He took Natalia's hand and said, "Lia, promise me something, okay?"
Natalia looked at him and asked, "What is it?"
Archie said, "Just let it go."
Natalia was astonished.
Archie said, "I'll help you find out the truth if you really wanna know."
Natalia couldn't help but frown.
She said, "I don't necessarily need to know. I just feel..."
She pursed her lips and Archie guided her, "Feel what?"
She said, "You know what? I often have the same dream over and over again in which I sink to the bottom of the sea and you are with me. Archie, I'm really scared. Maybe we met nine years ago. What do you think?"
Archie looked at her in shock.
After a long time, he forced a smile, "Lia, what makes you think that?"
Natalia shook her head.
"I don't know. Just a hunch."
Archie stroked her hair affectionately.
He said softly, "Don't think too much. If you really want to know what happened nine years ago, I'll send someone to look it up for you. Don't put yourself in danger again. I'll be worried and upset, you know?"
Natalia looked deep into his eyes and felt grateful.
After a moment, she nodded.
Archie was relieved.
At the same time.
In the small building.
When the car left, Felix was standing on the second-floor balcony.
He watched as Natalia got into the car. It slowly drove out of the courtyard, and it disappeared from his sight.
He looked in that direction for a long time.
The strange man, Elvis, came up behind him.
Looking into the distance, he grunted unhappily, "Why did you let them go? Who are those people? We paid real money for the two women!"
Felix didn't look back at him but stood still.
He said in a low voice, "You'll get one hundred grand this afternoon. They bought them."
"What?"
Elvis was shocked.
One hundred grand!
That was a lot of money!
They bought two women for sixty grand, but he would be given one hundred grand. He earned 40 grand!
He was reluctant to let Natalia go. After all, she was so beautiful.
But that was a great deal of money!
He was shaken.
Besides, as long as he had money, he could always buy another woman as attractive as Natalia to be his wife.
So he had nothing to lose.
He cheered up all of a sudden thinking like this.
Felix ignored him.
He turned around and walked downstairs with a grim face.
Elvis asked curiously, "Where are you going?"
Felix said, "Bed."
"What?"
"So are we going to see those people tomorrow?"
"No."
"Where are you going tomorrow?"
Elvis chased down the stairs.
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