Winner Takes All novel Chapter 782

It rained heavily for the entire night with no signs of letting up.

It was darkest before dawn. There was a dim nightlight within the room. Jack and Amber were soundly asleep. Amber curled up like a kitten in Jack’s embrace. It was peaceful and tranquil. The pitter-pattering of the rain falling on the windows was effectively muffled.

Knock knock… Someone knocked on the door.

Jack slowly opened his eyes. His senses were sharpened thanks to all the training to hone his fighting abilities. He was awakened by the knocks even though they were very soft. But who could it be at five o’clock in the morning?

Knock knock… another two soft knocks on the door.

Jack slowly removed his arm from under Amber’s head and walked softly towards the door. He looked through the peephole and could see that the person was the mysterious man. Jack hesitated for a moment. He pushed the wheelchair to the door before sitting in it and opened the door. Jack started to frown as soon as the door was opened.

The mysterious man was drenched and standing in a pool of water. He then signaled for Jack to come out of the room. Jack took the room access card, wheeled himself out of the room, and gently closed the door.

“Where have you been?” Jack asked the man.

Yesterday when Jack was in a life and death struggle after the car accident, the mysterious man was nowhere to be seen. There was no trace of him even when they were back at the hotel. But it was already five in the morning and the sun was about to rise when he showed up. He was most certainly in the rain as he was totally drenched.

“I was out for a moment.” The mysterious man said as he shook his trousers and took out a dry but crumpled pack of cigarettes. His wet hand took out the last remaining cigarette and he did not bother that his wet hands almost caused the cigarette to tear. He lit the cigarette and drew a smoke. After he took a long and deep draw of the cigarette, he tossed the empty cigarette pack onto the ground and said to Jack, “I’m sorry, I smoked the last cigarette.”

Jack pursed his lips and did not mind as he was able to control his urges to smoke. As his body increased in strength, his desire for smoke had correspondingly decreased.

He was in no hurry and patiently waited for the mysterious man. It was almost daybreak so why did he come to look for Jack when he was in such a condition. The only reason was that the matter was very important. Otherwise, he would not be presenting himself in that manner.

After his long draw of the cigarette, the mysterious man calmed down. He tapped off the cigarette ash and then said, “Let’s go back when day breaks.”

They could hear the howling of the wind and rain outside and Jack nodded his head in disappointment, “With such a weather, we should find another place for the vacation or go back.”

“No, what I meant was we must go back immediately!” The mysterious man shook his head and said solemnly.

Jack could not hide his expression and felt awkward as any attempt to fake his expression would be easily noticed. Then Jack composed himself and asked, “What happened for you to come at this hour to hasten me to leave for home?”

“Hold your questions and just trust me.” The mysterious man said with some haste, “Would I do anything to harm you?”