Since he said so, Boyce couldn’t insist. Right now, Armand must perform well in Theresa’s presence. While Boyce was about to hand Theresa back to Armand, she said in a weak tone, “Could you please carry me out?”
She looked at Boyce.
Boyce checked on Armand immediately. When he offered to carry Theresa earlier at the entrance of the cave, it was because Theresa couldn’t lie on the ground and Armand must need someone else to help him carry her.
Right then, Theresa wasn’t willing to let Armand carry her. Boyce was afraid that Armand would misunderstand.
Armand pressed his lips in silence.
“Could you?” Theresa asked again while looking at Boyce.
She was too weak to leave on her own, so she had to rely on someone else.
When they were pulled up, she could feel that Armand must be injured. She didn’t want to owe him any favor, although he had confessed his love to her earlier. She never thought about getting reconciled with him.
For her, the bygones were just bygones.
Moreover, her health…
“Mr. Shawn, if you are unwilling, please put me down. I’ll go by myself,” said Theresa stubbornly.
“Go ahead and carry her out,” Armand said before Boyce answered.
Boyce pressed his lips and took a look at Armand, knowing that Armand didn’t want to piss off Theresa. After all, they were both injured. Boyce didn’t want to waste any time. He said to the team leader, “I’lI leave everything here to you.”
After that, he carried Theresa, heading back.
Armand was afraid that there would be branches in the way, so it would be difficult for Boyce to move forward. He took the initiative to walk in front and brushed the branches away for them.
Theresa leaned against Boyce’s shoulder, half-squinting. Armand was walking in front of them, so she happened to see the wounds on his back. His back was full of friction wounds, some of which were almost bleeding. Some of them had become purple and reddish.
She was slightly moved and felt sorry for him. However, she wasn’t so soft-hearted to get reconciled with him.
She didn’t think that she would be with him again for the rest of her life.
She closed her eyes, stopping watching him.
It wasn’t a long way but it was difficult to walk in the forest. After almost an hour, they finally walked out of it.
Armand recognized Boyce’s car and walked over to open the door, so Boyce could put Theresa in.
As soon as Boyce wanted to put her down, Armand said, “Give me the key. I’ll drive.”
He was afraid that Theresa would reject him, which would waste time again.
Boyce bent over and put Theresa on the backseat and handed the car key to Armand. The latter walked to the driver’s seat with the key, pulled the door open, and sat in. Boyce sat in the backseat, taking care of Theresa. From the back of the car seat, he pulled out two bottles of mineral water. He handed one to Armand. “Drink some water.”
Armand didn’t look back. “Give it to Theresa, please.”
Boyce reached further. “There’s plenty of them.”
They had been trapped in the cave for a long time. He was certain that they both were thirsty.
Knowing that Armand took the bottle over. Opening the lid, he gulped the water down. In one minute, he finished drinking the whole bottle. He tossed the empty bottle out of the car window and started the engine.
Boyce, on the backseat, opened the lid of the bottle and gave it to Theresa. “Have some, please.”
Theresa raised her hand and took it over.
The villa.
Loredana got up late this morning. Probably she was too sleepy or she was lying by Cormac’s side, she always slept soundly.
When she got up, Cormac had already left the villa. After breakfast, Amanda said that Cotton’s fur became dirty, so she pulled Coral to the yard to bathe Cotton. She also asked Coral to take her to shop for the dog food.
Coral agreed with a smile.
Loredana stood in front of the French window, watching Coral bathe the dog with two kids. She couldn’t help curling up her lips.
She turned around and picked up her phone, wanting to call Oscar to check on him. The TV was on. She picked up the remote control to turn it off, only to find a piece of news and unexpectedly she knew the man in the news.
The news was about the Nanshan Temple, which wasn’t eye-catching. The key point was the man in the news — he was the man who harassed Loredana when she was in City C. The man was found naked in the temple, seriously injured. The scene was full of speculation. Hence, it became a piece of news.
After all, everyone knew that the temple should be a clean place, in which anything filthy was forbidden. However, such a scene happened there.
Loredana went to sit on the sofa, continuing to watch the news. Then she got to know that this man was found in the most inconspicuous storage room in the temple.
Pinching the remote control, she was lost in thought.
She thought about all the things that had happened recently.
In the beginning, she got those photos. Then the man appeared to harass her, and a man showed up to save her. According to Oscar, that man looked rich but wasn’t a local in City C.
Hence, she guessed that the man must be from City B because he appeared in City B. She guessed that the rich man must be Declan Bailey mentioned by Cormac.
The man on the news was acting in the show with Declan at that time, so he must be someone that the latter trusted a lot.
However, he had been found like this in a temple.
Loredana believed that Theresa must have been locked up in a secret place as well, such as the Nanshan Temple.
The more she thought about it, the clearer the clue was, and the more frightened she became. If Theresa was hidden in the temple as she guessed, Loredana wondered if this naked man had any evil intention to Theresa.
Loredana was almost strangled. She patted her chest with strength, but no matter how much she did it, she still couldn’t breathe properly.
“Mommy! Mommy! Can we go out?” Amanda ran over, throwing herself into Loredana’s arms. She hugged Loredana, playing at being cute. “Mommy, I want to buy the dog food for Cotton. I also want to change the dog chain…”
“You can’t go out today,” Loredana interrupted her before she finished her words. Rubbing Amanda’s hair, Loredana said, “Good girl, you need to stay home. Don’t go out today.” “Why not?” Amanda looked up at her in disappointment.
Loredana didn’t know how to explain to her daughter. She didn’t know what kind of man was that man named Declan. Since they dared to take Theresa away, it meant this Declan wasn’t a kind man. He also kept making trouble. What if he wanted to do something on the kids?
The villa was quite safe. Hence, Loredana tried to make an excuse to calm Amanda down, “It’s too hot outside…”
“We’ll sit in the car. The driver will take us. We don’t need to walk under the sun. Besides, we have sunscreen umbrellas, or we can wear the sunscreen hats,” Amanda quickly rendered Loredana speechless. Loredana kept silent.
She wondered since when Amanda had become so sharp-tongued.
She put away her smile and became solemn. She said seriously, “You can’t go out today.”
Amanda blinked. Suddenly, she withdrew herself from Loredana’s arms, turned around, and trotted into her room.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.