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

red

later, all of James' subordinates also had red dots dotting their

upon seeing the

merely curled his lips into

men exchanged glances, clearly not expecting

Who was in charge of checking things out earlier?" one of the lackeys muttered under

alone earlier,"

the fuck did those snipers

"Well..."

been through similar situations countless times in the

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

James was acting, it was evident that he had

reason why he had managed to survive despite risking

in the shadows. Aside from the snipers, James had no idea

situation was now

James remained utterly calm and

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

helicopter was aligned

sun,

blinded by the morning rays when she turned

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