Chapter 187 Emerging From the Backlight

The man approached them until he was standing right in front of her.

“Alec…Faust?” She stared at the familiar face in disbelief and wondered if it was an illusion.

“Yes. Can you walk?” He was overcome by an inexplicable mix of emotions when he found her safe and sound. He wanted so badly to pull her into an embrace, but he decided to act cautiously, worried that she might flinch at his touch.

She nodded at him in a daze and didn’t ask questions about his arrival. She looked at Justin in her arms.” Can you lift him out?”

readily agreed and took Justin from her. However, he waited for her to go with him. It took. him much

hand on the wall and limped behind him as she endured the pain from her right calf. Noticing her limping, he halted and bent over. “Get on. I’ll

were not that close to each other? Plus, he must have been married to Yvonne. She couldn’t accept the idea of being carried

back. Or, I’ll let him go and lift you instead,” Alec said commandingly.

could definitely execute the threat. She clenched her jaw and warned him, “You’d better not let go of that

his back, especially knowing she might put everyone at

so, it still felt like a long walk due to the rocks on the ground. Luckily, they reached the exit without

arms and walked out through the opening. Locked in his embrace, she could

She shook. her head and found it difficult to look into his eyes. “Are you okay? Why does your face look red? Do you have a fever?” He tried to touch her forehead and soon

blushed deeper during their exchange. She wasn’t running a fever-she was blushing because Alec was carrying her in his arms under the eyes of the villagers, embarrasing her further. She

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