Chapter 806
“All right, I won’t say anything anymore. Is that fine by you?”
What happened to mates before dates? Our relationship has changed after the appearance of Tristan. I’m going to let him feel bad for a while first.
“Nicholas is definitely not going to let things go just like that. What are you planning to do?”
Barney had already found out about Butterfly.
This time, Sophie had to be the one to resolve the matter.
“Dr. Smith, you don’t need to fret about this; I’ll make the arrangements,” Sophie said, not wanting her elderly mentor to worry about too many things.
“All right.”
Barney dropped the topic at that. Once they were on the plane, he went searching for a place to nap.
Work had been hectic lately, so he was exhausted. It seemed like age was really catching up to him. He would not have had any issues avoiding sleep for a few days in the past.
Yet, now, he was tiring out after just two days of staying up.
While Barney went to sleep, Arius, Tristan, and Sophie took seats close to each other.
“Nicholas is still stubborn about this. I don’t know what else he is going to come up with this time.” Arius gritted out, his hatred for the maniac audible in his voice.
“What can he possibly do? Didn’t he want to meet me? I’ll do that, then.” Sophie had fully recovered, so she was no longer afraid of Nicholas pulling some sort of lowly trick.
At most, she would fight him. It was not as if he was a master fighter.
Furthermore, they were not at that point yet, so Sophie did not see the need to worry about it. Overthinking it would not help her at all.
“Yeah, you’re right,” Tristan agreed.
At most, they would resort to violence.
So what if Nicholas was an impressive man? It was not as though Tristan and Sophie were weaklings. They did not need to fear him.
Arius nodded at the two.
“You’re right. My worries are pointless. The two of you aren’t doormats anyway.”
Those who crossed Sophie and Tristan would face the consequences of their actions, and Arius was better off spending his time researching the virus.
They had to make themselves useful if Barney intended to save lives. Moreover, only by resolving the virus issue could they return to Jipsdale as quickly as possible.
Once Tristan saw that Sophie was back in her seat, he asked the air stewardess to bring a blanket for her.
“Take a nap. Once we’re at Anglandur, we’re going to be staying up for nights again,” he told Sophie, knowing their true aim in heading to that country.
Butterfly’s rescue was their secondary priority.
What was most important for them was the resolution of the virus at Anglandur.
Frankly, the lives of others had nothing to do with him, and he did not want her to head there. However, he never knew how to reject her.
Therefore, he let her do what she wanted.
“Okay.”
After Sophie draped the blanket across her body, she leaned on his shoulder and closed her eyes, though she did not fall asleep.
“Don’t wander around when we’re in Anglandur, okay?” Sophie worriedly said to him.
She, Barney, and Arius were researchers, so their presence there was necessary.
However, Tristan was not.
He could have stayed in Chanaea, the country that was currently the safest place to be at.
Tristan tilted his head to the side to kiss her forehead.
“All right, don’t worry about this anymore. I’m a grown man. I know my limits,” he reassured, thinking that she was worrying excessively about him.
He was there to protect her, not to make her worry.
Just as their plane landed at the airport, Nicholas received news about their arrival from his subordinate.
“Boss, Ms. Tanner and the others have arrived. Tristan Lombard is here too,” Richard reported right after he received a call from his subordinate.
“Okay, I got it. Find an opportunity to kill him.”
Nicholas could not find it in himself to like Tristan, for he felt that the man was stealing his woman from him.
A man like that was not someone Nicholas would let off alive.
“Of course, Boss. I’ll heed your order,” Richard answered unhesitantly.
“Now, I’m going to meet the woman I love most.” Nicholas had spent the entire morning selecting clothes. It had been a long time since he had seen her, and he wanted to present himself in the best possible way.
“Richard, how is this suit’s color? Looks good?”
Richard had never seen his employer in that way. Nicholas was an attractive man, his beauty surreal.
Yet, he had spent the whole morning picking out clothes just because he was going to meet Sophie.
“Boss, these clothes suit you perfectly. You’ll surely look stunning to Ms. Tanner.”
Despite Richard’s words, Nicholas did not feel happy.
“She won’t like me no matter what I look like. She has never been a shallow woman.”
The woman he had been infatuated with for the longest time never once spared him a glance.
“Boss…” Richard started, but Nicholas cut him off.
“All right, let’s go. So what if she doesn’t like me? What’s most important is that she’s going to be my wife and be by my side in the future. That’s enough for me.”
Right as Sophie and the others got out of the car, they spotted Nicholas waiting for them. The man was dressed in a suit, looking bright.
Tristan briefly glanced at Nicholas. He was astounded by how bold Nicholas had grown to have the courage to appear before him.
In the next second, Sophie held his hand.
Nicholas still had Butterfly trapped with him, so they could not make any rash moves.
Perhaps that was why Nicholas had the guts to appear in front of them.
Tristan patted the back of her hand and quietly reassured, “Don’t worry. I know what I should and shouldn’t do.”
Sophie nodded in response.
Meanwhile, the second Arius saw Nicholas, he scowled. He genuinely abhorred Nicholas.
He felt that Nicholas was an unwanted gum who kept sticking to Sophie, but there was nothing they could do about him, and that felt terrible.
“Sophie, it’s been a while. I’ve missed you,” Nicholas said with a smile.
Naturally, Sophie did not want to see his smile.
“Nicholas, what are you trying to do? You should know why we’re here this time. There are many innocent Anglandurans who are waiting for us.”
In other words, she did not have the time to waste on him.
“What do they have to do with me? All I know is that it’s been a really long time since I’ve seen you. Now that you’re here, I’d like to have a meal with you,” Nicholas said before looking at her in anticipation.
He was not making any absurd request. He only asked to have a meal with her, which he was sure would not put her in a tight spot.
“Don’t request ridiculous things, Nicholas. Anglandur’s president was the one who invited us here, so we don’t have time to talk nonsense with you,” Arius curtly told him.
“Arius, we’re friends. What are you doing? It’s just a meal. It won’t take too much time.”
Who the h*ll is friends with him? I don’t have a lunatic as a friend.
