Christopher’s eyes lit up when he saw how cool and heroic Winnie looked.

Just seconds ago, he was completely exhausted and prepared to accept his death. However, he seemed to have regained his strength when he saw her come to his rescue in such a heroic fashion.

With that newfound strength, Christopher scrambled to his feet and got on the back seat of Winnie’s motorcycle.

Christopher was so touched that he teared up a little as they sped off on the motorcycle.

“Winnie, do you mind if I lean on your shoulder for a bit?” he mumbled weakly and rested his head on her shoulder.

Winnie frowned when she felt his warm blood flow onto her neck and shoulder.

“What happened to you? Why are you bleeding so much?” she asked worriedly while keeping her eyes on the road ahead.

Christopher let out a wry chuckle. “It’s just a flesh wound, nothing major. Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine after I rest for a bit.”

Winnie furrowed her brows as she replied, “Then you’d better hold on tight! Don’t fall asleep, you hear?”

“All right. I’ll do whatever you say,” Christopher muttered as he wrapped his arms weakly around Winnie’s waist.

“How about we have a little chat? That’ll help keep you awake.”

“Sure thing. What should we talk about?”

“Oh, you can talk about anything as long as you don’t fall asleep. We’re going really fast right now, so you could easily fall off the motorcycle if you nod off!”

“All right. A lot has happened during my time here, but protocol requires me to keep everything confidential, so I can’t reveal any of that information. Let’s talk about what happened during my childhood instead. Would you be interested in hearing about my past?”

As they were going really fast on the motorcycle with people shooting at them, Winnie couldn’t quite hear what Christopher was saying. She could tell he was talking, but she couldn’t make out the exact words.

Even so, she knew she had to keep him talking.

“Yeah, sure! Keep talking; I’m listening!” she yelled.

Christopher was breathing heavily as he leaned against her shoulder. He knew Winnie couldn’t possibly hear him, so he decided to change the topic on the fly.

“I was completely shocked when I saw you at the Horton residence that night. Kissing you in front of Xavier was both a voluntary and involuntary act. I know it wasn’t right of me to take advantage of you like that, but I don’t regret it one bit. I wonder how things would’ve turned out if I had known you in Avenport first. I’m sorry, Winnie. I’m sorry for having such feelings toward you even though I knew you were married. I’m really tired… I’ll rest my eyes for a bit…”

The factory was short of manpower to begin with, so there weren’t a lot of people available to stop Winnie.

They stopped chasing after the two as soon as the motorcycle made it out of the factory entrance.

Winnie got a little anxious when she noticed Christopher had stopped talking.

turned around and yelled at him, “Christopher? Hey, Christopher! Can you hear me? Answer

got a little tired from all that talking, so I was resting for a bit. Where are

made it outside!” Winnie slowed the motorcycle down a little as she continued, “By the

sobbing when he heard

out in time because he wasn’t familiar with the terrain, so I was the only one left. Had you not shown up earlier, I would probably have died here as well. Honestly, I kind of

by his emotions, Winnie had to take a few deep breaths to recompose herself before saying, “Hey, don’t say that. I’m sure you would’ve done the same for your comrade if he was the one being shot at, right? Comrades are supposed to have each other’s backs, so

happened earlier. “Yeah, I know that! I know I’m supposed to pull myself together and complete the mission! I shouldn’t be crying over their deaths, but when I

warmth of his tears on her shoulder, she recalled her friend who died for her a few

comforting him any further. “Go ahead

is on the verge of breaking down. I’d have given him a big hug if we weren’t on this motorcycle right now. Being his friend,

few seconds after hearing that. She’s right! I need to regain my strength and make it

that in mind, he slowly tightened his grip on Winnie’s waist

speeds. As the night was tranquil, the roar of the motorcycle’s engine and the noise from the wind blowing in their

heard the sound of multiple

from the Horton family. They’re probably coming to pick Harold up. We’re severely outgunned and outnumbered in our current state. Hurry

replied as

men from the cars

to be a bumpy

his head to glance at their pursuers as he continued, “They can’t follow us in those cars, so we should be safe now that we’re

this place, so he deliberately took a long route when he brought us here. He must know a

heads whenever they bring us here, so they have the upper hand when it comes to navigation. We don’t even know if we’re going in the

don’t know! For now, let’s just focus on getting out of here!” Winnie

lose their pursuers completely. Nevertheless, neither of them

adrenaline rush from the high-speed chase wore off, Winnie grew increasingly anxious and

leave Xavier behind in order to rescue Christopher. While I don’t regret risking my life to save Christopher, I’ll never forgive myself if anything happens to Xavier, either! Right now, all I can do is pray that Xavier doesn’t run

by her thoughts that she nearly lost control of the motorcycle a

others?” Christopher

happen if they run into the Horton family’s men. Not only do we have no idea where we’re headed, but we’re also unable to confirm the

shouldn’t have come back for me,” Christopher said after a

Harold would’ve spared Professor White and me if I didn’t save you? We’re on the run, and I am in a very bad mood. Do not say such stupid things

words when he heard that. After what seemed like forever, he

as she continued riding the motorcycle down

minutes later, Winnie heard the sound

imagining things, she turned around and asked, “Hey, Christopher! Do you

must be engaging Harold’s men in combat,” Christopher replied after straining his ears

the irony of the situation. “Wow… Who would’ve thought we’d run into them like this,

two of them arrived at the main road and saw Christopher’s

said, “Ah, Winnie, you made it back safely! Come

Winnie simply looked Riley in the eye and asked, “Where’s Xavier? Why is the truck parked here like this? Why didn’t you

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