"Oh." Valerie nodded her head, approaching Noah with hobbling steps. The woman took a seat in a different chair from Noah. She shook a hand at her knee, which was getting hot and sore despite the treatment given by the waitress. Valerie exhaled while leaning against the back of the sofa. "You don'
Valerie immediately hung up the phone call from her uncle. She turned off the cell phone so no one would contact her again. For now, she didn't want to have anything to do with anyone, let alone any of her family members. Valerie exhaled, putting her cell phone back into her small bag. She knew her
Valerie shook her head, feeling warm water pouring out of her eyes. Now, her head was filled with suspicion of Noah. She regretted that she had trusted the stranger she had just met and that it was her cousin's group. However, that thought changed when the door to her room was broken from outside a
Noah beat them mercilessly. Although some of them begged for mercy and asked to be released, none of their requests were granted, and all of them could not escape the beatings that left their faces a complete mess with thick, fresh red liquid oozing from their temples, noses, and the corners of thei
Valerie had arrived at her home. Robert Charlton, her uncle who had been trying to contact her since yesterday, walked up to Valerie with an angry look on his face. "Where have you been? What were you doing all day yesterday? Why did you turn off your cell phone?" The middle-aged man with partially
"All the evidence is here, so you can't dodge it anymore, and we will process this lady's report immediately." The policeman told Tom not to make any more noise. Tom squeezed his hand tightly, annoyed with Valerie. He couldn't accept the police's decision to receive Valerie's report instead of his
Valerie nodded her head. They parted ways at the police station. Noah's two men drove her back. On the way home, Valerie thought of Noah. "What that guy did helped me. Even I can solve this problem easily," Valerie muttered under her breath, smiling out the window at the thought of Noah's face. "Ap
Noah looked at Valerie with calm eyes. "I want peace." Valerie nodded. She looked around and realized Noah was fishing with a fishing hook immersed in the lake, as well as a net and a fish bucket. "Then, do you have many fish already?" Valerie raised her head slightly to peer into the medium-sized