NovelEnglishMillie’s heart raced, and she stammered, “Oh… it’s nothing. They’re just work documents. I’ll head back to the design department now.”
As Millie turned to leave, Marcus grabbed ahold of her bag. His expression was stern as he unzipped it.
“Don’t,” Millie blurted out.
However, Marcus had already spotted the weapon inside, and his tone turned more inquisitive as he looked at her.
“You went out for lunch with a gun?”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMillie couldn’t shake the feeling that he somehow knew she had taken his gun.
“Why are you silent?” Marcus continued his questioning.
Millie sighed.
“What more can I say?”
She finally realized that Marcus must have figured out what she had been doing just now. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have known about the gun in her bag.
She had been meticulous when she took it out last night, and he shouldn’t have been able to see it.
“Why did you decide to take it out?” Marcus inquired further.
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Millie nervously moistened her lips.
“Well, once, while I was doing schores, I stumbled upon it and thought it looked impressive. So, I decided to take it out for fun.”
Admitting that she had taken it out to pressure Bruce into handing over the antidote for the Bloody Herb would imply that everything she did was for Marcus, and his traditional sense of masculinity might not accept that she had risked everything for him.
“Impressive?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmMarcus, standing behind her, gently placed the gun back in her hand.
“Shoot one of the cups on the shelf and demonstrate how impressive it is.” Millie was taken aback as the weight of the gun was thrust back into her hand. He still wanted her to shoot a cup on the shelf?
“I’ve never learned how to shoot. How am I supposed to hit that target?”
Millie quickly discarded the gun on the sofa. Although it was harmless as long as the trigger wasn’t pulled, the idea of its power unnerved her.
Seeing her display a hint of fear finally, Marcus let out a sigh of relief.
“Bruce called me. Now, tell me, why did you decide to confront him with a gun?” Marcus went straight to the point.
Millie was utterly surprised. It was Bruce who had called and informed Marcus. She began to see Bruce in a different light.
“Didn’t I tell you to stay away from Bruce? Did you completely ignore my words?” he asked.
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