Chapter 174 Just Burned a Billion Dollars
Brooklyn suddenly felt like she didn't know this Sebastian, or rather, whom she knew before wasn't the real Sebastian.
He was too powerful and too extraordinary, not belonging to the same world as her.
Wiping the sweat and blood from her face, Brooklyn decided not to engage in his topic. "Did you really come alone? Didn't you call the police?"
Sebastian thought, 'Nonsense! Didn't she see what just happened? I was indeed alone.'
"Yes."
Sebastian replied indifferently, seemingly questioning Brooklyn's intelligence and judgment, but his gaze was fixed on her reflection in the rearview mirror.
During the high-speed drive, the mirror had been knocked askew by her, allowing him to see her through it. Brooklyn, still in shock, had a swollen cheek from being hit.
His anger was growing inside him. Sebastian wouldn't let anyone off the hook today.
As her breathing gradually stabilized, Brooklyn asked, "Why did you come? If I were dead, you could have married Megan and lived happily ever after without any worries."
Sebastian thought, 'Stupid Brooklyn!'
"As my wife, if you die at someone else's hands, it's my reputation and dignity that are at stake, so you can't die."
Damn it! Sebastian really wanted to tell Brooklyn, how could he live if she died?
She shouldn't have asked that question.
The car stopped by the roadside on the way downtown, with passing vehicles on both sides. The roadside was lush with plants in early summer, with clusters of roses blooming amidst the greenery. There were indeed many roses in this city.
She fell silent, reflecting on the recent events. No matter which step went wrong, both of them would have died, but he had navigated every crucial point flawlessly.
"Do you know who did this? You never asked who the culprit was from the very beginning.
Sebastian thought, 'Stupid Brooklyn is asking irrelevant questions. She didn't even ask if I was injured! She is truely unconcerned about my well-being.'
"Do you think everyone is as foolish as you? Do I have to ask to find out the culprit?" Sebastian's tone was laced with irritation.
Brooklyn pursed her lips, feeling the pain in her tongue. She had bitten it so hard earlier that she almost died from it. At least, she would have become mute.
"If I am foolish, what about you? Sebastian, you are so clever. The cancer diagnosis report and the MBK Group's equity transfer? Do you really think they would believe it? What if they don't?"
Sebastian released the steering wheel, leaning back in his seat, intentionally or not, placing his hand between them, pointing with his long fingers. He was leaning towards her.
"People die for money. Besides, it's all true."
He said it casually, but Brooklyn turned towards him, "Seriously? Is the diagnosis report real?"
Sebastian's heart skipped a beat. Her concern was so raw and direct.
Sebastian half closed his eyes, his unfathomable pupils fixed on her. He didn't give a direct answer. "Is there anything you want to say to me? Besides asking for a divorce."
After experiencing a life-and-death situation together, he couldn't believe Brooklyn had no feelings at all. Even the most cold-hearted person would have been moved, right?
Brooklyn thought for a moment. Worries were real, and doubts were real. How could cancer suddenly appear without warning?
So, Brooklyn suggested, "We need to make a treatment plan depends on the stage of cancer and the spread of cancer cells."
Sebastian wanted to strangle her! Stupid Brooklyn!
But saying this was better than mentioning divorce. "What are you thinking about?"
Brooklyn turned to him, "What?"
There were traces of redness in Brooklyn's crystal-clear eyes. She had been poisoned and gone through a battle and a car chase. It was already challenging for her to survive.
"When you were kidnapped, near death, what were you thinking about?" After they experienced a life-and-death situation together, Sebastian's tone also changed slightly, with a hint of weariness and expectation.
Brooklyn thought, 'What am I thinking about? I didn't want him to come but also hoped that he would come. I thought about sacrificing my life to save him, along with many things, past, present, and future, spanning almost a century of history.
"What could I think about? My brain was blank with fear."
Brooklyn's lines were truly terrible. What more could Sebastian say? Brooklyn had made up her mind to this extent.
"And you?" Brooklyn asked.
Although Brooklyn didn't want him to know the truth about her reckless actions, she still yearned to hear something from Sebastian. Was she being too greedy?
Sebastian opened his eyes, his deep, unreadable gaze fixed on her. "How can there be such a foolish woman?"
He had arranged bodyguards to watch over her at the hospital, and she had risked her life to run out. She was supposed to be his bait, but she ended up being someone else's bait, catching him instead.
Brooklyn gritted her teeth, "Sebastian, thank you for your compromise."
Sebastian really wanted to pry open her head and see what was inside. "Get out of the car."
No longer engaging in infuriating conversations, Sebastian disdainfully opened the car door, stepping out with his long legs. His tall and erect figure stood outside the flower bed, exuding a gallant air like a rose of iron and blood.
"Why now? Why ditch the vehicle?"
Sebastian lifted his chin, indicating she checked the car's body.
Only now did Brooklyn belatedly notice that the car had been hit in many places, with advanced steel plates dented and the rear of the car severely damaged. If they drove it onto the main road, they would surely attract attention as a spectacle.
Brooklyn thought, 'Well, I'll get out of the car.'
Brooklyn got out of the car, but she was almost exhausted, and her legs were weak.
The main reason was that Sebastian didn't want her to attract unnecessary trouble because of the car. Or he wouldn't want to walk even if there were still four tires left only.
Walking was actually a good experience.
They had yet to walk together or truly stroll on the streets. Today was a good opportunity for that.
After a few steps, Sebastian turned to Brooklyn following behind him. The disdain on his face was evident. "Keep up."
Brooklyn thought, 'With my hanging by a thread, how can I keep up with his long legs?'
"Can't you just take a cab?!" Brooklyn was annoyed.
Sebastian wasn't in a hurry, asking back, "Do you have cash?"
Brooklyn replied, "No."
Brooklyn had been in a rush when she left the hospital, not thinking about bringing cash.
Sebastian tilted the corner of his mouth indifferently, chuckling softly, "I don't have any either, but I just burned up a hundred million dollar bill."
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