âWho exactly are you?â Arielle asked.
The man was in such a stupor that none of his words made sense. In the end, he started stripping off his
clothes instead,
Arielleâs eyes widened in shock as she sturmbled backward and instinctively shielded her chest. âWhy
are you taking off your clothes? Dont you dare do anything funny! lil fight backiâ
Realizing that he might have frightened Arielle, the man immediately stopped in his tracks.
After a brief hesitation, he pulled up his sleeve to reveal a bandage over his shoulder and proceeded to
pull it off.
One look at the wound and Arielle instantly recognized it as a knife wound.
The wound was deep as if the knife had cut to the bone.
Because of the stitches, the wound looked like a big, red, and angry centipede.
Due to the force of ripping the bandage off, the wound had reopened, and Arielle gasped as blood
started seeping out of it.
It was at that moment that Arielle suddenly recalled an incident
Back when she was living overseas, there was one night when she walked past a street after dinner.
To her horror, a group of men with machetes was beating up another man,
Incidents like those werenât an uncommon sight, and Arielleâs initial thought was to walk away. However,
when she saw the attackers start to slash the man with their machetes, she hurriedly ran over and fought
them off.
No matter how good she was at fighting, she was still one lone woman up against a group of men. In the
end, she escaped with the injured man in tow. They ran for almost ten blocks before they managed to
shake his attackers off.
Once the coast was clear, she gave the man some money and even got a car to send him to the
hospital.
The manâs knife wound, if she recalled correctly. was right on his shoulder blade, just like the man in front
of her now.
In that instant, everything came flooding back as she finally recognized the man.
âItâs you?â Arielle asked in disbelief.
The man let out a deep sigh of relief despite his wound still bleeding. âTive looked for you everywhere
overseas, but when one of my friends got missing. I had no choice but to come back here. Even then, I
kept sending people to look for you, and just when I thought I had finally found you, I lost the lead
againâ¦â
Arielle suddenly recalled the phone call she had with Ashley. âWhatâs your name?â
âHarvey! Iâmi Harvey Jupiteriâ
Everything became clear in that instant, and Anelleâs earlier concerns were gone.
She gazed deep into Harveyâs eyes and smiled. Who knew Iâd accidentally save the CEO of Jayhawk
Group. How are you doing now?â
Harvey nodded excitedly. Tâm good. Everythingâs
good.â
âTm glad to hear that.â Arielle pointed at this shoulder and added, âYour woundâs bleeding again. You
might want to get it checked out at the hospital. I should be going home now too.â
âNo problemlâ Harvey replied confidently. âDonât worry about a small wound like this. What about you?
Where are you living now? C-Can I get your contact number? I want to repay you.â
Arielle groaned silently, feeling somewhat helpless. Why does everyone like to repay others?
She smiled faintly and shook her head. âIâm doing very well, thank you. And you donât have to repay me,
Iâm just happy that youâre well and good. Right then, I should leave now. Bye!â
With a wave of her hand, Arielle turned and walked away
A few feet in, Arielle realized Harvey was still following behind
She turned around and looked at him quizzically âIs there anything else?â
âNo⦠Thereâs nothing else,â Harvey mumbled while scratching his head. âItâs late, and Iâm worried to let
you walk these streets alone. Can I walk you home? Donât worry, I promise not to bother you.â