“I didn’t!” Yulissa’s ability to lie through her teeth was masterful. “I simply picked up a phone. When I saw it kept ringing, I got curious and returned the call.”
“Hah.” Winnie was amused. “Are you going to tell me you don’t recognize the words ‘Josiah Houghton’ saved as the caller ID?”
“I do.” Yulissa seemed to be in a good mood. “But how would I know you’d be the one to pick up the phone? What, are you angry? Panicking, even?”
“Cease your nonsense!” Glancing at Nate, Winnie spoke. “You took my lover’s phone. How can I not be panicking when I’m suspecting there’s a chance you may have hurt him?”
“Ah, I see.” A smile formed on Yulissa’s face. “Who’s your lover, then? Is it Xavier? Or Christopher? They seem to be together right now. Who would you choose if I asked you to pick one of them?”
A brief silence ensued before Winnie glanced at Nate and asked with amusement, “Why should I have to choose?”
Her answer shocked Yulissa somewhat. “Oh? Are you telling me you want both? You can’t have your cake and eat it too, you know. There’s no such good thing in this world.”
“Yulissa White.” Winnie’s voice turned cold. “Don’t judge me using your standards. I don’t want to waste my time talking nonsense to you anymore. Nate is currently in my possession. My gun is pointing straight at his head right now. If you don’t want anything to happen to him, I suggest you behave yourself. Don’t get any ideas about Xavier, and don’t give me a perverted multiple-choice question again. Otherwise, the only thing you’ll get is his corpse after I blow his brains out.”
If Winnie weren’t talking to Yulissa at the moment, Nate, with his explosive personality, definitely wouldn’t have tolerated Winnie’s words.
However, at that moment, he was curious to witness Yulissa’s reaction. He wanted to know if the woman he loved deeply really cared about him or not.
Hence, he couldn’t help but speak up. He was so nervous that even his voice was trembling slightly. “I don’t want to die, Yulissa. Winnie’s not joking right now. Please stop fighting with her, okay? Just allow them to do what they want and let us return to our own everyday life, okay? If you continue to irritate her, she really will kill me.”
After Nate finished talking, Yulissa actually fell silent, and that scared him.
He felt as though his heart had plummeted to his feet.
Taking in how disappointed he looked, Winnie couldn’t help but be amused. This is what Yulissa is truly like. I wonder what Nate was expecting.
Additionally, she didn’t mind adding fuel to the fire. “What’s the matter, Yulissa? Are you afraid now? If you want him—”
Yulissa directly cut her off, having no patience to listen to Winnie’s remaining words. “Afraid? Hahaha! Did I hear that wrong, Winnie? You said I’m afraid? Which one of your eyes saw that I’m afraid? Let me tell you something. If you want to take Nate’s life, go ahead if you have the guts to pull the trigger. I won’t beg you for his life, and I most certainly won’t feel afraid because of this.”
It seemed as though Yulissa had been triggered by the usage of the word “afraid.” The instant she finished speaking, she hung up the phone.
When Winnie called her again, she found out the phone had been turned off.
With no other choice, she ordered Josiah to drive faster.
Then she turned to Nate, who was utterly dumbfounded, with nary an expression on his face.
At that moment, he felt as though his heart had been plunged into icy waters. He never thought Yulissa would abandon him so unhesitatingly. But I love her so much! I did so many things for her!
“Why?” Nate stared at Winnie, somewhat dazed. “Why? What did I do wrong? Why did she treat me like this? Why!”
She raised her eyebrow. “I’m in no position to answer your question. It’s better if you ask her yourself. Although, I can answer the questions you asked before the phone call.”
“Really?” His mind was still blank, like a white canvas. “What did I ask earlier? I’ve already forgotten about it.”
Winnie recalled the questions and replied, “You asked me what a woman would do if she loved a man and if she’ll use him. You also asked if the woman would be dismissive when talking with the man.”
“Oh. What’s your answer?”
“The answer is that she won’t. If someone’s in love, regardless of their gender, they definitely won’t use the other or treat the other perfunctorily. Clearly, you didn’t, considering you weren’t even willing to utter a single bad thing about her. However, she has been using you and treating you with disinterest all the while. She doesn’t care about you at all. I think it’s time for you to wake up from your one-sided love.”
Winnie had intentionally asked that question during the phone call earlier because she knew Yulissa didn’t give a d*mn about Nate’s survival.
She did that to crush his psychological defenses and turn him against Yulissa.
It was evident Yulissa’s answer deeply wounded Nate.
When he heard Winnie’s answer, his eyes turned red as he repeated the same sentence. “Why? Why is she treating me like this? I don’t understand.”
“I told you. You need to ask her that yourself.” She leaned toward him slowly and uttered one word at a time, “We can take you to her on the condition that you tell us everything you know, including any plans that she may have. Your appearance has already delayed us a lot. I’m not sure if they’ll still be there when we arrive at the meeting spot.”
With a sorrowful expression, Nate stared at Winnie.
He was feeling utterly awful at that moment, which brought on his desire to vent, to confide his feelings in someone. In fact, he even wanted to take revenge on the cold-hearted woman he once loved.
After staying silent for a while, he spilled the beans. “I don’t know what she’s planning, but when I came to obstruct your journey, she was already on her way to your rendevous point with Xavier. Perhaps she even arrived before Xavier and the others. While I don’t know what she’ll do next, I do know she has made preparations beforehand. At first, I didn’t know why she asked me to stop you. However, later on, I heard her talking to someone. I don’t know who she was speaking with, but I did hear her calling him Mr. Horton. I also heard her promising him to keep you here. That’s all I know, Winnie. What else do you want to know?”
Narrowing her eyes, Winnie sneered, “That Mr. Horton is trying to kill me, and it seems like Yulissa isn’t planning to let me leave here alive.”
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