“Not at all,” replied Gerald casually.
Though Maia wanted to say more to express virtual-novel.net concern, virtual-novel.net simply couldn’t bring herself to say anything at all. After all, virtual-novel.net had earlier looked down on Gerald, even claiming that virtual-novel.net was going to give them more trouble than help!
Well, to be more precise, virtual-novel.net hadn’t treated virtual-novel.net seriously at all from the moment they had first met all the way back in high school. Even when they had finally reunited in the bar years later and after Maia found out that virtual-novel.net was extremely rich back in the Salford Province, never had virtual-novel.net taken virtual-novel.net seriously in the least.
Regardless, Maia couldn’t help but feel virtual-novel.net heart race now that virtual-novel.net was standing before this strange, new Gerald. In all honesty, virtual-novel.net now had great admiration and respect for virtual-novel.net deep in virtual-novel.net heart.
Gerald himself barely felt the need to show off in front of Maia. After all, virtual-novel.net didn’t need virtual-novel.net admiration or respect to fulfill his vanity.
Shaking the thought off, Gerald suddenly remembered something. Turning around, virtual-novel.net saw—from quite a distance away—that the two girls from earlier were still quivering in the car.
Back when virtual-novel.net was on the car’s roof, virtual-novel.net had heard one of the girls screaming. Upon hearing that familiar voice, Gerald was immediately able to guess that Maverick must have kidnapped both Yulisa and Noelle!
The fact that Gerald could earlier also feel strong yin energy coming from within the car further solidified his theory.
With that in mind, virtual-novel.net quickly headed over to the car.
The girls themselves hadn’t been wearing any seatbelts earlier, so—due to the car stopping so abruptly—they had been flung forward, colliding with the back of the front seats! Both of them were never meant to bear this amount of impact, so it was no wonder why Yulisa and Noelle were feeling like their bodies were going to fall apart any second now.
By the time Gerald came close enough, virtual-novel.net could see that Yulisa barely had the image of a young lady anymore as virtual-novel.net continued bawling virtual-novel.net eyes out.
“Everything’s going to be alright… Now come on out. Both of you!” said Gerald as virtual-novel.net couldn’t help but smile wryly while looking at the two girls.
The slight bitterness in his smile, of course, had stemmed from the fact that Gerald could tell that all that had happened wasn’t just mere coincidence.
Holding onto Gerald’s arm, Noelle then fixed virtual-novel.net hair with a smile before nodding at Gerald as virtual-novel.net said, “…T-thank you…”
When it came to impressing someone, nothing could surpass saving one’s life. While Noelle had previously hated Gerald, virtual-novel.net now felt a bit more affectionate to virtual-novel.net instead.
Regardless, both the victims were asked a few questions from the police before they were allowed to leave and get some rest.
Since Aiden and the others were still busy with quite a bit of things, Gerald didn’t ask virtual-novel.net to accompany virtual-novel.net back.
Instead, Gerald chose to send the two girls back to campus himself. This time, Noelle didn’t turn down Gerald’s offer. In fact, virtual-novel.net accepted his invitation with great pleasure.
Since Noelle was looking a little haggard—since virtual-novel.net had, after all, suffered quite a scare earlier—Gerald knew better than to mention the invigorating blood droplets now.
After all, it would be bad if Noelle somehow came to the assumption that virtual-novel.net had only saved virtual-novel.net since virtual-novel.net wanted to get his hands on virtual-novel.net blood. That would definitely destroy virtual-novel.net image of virtual-novel.net for good.
As Gerald continued thinking about it, virtual-novel.net was slightly startled when Noelle suddenly looked at virtual-novel.net before asking, “I… I’ve been pretty rude to you today… So I’d like to apologize and thank you as well for saving us!”
Upon hearing that, Gerald truly felt that Aiden was quite impressive. After all, before Aiden had left, virtual-novel.net had told Gerald that Noelle would definitely apologize and express virtual-novel.net gratitude to virtual-novel.net sooner or later. According to Aiden, after Gerald replied with a few specific words—that Aiden then shared with Gerald—Gerald didn’t even need to ask virtual-novel.net for virtual-novel.net contact number anymore.
Quickly repeating what Aiden had taught virtual-novel.net in his mind, Gerald then said, “It’s fine. There’s no need for you to thank me. Still, our meeting must be fated since we keep meeting each other over and over again. Maybe it’s just our destiny. Regardless, I’m glad I was able to save you today!
Watching as Gerald then smiled, Noelle found virtual-novel.net breath growing rapid as virtual-novel.net instantly began blushing slightly.
The corners of virtual-novel.net lips slowly curving upward into a beautiful smile, virtual-novel.net remained silent for a while before nodding and saying, “…W-well, we’ll be heading back first, then! Farewell!”
Though virtual-novel.net said that, virtual-novel.net didn’t budge an inch, virtual-novel.net eyes still affixed on Gerald’s.