Chapter 690
At night, Ste went back after Sherry was asleep.
rence was reading a book on the sofa. He did not react when he heard the door open.
Ste was tired and asked as she was walking to the bedroom, “Have you showered?”
rence answered, “Yes.”
Ste took her nightgown out. “It’s prettyte. Aren’t you going to bed?”
“Yeah.” He mumbled but did not seem concerned.
Ste paused, walked over to him and sat beside him, “What’s wrong?”
rence turned a page and said, “Nothing, go shower. Don’t bother about me.”
Ste was speechless. This man must be upset about something.
Ste looked over and noticed that she could not figure out what he was reading and asked, “What are
you reading?”
"Buddhist Sutras."
What the hell was wrong with him?
Before Ste said anything, rence said in his calm baritone voice, “I slept alone for three days and
should read some Buddhism to control myself.”
On hearing, Ste felt amused and put the book aside. “Are you a kid who needs mypany every
day?”
rence looked at her and said, “Why not? I can’t sleep without you.”
Ste stood up and then ruffled his hair as if she was coaxing a kid, “Okay okay, I’ll take a shower and
then sleep with you.”
He grabbed her hand when she was about to walk away. In the next instance, she fell into his embrace.
rence ced his hand on her waist and then said suggestively, “What kind of sleep?”
“Sleep, just sleep.” She replied.
“Perhaps we have a different understanding of sleep.” rence teased.
Ste said with gritted teeth, “Behave yourself!”
rence grinned, kissed her, and carried her up.
He took Ste by surprise. “What are you doing? I want to take a shower…”
“Together.”
“Didn’t you say that you already showered?”
“Aren’t you going to sleep with me? Why can’t I shower with you?” He said mischievously.
Ste was speechless.
It was two hourster when theyy on the bed.
Ste was already very tired and asked as she yawned, “How were things at the studio?”
“It’s great to be a sponger.” rence said and continued, “Work harder to expand the studio and I can
help you manage finance.”
Ste no longer had any strength to argue with him. She whispered after a while, “Is there any news
about ine?”
rence acknowledged, “No news is good news.”
“That’s true.”
rence pulled her into his embrace and said, “Okay, you’re tired, sleep.”
Ste was so tired that she slept as soon as she closed her eyes.
…
ine was in that apartment for three whole days. Each day they would deliver food to her and then
lock the door. Downstairs were their men and she had no chance to escape.
She felt more and more homesick as the days passed. She missed her father and grandfather. If she
had been obedient and remained in Riverside City or even married to Darnell, then her situation would
be much better than now.
At least she would be carefree and even if she had made Darnell unhappy, at least before he killed her,
she could beg him to give her ast meal on ount of the old Mr. James who had died.
She would also not get Caesar and Sherry into trouble…
ine copsed on the bed and looked aimlessly ahead as if she had no interest in anything.
After a while, the moon had already risen and suddenly there was a bright flickering light from the
apartment beside. Immediately there was amotion outside.
ine heard themotion and walked to the window. She saw that there was arge fire and it
appeared that it was spreading towards them. People were running about downstairs and could not be
bothered about her.
This was an opportunity.
ine quickly tied up the bedsheets and prepared to escape from the window. The man saw her
actions and immediately knew her intentions. He yelled, “I''ve warned you, Ms. James. Don’t y
tricks!” He then grabbed ine’s arm and dragged her downstairs.
ine did notply and kept struggled and stumbling on the way down. It resulted in bruises on her
face and legs.
Once downstairs, she was pushed into an awaiting car and they prepared to transfer her to another
location.
ine banged on the window and shouted repeatedly, “Help! Help!”
But the fire was raging and the surroundingmotion drowned her screams.
Very soon the ck sedan sped away. ine was thrown painfully back into the seat causing her to
be dizzy.
The car drove a distance and they came to a road blockage. The driver got down for a look and walked
a couple of steps before suddenly copsing to the ground. The man who also got on the car grabbed
his gun and went off. He squatted beside the driver to inspect him and then there was another loud
sounding from the car.
He looked back but it was toote. The car sped forward.
The man yelled, “Fuck!”
He wanted to charge forward but he was surrounded by numerous gun barrels.
Inside the car, ine was once again thrown about. She excitedly asked, “Are you my dad’s man?”
“No.”
“Then are you Uncle Caesar’s man?”
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“No.”
“Then… you are rence’s men?”
A man in front turned around and looked at her, “I’m your brother.”
ine was stunned, “I… I don’t have a brother…”
“I lied.”
ine was speechless. She looked at the stranger and then cowered in fear. She felt like an ant which
thought it had escaped out of the frying pan but ended up into the fire.
After a while, she asked softly, “Where… where are you taking me?”
“Back to Riverside City.”
“You are a viin! I don’t want to go with you!”
“…What makes you think that I’m a viin?”
ine replied, “My father said that I cannot believe any of the James and should not go back with them
to Riverside City!”
“Then why did you leave with Caesar?”
“That’s my uncle! Furthermore… he… he did not intend to send me back to Riverside City. He just
wanted to take me somewhere safe.”
The driverughed, “He is your uncle and you choose to believe him rather than your father. Why don’t
you believe me when I said that I’m your brother?”
“Caesar is indeed my uncle but I don’t have a brother. You’re lying to me!”
“Since when did I lie? You were hardly one year old when I left Riverside City. But we are not blood-
rted siblings. You were adopted by your father. He was worried that you’d be upset by this fact.
That’s why he kept the truth from you.”
ine was shocked, “That''s…that''s nonsense!”
“What nonsense? I’ll take you back to Riverside City. You can ask your father in person.”