Rose with Thorns

Chapter 3

“Damn it, chase her down! Don’t let her get away!”

A figure darted out of the private room. Yvette slipped the chip into her pocket, her delicate face showing no emotion.

“Boss, head left! They’re getting closer to you!” Jake’s urgent voice crackled in her earpiece. Yvette’s eyes were cold and focused, framed by long, dark lashes. Without thinking twice, she sprinted to the left.

The chip in her possession was Henry Johnson’s final masterpiece, created with painstaking effort before his death.

It had ended up on the black market, and her team had just been a step too late, allowing a gang to get hold of it first.

They planned to sell it to foreign interests, which would severely impact the country’s chip manufacturing capabilities.

Yvette’s plan had gone smoothly; she had successfully retrieved the chip.

However, the gang was relentless, unwilling to let it slip away without a fight.

“It’s a dead end ahead,” Yvette muttered, her fox-like eyes narrowing.

“What?” Jake’s panicked voice came through the earpiece. “How can it be a dead end? That’s impossible!”

Yvette wasn’t afraid of the tough opponents, but rather, clueless teammates.

She tapped her tongue against the back of her teeth and let out a frustrated sigh.

She suddenly felt the urge to punch someone.

There was no time to backtrack now. Without hesitation, she stripped off her jacket and hat, tossing them into a trash bin nearby.

her long hair down, the wavy locks cascading over

her get

fell on a man

leaning lazily against the railing with his collar undone. The tie around his neck was loosely draped to one side, giving him a casual yet captivating

Yvette wasted no time and

footsteps nearing him, his

your help.” He heard a

her as the girl from earlier, Wilson’s annoyance faded away. His captivating

“What do you need?”

Yvette’s request wasn’t unreasonable, he

arms around his neck and rose on her

the next moment, her rosy lips were

instantly, his Adam’s

she

he recalled the unexpected flutter he experienced

he was feeling this stirred

“Where’d she go?”

her hurriedly caught up, only to see the two of them embracing passionately, like

to approach the couple when Wilson’s icy gaze swept

managed to intimidate them completely. The gang felt a chill

could book the top suites at Royal Pavillion was either

here. We’ll look for her in the other

dashed off in another direction, Yvette blinked her long, curled lashes, withdrawing her arms from around his

took a step back,

as she strode

forward, she was pulled back

dare you take advantage of me and leave right away?” Wilson’s deep, magnetic voice sent shivers down her spine, as it

work out this

As Yvette reached into her pocket to offer him money, she realized she had nothing on

bribe him, Wilson pulled out his

into a subtle, seductive smile that sent shivers down her spine, both enticing and captivating her in an

want money, just leave me your number. Treat me to a

before her was cunning like a fox. She lowered her gaze. She didn’t like owing people favors. Thus, she

Yvette handed the phone back