Jeremy's footsteps were closing in, and Sherlyn's heart pounded heavily with the sound of the footsteps.'He's coming, the man of my dreams. My future is coming to hold me in his arms!'Nevertheless, her hope perished.Jeremy walked past her without batting an eye her way as he headed straight to the door. He did not even bother to look down.Sherlyn froze. She extended her hand out and cried out with pity, "M—Mister Jeremy? Mister Jeremy? Why are you leaving? Where are you going? Don't go, Mister Jeremy! My leg hurts… Help me."Jeremy did not bother and swiftly left.Sherlyn stood up and wanted to chase after him, yet she was naked and was at an inconvenience. It was not going to help even if she went to get her clothes.'What happened? This can't be happening!' she screamed mentally.Lilliana had added both ingredients to each dish. She told her that it would only take a little time to take effect on men.The cutlery on the table was not in its original position, which meant
With her mouth taped, Corinne widened her eyes and made noises to attract the man's attention, wanting to speak to him.The kidnapper, the fat man, deliberated on this before reaching out and pulling off the tape on her mouth. He initially taped her mouth out of fear that Corinne would scream for the whole city to hear. Since they were in the wilderness, however, shouting was not going to help her.Once the tape was ripped off of Corinne's mouth, she took a deep breath and said, "Since you know it's useless to threaten Jeremy, why don't you let me go?"The fat kidnapper snorted. "Let you go? What about the work I did today? Little missy, you are quite beautiful. Why don't we have some fun together?"Corinne chuckled. "Fun? Sure! But you have to let me go first. I don't like being manhandled when I'm bound."This must have been their first time having such a cooperative hostage that the fat kidnapper and his companions were stunned as they exchanged looks with each other.The fat
At this point, Corinne was tired. Thus, she gave the fat kidnapper a last kick and prepared to leave.However, the sound of iron screeching could be heard when the iron door of the warehouse opened from the outside.Someone was coming in!It was a man about 1.75 meters tall with his hair dyed silver. He also sported a blue diamond stud on his left earlobe.Corinne looked at the man and took a few steps back warily as she studied the man.The kidnappers could not get up as some of them sustained fractured bones. When they saw the silver-haired man, however, they acted as though their savior had come."Sir!""Right on time, boss. Don't let that b*tch escape!"Corinne finally got a good look at the silver-haired man's face as he walked closer. The man's facial features looked perfect, but he had a scar on the left side of his cheek. That changed his character and assumed a cruel characteristic on him.The silver-haired man lifted his foot and stepped harshly on the fat kidnapper.
Corinne escaped from the warehouse and wandered in the wild alone without her phone. Her kidnappers must have thrown it away when they took her.It was pitch-black, and the clouds obstructed any sliver of moonlight from reaching the land, making it difficult to tell the direction. Corinne thus tried to find a place to hide until daylight would come to find a way back.This place was even worse than an actual jungle. She could have found a cave in one, but this wasteland had nowhere she could go to take shelter. Other than bramble weed, there was not even a tree that she could take cover in!Raindrops started to fall from the sky. Without a place to take cover, she could only let the rain fall on her.All of a sudden, she heard footsteps from behind her, as well as a flashlight beam moving at random.Only the accomplices of the kidnappers were out here in the wild.Corinne held her breath and crawled into the bush to hide.The footsteps sounded as though they were getting closer
"That's good!" Tommy was relieved. If anything happened to Corinne, he was dead sure Jeremy would be pissed.After what happened today, Tommy could tell Jeremy's feelings for Corinne had gone past how he should feel for a contracted wife.Jeremy cared about Corinne—and very much so."Sir, a storm is picking up, and the helicopter can't fly in such weather. I've arranged for the nearest car to pick us up, and it's here. Why don't you and Miss Corinne get in the car?"That answered Corinne's question. 'That explained why they arrived so fast. They came here in a helicopter.'Jeremy responded and gave his command, "Stay here until the police arrive. Make sure all the kidnappers are captured. Don't let any of them go.""Sir, yes, sir!" Tommy nodded. "Understood!"After that, Jeremy carried Corinne and strode toward the car in front of them, all while Tommy escorted them with the umbrella.The flustered Corinne struggled to get down from Jeremy's arms. "Mister, I'm not hurt. I can w
Jeremy stared straight ahead and demanded, "Get down, and go sit at the back!"Corinne was infuriated. She did not remember saying anything inappropriate, and she did not understand why Jeremy would be enraged all of a sudden. What an absurd person he was!If whatever she said was going to provoke him, she would stay out of his way!''Fine! I'll get down! It's quieter in the back too, and I don't have to look at his face!' Corinne thought angrily.She unfastened the seat and reached for the door, not forgetting to shoot Jeremy a pointed look. However, it was then she noticed the blue veins on Jeremy's hand visible as he grabbed the steering wheel tightly like he was tortured.With furrowed eyebrows, she asked, "Mister, are you alright?"Jeremy did not answer her question and instead commanded, "Get down, now!"At this moment, Corinne felt that something was amiss. She closed the door which she opened and turned to face Jeremy. "Mister if you're not feeling well, it's better you
Jeremy desperately tried to quell the foreign sensation in his body and responded deeply. He had already figured it out.Corinne looked at him sympathetically as she raised her brow. "Are you able to drive? Maybe I should do it instead.""No." He started the car engine and grabbed the steering wheel. "Go sit at the back!""Okay." Knowing the true reason why Jeremy asked her to move to the back, she was no longer angry. However, she did not go to the back by getting down as it was pouring heavily outside. She leaped to the back straight from the front passenger seat.As soon as she was at the back, Jeremy quickly raised the partition glass to separate the front and back so they were in different spaces. Despite that, they were still in the same car, with only the partition block separating them. They could still hear each other's breaths.Corinne felt conflicted. She knew Jeremy was trying to control himself, and she could not possibly pretend to not know it.The downpour intensif
The call got through and, within moments, was connected."Hello?" said Sunny, his voice barely above a whisper. "Jeremy, I'm doing my homework. What's up?""It's me," said Corinne."Corinne?" blurted Sunny, his voice raised in surprise.He quickly cleared his throat and talked proudly, "Corinne, why are you calling me with Jeremy's phone?""Is your sister at home?" she asked.This baffled Sunny. "Why? Why are you looking for her?"Corinne knew she should not talk with Sunny about Jeremy's condition because he was still a child. "Umm… Jeremy needs her badly now. Can you ask if she's free to come?"Sunny thought something was wrong. "She's not in the country now. It's probably going to be a while longer before she comes back. Why does Jeremy want to look for my sister? Why doesn't he call her directly?"Sunny's sister could never help out Jeremy in time, not when she was out of the country!"Nothing. Bye!"This evidently displeased Sunny. "Hey, you! Wait, answer my question—"