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."

had already explained that, regardless of the situation that day, he would never have left Rita alone. All that, and she still brought up the matter even when they were in the

you. Even if I left on my own, it wouldn't have been any better for you staying there. Are you trying to sacrifice yourself to save me? Ha. Have you forgotten I'm a

lip, feeling aggrieved. "I just don't want you

not wanting to 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 time to calm

as Sherman

did not

and action of Sherman's seemed to affect her deeply. Before she

her feelings,

had already upset Sherman

a news article with the words 'Explosive News' bolded. She

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 he

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

News! The Boyfriend of the Dancer Who Had

a bitter laugh. It was only then she realized she had developed inappropriate feelings

told me he's dating Claire? It would've been better for me to know so I can

she knew it had nothing to do with her, Rita

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