"Are you sure this is the place?"
"Our car has stopped right at this red dot."
Wren showed Gunberg his cell phone screen and pointed to a red dot which was the point where they were. The map expanse showed meandering lines behind them and places named in small letters.
“They are hiding in a place like this? Rafe Wilder?" asked Gaston in surprise.
"This doesn't suit Rafe's taste, but it could be a last resort if he's in a pinch."
“Look, that's the car of the people who shot at Rafe's car. That dilapidated Toyota."
"Come on down."
"Hey, don't act on your own."
Gaston locks the door next to Wren with the automatic lock button to prevent Wren from stepping out of his car. He didn't want what happened on I-15 to happen again.
"What? I just wanted to check on the car.”
“We will be lurking from a safe distance. We don't know if Rafe drove the car to this place or if the gunmen did it."
"This can't be wr
Lexie slowly opened her eyes. She exhaled slowly knowing where she was now. The smell of laundry detergent that lingered so strongly on the sheets that covered her bed didn't in the least make her forget that she was still at the motel in Desert Palms. Rafe fell asleep right next to her on his stomach. His head drooped to the right, his back right in front of her sleeping while hugging the pillow. It was the first time she had woken up with Rafe beside her. Usually Rafe left her immediately after making love and only came to her room the next day. But this time it was different. Rafe was still fast asleep next to her. His back moved up and down in an orderly fashion, his arms wrapped around the pillow. The bandage she had changed last night was still clean. No bloodstains seeping through. And that's a good sign. She didn't want to see any more blood around her. Lexie's eyes rolled to Rafe's sturdy back. There are so many reddish welts that are starting to fade. Lexie was cur
Four hours later after the pillow talk, Rafe and Lexie were sitting in a breakfast restaurant, about twenty minutes from the dilapidated motel where they were staying. It's nine o'clock in the morning. The sun was shining brightly outside the restaurant and made the sky look even more dazzling. Lexie sat quietly, eating her breakfast quietly. A plate of fried scrambled eggs and sausage. She ate her food voraciously and without refusal like a few days ago. In fact, this morning she felt more excited to start a new day with a new plan that had been stuck in her brain since a few hours ago. "You like the food?" “This place is great. I mean the interior is nice, the food is good. It's definitely different from the motel we stayed in last night." "Glad you like it. I hope you eat your breakfast voraciously and don't leave it wasted." “This morning I woke up hungry.” “I drained your energy, eh?” Lexie snorted, but her cheeks were blushed. Sh
Twenty minutes later Teressa was done with all the bathing and dressing rituals. She wore a very beautiful peach dress, her hair was tied in a golden satin ribbon, her face was lightly made up to make her look fresher. Teressa stared at her reflection in the mirror in amazement. She had never been made to look this beautiful. She looks like a young actress she often sees on tv. Her blonde hair shimmered beautifully as if there was diamond dust in the soft strands of her hair. "You look incredibly beautiful." “Thank you very much Susan, you made me this beautiful. I've never seen a dress like this before." "Well, now put on your shoes. We're going downstairs to meet Mr. Smillow." "Who is Mr. Smillow?” Teressa was wearing ivory white flatshoes while frowning in confusion. "Oh, you don't know. Mr. Smillow is the guy you see below. He owns this house. He's a very rich man." "Sorry, I don’t know." "It’s ok. There's no need t
Rafe stopped his pick-up in front of his deserted mansion. After traveling the long way from Mesquit City with so much vigilance, he finally managed to arrive at his mansion safely. Since the trip he had been thinking about all kinds of things he would do to his stupid men. He would probably give them a painful corporal punishment before he ordered them to find the mastermind behind the attacks he had endured since yesterday. "Why is it so quiet? Where's Weston?" asked Lexie in surprise. Usually Weston would move swiftly to open the door. "We'd better get down. We'd better surprise them with our sudden appearance. I wonder what they were actually doing all this time if I wasn't watching them." Lexie just stared at the anger that erupted from Rafe's body. He had been grumpy ever since they left the breakfast restaurant in Mesquit City. During the trip they also did not speak a word and were just busy with each other's thoughts. Lexie was sure Rafe had so much
Wren held the gun in his hand for two seconds, then threw it into the trash can in the airport parking lot. Last night he had done so many evil things. He violated his professional code of ethics just because he wanted to protect Lexie. But he had long been involved in Rafe's dark life. It was only a matter of time that he too would become like Rafe to protect something or defend something. He didn't regret his actions of shooting those people, he was just confused about how to move on with his life after this. Will he be able to remain a doctor without thinking about the shooting? "Hey, come on in quickly. People will get suspicious if you stand there too long.” Gaston called out to him from the car. His face looked lethargic and tired because they didn't really rest all night. After Wren killed those people and checked their identity one by one. He and Gaston must work hard to eliminate their traces around the crime scene. He wiped all the places they touch
