Love Mission: Ex-wife Strikes Back - Chapter 616 Consensual
“I was just guessing,” Jean said, embarrassed as she looked at Terence.
“Is that so?” Terence threw her a skeptical look. “I thought you knew something.”
“What are you saying? Why would I know something about this?” She looked everywhere but his eyes.
“Will you two please stop arguing?” Barton butted in as a frown overwhelmed his face. “Whatever it is that you want to talk about, let’s settle that after finding Zoe.”
Upon his words, the two were courteous enough to comply. What Terence said made Barton realize that Jean’s behavior was a bit unusual today.
They were engaged with their thoughts as they rushed to Room 1621.
Peter was taking a shower. All the while, Zoe’s weak body refused to just lie there uselessly. She wanted to call the police, but her phone was nowhere in sight. To make the matter worse, Peter’s phone was locked with a password.
He came out
s her and engulfed her in his arms. “Are you okay?”
Zoe couldn’t say anything at all. All that slipped out from her mouth was her restrained sobs.
“Mr. Xiao…” An extreme fear gnawed Peter’s heart when he realized that it was Barton who broke into the room. If he had known that he would interrupt them, he would have taken Zoe’s body earlier.
He stared at Jean with disbelief in his eyes. It was all her fault. He then turned to Barton and asked, “What are you doing here?”
“I warned you to stay away from Zoe. It seems like you didn’t heed my advice,” Barton said coldly.
“I…” Peter couldn’t find the words to say as a shiver ran down his spine. He gave him a faltering smile as he tried to calm himself. “Mr. Xiao, you got it wrong.
What we’re doing is consensual. We are both single. It’s okay for us to get a hotel room. How did you get in here in the first place?”