Chapter 199: Don't fall for his tricks

Chapter 199: Don't fall for his tricks

Chapter 199: Don’t fall for his tricks

After Ryan gave his response, the atmosphere in the room turned a bit awkward.

The two of them locked eyes for a long while, but in the end, neither of them spoke first. Silence seemed like the best choice at that moment.

Alice lay on the bed, staring blankly at the mirror on the ceiling, seemingly pondering what its purpose really was.

Ryan, on the other hand, didn’t dare sit on the bed again, fearing it might trigger Alice’s recent state.

He had other things to do, so he got up and went over to the window to check out the situation outside.

Once Alice had calmed down a bit, Ryan found a moment to call Hannah, asking her to bring more people over.

As for searching for the assassin, Hannah would handle it without needing to be told,her team had already started a thorough search of potential sniper spots around the hotel.

The crucial mission that had been hinted at earlier didn’t need much discussion,Ryan couldn’t just watch Alice die, so he gritted his teeth and took on the mission.

He thought, “Might as well let the mission fail and die with Alice if it comes to that. After all, I’ve already died once before.”

But as they say, every cloud has a silver lining, and the reward for this crucial mission was indeed tempting.

True to its name, the crucial mission had yielded a powerful new item, the Wish Point.

[Wish Point+1 (Can fulfill a wish, difficulty affects success rate)]

This was different from the Skill Points he had received before,there was no draw involved, but it could directly fulfill one of Ryan’s wishes.

For Ryan, any item that didn’t involve drawing was a good item.

Moreover, the power of the Wish Point was quite significant.

If Ryan wished for world peace, he guessed the Wish Point wouldn’t be effective, as chaos and violence are in human nature, and achieving world peace was too difficult.

But if he just wished for Alice to kill him, that seemed like a minor issue and should be easy to accomplish.

Ryan was already frustrated because, as Alice’s favorability increased, getting her to kill him became more difficult.

He was starting to worry that if even betrayal wouldn’t harden Alice’s heart enough to kill him, what then?

He had initially thought Alice was a gang member who had done many bad deeds, which was why he had planned the betrayal, but now that seemed inappropriate.

Alice trusted him so much,betraying her would definitely be something she couldn’t accept.

Now it was really tricky,he was definitely going to die, but how could he get Alice to kill him?

This crucial mission had given Ryan a new hope and a reason to keep moving forward.

With the Wish Point, he planned to make two wishes. One, to have Miss Alice kill him, and two, to have Alice completely forget about him.

Time for a change of plans!

However, it seemed the longer he spent with Alice, the more he conceded.

“Miss Alice, are you tired?” he asked casually, though he was quite sure of the answer.

Alice’s Mood Level had normalized, but her Fatigue Level was still high and hadn’t decreased.

Ryan had been silent up until now, seemingly indifferent when Alice spoke to him. His sudden initiation of conversation now brought a smile to her face.

Her beautiful eyebrows relaxed, and her lips unconsciously curved into a lovely smile.

“Yeah, I am... a bit tired,” she admitted, then consciously lay down on the bed, burying her face in her arms to hide her expression from Ryan.

She was sure that her earlier behavior had scared Ryan, but he still initiated conversation with her.

Her self-control was usually strong, never breaking even in life-threatening situations, but around Ryan, her formidable self-discipline seemed as fragile as tissue paper.

Just the thought of Ryan leaving her felt like being smothered with a wet towel, her heart aching unbearably.

Could it be that she really had feelings for Ryan? Why else would she care so much?

Had Hannah’s earlier words been prophetic? Was she really that captivated by Ryan?

Alice felt her mind was a mess, too dizzy to think straight.

“Alright then, Miss Alice, try to relax a bit,” Ryan said, moving closer to the bed. His feelings were complex as he looked at her.

Initially, he could detach himself, every action driven by the mission.

But now, his thoughts were genuine. Did that mean this was what he truly wanted to do?

However, Ryan wasn’t ready to confront these unusual feelings, attributing them to the high Fatigue Level.

Yes, everything was to reduce the Fatigue Level. A better state for Alice meant advantages for him too.

That was the plan.

Alice and Ryan rested in the hotel suite, while Hannah had just left the hospital.

Her arm was okay, tough enough to withstand the beating, only dislocated, and mostly fixed after some manipulation by the doctor.

The pain of the procedure was better left unsaid,she’d rather amputate than go through it again.

After receiving Ryan’s call at the hospital, and hearing about the incident, she was shocked that Travis, whom she had trusted, had turned against them, putting Miss Alice in such danger. If not for Ryan’s timely intervention, it could have been disastrous.

After sending more bodyguards, she hurried to the hotel.

She found herself increasingly unable to read Ryan, her suspicions about his intentions deepening.

How could someone like him be simply kidnapped by Miss Alice? If he wanted to leave, he could easily walk away from her at any time.

“Indeed, that bastard’s initial target must have been Miss Alice.”

“Miss Alice, you must stay alert, don’t fall for his tricks.”