The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 473

Chapter 473 A Hundred Bottles of Wine To Empty

The man’s inflection had the warmth of jade, yet it had the coolness of the thawing snow in spring.

 

Natalie’s taut heartstrings were given a reprieve. She glared at the man who had shielded her behind him, bewildered.

If not for his timely appearance, her right eye would have probably been laid to waste there and then.

When one of Gerik’s subordinates went down with a broken wrist, the fearfulness of the other was apparent when he regarded Bastien.

“What are you standing there for! Get him!” Gerik yelled. “Pull a knife on them and show them what’s what!”

The subordinate spat and brought out a switchblade which he unsheathed before he charged in Bastien’s direction.

“Die!”

With a kick, the blade was sent scuttling across the floor by Bastien’s deft foot before it even got anywhere close.

Though disarmed, the man sprawled on the floor remained obviously undeterred. He reached across for that switchblade in anticipation of using it against Bastien and Natalie afterward but Bastien was quicker and beat him to the punch.

then stabbed it cleanly into the back

blinding spurt

movements were swift and decisive, and he transited from one motion

to send Gerik staggering back in

have to

“Okay.” Bastien nodded.

blandishing Gerik began to quietly rejoice in the belief that his counterpart had agreed to a truce and would not be pushing things

until Bastien’s

two writhing on the floor and the third stricken upon the couch, Joseph asked, “What shall we do with these

hundred bottles

a hundred

“T-This is?”

his hand. Here are a hundred bottles of wine. Finish them all without leaving a single bottle unemptied and without spilling a single drop, and you’ll be free to walk away.” There was not a single billow between his brows when he spoke. “My men will supervise this personally, and you shall

Gerik’s eyeballs almost popped.

water is already no joke, never mind a hundred bottles of wine. This is way crueler than getting stabbed

is sheer torture! I was in the wrong and I see that now, so would you not show some mercy and let me off?” Gerik’s legs

whatsoever in the

on him,

“Will do, Mr. Nine.”

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