IN THE CAGE

132. REACTION

...NORMAL pov...

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Anggara came out of Vera's cell without a sound. The confession Vera had issued just made her lose her oral. Anggara's mind is now fully fixated on Fawn's later existence. The girl - the girl who always obeyed him, believed him - was the main weakness of her enemy.

Not only did the information startle Anggara, Anggara also began to realize one or two missed things in front of him.

How could he not harbor suspicion towards Fawn who had successfully escaped her suicide mission? How did the girl ever get caught in the eye chatting with Vera in Leviathan?

Speaking of the relationship between Vera and Fawn, Anggara recalled the first time Vera saved him. At that time, because Anggara was a bit drunk, he did not hear Vera's words properly. But now, as everything is connected, Anggara hears clearly what Vera has said to him. Crystal clear.

"Ugh, if it wasn't for Fawn, I would have let you bathe with your own vomit." was Vera's complaint that day, in Leviathan's bathroom. When Anggara is drowning in alcohol and pressure from Evan.

Fawns.

Right, Vera at that time said Fawn. If it wasn't for Fawn, would it? So Vera knew Fawn and helped her that day because she didn't want to disappoint Fawn? How close were they then until Vera was willing to help a foreign man like him for Fawn?

"Looking at your silence, you seem as surprised as I am." Evan invites Anggara to talk, but the response he receives is a sharp delikan stabbing. Anggara has not forgiven Evan just because another topic comes up between them.

"Are you still mad that I almost killed you?" Evan doesn't know himself, keeps talking.

"You savage, Evan."

Rather than being offended, Evan instead let out a faint laugh. His disobedience is like vilifying Anggara's emotions, underestimating him.

"Oh, Angga, don't be dramatic. After all, I'm not killing you. Also..." Evan glanced at Vera who was still glued with tears spilling over her face.

"Thanks to you, we managed to pull out information regarding Ace's weakness. This is a victory, Angga. You should be happy."

"Shut your mouth."

"Dull. You should be thanking me because I didn't kill you or your cheap lover." Evan rotates his eyes at Anggara's still harsh and pretentious responses.

On the other hand, Anggara clenched his hands, holding back the anger that erupted from Evan's words that had been so outrageous.

While time passed between them in silence, the figure picked up by Rishan finally came.

Fawnia Alder's.

"Oh, he's arrived." Evan glanced witfully as his eyes stared at the figure of Fawn entering the basement door with hesitant steps.

Rishan followed Fawn from behind, like a guard who was ready to cower Fawn in case he was about to escape.

Back then, although the light that illuminated them was dim enough, Evan took the short opportunity to scan Fawn from toe to head. Paying attention to it not as a bodyguard Indira who is famous for being very disciplined and brave, but as a woman. The woman who stole Arcelio Hunter's heart.

Evan's attention fell to Fawn's slender posture. Body posture of a bodyguard that is generally always proportional. Normal.

Oh, speaking of appearances, Fawn's face is also not to be missed. Fawn-in Evan's eyes, is not as attractive as the girl Evan has met all his life. Nor did he match the girls who had been involved with Ace all along.

Fawn is still in the pretty category, of course, but only in the average line. He doesn't have a face that impresses you and is tantalizing, he's just there.

In other words, the girl is not as beautiful as Indira, nor is she equivalent to the many women who have been rumored as Ace's lover.

Really, did Vera trick her with the information just now?

It's impossible for Ace to put a taste in this average-looking girl, right?

"Fawn's..." Anggara greeted Fawn who arrived in front of them. Unlike Evan who scanned Fawn like scanning food in a glass display case, Anggara looked at Fawn with little concern.

"I heard you needed me" Fawn said, looking at Evan before turning to the figure behind bars. Right then, even though Fawn knew she was supposed to pretend, Fawn couldn't. His eyes were stunned as he managed to identify who was now sitting on the floor.

That..., Vera!

"Do you know her..., Fawn?" Evan asked the question in a voice indicating that he already knew the answer. That Fawn was found out. Goddamnit!

Vera looked up at Fawn who was standing across from her cell, looking at her with eyes full of pity. "Pardon me" Vera's voice raspy. He forced himself to stand up and tried to approach Fawn, but the restraint in his hand made him unable to move more than two steps.

"Fuck me, Fawn. I'm sorry!" Vera repeated her words with a sob. "I.., I don't..."

Although Vera continued to shout at him with a plea full of regret, Fawn who stood opposite to him did not issue any response. He just stood there, glued to his feet. Fawn's eyes were busy scanning the bruises painted on Vera's body, every trace of dried blood on her skin. Fawn felt a pain in his chest.

How could he not know this situation at all? How could he sit quietly up there while Vera was injured, trying to hide her status?

"Looking at your expression right now, it seems like you guys do know each other, don't you?" Evan-either from when-standing beside Fawn, whispered in Fawn's ear while his eyes scanned the girl from the side. Staring at the change in Fawn's expression that gave him an answer.

Right, this girl clearly has a connection to Ace. Because, how could wrath appear savagely in his eyes if he was not related to Ace?

A person's normal expression when first seeing someone else get hurt is pity, but to Fawn, he shows wrath. Such a great anger would not appear in his eyes if he had no special bond to the figure of Vera in there.

Without having a chance to give a response to Evan whispering in his ear, Fawn found herself uprooted with a slowly disappearing consciousness. A powerful punch landed on his nape, a punch that managed to reap his consciousness.

"Back him with tighter security. I don't want my golden goose to get hurt." Evan says as he hands over the fallen Fawn in his arm.

After giving orders to Rishan as well, Evan then glanced at Anggara who was still gasping for his actions.

"Signs, you and I seem to need to speak with four eyes." Evan smiled faintly at Anggara, the triumphant smile that emerged as a result of his efforts today. "It's about the things we need to plan ahead."

Anggara did not make a sound, but still followed Evan's steps. While he turned his back anyway, he paid no more attention to Vera who was still frozen behind him.

Injured.

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