Unable to bear the pummeling any longer, the man suspected that Laura would beat him to death if he didn't say something to show who he was.
He yelled, "S-Stop! Honey, it's me!"
Laura was fuming. Yet, she froze when she heard the familiar voice.
After she came to her senses, the light in the room was soon switched on.
With a click, the room was brightly lit, and the mysterious man who assaulted her was exposed.
Laura widened her eyes in disbelief.
"Max? It's you?"
Max gazed at her with an innocent look on his face while rubbing his arm.
"Of course it's me. Who else could it be?"
Laura paused. Thinking of what just happened, she suddenly found it both irritating and amusing.
Feeling rather speechless, she threw him a hard look and scolded, "Why did you do that? I was so scared! Even if I was not that scared, I might fight back ruthlessly and hurt you!"
While speaking, she walked up to Max and gently caressed his arm.
Seeing her feeling sorry for him, Max instantly became jubilant.
Beaming, he said, "I came here to give you a pleasant surprise."
Laura glowered at him again.
"A pleasant surprise?
It's more like a terrible shock!
No wonder the bodyguards wouldn't come in to check on me even though there was such a racket.
Turned out they already knew the man in my room was Max!
I thought they didn't know. How naive I was!" she thought in annoyance.
Well, if the bodyguards failed to notice there was an intruder in Laura's room, it would prove that they were subpar for the job.
Max held Laura's hand as she was rubbing his arm. Smiling, he said, "it's my bad. Sorry. I just wanted to tease you a bit when you came back. Now, it has been proved that I was being childish. If I didn't turn on the light in time, I might really die today."
Laura snorted coldly as she saw his mischievous grin,
"You brought this on yourself. You'd deserve it!"
Max froze, not daring to refute.
He hastened to add, "Yes. That was a shock. But I have another surprise for you."
Startled, Laura asked subconsciously, "What surprise?"
Max grinned and said, "How could it be a surprise if you knew what it is. Close your eyes."
Laura was clueless about what Max was playing at. Resigned, she meekly closed her eyes.
But at the same time, she warned him, "I'm telling you, this time it's gotta be a real surprise, or you will pay for what you've done."
Max's cheerful voice rang in her ear, "Certainly."
He then held her hand and said, "Come with me."
With her eyes closed, Laura could only let Max lead her to head forward.
She had no idea what surprise he had prepared for her. She gave him complete trust and let him steer her anywhere.
But just after they took a few paces, Max stopped her.
She then heard the sound of the drapes being drawn.
She asked, "Can I look now?"
Max said, "Not yet. Just a moment."
Then, he let go of her hand.
Laura didn't know what he went away for. She felt that she stood there with her eyes shut for about a minute or two before Max came back.
He held her hand again and said, "Come on, take another step forward."
Laura did what he said.
Then, she felt a cool breeze.
"Why did you bring me to the balcony?"
Max didn't answer. Instead, he walked to stand behind her and covered her eyes with his hands.
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