Chapter 364 Played A Bodyguard Well
“Didn’t I tell you not to follow me?” Christina knitted her brows. The reddened mark left by the tight grip on her porcelain-white wrist was easily noticeable.
When Nathaniel held up her hand to take a closer look, his eyes-hidden behind his sungla*ses- brimmed with sympathy
As one of her fringes fell to her cheeks from behind her ear, she looked like a lost pet that was perpetually in need of protection.
Faced with his silence, Christina couldn’t bring herself to reprimand him any further.
Thus, she retracted her hand and remarked, “I’m fine. Let’s head back now.”
She was worried that Nathaniel would go off and confront Francis instead.
However, before they could get far, Francis came up from behind and yelled for them to stop.
He then grabbed Christina by the wrist. “Christina, we aren’t done talking yet.”
“I don’t think there’s anything more for us to talk about. I just want to go home.” When Christina struggled to free her hand, she felt another painful sting on her wrist.
Meanwhile, Francis glared at the towering figure in front of him. He somehow found the aura exuded by: the young man to be familiar.
“Christina, how can you accept Nathaniel’s repeated lies yet be unwilling to forgive me?” Raging jealousy had caused Francis’ blood to boil.
If Christina refuses to forgive me, what makes Nathaniel, who started all this, deserving of her forgiveness? If that’s the case, I’ll make all of us suffer together.
Underneath the light, his pale white complexion made him look sickly, while the amber tint in his seemed to be burning through the last of his rational mind.
Christina gave him a puzzled look. “Why do you say that Nathaniel has lied to me repeatedly?”
At that moment, Nathaniel figured that Francis had seen through his disguise.
eyes
Under those circumstances, it made sense for Francis to probe further, even if the bodyguard wasn’t Nathaniel.
Hidden behind his sungla*ses, Nathaniel’s eyes narrowed. His palm subsequently balled into fists while his biceps tensed up as if he was ready for battle at any moment.
As memories of the past played through his mind like a rolling tape, Francis was reminded that both of them would always like the same thing and fight each other for it.
Neither was ever willing to back down.
The winner would always leave with the spoils; the loser could only watch on helplessly.
Upon regaining his senses, Francis pointed at the tall figure. “He’s Nathaniel, not some bodyguard at all.”
Christina’s heart skipped a beat as she gave Nathaniel a suspicious look. “He isn’t. He just resembles him.”
After spending time with each other over the last few days, she never managed to confirm it despite her
suspicions.
Amidst a sudden silence, a gust of wind brought a chilly sensation to the scene.
It was then that Francis broke into an abrupt smile. As the corner of his mouth was cut during the violent beating carlier, any slight movement would cause blood to ooze out of the wound. “Christina, you don’t understand Nathaniel at all. Ever since he was a child, he has been possessive. He would rob me of anything I fancy or destroy it if he couldn’t have it. In the past, he kept you by his side out of lust, but
now…”
Francis gaze shifted to the black figure before declaring in a mocking tone. “He wants to have you simply because of my feelings for you.”
Francis’ words were like a knife that cut through the beautiful facade of Christina’s world, forcing her to face the cruel reality behind it.
Blinking her eyes, she was unable to stay calm, as if her heart was suspended in mid-air.
at all.
Having struck an emotional chord, Francis grabbed Christina’s hand again as he peered into her eyes with all the sincerity he could muster. “Leave him, Christina He doesn’t know how to love someone Other than hurting you, he can’t give you anything else!
The moment he finished, the towering figure lunged at him..
Nathaniel pinned him to the ground and rained blows upon him again and again.
Unlike in the café where he was holding back, he went all out this time.
The two figures descended into a brawl where both parties seemed adamant about killing the other.
The stench of blood saturated the air while the sound of pounding fists echoed in the surroundings.
Shocked by the brutality of the scene, Christina screamed, “Stop fighting, both of you. Stop!”
Her cries fell on deaf ears as both men fought with increased intensity.
When it came to physical strength and battle experience. Francis was no match for Nathaniel. The former started out with the ability to counterattack, but toward the end, he lost the ability to fight back.
After absorbing consecutive punches, he seized upon an opening to rip Nathaniel’s mask off.
When his solemn-looking face was suddenly exposed, Nathaniel’s fist froze in the air.
Having seized the initiative, Francis didn’t waste it as he slapped aside his opponent’s sungla*ses.
Finally, Nathaniel’s face was fully revealed to Christina.
“Mr. Bodyguard… Nathaniel?”
The rude awakening Christina experienced almost caused her to lose her balance.
Now that the answer to her suspicions was clear, everything clicked in her mind.
When she didn’t allow him to tag along, he ended up disguising himself as a bodyguard.
The realization triggered a self-deprecating laugh from Christina. Despite knowing Nathaniel for such a long time, she felt as if she had never understood him at all.
Standing still and watching both men quietly, she felt as if her heart was a piece of paper that was inserted. into a shredder. All that was left of it were unrecognizable pieces.
The sight of Christina’s disappointed expression brought a smirk to Francis’ face. He then gloated victoriously, “Nathaniel, the blond hair suits you. It looks so much better than your gentlemanly facade.”
Without further hesitation. Nathaniel’s suspended fist continued its downward trajectory toward Francis face.
The sound on fists smashing against bodies rang out again.
As a listless look descended upon Christina’s eyes, she turned around and walked in the other direction. Her footsteps were floaty as if she was walking on clouds, putting her at risk of falling onto the ground at any given moment.
It finally dawned upon her that she had been made to look like a fool.
If things hadn’t turned out the way they did that day, she might have never known the true identity of Bodyguard,” as Nathaniel would definitely keep it from her perpetually.
Thereafter, Nathaniel caught up from behind and grabbed her hand. “Christina, let me explain.”
Despite the gentle look in her eyes, the disappointment that culminated in them was unmistakable. She looked just like a fragile gla*s doll that would shatter upon a single touch.
Christina flashed a mocking smile at him. “Nathaniel, I never knew you had a fetish for roleplaying.”
He understood the reason behind Christina’s anger, but he was left with no choice back then.
“I just wanted to protect you.”
However, the matter was worsened by a series of unfortunate coincidences.
His plan was to keep the matter of his disguise a secret. Little did he expect to be found out in the end.
An icy glint flashed across Christina’s moistened eyes. “You were really convincing as a bodyguard. The next time you plan on disguising as someone else, do tell me, as I have no interest in playing along!”
