Invisible Security Guard
Chapter 139: Trouble Arises

Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Trouble Arises

Paisley Kirk lived beyond the Fifth Ring Road, in a rented partitioned room she shared with others. Since it was very late, and Yusuf Zuck noticed that the area Paisley lived in was dark and secluded, he took the initiative to get out of the car and walked her back to her place.

However, once they arrived at Paisley’s place, Yusuf also frowned deeply. Paisley’s room was barely over ten square meters, with just a bed, a simple wardrobe, and nothing else.

"Brother Yusuf, I won’t invite you in to sit, it’s too cramped. You should get going, Ainsley is still waiting in the car," said Paisley, already inside her room, her face nervous and embarrassed. She wasn’t a native of the capital but from Hebei, only in the city for her studies.

"Mhm," Yusuf nodded. "You should get some sleep too." He didn’t say anything else, glanced at Paisley one more time, and then turned to walk downstairs.

After watching Yusuf leave, Paisley closed her door tightly, then leaned against it inside, her eyes reddening. She didn’t know why she felt this way, but she felt like crying!

Struggling alone in the capital was not easy. To be able to live in a partitioned room rather than a basement was already quite good, but in Yusuf’s eyes, it seemed to come as a shock. She didn’t know what he would think, whether he would laugh at her.

After Yusuf went downstairs, he looked up once more at the floor Paisley lived on before getting into the car and slowly driving away.

"Yo, why didn’t you stay up there for a while? That young girl seemed really sweet," Ainsley giggled.

"Mhm, just too cramped. I’m not interested in her, you, on the other hand, would be a different story!" Yusuf said with a mischievous smile.

"You think I wouldn’t dare? Come over to my place later, see if you have the guts?" Ainsley said boldly.

"You’re not afraid of death, why should I be? I’ll ’honor’ you tonight!" Yusuf laughed heartily.

"Go on... you think you’re the Emperor or something?" Ainsley said, her face turning red.

Yusuf and Ainsley were the kind of people who naturally clicked. Their personalities were similar, unconventional, which is why they could joke about anything without taking offense.

Ainsley lived in an apartment on the West Third Ring Road. She didn’t own a place in the capital, but the apartment’s environment was great. It was an airline company’s employee apartment, and two floors were inhabited entirely by flight attendants. The balcony outside was hung with lingerie and undergarments of the more revealing kind.

Upon arrival, Ainsley didn’t ask Yusuf to walk her upstairs. First, the area was safe, with a separate courtyard; second, the apartment rules did not allow men to enter; and third, jokes aside, despite her open nature, Ainsley would never easily bring a man back to her place.

"Want to come up? In your dreams!" Ainsley laughed heartily as she went upstairs.

Yusuf just smiled, fond of Ainsley’s personality. Despite joking around, she stood by her principles, a serious girl with her own views on life, not tainted by a money-driven society.

Yusuf glanced at the time, exactly 1:00 a.m.!

...

Meanwhile, at Ember Vance’s villa, upon returning home, Ember quickly took a shower and then opened her wardrobe to start trying on clothes one by one.

Indeed, she was nervous to death because she both wanted Yusuf to really come over and was scared of him actually coming.

Regardless of whether Yusuf would come or not, she had to get ready, not for bed, but to dress up beautifully.

She didn’t change into pajamas, as that might give the wrong impression. Although she had fallen for Yusuf, she had never considered something like sleeping with him.

Maybe she had thought about it, but not now.

After trying on more than a dozen outfits, she felt a light blue long dress she had bought but never worn was nice. So Ember changed into the long dress and put on her makeup, then clattered down to the yard, peering through the door crack.

If Yusuf came, he would definitely drive from the direction of the gate, and of course, she also held her phone, waiting for his call at any moment.

However, after more than an hour of waiting, freezing until she shook all over, Yusuf still hadn’t come, and she couldn’t bring herself to call and ask when he would come. That would just be too unladylike.

At one-thirty in the wee hours of the night, just as Ember Vance couldn’t stand the cold any longer and was about to go back inside to find a thick coat to wear, suddenly, she heard a noise on the right side of the villa’s wall. Then, a dark figure leaped over it!

"Who’s there!" Ember Vance was startled, but then she became furious. As a police officer, her instincts kicked in to rush over towards the thief.

"Holy shit, what the hell are you doing?" The voice of Yusuf Zuck rang out. He had climbed over the wall instead of entering through the community’s main gate. He hadn’t expected Ember Vance to be standing in the yard, still in her dress, at that time of night.

"Ah... why are you climbing over the wall?" Ember Vance was a bit stunned. Why would Yusuf Zuck not simply drive through the main gate as usual but instead sneak in over the wall? Could it have been the same last time?

"Why are you standing out here in the yard? Aren’t you cold? Come inside quickly." Yusuf approached her, and when he took her hand, he found it was ice-cold.

Ember Vance just bashfully lowered her head.

In front of other men, she was a lioness, a fury, but in front of Yusuf Zuck, she turned into a little kitten.

Yusuf led her by the hand into the house. The environment inside remained unchanged; it was still as he had left it when he snuck in before.

"Wrap yourself up in the blanket quickly to get warm. Why were you waiting outside for me? What if I hadn’t come? You could have frozen," Yusuf said as he draped a blanket from the sofa over Ember Vance and wrapped it around her forcefully. Ember just kept her head down without speaking, motionless, like a child who had done something wrong.

Yusuf couldn’t help but be amused. When this girl was being good, she was really good, but when she was fiery, she was indeed untameable.

"Sit down." Yusuf pressed down on her shoulder, forcing her to sit on the couch, and then he sat down next to her, pulling her into his arms in one smooth motion.

Ember Vance didn’t resist, letting him hold her. Of course, at this moment, she was wrapped in a blanket.

She didn’t dare to open her eyes, she was just very nervous, silent and still.

"What do your parents do for a living, having such a big villa yet you live here alone?" At this time, Yusuf had no other intentions; he truly wanted to have a proper chat with Ember Vance.

"My dad is a university professor, and my mom is a businesswoman. They live in the faculty apartments at the university. This villa was bought by my mom a long time ago, when housing prices hadn’t yet skyrocketed. Since my dad doesn’t like coming here, I ended up living here alone."

"Oh, your dad isn’t an official?" Yusuf said with a smile, "I thought your dad was some high-ranking official."

"My grandfather was a retired cadre, my second uncle is still within the system, and I have an aunt in a state-owned company; she’s a senior executive and her position is also quite high."

"I see." Yusuf nodded, he had felt that Ember must come from a background, and it looked like he had guessed right.

"Ember, there are some things that I want to talk to you about." Yusuf sighed inwardly. There were things he had to clarify with Ember in advance; otherwise, he would feel guilty for not returning the feelings she had for him.

"Hmm." Ember responded softly.

"I really..."

"Ring, ring, ring~" Just as Yusuf was about to speak, his phone suddenly rang.

Both Yusuf and Ember were startled; it was already two in the morning, who would call him at this hour?

Yusuf checked and saw it was Sara calling. When he saw that Sara was calling him in the middle of the night, his entire body bristled with trepidation and a very bad premonition flooded over him.

He immediately answered, "Brother... brother... Dad, Dad... he’s had an accident." Sara cried inconsolably on the phone.

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PS: The fourth update continues, let’s keep those monthly tickets steady.