Thinking this way, Jessica angrily threw Will’s tie onto the road and stepped on it hard, grinding the tie as if it were his face.
"Consider yourself lucky. Next time, I won’t be so lenient!"
She ground the tie under her foot forcefully, turned around to get into her car, and drove off, pressing down on the gas pedal.
She hadn’t even entered the city when her phone started ringing. Seeing a familiar number on the screen, she answered the call, puzzled.
"Oh, it’s Colonel Will. How did it feel to sleep on that deserted road, pretty cool, huh?"
"Be at the bar where we were yesterday within one hour."
"Sorry, I’m very busy, no time!"
"Do you think I’m asking you out?" Will scoffed. "This is an order. If I don’t see you by eight o’clock, you’ll bear the consequences."
"Threatening me?" Jessica snorted dismissively. "Mr. Colonel, do you really think I’m easily scared?"
"Fine, you don’t have to come." Will pinched the Cross Pendant between his fingers. "I don’t mind telling Mr. Moses that we were together all night yesterday."
"You!" Jessica was furious, but after a moment, she relaxed. "Go ahead, try it. Will he believe you or me?"
"I believe he would trust the facts more." Will twirled the cross pendant in his fingers. "If you don’t want your Cross Pendant back, then I don’t care either."
With that, he hung up the call.
Suddenly remembering something, Jessica hurriedly raised her right hand to her neck, reached for her necklace, and sure enough, the necklace was there, but the Cross Pendant was long gone.
That damn bastard, he actually stole her thing?
Jessica was so angry she clenched her teeth. The Cross Pendant was custom-made for her by her father when she was baptized as a baby, engraved with her initials. She had worn it for many years as her lucky charm and she never parted with it. Everyone who knew her was aware that if that guy really went to Moses waving it around, spouting nonsense, Mr. Moses would definitely get angry.
If that guy really spiced up the story with lies, Moses might end up thinking she had already betrayed him and gone over to Huangfu Jue’s camp.
After weighing the pros and cons, although she was very angry, Jessica still drove to the bar. Fuming, she stormed into the bar, looked around, and did not see Will’s "damn" face.
She took out her phone and dialed the number she had just called.
"Something came up last minute, let’s meet another time."
Before Jessica had the chance to curse at him, Will had already hung up the phone.
This guy, he dares to play her?
Jessica punched the counter hard and the bartender, hearing the noise, rushed over, smiling as he saw her.
"How come your boyfriend didn’t come with you today? Still want whiskey?"
Jessica reached out and grabbed his collar.
"What nonsense are you spouting? He wishes he could be my boyfriend?"
"I... I’m sorry!" The bartender had meant it as a joke, not expecting her to react so violently, and hurriedly apologized, "I... I was just joking. What... what can I get you?"
Jessica pushed him aside, kicked over a chair in front of her, and turned to walk out of the bar.