Returning to the house she had left for almost a week ago made her heart skip a beat. The black iron gate in front of Rafe's sturdy house was visible from a distance, standing proudly, as if it was part of her darkest nightmare. As soon as she passed through that gate, she would not be able to regain her freedom. In fact she doubted whether she would be able to breathe the air of freedom outside the gate again or not. If the heir requested by Rafe did not appear in their midst, she would be trapped in the house even longer. Rafe had said it clearly, hundreds of times. As they made love on the plane, Rafe said that over and over as he moved over it to climax. Rafe would make sure that he would never forget his role here. " After you get out of the car, put Wren where I usually keep my prisoners, Jacob." Lexie glanced at Rafe. Rafe deliberately didn't make it clear where he was so he couldn't find Jacob or try to see him when they arrived. "Are you going to bea
"Your plan failed." Cooper pressed the phone to his ear with a blank stare at his study door. Some of his men were busy cleaning up the mess that Rafe had made thirty minutes ago. The mysterious man really picked the right time to contact him when he was in such a bad state. "Who are you really? I feel this is just a trap. You gave me information about Rafe, but I think your information is false.” His laryngeal electro on the other side sounded loudly resembling the sound of discordant laughter that hurt the ears. Cooper had no interest in playing games with the mystery man. He had already been defeated twice, and he didn't want to lose for the third time at a time. “Your too stupid and idiotic underlings. I've given you all the information you need. But you sent lousy assassins instead." “Stop bothering me. I don't want to do this anymore." Cooper glanced sadly at Brittany's photo. All of Rafe's words managed to affect him badly. "Wha
The man looked strange. His right shoulder seems to be slightly tilted down. He held the fork and ate with strange hand movements. While the legs are stretched straight in an open position. There was a pitch black stain on his pants which was a bloodstain. His face was covered with purple bruises that looked terrible. His eyes were swollen, his nose was crooked and his bones seemed to be sticking out. Lexie stared at the scene in pain. Imagining how bad the pain was that the man suffered until he could finally adjust to all the pain. "Hey, I'm talking to you." "Sorry. Who are you?" "Me? Gideon. Who are you?" "I... Sorry, did you break your arm?" "I think so." Gideon devoured his sandwich casually, not caring at all for his arm which seemed to be about to fall off his body. “You need a medical help then. Is your nose broken?” “Rafe beat me hard. I was lucky not to get serious injuries that would put my life in danger.” “
Lexie watched Rafe leave in silence. Guilt gripped her heart because Rafe saw her with Justin. Although it is unlikely that anything will happen between her and Justin, but Rafe seems quite jealous of their closeness. She was just grateful that Xena was sleeping soundly now. She couldn't imagine what would have happened if it had been Xena. "Come on Lexie. We have to hurry because we have wasted quite a bit of time.” Justin led her to the elevator. His arms were still slung over her shoulders and he pressed the lobby button for both of them after the elevator doors closed. "Is he still rude?" "What?" Lexie asked looking up. "Your husband. I used to see you cry because of that man. Is he still as rude as before?” "Sometimes." Lexie answered half dreamily. No marriage is absolutely flawless. There are always fights and arguments in every marriage relationship. Even she couldn't keep herself away from all domestic troubles. Rafe or Xena h
"Dance with me, lady?"Lexie looked up, left her cherry juice and smiled gently at the man who had just reached out in front of her. She didn't waste the opportunity to dance with this handsome man and took his outstretched hand in front of her face."Of course. It's an amazing party and I can't miss dancing with a guy like you." Lexie smiled gently.The man led her to the center of the ballroom, joining another couple who had already started their dance. His wide palm gripped Lexie's tiny palm which was so soft. He smiled widely at everyone, as if he was celebrating his success in persuading a princess to dance with him."Beautiful music. Thank you for asking me to dance."Lexie pressed herself against the man, holding on to his sturdy shoulders and they began to move in sync with the melodious classical music. The soft violins play beautiful notes with the rest of the orchestra. Lexie closed her eyes while following every movement made by her dan
Tonight was really fun for Rafe because he was in the midst of a harmonious complete family. There is a father-in-law who is so kind to him, a lover or a future wife or maybe his wife and an adorable son. They had dinner together happily at the dining table. There were loud laughter from his father-in-law and spoiled whimpers from Archer if Lexie started forbidding him to do this and that. Everything seemed so good to Rafe that he was reluctant to return to his miserable life in New York. If he could, he wanted to be in the midst of this family forever. And in order to make his wish come true, he needed to improve the conditions between himself and Lexie. He needed to make it clear to Lexie that he wanted a complete family and didn't want to live apart like he used to. “Archer is asleep?” Rafe deliberately waited for Lexie in front of her bedroom. Tonight he was supposed to sleep in Kaella's room, but he hadn't been in Kaella’s room since then and had just stood by t
