Esmond's henchmen quickly rushed forward to help him up, saying, "Boss, boss, are you alright?"

Despite their earlier betrayal of Esmond, they were genuinely concerned when they saw him fall like that. After all, they had worked for him for so many years.

As Rita and Sherman walked out of the gate, the other henchmen were stunned. They did not understand what was happening.

'Didn't the boss say he had trapped these two people? How could they come out swaggering like this? What happened?'

Rita could not quite comprehend why anyone would enjoy such dim surroundings and deliberately come here to spend time. As they emerged into the sunlight, she instinctively exclaimed, "Ah! It feels so good to see the sun again!"

"Yeah, it's easy to forget the outside world when we're trapped in the concrete jungle all the time," Sherman remarked.

They only truly escaped the danger when they got into the car.

As Sherman drove toward Rita's house, she said, "You shouldn't have done that today."

"What?" asked Sherman.

"You should've left me behind and escaped alone."

he would never have left Rita alone. All that, and she still

you staying there. Are you trying to sacrifice yourself to save me? Ha. Have you forgotten I'm a man? I don't need you to protect

tone. She bit her lip, feeling aggrieved. "I

entertain the argument, turned the steering wheel to the right and stopped the car in a safe area. "Get out of the car. I think we both need some

watched as Sherman

not

her; every word and action of Sherman's seemed to affect

understand her feelings,

had already upset Sherman

phone notification alerted her of a news article with the words 'Explosive News'

the picture was not very clear, Rita had been seeing Sherman daily recently; how could she not recognize him? He had a protective stance, holding Claire on his right side, and

clenched her phone tightly. No wonder he was so impatient with her-it turned out he already had

of the Dancer Who Had

then she realized she

told me he's dating Claire? It would've been better

with her. Although she knew it had nothing to do with her, Rita still felt

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