"We have a lot of empty rooms here. Why do you have to stay in this one? I told you that this room has problems. The shower head in the bathroom is broken, you...""Okay, okay. It is okay if you insist on staying in this one. Feel free to call the reception if you have any questions."Opening the door slightly ajar, Kisa saw the female receptionist, whom she had dealt with earlier, grinning from ear to ear as she counted a stack of $100 bills in her hands. Kisa figured that there must be some newly rich, so she looked to the side, but only saw the door of the room next door open and close, but did not get to see the person. She then came back in and closed the door behind her.Jolina looked at her in puzzlement. "What is wrong, Ms. Becker?"Kisa smiled at her. "Call me Kisa. Ms. Becker is too formal.""Okay." Jolina nodded. "Hello, Kisa.""That's more like it." Kisa let out a smile and then walked over. "I just thought the guest next door was a little weird. Why pay so much money
Jolina screamed and shook off the hand. The person came up and tried to hug her, looking lecherous. "Hey, beauty. Don't be afraid. I just want to have a drink with you. What is there to be afraid of?"Jolina's face turned pale in fright. Kisa pulled the man away, raising her hand to slap him. "Get the hell out of my sight!" Kisa hit him so hard that the punk crashed into the other two.It took the punk a few seconds before he knew what had happened. He then barked at his two underlings, "Go get the two chicks! I will teach them a lesson today.""Who do you want to teach a lesson to?" A deep, cold voice suddenly came from a direction.Kisa looked in surprise at the tall guy that appeared out of nowhere. 'Isn't that Peter?' He was standing there with a cigarette in his mouth, looking lackadaisical, but his aura was not to be messed with. He narrowed his eyes and stared at the three punks."Tell me whom you want to teach a lesson to."The three punks were just paper tigers—all talk
"Do you know how Gilbert's doing now?""I have nothing to do with him and I'm not interested to know about that either."Kisa said indifferently before she went into the room and shut the door.Peter stared at that closed door and laughed scornfully. "Women are such heartless creatures."He just wanted to tell her that Gilbert might have tried to end his life by taking sleeping pills.Peter gave up the idea of doing that since Kisa showed no interest in knowing about what happened to Gilbert.Jolina spaced out as she cooped up on the couch, looking a little sad.Kisa went toward her and grabbed her hand. Then, she asked softly, "What's wrong? Is it because of him?"Jolina looked at her with tears rolling in her eyes as if she had been trying to suppress her feelings for her a long time. Suddenly, she lay in Kisa's arms and started crying.Kisa patted her back lightly and consoled her, "It's okay. Don't worry. I'm here. I won't let him do anything to you.""I should've just le
The weather was scorching. Peter took two boxes of water and put them in the truck and Kisa even bought some snacks.They were going to drive through some mountain roads later, and they would not pass by any convenient stores or towns anymore.Kisa remembered that she did not dare to drive up the mountains because of how narrow and rugged it was. It was Gilbert who took the wheel in the end.However, Peter would probably be replacing Gilbert this time. After all, his driving skill was a lot better than Kisa's.Ever since Peter appeared in that little town, he just would not leave them alone. He even offered to be their driver.Indeed, they felt a lot safer with a man.Kisa was fine with Peter following them. She thought that he would even come in handy when necessary.But Jolina did not like him very much. She treated him with a cold face during the whole journey and she did not speak to him at all.Suddenly, Peter handed Jolina a bottle of water to close the gap between them.
Under the illumination of the moonlight, Peter could see Jolina lying on the bottom of a small slope as if she had fallen accidentally.Peter panicked and shouted Jolina's name. Then, he quickly went down and tried to help her up.However, he suddenly felt like he stepped on something.He heard somebody yelling again.Peter looked down in shock and found himself stepping on Kisa's wrist. He had no idea Kisa was just lying down beside him all this while.He quickly put his foot away and smiled awkwardly."How did just get under my foot?"The man was so heavy, and the pain Kisa felt was excruciating.Kisa held her wrist and sat up before shouting at Peter, "Are you f*cking blind? The moon is so bright, yet you couldn't see me at all?!""Ah! I really didn't know you were there. I could only see Jolina."Peter ran down the slope as he said that and immediately helped Jolina up.Even though Kisa was angry, she smiled after looking at how worried Peter looked.'Indeed, men would
Kisa lifted her head, horrified. Then, somebody was swinging a bat as thick as her arm barbed with wire at her.Kisa's face turned pale, and she froze in place.When the barbed wire bat was about to land on her, Peter stretched out his arm and took the hit for her.The barbed wire on the bat pierced right into Peter's flesh.Then, blood started flowing out of his strong arm."Peter!"Jolina yelled. Then, she saw Peter lifting his foot and kicking the person who attacked them.The person let go of the bat and he staggered backward before falling to the ground.Kisa looked at that person and found out that she was one of the prison guards she had talked to with Gilbert.The barbed wire bat was still stuck on Peter's arm, and it hurt just by looking at it.Jolina was stunned silent as she stared at the blood on Peter's arm in fear.After falling to the ground, the prison guard immediately tried to get up and run away.Peter's gaze turned cold. He ripped the bat off his arm and
Kisa only felt somewhat suffocated in her chest.She grabbed the jailer's clothes and questioned, "That means what you told me earlier was false?""Of course, that man had been threatening us after all."The jailer then spat, "He was the main culprit behind that fire. He even gave the warden a beauty, and the things we said back then were not said for you on purpose, but we had really heard Gilbert Kooper say that to the warden. We just said it out loud outside your cell since we thought you were going to die and did not want you to die, not knowing why."Kisa sat on the ground, dumbfounded. Her brain was so numb she could no longer think."Miss Kisa, are you alright?" Jolina asked worriedly.Kisa shook her head like a robot and did not make a sound.Peter frowned and hissed at the jailer, "You better be speaking the truth this time, or I'll skin you alive, and you'll never see your village people again.""Do it then. I'm speaking the truth. I shouldn't believe Gilbert Kooper b
The blood stains on Peter's hand had almost dried but the wounds from the barbs were still quite terrifying, looking like tiny, bloodied holes.Jolina gripped the wet tissue in her hand tightly.She walked over and squatted before Peter. "Is your arm... alright?""Can't you see? What's that question for?"Peter inexplicably felt a little angry.He had rolled up his sleeves, and his entire arm was exposed. The bloodstains could be seen at a glance, and there was no need to ask that question.When Jolina asked him like that, he felt it to be a little fake. It would be better if she had just ignored him.Seeing that he had lost his temper for no reason, Jolina stopped asking and tossed the pack of wet wipes to him."Miss Kisa asked me to give this to you. Wipe up your wounds, don't let them get infected."The woman then left.Peter stared at her back. The flames in his eyes were about to burst out.He sneered in a fury. "How heartless!"If the man she loved were injured, she w