One Night Stand With That Beggar

Eddison took those hooligans out easily. After they ran away, he looked at Rachel, who was standing next to him.

With anger, he reproved her.

“Why are you standing outside in the middle of the night? Do you know what could have happened to you if I wasn’t here just now?”

She just stood there without saying a word, not moving

He took it as a gesture of defiance, so he turned around and walked away.

After a few steps, he remembered that it was not safe outside. Therefore, he came back and grabbed her arm.

“Come in!”

Only then did he find out that she was trembling all the while.

She was not a strong girl like Naomi. She had been taught about manners and etiquette, but she had not been taught on how to deal with bad people in person. Usually, she would go home before eight o’clock. Last time, the incident where she had encountered a bad guy in the taxi had been enough to scare her out of her wits.

Moreover, they were in a foreign country, hence she was frightened quite badly.

Eddison knitted his brows, not reprimanding her anymore. Instead, he dragged her into the apartment and shut the door.

…

Under the light in the living room, he saw her pale face.

She was really terrified.

However, the thought of her careless actions of standing outside alone at midnight vexed him, thus he didn’t want to comfort her anymore. Knowing that she would be safe at home, he took off his blazer and was about to go upstairs.

He had only taken a few steps when he smelled the aroma of food.

Following the aroma, he saw a small table, which was full of dishes, in the living room.

Thinking of the fact that she was standing outside just then, he suddenly realized something.

“Were you waiting for me?”

Rachel took a deep breath and nodded.

She replied with a quivering voice, “I’m going to heat the food up.”

“There’s no need for that, I’ve already eaten. You can eat it yourself.”

After that, he went upstairs.

Rachel looked at his back blankly, downcast by his indifference. However, she stayed quiet. Instead, she went over to the table and then slowly began to eat the food that had gone cold.

Before she could finish a mouthful of it, her eyes had misted over.

Just when she lowered her head to cover her tears, she heard Eddison’s cold voice.

“What are you crying for?”

Rachel was stunned. She sniffed and said, “I’m not crying!”

Her nasal voice indicated that she was lying.

Eddison found the scene to be a little amusing.

However, he still spoke to her in a serious tone, “Don’t wait for me outside in the future. It’s not safe here. We came here together, so I don’t want anything to happen to you.”

Rachel nodded and simply replied, “Okay!”

For some reason, Eddison was filled with guilt. He had no idea why he would feel that way towards a person who had caused so much trouble for him.

He told himself, “She had it coming!”

Taking a deep breath, he turned irritably and went upstairs while telling her, “Sleep in the room next to mine.”

Rachel hummed in assent again, her voice so soft that almost no one could hear it.

…

Meanwhile, Culver was in an apartment in Rosaville City.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

He stood by the window in the study, answering a phone call. It was from Aaron, “The person you’ve asked me to investigate is called Nelson Luther…”

The assistant described Nelson’s background and the series of events that had happened to him in the past, including how he had gotten engaged to Naomi, and how he had betrayed and hurt her family.

Upon hearing the whole story, Culver gritted his teeth and asked, “With his heinous crimes, why is he just being placed in prison? He should be sentenced to death!”

Aaron shut up sensibly as Culver’s righteousness had rendered him speechless.

Aaron wanted to tell Culver that neither absolute good nor absolute evil existed in the world.

People talked as if Culver was a monster, but only Aaron knew that in actual fact, Culver was a kind and extraordinarily simple guy.

To Culver, everything was either black or white.

In his world, there was no justification for any wrongdoings.

As Aaron was thinking about that, Culver spoke again.

“Go and find some people to teach him a lesson!”

“Alright!” replied Aaron. With his abilities, that wouldn’t be a problem.

Just when Aaron was about to hang up on the phone, he heard a woman’s voice come from the other end.

“Dinner’s ready!”

After that, he heard Culver, who had been talking to him with a note of coldness in his voice, immediately adopting a gentler tone to reply to the woman.

“Okay, I’m coming!”

Aaron was rendered speechless.

He wondered, “Was that Mr. Olsen’s voice? It didn’t sound like him.”

However, he still had to carry out his task. After prying into Culver’s private life through the phone for a brief moment, he focused on his job. He made some calls to his connections and arranged for the inmates in prison to bully Nelson.

Naomi had a few peaceful days. She received a call from her parents, who were currently on Cloud Island, telling her that they were enjoying their time there.

Naomi happened to have a lot of work that needed to be done in Greene City, therefore she prepared to return to Greene City with Culver.

She had finished packing her luggage early in the morning. When they were about to get into the car, she received another phone call.

It was from Rosaville Prison.

“Hello, is this Miss George? Are you free now? Nelson got injured. Could you pay him a visit?”

She was nonplussed by the news, and she complied with the request unhesitatingly.

When Culver came out, he saw her standing at the roadside, hailing a taxi while appearing to be in a pensive mood. He stepped forward and grabbed her arm.

“Our car is over there. Where are you going?”

“My friend had an accident in prison. I’m going to pay him a visit.”

Culver pursed his lips. “Is it the one you visited last time?” he asked.

“Yes!” answered Naomi. As she saw a car coming over, she walked forwards without hesitation. The car was driving at a high speed, seemingly rushing towards her.

Fortunately, Culver pulled her back hurriedly.

“Are you crazy? That almost cost you your life!”

Naomi pushed him away as she insisted, “I’m sorry, Mr. Olsen. If you are busy, you can go back to Greene City first. I’ll return later.”

Culver argued with her by saying, “I won’t allow you to do that!”

“Have you forgotten that you owe me money? I won’t allow you to take a leave. You can’t go anywhere else, so just follow me and go back to Greene City now!”

He grabbed her, but she broke away instantly.

“It’s really urgent!”

“Naomi!” It was the first time for him to see her fretting over a man. He reckoned that she liked him, hence he couldn’t figure out why she was so bothered about another man.

With him in her heart, why would she still brood over the man who had hurt her?

It was intolerable for him.

“I’ll ask you one last time. Are you going with me or not?”

Naomi shook her head resolutely and said, “No!”

In the next second, Culver carried her in his arms and shoved her directly into the car. Then, he got into it as well.

“Let’s go!”

Upon hearing that, the driver started the car at once, but Naomi smashed the door at the same time.

She was smashing it desperately with her bare hands.

Her behaviour really irked Culver. Consequently, he turned his head away from her.

“Drive!”

The driver had no choice but to drive in fear. Noticing that her attempts to break through the door were fruitless, Naomi changed her strategy.

She tried to persuade him, “Culver, I’ll listen to all of your orders in the future. If you want me to cook, I’ll cook. If you want me to do the cleaning, I’ll do it too. All I ask of you is to just let me visit my friend!”

Her words enraged him even more.