Ste really wished she could tear Derrick to pieces.
Derrick let <b>out </b>a snort ofughter. Take a guess. How much do you think you mean to Abraham! Think he’d hand that thing over to me just because of you?”
The moment the words left his mouth. Derrick let out a
muffled groan.
Ste wasn’t just <b>sharp</b>–tongued. She bit down hard on the artery in his neck. The pain twisted Derrick’s face.
What a dmn girl!
If she could throw a punch, she did. If she could sink her teeth in, she went for blood.
Seriously, what is she learning in Rivermount? Nothing but those crazy street bratler moves. No technique in fights, just brute force!
“Let go, or I swear I’ll shoot you,” he growled.
The teasing tone in his voice vanished, reced by a dangerous threat.
Ste didn’t buy it. Instead, she bit down harder. A secondter, Derrick’s expression darkened with rage, and he grabbed the back of her neck.
“You crazy woman<b>!</b><b>” </b>
The doctor and bodyguard nearby gasped when they saw blood running down Derrick’s neck.
Ste’s lips were stained red with blood. She looked like a demon ready to devour someone.
The doctor rushed forward to treat <b>him</b>.
Derrick red at her, eyes sharp. “Do you really want me dead that bad?”
She used to treat him like a brother.
<b>Back </b>when she called him “Derrick, her voice had sounded so sweet. Now all he saw were fangs bared at him.
Ste hissed. “<b>You </b>were born rotten. Every breath you take makes the world worse.”
How dare she!
Derrick tried to hold it in. He really did.
But in the end, he couldn’t.
He pulled out a <b>gun </b>and aimed it right at her. “Do you really think I won’t shoot you right now?”
“Do it, <be </b>on! Do it right here! Do you think I’m <b>scared </b>of you?” Ste snapped.
<b>Derrick </b>was speechless. Since when did this girl get <b>guts</b><b>? </b>She used to flinch <i>if </i>I raised my voice. Now she’s out here picking fights?
He had nearly lost his life trying to shake off Abraham’s men. Used up everyst bit of <b>power </b>he had left.
It <b>took </b><b>a </b>whole day just to get back to Pagena, South Valley.
Derrick tossed the coat in his hands at her. “Put it <b>on</b>.”
She had only been wearing loungewear when he brought her out. And it had gotten ripped up along the way.
Ste shot him a deadly re.
Blinded by <b>darkness</b>, Derrick yanked it off in a fury.
“D<b>“</b><b>mn </b>it! With a temper like yours, no wa
way you didn’t get your ass handed to you in Rivermount,”
Most people would know how to bend when they couldn’t <b>win</b>.
But Ste was so unreasonable. Even <b>when </b>it wasn’t her fault, she’d still end up paying for it, just to teach her <b>a </b>lesson.
Ste snapped, “Who cares if I suffered or not? Give me <b>back </b>my phone.”
She had wanted to call Abraham the whole way here, but she didn’t have her phone.
Derrick scowled at her. “You’re asking me for a phone?”
“Who else would 1 ask?” she harked..
Derrick blinked. You brought a phone?”
A sh of memory—her phone flying through the air and smashing behind her. Ste’s face froze. Wait, I didn’t bring it?
Derrick raised an eyebrow. “You remember now?”
Ste demanded, “Then why didn’t you pick it up for me?”
What kind of logic is that?
“If I’d been a second slower, Abraham would’ve killed me right there, and you wanted me to <b>stop </b>and grab your phone? Ste what the hell is going on in your head? Did Abraham spoil you so much you turned into a full–blown princess?”
Ste snorted. “Yeah, I’m a princess. If I annoy you so much, <b>send </b>me back.
What a dmn woman! So that’s what she is aiming for!
“Hah! Dream on.
“Fine. Good. Ste’s two sharp words made Derrick’s temple throb.
He knew Abraham had let her run wild.
“I’m warning you,” Derrick growled. “Don’t pull any crap. I’ve been pissed off for years with nowhere to vent. You’d better not
mess with me.”
With that, he stormed off, not bothering to look back.
He had spent five whole days sneaking around to get Ste out. Barely slept more than an hour a <b>day</b>.
<b>Now </b>that he was finally back in Pagena, he just wanted one good night of sleep<b>. </b>
After a long hot shower, he finallyy down–<b>only </b>to hear a loud boom echo through <b>the </b>whole vi
The ce <b>shook </b>
Derrick’s instincts kicked in. The very next <b>second</b>, he jumped <b>straight </b>out the window.