When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Chapter 1779 Pretending To Hear Nothing

“I asked you to stop!” John bellowed, scaring all the words I had on the tip of my tongue back down my throat.

Then, in a cautious but firm voice, he said, “Once a spy is exposed, they can’t come back in one piece. I don’t want to see only bits of you the next time I see you. What we have is time. Come back first, and we’ll slowly resolve this matter. Before that happens, no matter what you say to me, I’ll pretend that I heard nothing.”

Rendered speechless for a moment, I then reluctantly agreed, “All right. Sorry to trouble you with taking care of Gregory and Audrey for now.”

“You’re right. It’s troublesome,” John said in a serious tone. “So get back here as quickly as possible and take them back.”

What a soft-hearted person. He’s clearly afraid that it’s too dangerous for me out here, so he’s urging me to go back. I chuckled and nodded. “All right. I’ll come back once I’m done with everything. I won’t even delay for a second.”

“Be careful.”

that said, I ended

was gloomy. I could not tell what time it was, so I unlocked my phone to

at Ashton and Joseph’s side. Nathaniel doesn’t want me to die. In other words, I must mean something to him now. That will be my bargaining chip. With that, I won’t be forced to do as he says the next time we meet. It’s not that he can’t love someone, but that he doesn’t want to lose. If I’m dead, he

had most was time while I was recovering in the hospital. While Nathaniel was not around, I tried to find out

the mainland. My memory of the trip alone was not enough for me to figure out which island I

have chosen that place as his factory because

ward opened again, and Nathaniel entered with a thermal food jar. It seemed like he

two kinds of soup and a dessert. It was a sumptuous

getting a plate with a fork and

the fork, I said, “I have an injury on my shoulder, and my head is spinning. How

at my forehead before standing up

later. After a second of standing transfixed, he turned around and picked up the plate and fork. He then stabbed a piece of broccoli and held it in front of my lips, saying,