Chapter 578 COME HERE, COME HERE

Chapter 578 COME HERE, COME HERE　　"Who are you?" asked Apple in a low voice. Her grip on the rock in her hand tightened and she could even feel Oscar tensing up beside her. The horse was looking at this man with hostility while baring its teeth.

Oscar looked as if he was going to lunge at this man if he moved closer to them, but Oscar's attitude that Apple was aware of was always unfriendly. She was no exception either, even though they spent some time together. Therefore, Apple couldn't take any indication from him  in judging this foreign man. 

"I am the one Jayden Tordoff sent to save you," the man said. "Now you don't have to worry and we can get out of here right away."

The man didn't say anything about Oscar, while he clearly saw that the horse was in pain and couldn't move properly, due to the gunshot wound to its pelvis.

Therefore, Apple asked about the arrangement for the horse. "What about Oscar?"

Only, the answer from the man was completely unexpected.

"Who's Oscar?" He furrowed his brows and looked completely clueless as to which Oscar Apple was referring to and this made an alarm go off in Apple's head.

It could just be her being paranoid about their current situation. After all, not everyone knew the name of Jayden's favorite horse, even though he was one of Jayden's people. However, there was nothing wrong with being vigilant.

"This horse," Apple replied curtly. She didn't want to show excessive surprise or provoke the man into suspecting her because from what Apple saw, he was fully armed while she only had a rock in her hand, which couldn't be considered a weapon at all.

The man looked young, probably in his mid-twenties with his hair cut so short and a body that clearly told how much time he had spent exercising.

Maybe Apple could have knocked him out if she hadn't suffered a few fractures, but of course her current state was very unfavorable.

"That horse… someone will take care of it," said the man firmly. "Now stand up, we must go. Mr. Tordoff is waiting for you, he is very worried about you."

In that instant, Apple's expression turned extremely pitiful. "I want to get out of here right away," she said in a low voice, but then she pointed at her dirty feet. "But I have sprained my leg and I have broken several bones, making it difficult for me to move."

Apple then looked at the man with pleading eyes.

"Can you help me to get up and walk?" asked Apple, holding out her hand to the man, asking him to help her up.

"Sure," the man replied calmly, holstering the gun in his hand and walking over to Apple without a second thought.

Because in front of him now was only a wounded girl who couldn't move freely and had several bones broken. There was nothing to worry or be afraid of. He could handle this girl without any problems.

"Thank you," Apple said with a gentle smile. She looked harmless and hopeless, but when the man stretched out his hand, Apple shook her head. "I can't walk, can you carry me on your back?" she asked politely.

Hearing this, the man hesitated a bit, but after thinking for a while he decided it wasn't a problem, and so he knelt before Apple and turned around.

"Come on up." If worse came to worst, he just had to throw her off his back, so this wasn't his main concern.

On the other hand, when the man had turned his body, the helpless expression on Apple's face immediately changed. She turned cold as she crawled up onto the man's shoulders.

At close range like this, Apple could see what weapons the man had and of course they were too much for a rescue team.

"What's your name?" asked Apple.

"Ben," the man replied curtly as he stood with Apple on his back.

"Thank you, Ben, sorry for troubling you," said Apple again in a sweet voice. "But, if I may ask, how long have you been working for Jayden Tordoff? Because I've never seen you before."

They were walking further and further away from Oscar and the last time Apple saw the horse, the beast tilted its head haughtily, as if to say; what the actual fuck were you doing girl?

"I've started working just recently, about three months," Ben replied curtly. He quickened his footsteps and was literally half running now and this only added to Apple's suspicions.

There was no way Jayden sent only one person to look for her and the fact that he didn't even call anyone to inform them he had found Apple was one of the basic reasons for Apple's suspicion that he wasn't one of Jayden's people.

"Oh, no wonder I've never seen you before," Apple said lightly, as if she just wanted to have a casual conversation during this lonely trip. "What about Andreas? Is he okay?"

Ben was silent for a moment before he replied, "Yes, he's fine."

"He must have missed me. Because the last time I saw him, we had a nice chat and got along pretty well," said Apple again and as she had expected, the answer she got from Ben was very brief and just parroted what she was saying.

"Yes, he misses you."

"Is that true?"

"Yes."

"Do you know who Andreas is?" asked Apple again in an unchanging tone of voice, but she could feel the tension in Ben's body, so, to lighten the mood, she chuckled and explained. "He's the head of security for Jayden, every bodyguard the Tordoff family has is trained at the same place and Andreas is the head trainer."

"Yeah, I know," Ben replied unconvincingly and now he was accelerating his footsteps.

Right at that moment, Apple could see the flicker of a flashlight in the distance moving closer toward them followed by the sounds of many footsteps. Faintly, Apple could hear Ben cursing in a very low voice as he continued moving away from the crowd of people coming toward them.

"Why did you just leave?" asked Apple. "Aren't they your friends? I'm sure it's Jayden's people looking for me. Shouldn't we go there?"

"Shut up," Ben said quietly and firmly, his tone threatening as he moved even faster, away from the crowd.

"Ben, you know..." Apple said lightly. "The head trainer's name is not Andreas, but Adrian and I don't have a good relationship with him."

"The fuck with that," Ben growled harshly. His focus now was on taking Apple away from the people who were looking for her, but his footsteps stopped suddenly because he felt something against his neck, sharp and cold.

"You really are an amateur," Apple hissed sarcastically at the man, in her hand was a knife that would slash Ben's neck if he made a sudden move or provoked the girl he was holding. "How did your cover come out so quickly?"

Apple clicked her tongue while Ben had stopped running.

"Where did you get this knife from?" asked Ben, because he was sure that Apple had no weapons at all when he found her.

"Well, I hope you don't mind if I borrow your gun," Apple said lightly, shrugging her shoulders.

She had deftly disarmed Ben's possessions without his knowledge because he was overly confident that Apple was harmless and lowered his guard on the injured girl.

And the next thing that happened was; Apple shot Ben's gun in the air, alerting those who came looking for her current position.

"Thanks for carrying me, but I think you should take responsibility for your actions and have a little chat with Jayden now."

In the distance, Apple could hear the sound of approaching footsteps and the beams of the flashlights that pierced the darkness grew crazier, illuminating every dark corner of the forest.

"If you dare to suddenly drop me or run away, don't blame me if I accidentally cut your throat," Apple threatened him, as if she could read what was going through the man's mind. Because the choices he had right now were either to run away with Apple or throw her down.

It was just that both options would end up with Apple accidentally killing him instead.

Therefore, left with no other choice, Ben chose to remain silent until Jayden's people surrounded them and the glare of their flashlights focused on the two of them.

And the first person Apple saw was Jayden, he was standing in front of dozens of men pointing guns at Ben.

"Jayden, I caught him!" Apple exclaimed cheerfully. "Could you come over here and carry me? I sprained my leg and broke a few bones I think."

On the other hand, Jayden looked like he was about to kill someone. He actually found a man holding Apple and trying to take her away.

Jayden imagined how frightened and helpless his woman was, but once he got closer and could clearly see that Apple was the one in charge in this situation and even had a knife pointed at the stranger's neck, Jayden didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Come and hold me, I want to get away from this man," Apple said again because Jayden didn't move from his place at all. "Don't worry, I've disarmed him, he's not dangerous," Apple said proudly. She even said that she was just injured very lightly, as if it wasn't a problem.

And again, given their current situation, with dozens of guns pointed at the foreign man, there was certainly nothing for Jayden to worry about, right?

"Come here, come here," whined Apple.

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