Chapter 273

"Tess..." Stephen murmured in response.

Tessa blearily opened her eyes and saw Stephen. Her eyes glowed with

happiness before churning with worry and nerves.

"Why are you here? You need to leave. Forget about me!" Tessa croaked with great difficulty.

"Tess..." Stephen trailed off, touched by her words.

James clapped his hands as he looked at Stephen and Tessa before sarcastically saying, "What a touching love story."

Stephen looked up and met James' gaze, saying, "I'll switch places with her while you send one of your men to get her out of here."

James was practically beaming as he clicked his tongue. "And here I thought you two were a ride-or-die couple. What's this? Are you two tossing the other aside now that the going has gotten tough?"

Stephen ignored James. Instead, he carefully picked Tessa up, afraid of hurting her further.

Tessa had multiple cuts on her body. Fortunately, they weren't deep ones. Still, they were oozing enough blood to stain her clothes red. Stephen's already tattered heart shattered further at the sight.

Nevertheless, he stated in a tone of finality, "I'll carry her downstairs, and you can arrange for someone to send her away."

shifted aside whilst he held Tessa in his

a red dot appeared on

also had red

shouted furiously upon seeing the red dots

curled his lips into a

of James' men exchanged glances, clearly

of checking things out earlier?"

alone earlier," someone

where the fuck did

"Well..."

situations

"There we go. This is the Stephen I know. If you truly had come

James was acting, it was evident that he had been prepared

why he had managed to survive despite risking his life day in

and his men were out in the open while Stephen's men were hidden in the shadows. Aside from the snipers, James had no idea just what other forces he had up his sleeves lurking in the dark,

situation

remained utterly

then, a helicopter approached the abandoned building, heading straight for their position on the 26th

helicopter

sun, Tessa

the morning rays when she turned her

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