"Alright, guys, let's get her." One of the ruffians stated before he rushed towards Celine.
But Celine was not easy. As the first ruffian lunged at her, she dodged to the side and delivered a swift kick to his knee. He crumpled to the ground, and Celine turned to face the next attacker.
The fight was long and brutal. Celine took on each ruffian one by one, dodging punches and kicks, and delivering powerful blows of her own. She was a skilled fighter, and her strength and agility were unmatched.
The ruffians were no match for Celine, but they were also tenacious. They kept coming at her, trying to wear her down. But Celine refused to give up. She fought with everything she had, and slowly but surely, she began to wear them down.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the last ruffian fell to the ground, defeated. Celine stood over him, breathing a little heavily. This time, due to her anger, she had been making several mistakes during the fight.
Sometimes she failed to exploit the chances that presented themselves to her in order to finish off the ruffians. And as a result, she had taken a lot of time as a lot of effort in order to take care of them.
"It seems that we have a lot of work to do." Jack stated as he walked behind Celine before he gave her a hug from behind.
Celine was started by Jack's sudden appearance. She had not managed to notice him the moment that he came towards her before hugging her.
Had it not been for the familiar feeling and scent that came from Jack that she had already gotten used to due to the long time that they had spent together, Celine would have attacked him immediately.
She took a deep breath when she realized that she had done something that was against what Jack had taught her. It meant that, she wasn't a good student.
"I'm sorry Jack." Celine stated from his embrace.
"Mmh? What for?" Jack questioned in confusion as he placed his chin on her shoulder.
"I didn't do well this time. I'm sure that if you had been an enemy, you would have already dealt a big blow to me the moment that I lost focus after dealing with the other ten guys." Celine replied in a low voice.
She couldn't even believe herself. She had just sworn to herself that she would make sure to work hard so that she could make sure that she improved and wasn't Jack's burden.
But now, had it been that there was another person that had come to attack her from behind, Jack would have been forced to come out and help her. This was something that she didn't want.
She bit her lips in frustration. She really didn't know why she had lost her cool the moment that she saw the ruffians trying to r*pe a lady. It seemed that she was still tormented by the trauma of that night and she didn't even realize it.
Just as she was still thinking, she felt something warm touching her cheeks. Her eyes widened a little when she saw that Jack had kissed her on the cheek.
This was actually the first time that Jack had been more intimate with her. Other than hugs, they had done nothing else. So, it came as a surprise to her that Jack had decided to advance a little further than that.
But all the same, she loved the feeling. She didn't hate the way that things were. If possible, she would have wanted him to kiss her more.
But, she was shy as the reddening of her face to the tip of her ears was a sign of it. It was just that since it was nighttime and they were in an alleyway that wasn't well lot, Jack couldn't see that.
"Don't worry about some things. I'm here with you, okay? I'm going to help you deal with the problems that you are having till you can finally stand on your own." Jack's voice reached her ears.
"Mmh." Celine nodded as she responded while leaning back on Jack's chest. She made sure to make herself more comfortable in his embrace as she tried recovering from the fatigue that she was experiencing after the long fight.
After a while, Jack spoke. "I guess that it's time for us to get back and take a good rest, don't you think so?"
Before Celine could say anything, he had already carried her princess style before he began walking out of the alley.
Just as he passed by one of the ruffians that had been beaten by Celine, he tried getting up. But no sooner had he raised his head than it was kicked by Jack.
He had to vent a little as this guy had spoken sh*t about his girl. But other than that, he did nothing else to the unconscious guy.
The moment that they exited the alley, Jack got into the Bugatti Veyron that was parked not so far away from there.
Of course, the way that Celine was snuggling on his chest as he carried her attracted the attention of several pedestrians. But of course, Jack simply ignored them.
After he put on the seatbelt, Jack drove away. "Should I take you back home or should I take you home?" Jack asked.
"Huh? Celine was confused by Jack's question.
"I'm asking, should I take you to your maternal home or your future matrimonial home?" Jack rephrased his question.
Celine blushed at that. From Jack's words, it was clear what his intentions were. He was planning to have her as his wife. And of course, she was happy about that.
When it came to the relationship between the two of them, this was something that she was always more open to. She was willing to discuss it as long as it involved the future of their relationship.
"I think I'll go to my future matrimonial home so that I can see how it looks like. Perhaps there is a chance that I can see the changes that will have to be made in the near future before I become a part of it." Celine replied with a smile on her face, thought, there was a faint red tint on her cheeks.
Jack smile widened when she decided to go to his villa for the night. Although he had yet to build a mansion, villa or whatever house that he wanted to have as his permanent home, the villa could currently be considered as his home.
So, he stepped on the accelerator and sped on the road. He overtook several cars while others opened the way for him as they were afraid that their car would scratch his Lamborghini.
It was also at moments like these ones that Jack loved driving a car that was high profile. At least, it was efficient on the road.
About forty minutes later, he arrived in front of his villa. Since the two of them had already eaten dinner, they didn't waste that much time. They took a shower before getting snacks.
What followed that was a good period of watching several movies that suited their liking. They hugged each other, laughed and commented on the movies that they were watching as time went on.
To say the least, they enjoyed their time together during that night. And when the final movie ended at almost 1 a.m., the two of them decided that it was finally time to sleep. All the following day was going to be on a Sunday, that didn't mean that they were going to be free.
The month of August is already approaching the end. It was already 29th of August. Just 2 days now and another month would begin. And just looking forward to the beginning of a new one because that was going to be the time that he was going to receive several rewards from the system apart from the income that he was supposed to receive.
Although he wasn't going to get the first month reward like the one that he had gotten during the beginning of this month, he was still looking forward to the first income rewards of several companies that he had acquired so far.
As for the other system reward, that would have to wait until the year ended. And at the time that the year would end and another would begin, he was sure that he was going to get another reward, better than the Glaze Hotel that he had received.
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Inside a Manor several kilometers from serenity residential area, a man with a dark expression was looking at the doctor in front of him waiting for his report.
"Mr. Nathan, the young master will be waking up very soon. He should be up in around 30 minutes from now." The doctor stated. He was their private doctor that was hired by the Jesda family.
He was the one who had been taking care of Arthur ever since he was brought back completely injured. He had not woken up even once, but now that there was a chance for him to wake up, Nathan wasn't going to let this just go.
"Are you sure that there are no complications at all?" Nathan questioned.
"There are no other complications other than the ones that we found previously. So unless there are some that we have not yet found, we will have to wait until he wakes up." The doctor replied calmly.
"Okay then." Nathan nodded his head before he entered the room where Arthur was.
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