Female Novel
Chapter 272
“Get your *ss over here!” Jake roared at his trusted subordinate.
“Mr. Hind, what’s the matter?”
Jake’s face turned livid with rage. “Tell me, did you deliver the letter to Thomas as I instructed you?”
It’s almost 1.00AM. If the letter is delivered, why hasn’t Thomas arrived yet?
His subordinate nodded quickly. “Rest assured, Mr. Hind, that I’ve delivered the letter. It’s placed on thecoffee table in his villa’s living room. I always pay great attention to the tasks you assign to me!”
He was also anxious. Thomas, oh Thomas, please come quickly. If you don’t arrive soon, I won’t beable to explain the situation. And if he gets angry, there’s a possibility he might even kill me!
At the same time, he also felt a sense of injustice. He had instructed his henchmen to deliver the letter.To ensure nothing went wrong, he had personally accompanied them. As for why Thomas had notshown up yet, he was clueless about the reason as well.
“F*ck!” Jake seethed with anger but had nowhere to channel his frustration. He raised his hand andlanded a resounding slap on his subordinate’s face. “If the letter has been delivered, where the hell ishe?”
The subordinate covered his burning cheek with his hand. “I-I don’t know. The letter was delivered.Maybe… There’s heavy traffic on the way?”
“Get lost!”
Driven nearly to madness by his subordinate’s words, Jake raised his foot and delivered a powerfulkick to the subordinate’s stomach, sending him crashing to the ground. It’s 1.00AM. How can there beheavy traffic? Is there a hearse causing the traffic jam?
“Go now! Go and inform Thomas on my behalf!”
“Okay, alright. I’m going!” The subordinate quickly got up and hurried toward Northpine Villa, ignoringthe pain in his body.
He felt unjustly treated. As he was not even related to Thomas or acquainted with him, how could hepossibly know why Thomas had not arrived? He felt aggrieved to receive a slap and a kick forsomething beyond his control. Especially that slap, which had loosened his back teeth. Was this not anunexpected disaster that had befallen him out of nowhere?
Thomas had undoubtedly received the letter, yet he had no intention of honoring the appointment! Afterbringing Olivia back to Northpine Villa in the evening, he had remained there all this time. Since theother party had approached him and requested his presence at Green Lake Manor, it implied thatChloe’s mother’s ashes were there. With this knowledge, he became less anxious.
As the King of Marksmen, would he simply go because they told him to? Ridiculous! He alwayspreferred to be in control, and he could not allow a bunch of insignificant individuals to dictate hisactions.
Thomas was well aware that Green Lake Manor had likely set up a trap at this moment, eagerlyawaiting his arrival. However, his decision not to attend the appointment was not driven by fear butrather by the fact that his body had not fully recovered.
Throughout the day, he had been tirelessly absorbing the effects of the medicine at Northpine Villa.However, fate seemed to be against him. His current physical condition had only recovered to aboutninety percent.
The process was fraught with dangers, and he could hardly withstand the injuries at one point.Fortunately, his exceptional willpower and extraordinary medical skills allowed him to endure. With theaid of acupuncture stimulation, he managed to push through.
Olivia smiled at him. “I’m going to bed now. You should get some rest too.”
“Okay!” Thomas nodded and watched as she went upstairs. “Alas! I fell a little short in the end!” hemuttered unwillingly. He had anticipated his physical condition to reach its peak, but to his surprise, ithad not met his expectations.
In the afternoon, he visited Rose and acquired another prescription. However, when he tried to absorbthe medicinal effects, he failed, well aware that his body had developed resistance to the medicine. Nomatter how much medication he consumed, it would be futile and potentially harmful to him.
He pressed his temples with both hands, hoping to come up with a prescription that would facilitate hisspeedy recovery. Still, it was far from easy. While there was indeed another prescription that could aidin his recovery, it was a slow process. He could not afford to wait or waste any more time.
Thomas was conscious he could not postpone his visit to Green Lake Manor. A one-day delay could betolerated, but if it continued further and he refused to take the bait, there was a risk that the other partywould become desperate and destroy the ashes.
“Alas!” He sighed and got up, making his way upstairs. Since he could not come up with a suitableprescription, he decided to rest early. If things did not go as planned, he would have to rely on hisexpertise—firearms!
Unless necessary, he preferred not to resort to firearms as it would potentially invite various troubles.Unable to fall asleep, he tossed and turned in bed.
Bang!
Thomas suddenly leaped up and started practicing leg techniques in the bedroom. Since his bodycould not fully recover to its peak state, he decided to practice more and try to compensate for the
weakness in his lower body.
Crack!
Just as he was deeply engrossed in his training, he suddenly heard glass shattering from outside.Startled, he did not hesitate and rushed out of the room, bursting into Olivia’s bedroom.
It was not his fault for reacting so intensely. With numerous past incidents of people trying to harm her,he developed psychological trauma. At the slightest abnormal noise, his immediate thought was thatsomeone had broken into the villa with malicious intent toward her.
Meanwhile, Olivia had not gone to sleep either. She had just finished taking a refreshing shower. Uponhearing the peculiar noise, she hastily dashed out of the bathroom to investigate, not even having amoment to dress herself. Much to her surprise, the bedroom door swung open the next instant. Beforeshe could react, the room was abruptly illuminated.
“Ah!” she screamed and instinctively covered her intimate area, but how could a pair of small handsshield the entirety of her body’s curves?
Now, this was an awkward situation. Thomas was momentarily stunned by the captivating sight beforehis eyes, but he soon snapped out of it. Turning around, he exited the room and closed the bedroomdoor. Judging from the situation, it seems that Olivia hasn’t encountered any danger. He decided to goand investigate the source of the sound.
Olivia stood in the room, her face already flushed. “Oh dear, what’s going on? He saw me naked again!Never mind. It’s not the first time he’s seen it. I’m used to it!” With that, she changed into cleansleepwear, planning to go out and investigate what had happened.novelbin
Thomas arrived at the ground-floor living room and switched on the lights. To his surprise, he noticedthat the window had been shattered, and the floor was scattered with glass shards. Amongst the
debris, he spotted a pale-yellow letter lying on the ground.
He opened the front door to the villa and scanned the surroundings, but there was no one in sight. Heunderstood that if his initial instinct had been to dash out and apprehend the individual, he might havebeen able to catch them. However, he could not afford to take that risk. Olivia’s safety took precedenceover capturing the letter’s sender.
Returning to the living room, he bent down to retrieve the letter from the floor. He unsealed the letterand started reading its contents. As expected, the contents were the same as the previous one he hadreceived.