A Beauty With Multiple Masks

No more cat-and-mouse games. This time, he would face down Vinson in a duel to the death, for his thirst for vengeance could only slake through his own hands!

The phone in the man’s pocket started to ring in an untimely manner.

He meant to pull it out and reject the call but found cause for pause when he saw that the call came from Chanaea. Nevertheless, he answered.

The party on the other end of the line hailed him before continuing, “I’ve just received word from those useless fools. Arielle is alive!”

“Arielle who?” The name mentioned eluded the man and did not register with him.

The caller grew audibly upset. “That’s the woman who infiltrated our systems and forced us to abandon the whole island!”

The man’s eyes froze over for a moment. “How?”

On the other end, the caller said briskly, “We’ve already rigged several explosives on the cruise she was on, but the vessel did not blow up when we pulled out! When I sent someone up to investigate, we discovered that the wires had been cut!”.

By this point, the lead vehicle of the convoy was a mere two meters from the fork in the road.

over!” the man

him either, and so he yelled into the walkie-talkie to those ahead of the pack.

the entire convoy slammed on the

saw how close the cars were from where the mines were buried. They were less

a frown between his

impatiently and hollered, “Come

lead vehicle would be destroyed if it continued its advance. That would have set off a chain reaction which would have

that the car simply stopped and did not resume

confounded Gerald turned around to check in with the man in the backseat. “Why

60

off.” The man’s

so why would he be so leisurely as to come and shop for real estate here under these

“This isn’t a bid for the property,

the hillside mansion in front of him and the man himself. “Are we really going to walk away like this?

be persuaded. “Don’t make me repeat