As Mason and Greta were very familiar with the area, they were able to navigate the forest with ease and led Winnie straight to the building.

The building was located in an open field with paved roads all around, providing great visibility to those in the area.

Because of that, Winnie was able to spot a Jeep parked outside the building from afar.

She then had Mason drive their car into the forest and said solemnly,

“Tell the car behind us to stay out of sight. The men from the Horton family have just dropped my granny and Rachel off, so they’re probably still in the building. Let’s wait here until they leave.”

“Understood,” Mason replied as he drove the car into the dense jungle.

He then grabbed a pair of binoculars and went off to gather information on the building.

Greta, too, got off the car with her sniper rifle in her arms. She needed to familiarize herself with the terrain in order to pick the best hiding spot.

Just like that, Winnie and Xavier were the only ones left in the car.

As Winnie turned to look at Xavier, her gaze fell upon the bloodstained bandage on his left hand.

“Does it hurt?” she asked while gently lifting his arm.

“No, it doesn’t.” Xavier frowned as he continued, “I think I’ve gotten quite numb to the pain. Why are you asking me about this? Are you planning to use this as an excuse to leave me behind again?”

He sounded so calm that it seemed like he had gotten used to it.

pretended to be mad at him and exclaimed, “What are you saying? You wouldn’t be sitting here in this car right now if I wanted to leave you behind! I think you’re prejudicing me. This is

kept quiet and stared at Winnie with an emotionless

a little uncomfortable from his gaze, she asked, “Why

I’m not that unreasonable, am I?” Xavier

a lot since we confirmed our feelings for each other. Well, save for the period of his memory loss, of course. Back then, he used to be a domineering CEO who couldn’t care less about my feelings. Now, he puts up with my antics and

arm around her shoulder and

lips curled into a sly grin

a random direction outside the window

Xavier immediately looked

was no

turned around and asked, “What is it?

cut off mid-sentence by a sudden kiss

in the woods? What the heck are you up to this time?” Xavier exclaimed with a chuckle and licked his lips, which

to rescue Granny and Rach

misspoken, Winnie quickly added, “Granny and Rach don’t know who Mason and the others are, so they might get scared and mistake them for bad guys. That’s why I need to

right. See? I told you, you can always talk

and gave him a kiss on the bandage before getting off the

around and handed her the

to get a

have their guns on them while the third one has his gun on the table. I don’t see Rach

men?” she asked while scanning the building with the

rooms. We can’t see it from here due to the trees blocking

“Okay,” she said as she

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