Fifteen minutes later they arrived at Lexie's beautiful two-story house filled with various kinds of plants in the front yard. Rafe was almost surprised to see so much change in the house. The last time he came here, the house had no woody trees. But now the front of Lexie's house was filled with giant pots filled with woody trees that were struggling to grow into giant-sturdy trees. The flowers that were once only planted in two small pots, have grown into a bunch of colorful flowers that have been transplanted into the ground. "There have been a lot of changes in this house." “My father used the garden next to the house as a garage because it wasn't safe to park the car just on the side of the road. Sometimes there are naughty children who scribble on the car body with spray paint. Some time ago our neighbor was screaming hysterically because his Mercedes Benz had been scribbled with a series of obscene swear words.” “Your father has done the right thing as
Rafe stepped off the plane and was greeted by a light drizzle in late summer. The soothing scent of wet earth relaxes him for a moment. A little man who will be his driver today to go to Lexie's house has just opened an umbrella near the plane steps, getting ready to umbrella him. Rafe actually had absolutely no problem walking in the rain. This is really refreshing and can wash away a little bit of his anxiety that is thickening more and more. "Thank you. Before we go to Lexie's house, I will pick up my son at his day care. He'll be home in thirty minutes." The man nodded after handing the umbrella handle to him. Rafe walked slowly behind the man to his car which was parked near the hangar. He inhaled strongly the scent of summer which was about to fade and be replaced by the cold, gray scent of autumn. Time flies so fast, and he hasn't been able to summon Xena back so he can surface like he used to. "Please come in, sir." The man grabbed the handle
Lexie stepped aside for a moment from the commotion of the bridal shower which was really noisy and excited. Tomorrow morning Kaella will marry her lover, and today will be her last day as a single. So everyone was excited to have a party in one of the finest suits at a five-star hotel in Charleston. Her cell phone has been ringing loudly ever since. She had ignored the call because she was pinning the crown for the bride-to-be and taking pictures with the rest of Kaella's friends. Now she would pick up Rafe's call and talk to him because Rafe must have called her for something important. “Hi Honey, sorry for not picking up your call. I was at Kaella's bridal shower. It's very noisy in here. Tomorrow you will come to her wedding right?” Lexie finally found a comfortable and quiet place to talk to Rafe. While everyone was partying like crazy in Kaella's suit room. She has a balcony which is very quiet and with a beautiful view of the city of Charleston. Folly Beach wa
Xena looked to the side, at the statue of the cross that soared up to the church ceiling. He imagined the look on his face that looked ridiculous as he said those bullshit words. There is no love in his heart. It should be like that. But strangely he felt love when he was with Lexie. At first he felt loved, and more and more he felt like loving. It was the most complicated reciprocal relationship he had ever experienced. His week-long trip to Chicago wasn't strictly business. He purposely distanced himself from Lexie to reflect on all this. Does he really love Lexie? Did he really want to be with Lexie forever? And after a week of excruciating contemplation, he finally came to the one answer that he wanted all of that. He wanted to love Lexie, he wanted to be with Lexie, and he wanted to make Lexie happy. Unfortunately this body does not belong to him. He couldn't be selfish by removing Rafe forever from this body. And he had to do something to fix all of this."Xena... are y
There are so many things that it can sometimes be confusing to the point of misleading. Some of them sometimes appear in the form of secrets that are difficult to understand. Like Xena and Rafe who are very elusive. Even though they live in the same body, they have two separate elements. Had they come together, the two of them would probably have been a formidable fusion of two elements. It would create a man with the perfect personality. It should be like that. But in reality it is not easy to unite two elements that are already separated.Lexie stood on the balcony alone looking up at the starry night sky. Tonight the air is very warm, suddenly she couldn't sleep because she was thinking about many things. First she thought of Xena who suddenly disappeared without a word. The rest of the day she spent thinking about the man's whereabouts now and the possibility if Xena and Rafe fused into one unified element. It would definitely be great if they could unite to occupy their
"Wren! I can't believe it's you." Lexie hugged Wren very tightly after she opened the front door wide and told Wren to come in. It's really an unexpected surprise that she can meet Wren who is now super busy. After a week of living in New York, Lexie finally got to meet Wren. "Long time no see and you are getting more beautiful and sexy." Wren chuckled as he patted Lexie's shoulder a few times. God only knows how badly he missed this woman. He had lost track of Lexie ever since Lexie disappeared and Rafe gave him a stern warning not to try to get someone to track her down. "You say I'm sexy? No way. I got fatter after giving birth. Come in." "But you actually look sexier. You used to be so skinny, you know. I prefer your new look." Wren studied Lexie's body from head to toe. Her long hair has now been cut shorter with a very beautiful wavy style at the ends. Lexie gained weight of course because her arms and curves were now more beautiful than