’So young and already going down the wrong path.’

’What if something happened to her? What would I do?’

At that thought, Cassian Jennings could no longer just let her be. He slammed his glass down on the bar and strode toward Amelia Avery.

The moment he entered the private room, he ignored everyone’s shocked reactions, hoisted Amelia Avery over his shoulder, and walked out.

Amelia Avery struggled nonstop. "Cassian Jennings, what are you doing?! Put me down!"

"Shut up!" Cassian Jennings’s face was grim as he barked the cold order.

"Cassian Jennings, you bastard, what are you doing? Fucking put me down right now!"

"If you’re so capable, get down yourself!" ’He was never going to put her down. Not a chance.’

Hearing Cassian Jennings’s words, Amelia Avery stopped struggling. Instead, her lips curled into a calm and menacing smile. "Cassian Jennings, you’d better not put me down. Otherwise, I won’t let you get away with this!"

"..."

Cassian Jennings’s face was dark as he carried her all the way out of Vespera. He walked to his sports car, opened the door, and unceremoniously shoved her inside.

Amelia Avery sat up straight in a huff, brushing her hair back with one hand. She glared viciously at Cassian Jennings. "Cassian Jennings, I told you. If you dared to put me down, I wouldn’t let you get away with this!" And she meant what she said. She truly wouldn’t let him off the hook, nor did she plan to.

’He was the one who came looking for trouble!’

"Heh... And how exactly will you not let me get away with this?" Cassian Jennings’s handsome eyebrows raised slightly, a roguish and unconcerned smile on his face.

"Like this!" Amelia Avery leaned up slightly, her hand shooting out to grab Cassian Jennings’s collar, her aim true...

Before Cassian Jennings could react, she was already out of the car, her arms wrapped tightly around him.

Cassian Jennings froze. He felt as if time itself had stopped in that instant. More than surprise, he felt a flustered panic, completely unsure of what to do...

He knew he should push this woman away, but he couldn’t move. Even his heart was pounding uncontrollably in his chest.

All of it... It was all so deeply intoxicating...

Cassian Jennings had never been one to deny himself anything. Besides, he couldn’t even count how many times he had thought about the woman in his arms.

He knew he was being a bastard, but he was powerless to refuse.

「Anhurst Hospital, in the third-floor corridor.」

It had been over ten hours since she went into the operating room. For those ten hours, he felt a torment like he was desperately struggling in hell.

Just then, Mae Lynch and Caleb Grayson arrived. The moment Mae Lynch saw Tristan Grayson, she burst into tears. "How could this happen? How? How could Mika have gotten into a car accident?"

"I will get to the bottom of this."

"..."

Tristan Grayson’s expression was grim as he glanced at the operating room doors. He spoke again, "Dad, Mom, I’ll have to trouble you with Mika Summers. If she gets out, remember to call me immediately."

Caleb Grayson frowned. "Your mother and I are here. You can go without worrying."

Tristan Grayson nodded, his gaze darkening as he looked one last time at the operating room, then turned and left.

He hadn’t wanted to get too involved in Archie Summers’s affairs. Finding and rescuing Archie should have been enough; the rest had little to do with him.

But they had harmed his woman. For that, they would have to pay the price!

As he walked out the main entrance of the hospital, Sheldon Rhodes came up to greet him. "Young Master!"

"Send people to the scene of the accident and look around. We can’t let Jason Lockwood find the computer first."