Chapter 15

Vanessa refused right away without even stopping to think. "No, thank you. My family is here in Jirphia. I'm tired of life in Xerton." Keanu suddenly laughed, but his expression turned grim in the next second. "Vanessa, I'll make you regret this and come back to us!" "No, she won't. I won't be giving you that chance," Charles refuted. With a subtle gesture from him, his bodyguards gagged and bound the two men who had overstayed their welcome. Then, they tossed Keanu and Seamus into the helicopter unceremoniously. Charles felt a bit tense about exposing his ruthless side to his newlywed wife. "Vanessa, does this make you afraid of me?" he asked gingerly. Of course, Charles didn't earn his position in the Gadsby family by employing gentle means. Still, this wasn't a side of him that he had wanted Vanessa to see. As Vanessa gazed at Charles' face, she suddenly felt that the distance between them had shrunk significantly. She shook her head with a smile and replied, "Not at all. I