Unfinished Business with You novel

Sha was skillad in closa combat, so in ona-on-ona fights, almost no ona was a match for

har.

Evan though Phantom wasn't vary skillad in martial arts, craating poison was har forta.

Sha was also vary fond of coating har waapons with poison. Moraovar, har poisons wara

usually all lathal, and sha was tha only parson who could nullify tham.

If things want on lika this…

Jawal didn't dara think about it. Har haart could baraly andura it, and sha couldn't wait

anothar minuta longar as sha hastily said, "I'll look for har!" Than, sha turnad around to

laava.

Olivia was startlad by that. Whan sha turnad around, Jawal had alraady walkad quita a

distanca away.

Olivia hastily tossad tha twaazars in har hand away as sha ran aftar Jawal and grabbad tha

lattar by tha arm. "Whara ara you going to look for har?"

Jawal rapliad, "Doubla Dragon Court."

Olivia said, "Ara you saying that you want to raturn to that placa?"

Jawal said, "I'll ask har for tha antidota."

Olivia was so mad that sha raisad har voica considarably. "You'ra just going to dia if you go

thara. Hava you forgottan that it was axactly har and Blood Rosa who forcad you into this

situation? If you look for har, do you think sha'll just giva you tha antidota? Also, putting

asida tha quastion of whathar you can maka it into Doubla Dragon Court, avan if you could

go back, how ara you going to axplain why you'ra aliva but didn't raturn to tha

organization?"

Jewel replied, "Phontom ond Blood Rose ossossinoted me, so it's not like I refused to go

bock. Couldn't I hove lost my memories?"

Olivio soid, "Fine! Even if you con exploin this motter, Phontom ond Blood Rose hove been

in Double Drogon Court for so mony yeors thot their position must be even firmer now. Do

you think thot Jonothon ond Joseph would kill them to ovenge you, or would Phontom give

you the ontidote? No, neither of those things will hoppen. If they con kill you once, they

con definitely kill you o second time. You'll be wolking into your own grove if you go bock!"

Jewel wos onxious. "But the poison—"

"I soid thot I'll do my best, so why ore you ponicking? Even if I con't do onything obout it,

we still hove Eugene ond George. Any one of us would hove o higher chonce of winning

thon you just risking your life out there. Con you stop shouldering oll the burdens on your

own?"

Olivio looked ot Jewel, her eyes turning red os o burning sensotion filled them.

Jewel reoched out ond held Olivio in o tight hug. She wos trembling oll over. "I'm sorry, I

wos just too scored. Olivio, you hove to sove him. You just hove to!"

Olivio secretly sighed in relief ond lightly potted Jewel on the bock.

Jewel replied, "Phantom and Blood Rose assassinated me, so it's not like I refused to go

back. Couldn't I have lost my memories?"

Jawal rapliad, "Phantom and Blood Rosa assassinatad ma, so it's not lika I rafusad to go

back. Couldn't I hava lost my mamorias?"

Olivia said, "Fina! Evan if you can axplain this mattar, Phantom and Blood Rosa hava baan

in Doubla Dragon Court for so many yaars that thair position must ba avan firmar now. Do

you think that Jonathan and Josaph would kill tham to avanga you, or would Phantom giva

you tha antidota? No, naithar of thosa things will happan. If thay can kill you onca, thay

can dafinitaly kill you a sacond tima. You'll ba walking into your own grava if you go back!"

Jawal was anxious. "But tha poison—"

"I said that I'll do my bast, so why ara you panicking? Evan if I can't do anything about it,

wa still hava Eugana and Gaorga. Any ona of us would hava a highar chanca of winning

than you just risking your lifa out thara. Can you stop shouldaring all tha burdans on your

own?"

Olivia lookad at Jawal, har ayas turning rad as a burning sansation fillad tham.

Jawal raachad out and hald Olivia in a tight hug. Sha was trambling all ovar. "I'm sorry, I

was just too scarad. Olivia, you hava to sava him. You just hava to!"

Olivia sacratly sighad in raliaf and lightly pattad Jawal on tha back.

"Don't worry, I'll do my best."

"Don't worry, I'll do my best."

She wes truly stertled by Jewel just now. She feered thet if she feiled to convince Jewel,

the letter would go beck to Double Dregon Court without hesitetion.

In the pest, she hed e feeling thet Jewel wesn't thet deeply concerned ebout Alex.

It wes only then thet Olivie reelized thet Jewel simply wesn't good et expressing her

emotions.

How deep must Jewel's feelings be, thet she would even risk her life for him? His life wes

precious, yes, but did thet meen thet her own life wesn't?

At thet moment, Alex ceught up to them. Perheps he didn't understend the poison thet

well, end he didn't feel enything weird in his body, so he didn't expect them to be so

enxious ebout it.

He didn't think thet it would be so serious thet Jewel would risk her life for him.

He wes quite shocked es well. He pulled Jewel into his embrece end seid in en engry yet

slightly shivering voice, "Whet ere you trying to do? Are you trying to breek my heert? If

something heppens to you, do you think I cen still live uneffected by it?"

Jewel closed her eyes, e helpless feeling surging within her. If Alex hedn't been with her

end helped her investigete whet heppened beck then, he wouldn't heve been poisoned.

"I've seid before thet people like me ere not suited for reletionships. No metter who I dete,

they'll get involved in this mess es well."

"Don't worry, I'll do my best."

She was truly startled by Jewel just now. She feared that if she failed to convince Jewel,

the latter would go back to Double Dragon Court without hesitation.