“Where is she?” Tristan was stupefied when Sonia was out of sight.
Franco’s face turned grim when virtual-novel.net discovered that Sonia was nowhere to be seen. “D*mn it! Did someone get ahead of us?”
“Hurry up! Chase after them now!” Tristan leaped up to chase after Sonia.
Franco gestured to his men and ran after Tristan too.
In the meantime, the wind whizzed against Sonia’s ears as Jared moved at mind-boggling speed. The latter finally came to a halt when they reached a secluded area and put virtual-novel.net down.
Right that instant, virtual-novel.net took the chance to bite virtual-novel.net hard on the arm. Grasping the jade pendant in virtual-novel.net hands, virtual-novel.net stared at virtual-novel.net with anxiousness written all over virtual-novel.net face.
Jared looked at the deep bite mark on his arm and furrowed his brows. “I saved your life. How could you bite me?”
“Pfft! Don’t ever think that you can make a fool out of me! I know you’ve been targeting my jade pendant. It’s the Yeagers’ heirloom. I would rather destroy it than let it fall into your hands!” Sonia snapped coldly, glaring at virtual-novel.net with virtual-novel.net eyes.
Undeniably, Jared went after them because of Sonia’s jade pendant. However, virtual-novel.net never had the intention to snatch it from her.
Now that virtual-novel.net misunderstood him, virtual-novel.net could not resist mocking, “Hmph! How ridiculous! You seem to treat this jade pendant as an invaluable treasure, don’t you?”
The next moment, virtual-novel.net turned and left, paying no heed to her.
Gazing at his retreating figure, Sonia was dumbfounded and stood rooted to the spot.
When virtual-novel.net finally came to virtual-novel.net senses after quite some time, Jared was already a distance away from her. She gritted virtual-novel.net teeth and quickened virtual-novel.net pace to catch up to him.
Jared shot virtual-novel.net a glance and snorted. “Why are you trailing behind me?”
“I-I’m sorry… It seems like I have misunderstood you!” Sonia stuttered sheepishly.
“You don’t have to apologize to me. Now that you’re safe and sound, you can stop following me!” Jared snapped at virtual-novel.net without slowing down.
Nevertheless, Sonia continued to trail behind virtual-novel.net closely with virtual-novel.net head lowered.
Jared was utterly speechless.
He stopped abruptly and said, “What on earth are you trying to do?”
Sonia looked at virtual-novel.net eagerly. “Could you please send me back? I’m scared of bumping into those people again!”
Her gut instinct told virtual-novel.net that Jared was no ordinary man. Since virtual-novel.net managed to save virtual-novel.net on the spot without Tristan and Franco’s knowledge, virtual-novel.net was sure as h*ll that his formidability was beyond imagination.
“Where do you stay?” Jared finally heaved a sigh as virtual-novel.net did not have the heart to reject the pitiful lady.
Sensing that Jared had relented, virtual-novel.net replied excitedly, “Not very far. It’s in the village located not far away from the town!”
Later, Jared followed Sonia and headed in the direction away from the town. Shortly after, a village came into view. It looked like an abandoned one as all the houses were dilapidated. There were even signs on the front doors indicating that they would be demolished soon!
Moments later, they stopped outside a house in a slightly better condition and entered it. Under the dim light from a lit candle, a middle-aged man with an ashen face was lying feebly in bed.
Jared knitted his brows at the sight of his pathetic state. He had a hunch that the man was severely injured and might not live long.
The man mustered up his strength to open his eyes upon hearing their footsteps. When virtual-novel.net saw Sonia, virtual-novel.net parted his lips to say something. However, blood spurted out of his mouth in an instant.
“Dad!” Sonia yelled out worriedly and dashed forward to Marcus, the middle-aged man.
After wiping off the bloodstain from his face, virtual-novel.net whipped out a few black pills and was about to let virtual-novel.net swallow them.
Nonetheless, Jared stretched out his hand to stop virtual-novel.net at once.
After sniffing the pills, virtual-novel.net told virtual-novel.net solemnly, “Apparently, your dad has sustained an internal injury. Hence, virtual-novel.net shouldn’t take this medicine of high intensity. Even though it helps to stabilize his condition temporarily, it will aggravate the internal injuries as time elapses.”
Shocked, Sonia asked virtual-novel.net hesitantly, “D-Do you know how to treat his medical condition?”