"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
Gilbert only wanted to look for Kisa now, explain everything to her, and happily tell her that Grandma was finally willing to accept her. He believed that she would be overjoyed as well.He pulled the quilt aside and wanted to get out of bed.Kelvin immediately held him down. "What are you doing?""I want to look for her.""Enough. Lie back down," Kelvin pushed him back into the bed and growled, "Get well first. You'll scare her away like this. Also, there's no news about her whereabouts yet. I'll let you know once we find her."Gilbert immediately frowned.'Yeah, there's no news about her whereabouts yet. Where did she hide herself?'He then looked at the clear sky outside.Although Grandma had already compromised with him, he was still nervous.He was still afraid that the woman would not believe him.It was the first time Lea had come to this club. She followed closely behind Anthony, not daring to say a word.Inside the private room, aside from Anthony and her, there wer
"Mr. Anthony, please do not get involved in this anymore. It's not like you have a deep grudge against Gilbert. Why must you hound him like this?"Anthony slowly opened his eyes. A terrifying menace roiled within his drunken gaze.He then sneered, "Yes, I have no deep grudge against him, but they provoked me. I'm always vengeful, so how can I be happy if I don't utterly destroy them?""Moreover, it's because of them I got scolded by my old man many times and even had my authority in the Mullen Group taken away. This time, taking Gilbert down will be the best opportunity for me to turn things around in the Mullen family. I'll definitely change the way the old man sees me!""But...""Enough, drive!"Anthony let out an icy growl before closing his eyes and ignoring her.Lea looked at his arrogant, devilish yet handsome face sadly.'He is strong and competitive, but he is also vindictive.''But has he ever thought about me?''For him to force me to betray my best friend just for