The Ex and Her Riches

The truck was rapidly closing in on Cedrick and Gwendolyn’s cab, leaving them with little time to formulate a plan.

The cab doors and windows were locked, and the driver was frantically swerving the streets to avoid a collision with the truck.

Right in the nick of time, Cedrick raised his laptop and slammed it against the passenger side window. The sound of glass shattering stung their ears.

Cedrick turned around, intending to switch seats with Gwendolyn so she could jump out of the moving cab first.

She rejected his offer and urged. “We’re running out of time. Go. I’ll come right after you.”

The truck was seconds away from ramming into the cab. Cedrick promptly jumped out of the cab, rolling several times across the ground before coming to a stop on the side of the road.

He was followed closely by Gwendolyn.

Bang!

The truck crashed into the cab barely a second after Gwendolyn made her escape, filling the air with ear- splitting noise.

Inertia caused the truck to continue speeding after its collision, and it was headed straight for Gwendolyn

She nimbly jumped out of the way, and the truck was finally forced to a stop when it collided with a roadside wall.

The unfortunate cab driver did not have the guts to jump out of his car and ended up in a pool of his own blood.

Cedrick immediately checked Gwendolyn for injuries. She shook her head and said reassuringly, “Don’t worry. I’m fine.”

They stood on the roadside, ascertaining the severity of the accident and digesting their close brush with death.

Cedrick quickly dialed Neal’s number and said, “My wife and I were ambushed in a car chase on our way to the airport. I’m sending you my coordinates. Get your men here as soon as possible.”

He was about to send Neal their location coordinates after their call when the swing doors of the truck opened. A group of masked, bat-wielding men jumped out of the vehicle and walked toward the couple menacingly.

A fight soon broke out, with Cedrick and Gwendolyn going up against forty men.

The situation was rather chaotic but was nothing new for the couple.

Nonetheless, their enemies had more manpower and appropriate weapons. Cedrick and Gwendolyn would run out of energy as the fight dragged on.

Cedrick shielded Gwendolyn and whispered, “These men came for you. You can’t outlast them. You

A Foreign Land should escape first. I’ll hold them

I will not leave you behind, Gwendolyn

grip and deftly removed her heels, which hindered her movements. Then, she rushed into the crowd bare-footed, wrenching a baseball bat off one of their attackers and

fray and

five minutes, after which the streets were littered with masked

incapacitated their enemies. They quickly gained the

Bang!

stray bullet struck Gwendolyn’s elbow amid the chaos, and she grunted as

the immense ache that threatened to overwhelm her

injury weighed on her reaction time, and she failed to dodge a

“Gwenny!”

Cedrick’s body. She barely managed to remain upright by leaning

enemies a vicious glare and threatened,

looked like a predator assessing its prey with a bloodthirsty

and

wrapped Gwendolyn tightly in his arms to protect her

and keeping a lookout for snipers at the same time

their upper hand because

the welcome blare of police sirens soon

and failed to receive Cedrick’s coordinates, quickly realized

no match for the policemen’s

protective barrier around Gwendolyn and Cedrick. Neal, who had also

gaze on her and said frostily, “There’s a sniper somewhere, eight o’clock from where I’m facing. I’d say he’s about half a kilometer away and using a small sniper rifle. Check the area

“On it.”

officers to search

danger,in your territory, Neal. You owe me a detailed investigation. I want the perpetrators brought to justice, or

solemnly and promised, “Don’t worry. I will turn every

importance to Astoria, given that the victims were the head of Chanaea’s Federal Bureau of Investigation and his wife, who were visiting on official business. A botched investigation into the attack could very well affect diplomatic

to the accident site in

her injury. I will arrest your assailants and detain them at the police

quickly carried Gwendolyn into

Gwendolyn’s gunshot

Gwendolyn’s elbow, which put her in excruciating pain.

in his arms and never let go. He was swimming in guilt and fury over his

so deeply that its removal required forceps. A paramedic approached Gwendolyn with an

his hand and ordered, “I’ll do