Matt heaved out a sigh of relief, “As long as you are fine, I’ll be glad.”
Winona rolled her eyes at him, “I’m not fine. If you keep screwing me like that, you’ll kill me sooner or later.”
Matt held her hands gently, “Well, how about we reduce the number of times we have sex to once a day?”
“No! Once every three days!”
“Then either you kill me, or you make it useless.”
Hearing his words, Winona clenched her fist and smashed between his legs as he stepped back quickly. “Are you really going to make it useless? I’ve already made a concession!”
Winona insisted, “Once every three days!”
“Three days for every time?”
“No way!”
A hint of craftiness flashed in his eyes as he said, “Okay, fine, once every three days.”
He had expected to stay at home with her for a while, but Herman Lynch called not long after. “General, our men just detected that the men of Cosmos had entered Coscana.”
“I thought I've eliminated this evil organization?”
“I’m probing into the thing.”
“Okay, we’ll discuss it when I get back.”
He looked back at Winona and ordered, “Bring in an extra special force of 100 men to the manor at once.”
As he looked serious, Winona asked, “What's wrong?”
“Nothing. Get some rest at home until I get back.”
He kissed her lightly on the forehead and left her. Before leaving, he warned Karen and Amber, “You two must protect Mrs. Snider closely to ensure her safety. If anything goes wrong, you'll be held responsible!”
“Yes, sir!”
Soon after Matt left, the doorbell of the manor rang. At the sight of Lilian Tucker, Karen looked a bit troubled.
Lilian smiled gently, “You alienated me as soon as Matt got married, did you? Is it because Winona is so delicate that we are not allowed to see her?”
“No, Miss Tucker. The general told us to keep alert as it's not safe outside.”
“Well, including me? Don’t worry. I’m here to look into my patient's family, as a psychologist.”
Lilian wave the materials in hand toward Karen.
At the sight of that, Karen opened the door.
At the moment, Winona, with her hair unbound, was lying on the couch and watching TV in her loose home clothes. With a fruit bowl in her arms, she was eating with her mouth full at ease. Seeing her for the first time, Lilian sneered to herself, so much for Winona! And she became increasingly convinced that, this bitch must have lured Matt into bed with tricks, or how could she become Mrs. Snider?
As Winona saw a visitor, she put her fruit bowl on the white jade tea table.
After eying this elegant and classy woman up and down, her eyes flashed with amazement, “Was it you?”
Lilian became very happy, as Matt seemed to have mentioned her to Winona.
Incensed, Lilian swallowed her anger and pursed her lips, “The president will hold a celebration banquet for Matt tonight. Don’t be late, Winona.”
Winona frowned slightly.
Lilian instantly realized that she didn’t know the thing, or she would have already been in a beauty salon to dress herself up. At the thought of this, Lilian felt better, as it seemed that Matt still had her in mind. How could he go out with this woman to embarrass him?
She pretended to be surprised, “Don’t you know that, Winona?”
Winona smiled slightly, “No, he didn’t tell me, but I guess that's because he wants to give me a surprise.”
Lilian couldn’t help but despise her. What a vain and phony woman! She was really skilled in finding excuse for herself.
Walking out of the manor, she was in a great mood. At the thought of showing up at the banquet with Matt this evening and becoming the center of the attention, she just felt like walking on the air. To her knowledge, not many people in Bolwich knew that Matt was married, and in the past, they were called as a match made in heaven every time when they showed up together at the banquet.
She called her assistant, “Debbi, could you help me check that what kind of suit Matt ordered for tonight's banquet? Remember to order me a dress, preferably with the same style to match his suit.”
As soon as she hung up the phone, there was an iciness on her waist, “Don’t move. Come along quietly!”
A shiver ran down Lilian's spine. Was she being kidnapped?
Someone forced her to get into a car, bound her hands and feet and covered her eyes. As the car drove on the road, her heart kept pounding. Why did they kidnap her? If they wanted to rob or rape her, it was not that bad if she closed her eyes and held it in. But if they were her father’s political opponents…
Creak! The car stopped, and she was dragged to a deserted factory building, filled with men in black mask. The leading one was a man in a monster mask.
He came up and kicked Lilian, then he said to the men behind him, “This woman is yours, be sure to enjoy yourselves, so I can give the video to General Snider as a gift.”
Crack! When Lilian’s clothes got teared apart, countless hands were touching her body. She cried out for fear, “I’m not Matt's woman, but I can help you catch her.”
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