True Love Waits

Chapter 1352 Our Master And Lady

Erica shouted at the men who were watching her, "Hey, I want to go to the bathroom!"

"We will accompany you," one of the men replied casually. He nodded at the man standing nearby. The sound of footsteps echoed in the otherwise quiet yard as both men approached her.

Disgust reflected in her expression at the thought. She shook her head and spat out, "I won't use your bathroom. I'm going to my house!"

"Bitch, are you looking for trouble? If this bathroom sickens you, don't go at all!" one of the men yelled.

Fury coursed through Erica, and she slammed her hand on the table. "Who the hell are you to call me bitch? Do you believe that you can stop me? I don't care what you think or say. I'm going to the bathroom in my house now!"

A screeching sound filled the room as Erica pushed her chair back and stood. Without giving the men a chance to respond, she marched toward the door.

The commotion alerted Pike, who rushed into the yard. His brows shot up in astonishment, and he shouted, "What are you doing?"

The man who was about to hit Erica replied at once, "Pike, this woman is making trouble. She insists on going to the bathroom in her house."

"That's not worth all this noise. You five can go with her and make sure she stays out of trouble!" Pike ordered impatiently.

"Yes, sir!"

With a victorious smirk, Erica walked out of the yard. The five ruffians hustled to keep pace with her as she headed for her home.

A few moments later, they passed a dark alley. Erica, who was ahead of the men, suddenly turned, pointed in a direction, and exclaimed, "Hey, look! What is that?" Reflexively, everyone looked in the direction where she had pointed. "What?"

When the men didn't see anything unusual, they frowned and turned to question Erica. However, she was gone. With widened eyes, they searched for her. Someone yelled when they saw a figure run into a nearby alley. One of the five men, who was bald, cursed, "Damn it! You two go back and report to Kirk. The rest of us will chase her!"

"Yes!"

Erica's heart beat wildly in her chest as she sprinted through the alley, scaled a wall, and disappeared into the darkness.

chaos erupted in the quiet village. Several people led by Pike separated into different

got out of the first car and jogged to the back door of the second car.

in the second car took advantage of the moonlight to examine the shabby surroundings. A deep frown marred his handsome features. 'Is Erica living in this poor village? She might want to experience some hardship, but why

and stopped in front of the cars. She stared at the two cars like a startled wild animal. Of all the things Erica thought she'd come across on this road, two luxury

would be worth very little. No one could afford such a brand-new car here. Erica didn't have to rack her brain to

this time, several beams of lights shone in her direction. "I saw someone over there.

why she had been running. Without overthinking, Erica bypassed the car

A dead end lay ahead, and she had

on her heels only to bump into something hard. She had intended to backtrack her way to the cars, not fall into a man's arms. "Oomph," she mumbled as she steadied

she saw a suit

her intensely belonged to none other than Matthew, the man she had missed for

and closer, but she forgot about escape.

The pounding of her heart was so loud that it drowned out all

to go. Her heart raced as

a split second before his strong arms

show her how much he had missed her. And then, he wanted to

companions were stunned as they rushed to the front of the two

carton of expensive cigarettes from the car and approached the gangsters. "I'm sorry, everyone. We passed by Tow Village and decided to rest here. We didn't mean to disturb you. This is a

lit up. 'Oh, my God, I've seen this brand of cigarette on the Internet once. It was priced at thousands of dollars per carton!' Pike thought

and pretended to warn, "Get out of

nodded and said,

as the men turned to leave, someone in the group shouted,

the alley. A man pressing a woman against the wall

blocked the lights with his body and said, "Sir, they

they were wealthy people. He didn't think of Erica, as his mind was focused on the expensive cigarettes in his hand. So, he just nodded, "Okay. Let's go quickly. Don't disturb the young couple's

later, the driver got out of the car and whispered to Owen, "How about we find some food for Mr.

he was doing anytime soon. He knew that it was better to give