Chapter 447 - 457: Touched
Mr. and Mrs. Jennings died so suddenly. The others hadn’t even had time to react before they saw Boss Saint kill them.
Normally, they wouldn’t have been executed for something like this.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Jennings were only minor executives in the base and not particularly important, Boss Saint wouldn’t just kill members of his own base for no reason.
They had certainly caused trouble for the base today, but on any other day, the Boss would have never bothered with it.
Their base had always been fiercely protective of its own. No matter what, the Jennings were members of their base. Someone had killed their relative, so it wasn’t wrong for them to want revenge.
For the members of Sanctyr Base, crossing them was a death sentence.
But to think that the couple would both pay with their lives for this.
They all knew it wasn’t because the couple had captured someone, but because the person they had captured was Stella Sterling.
It was only at this moment that they truly realized just how uncharacteristically attentive their boss was to this Miss Sterling.
More attentive than they had ever imagined. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings had truly died an unjust death.
A wave of panic washed over Selene Larkin. She never thought the Boss would just kill those two like that. ’What about everything I did before? And how I just now intentionally or unintentionally provoked Stella Sterling?’
’Wouldn’t that make the Boss even angrier?’
At that moment, she began to feel afraid.
’It seems I underestimated this woman’s importance in the Boss’s eyes.’
She had never imagined that the Boss, who had always been so career-focused, would actually fall for a woman, and be so devoted to her at that.
Miles Sanctus ignored their shock, turning to Stella Sterling. "Miss Sterling, these two offended you. I have taken care of them for you. I wonder if you are pleased?"
Looking at the two dead bodies, Stella Sterling calmly averted her gaze, feeling nothing.
After all, although they had captured her for revenge, they hadn’t actually done anything to her thanks to her own strength.
’But I am a little surprised by what Miles Sanctus did!’
She had been bluffing earlier, just toying with them. She didn’t believe for a second that Miles Sanctus had any real feelings for her.
Even though he had gone this far, she was only surprised that he could be so ruthless to achieve his goals.
’This man... no wonder he was able to become a major figure in the apocalypse, step by step, even after Sanctyr Base was long gone.’
She suppressed the complex thoughts in her mind and gave a reluctant nod. "I suppose I’m satisfied. However..."
She paused, then looked at Selene Larkin and River Larkin behind Miles Sanctus.
When they saw her gaze sweep over them, both of their expressions changed.
The image of the Boss killing that couple for her was still fresh in their minds.
If Stella Sterling said something now, or if she directly asked for their lives, would the Boss treat them the same way he treated that couple?
Before, Selene Larkin had been very confident that the Boss wouldn’t treat her that way, but after what had just happened, she wasn’t so sure.
But unexpectedly, Stella Sterling didn’t ask for both of their lives. She didn’t even mention Selene Larkin, only pointing to River Larkin.
"Actually, everything today was just a misunderstanding. However, this person and I have some history, so he was a major reason for instigating things behind the scenes today."
"Otherwise, none of what followed would have happened."
As she spoke, she pointed a finger at River Larkin. As for the woman named Selene Larkin, she didn’t say much.
’Judging from Selene’s earlier behavior, her status in Sanctyr Base must not be low.’
’So even if I demanded Miles do something, he wouldn’t necessarily do as I said.’
’Instead of that, I might as well direct the spearhead at River Larkin and collect some interest from him first.’
’This Miles Sanctus wants to use me to get to Caeluna Base, which is backing me. I’m well aware of that.’
’As for feelings and all that, I don’t buy it. We only met that one time, and my attitude toward him was poor. How could he have any deep feelings for me? It’s all just a ploy to use me!’
’He’s using me, so I’ll use him to take care of some of my own business. The Black Swan people aren’t here yet anyway, so I might as well have a little fun!’
’First, I’ll stir up some trouble within their ranks.’
’He wants to use me, right? It would be a real shame not to take advantage of his deliberate attempts to curry favor!’
Stella Sterling looked toward River Larkin. ’I won’t make a move on Sanctyr Base for now, but I can start settling my grudge with River Larkin.’
’It’ll count as avenging Felix Lawrence for what he did, and I can also settle my own score with him from my past life.’
And when her finger pointed at him, River Larkin’s expression changed dramatically.
’Stella Sterling is trying to use Boss Saint to kill me!’
He panicked for a moment before managing to calm himself.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard Selene Larkin beside him say, "Miss Sterling, what does any of this have to do with River Larkin?"
After she spoke, she quickly turned to Miles Sanctus. "Big Brother, River didn’t know about your relationship with Miss Sterling. Everything he did before was just to protect the reputation of our base."
"They did have some history, but River Larkin has never done anything to Miss Sterling because of it. Everything that happened before was just a misunderstanding. He was only trying to save face for the base."
Selene Larkin explained quickly. She still remembered what had happened to that couple crystal clear, and she was afraid that if she was too slow to explain, River Larkin would meet the same fate.
She didn’t care about the lives of that couple, but River Larkin was her boyfriend and soon-to-be husband. She couldn’t just stand by and watch him die.
Beside her, River Larkin was touched.
He knew how protective Boss Saint was of Stella Sterling right now. By speaking up, Selene Larkin was risking offending the Boss, but she still did it for him.
At that moment, his gaze toward Selene Larkin was complicated.
He never expected that Selene Larkin would speak up for him, even at the risk of infuriating Miles Sanctus.
They had even been at odds with each other today, yet under these circumstances, she still defended him.
Along with feeling moved, his heart also settled down a bit.