Forgotten Romance: Take Me Back To You - Chapter 167

The faces of the ȧduŀt guests were all crumpled and Jade doesn’t know why.

She thought she’s doing it wrong. Maybe what she’s doing displeases the guests. However, they were also singing and dancing along with the kids until they simultaneously froze from where they were standing.

Then after a few seconds, she saw Marcus running towards her. His face is covered with fear and worry.

Where is that coming from?

Why is he running towards her?

What’s with the urgency?

The fear?

And the….

He managed to reached the confused woman and hugged her tight.

Ahhhh! He yelped in pain and Jade could hear the pain on his voice. His body twitched as if he was hit by something.

“M-marcus? W-what are you—-”

“I… I’m sorry, honey… I… I love y—”

His big body that fell on the ground created a loud thud.

Jade froze on her spot. What had just happened? She couldn’t move an inch.

No…. no… it can’t be. How can he be shot? No one in this town knew how to hold a gun! As soon as reality dawned at her, Jade knelt on his knees and brought the lifeless man to her ċhėst.

“No… M-marcus… Honey… wake up… please…” Tears started to overshadow her sight. “Honey! Please don’t die on me.

“Someone bring me my medical kits, faster!” Dr. Kerie shouted as soon as he recovered from his shock.

The other staffs along with mother Tess brought the crying kids back to their rooms. The sight of a blood everywhere overwhelmed them. The other doctors tended Dr. Kerie in giving Marcus first aid.

“This is not good. We need to bring him to the city right now. He lost a lot of blood and he needs to be operated as soon as possible!” Dr. Kerie  voiced with urgency.

“D-dr… I-is he going to die?” Jade’s voice was breaking as she speaks.

“Of course, he will if we won’t operate on him, now!” The old man instructed his co-doctors.

“The plane that was supposed to fetch us would be here in two hours, dr.” One of his colleagues informed.

“No, that won’t do. He’ll die before he even reaches the hospital.”

“Please bring him down with you, I’ll try to catch up with the delivery truck. I’m sure they haven’t gone far yet.” Jade stood up and run towards the stable where two horses were neighing.

“Philip, I need you right now!” She immediately rode on his back and motioned the horse to run as fast as he could.

Dr. Kerie and his colleagues followed while carrying Marcus on a stretcher.

Jessa was there and saw everything with her own eyes. She clearly heard and saw everything. She saw how worried Jade was for Marcus. The way how she looks at him— that’s pure love!

Could it be that—– Jessa glanced at the baby boy in mother Tess’ arms. Could it be that Elijah’s father is that man? She thought.

Mother Tess saw how engulf Jessa was to the little boy in her arms. That look in her eyes tells her that she’s in deep thought at the moment. She probably heard Jade’s cry earlier. And yes, everybody heard when she called him ‘honey’.

“Should I give light to your muddled mind, darling?” Mother Tess handed Baby Elijah to the young lady.

“A-ah?” Jessa looked at her as soon as she had the little boy in her arms. “What do you mean?”

“I know what you’re thinking. It’s about Jade, isn’t it?” She smiled before packing the little child’s things.

“What are you doing? Why are you packing Eli’s stuffs? Are you going somewhere?” Jessa didn’t know why the old woman took a big bag and took some of Elijah’s stuffs and placed it inside.

“I’m just preparing for their departure.”

“Departure? Who’s going where?”

“You saw the scene earlier, right?” The woman glanced at the super confused lady. Jessa nodded in response. “That man is our Jade’s husband, Elijah’s father.”

Jessa couldn’t help but dropped her jaw in surprise. Marcus? Marcus Hanes? The famous and lone heir of the Enchanteur Chemicals in Z city? Lucky for Jade, but how did he end up to the poorest region when her husband is a billionaire?!

Without a doubt, that probably is the reason why Jade kept her past a secret from them.

“I know for sure the two will go back to where they really belong.” The old woman heaved a heavy sigh. Sadness filled her eyes.

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“Damn it, damn it, damn it!” The big guy made sure not to leave any trace of him on top of the hills before rushing back to Benjamin city.

He’s doomed now.

No one messes with a high-ranking bounty hunter like him! How dare them order him to kill an untouchable person!

Once the word spreads that he harmed that man, it will surely be the end of his career. Not just his career but his life as well, that’s why he needs to clean up his mess and go back to his den as soon as possible.

He reached the small room apartment that he rented just for the day. It was closed to that mountainside therefore he chose to stay at that apartment room rather than go back to Lafayette hotel.

“I’ll gonna find you and kill you myself, you bastard!” He continued cursing while packing his things. He was too engrossed with his anger that he didn’t notice his phone rang for how many times now.

When it’s time for him to leave, he took his phone and was about to call his buddy when he saw the twelve missed calls.

He raised his brow in question. It’s from an unknown caller. Will he call the number back or what? He was thinking what to do when his phone rang one more time.

It’s from the same caller.

“Who is it?” He coldly answered.

“Who I am is not important. I need a report from your mission. Did you successfully eliminate the woman?” An identified voice spoke from the other line. He couldn’t tell if the caller is a man or woman since the caller is using a voice-changer device to hide its identity.

“Hey, did you hear me?” The caller’s voice hints annoyance. “Did you finish your job probably?”

“You… who the hell are you?” Now he’s angry.

“I told you, who I am is not importa—-”

“It is important to me, you bastard!” The bounty hunter cut off the caller. “I will find you so you better hide carefully. Cause once I find you; I’ll make sure to kill you with my own hands!” He growled.

The caller on the other line obviously froze from where he or she is. A treat from a bounty hunter is not a joke!

“You don’t even know who you are messing with, pal.. I am warning you, if words come out about today’s mission, I will surely hunt you for the rest of my life!” He threatened.