Is that Gilbert?' She gripped the center of her palm tightly, staring hard at the figure. Her heart tensed up, inch by inch. The figure walked very, very slowly. It had not come over to her even after a long while. Kisa stared at him for a long time but still could not see his face clearly.She could only barely see that the person's legs were injured. When walking, it seemed to have a
Kisa's felt her heart tremble deep down and instinctively broke free from his hug. Gilbert's low and hoarse voice suddenly sounded above her head, " Don't move. Let me hug you for a bit."His voice had a heavy indication of exhaustion and exasperation from escaping death. His low and hoarse voice had totally lost its usual assertiveness, yet after hearing him say those words, Kisa really did not move."I thought that this time I... truly wouldn't make it back," he lightly chuckled after saying the sentence. His tone was light and slow, but Kisa could feel how dangerous it had been for him. She pursed her lips and did not say a thing, nor did she ask a thing. She did not move and let Gilbert hug her just like that.His clothes were completely soaked and brought a wave of harsh cold air.The chilly air seeped through bit by bit into Kisa's parka. This made her slowly feel the waves of bone-chilling coldness. However, she still did not push away the man hugging her from behind. She se
Kisa looked at him, " You speak, and I'll listen."She was quite curious about how he had gotten into such a ridiculous state. However, she knew that unless he talked about it voluntarily, it would be a waste for her to ask. Seeing her indifferent attitude, Gilbert was so angry that he did not want to talk.Kisa also did not ask anymore. She thought when his anger had dissipated, he would talk about it himself. Two of them were in a stalemate for a while then the doorbell suddenly rang.Kisa was about to get up, but Gilbert was a step faster. He hobbled to open the door. It might have been Gilbert's terrible expression, but the delivery man's voice was trembling, " Your.. the food you ordered. The total is 662 bucks. Just... just 650 would be fine.""650?""Ye... yes," the person stammered.Kisa rolled her eyes and thought, 'Gilbert, this man. He's scaring the deliveryman."Kisa got up and searched through her bag for her wallet. She pulled out six hundred-dollar bills and a sin
"When I was clashing with the assassins today, my subordinates at Hillsby called over. They even called multiple times in a row. Due to the urgent situation, I did not pick up. By the time I crawled out of the water, my phone had been ruined. Hence, I suspect that something had happened at Hillsby.""Then what should we do?" Kisa followed up anxiously."When you buy clothes for me tomorrow, remember to buy a cell phone. Then get my phone number back. We can't get our communication with people at Hillsby to be disconnected.""Okay!" Kisa furrowed her brows as an uneasiness surged in her heart again.Initially, they thought they had ditched the assassins. There would be no danger further down their journey, but who knew that something would happen at Hillsby. She swiftly bandaged up all his injuries and washed her hands with a heavy heart. Just as she walked out of the washroom, she crashed onto Gilbert's chest. She stabled herself and walked toward the side, but the man blocked her
Gilbert furrowed his brows while looking at her. He took the phone over. Gilbert then pressed the receiving button and turned speaker mode on."Mr. Kooper, finally I've got you on the line. Yesterday, two of the jailers were assassinated."Gilbert and Kisa's expressions changed drastically. "I called you yesterday, but you didn't pick up. The phone calls wouldn't get through. Are you okay, Mr. Kooper?""I'm fine. How are the two jailers?" Gilbert asked."The two jailers underwent an emergency medical operation. They are currently not in any danger."Kisa heard this and could not help but sigh a breath of relief. However, the person on the other side said confusingly, "However, the people who saved the two jailers were not our people. I've done a background check on them but couldn't find anything."Kisa's brows immediately furrowed together. 'That's odd; why would there be another group helping them? Could it be Jensen?' After thinking for a while, she felt it was impossible.Je