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.

now if I wanted to leave you behind! I think you’re prejudicing me. This is

simply kept quiet and stared at Winnie with an emotionless look on

uncomfortable from his gaze, she asked, “Why are you

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

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

his arm around her shoulder and nuzzled

lips curled into a sly grin as a mischievous

direction outside the window and

had happened, Xavier immediately looked out the

enough, there was

a confused look on his face, Xavier turned around and

mid-sentence by a sudden kiss on

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

I’ll be able to rescue Granny and Rach soon!

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 go with them. Since you’re wounded, you can stay here and wait for our return instead.

frown. “All right. See? I told you, you

leaned forward and gave him a kiss on

and handed her the binoculars when he saw

the binoculars, Winnie was able to get a

beers in the living room. Two of them have their guns on them while the third one has

men?” she asked while scanning the building with the

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

“Okay,” she said as she handed the binoculars

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