Chapter 701: Looks like the surname is Ortis
Allyce ends a meeting with an hour to spare before closing time.
He sat in his boss’s chair and swivelled it unconsciously.
Now he can’t stop thinking about Severo whenever he has a spare moment.
I was so distracted thinking that I thought I’d go out and buy a coffee and get some fresh air in the meantime.
Grabbing his bag and heading out, he ran into Dita.
“Ma’am, are you going out?”
“Go out for coffee,” Allyce said as she lifted the bag in her hand.
Dita was slightly surprised: “Can’t I get someone to buy it for you?
“I happen to want to go for a walk, that’s fine”.
Hearing Allyce say she wanted to go for a walk, Dita could say no more.
There is a coffee shop near the office that Allyce likes very much.
He took a deliberate detour, choosing a relatively quiet but distant path.
As she walked, she felt someone behind her.
He stopped and looked again, but saw nothing.
There were very few people coming and going along this road, mainly because it was not yet closing time, and there was no one else there but her.
Could it be that his nerves were too sensitive?
She walked forward again, still sensing that someone was following her.
He turned his ears slightly to one side, without his footsteps stopping, and listened carefully and attentively, just enough to hear the faintest footsteps.
His heart felt sick and his steps quickened.
The person following her, probably sensing that there was little traffic on this road, became bolder and bolder, and her steps became louder and faster.
One of Allyce’s hearts lifted as she felt footsteps right behind her, and suddenly a hand pressed on her shoulder.
She stiffened, and the next moment she heard a loud “pop”, followed by the muffled sound of something heavy falling to the ground.
Looking back, he saw a tall man falling to the ground, and just in front of the man was Betsalem.
I just had a stone in my hand.
Apparently, he had just picked up the stone and knocked the man unconscious.
Allyce, after a brief moment of shock, responded by asking: “What are you doing here?
Betsalem ignored her as she bent down to check if the man was completely unconscious, and as if still not quite sure, she took the stone in her hand and slammed it hard against the man’s head a few more times.
The force was so strong that Allyce felt a pain in her head, and the man’s head was bleeding all over.
He tossed the stone aside and straightened his clothes before smiling at Allyce, “Mrs. Betances, long time no see.
He spoke the language of Z, but he spoke it in fits and starts and did not master it at all.
Slightly curious, Allyce couldn’t help but ask rhetorically: “Do you speak Z?
“A little.” He was still smiling, a smile that Allyce found inexplicable.
Allyce nodded thoughtfully and asked: “What is it?
Betsalem looked around and moved a little closer to her before saying seriously: “There is something to tell you about Severo, this is not the place to talk, let’s talk somewhere else.
When he finished, he turned and walked in the other direction.
Allyce looked where she was going, the car park.
He followed him, but not because he believed in Betsalem’s word.
Above all, Betsalem is right, this is no place to talk.
The two of them walked out to the road in front of the car park, where there were so many people that Allyce stopped without worrying about anyone laying a hand on her in broad daylight.
Sensing that no one was following behind her, Betsalem turned her head and found Allyce standing a short distance away, watching her with an indifferent expression.
He gritted his teeth and came back: “I know it’s sudden for me to come to you, but it’s really important, Marco has left with Severo!
He spoke in a rush, half in Chinese and half in English, and it all sounded incoherent, but Allyce understood.
Without bothering to ask how Marco knew Severo was alive, he asked with a nervous look on his face, “How could Marco have gone after Severo?Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.
“I can’t talk to you, you’d better go yourself.” Betsalem didn’t seem much better than Allyce.
She is also nervous, she has had a taste of Severo’s temperament and fears he will come after her, she wants to live in peace for a few more years.
“Allyce was afraid to fully trust Betsalem’s sudden appearance, but it was something to do with Severo and she had to be cautious.
Betsalem cited an English-language address.
When he finished, he saw a different look on Allyce’s face and, sensing that something was up, added: “He’s been living there since he got back”.
Allyce looked at Betsalem and said: “I’m on my way now.
The place Betsalem was referring to was his old flat, where he had lived for a long time with Severo, and it had been a long time since he had been back to the small flat because the year had been very busy and he had moved around a lot.
If Betsalem had not mentioned it, I would have forgotten it.
“Ugh, wait for me.
Betsalem saw Allyce leaving and rushed after her.
Allyce walked so fast that she trotted to catch up, thinking to herself that Allyce’s legs were no longer than hers and that she walked fast.
“Mrs. Betances, I know you’re a good man, could you see to it that I come and tell you this today and that Severo doesn’t get me into trouble?”
“What have you done to make Severo want to come after you?” Allyce’s feet didn’t stop, opening the door as she spoke.
Betsalem had to follow suit and get into the car.
“The main thing is that he was so moody, and I was half his saviour anyway, and he treated me so badly that I couldn’t swallow it and went to tell Marco that you and Severo were divorced.”
“So, Marco guessed that Severo wasn’t dead yet and asked you to take him to Severo?” Allyce blurted out the unfinished words directly after her.
Betsalem looked at Allyce with a surprised look on his face, “You …”.
Allyce didn’t look at her either and said as she started the car, “Can you speak English? I’m tired of hearing the combination of East and West.
“I have a villain’s heart, I admit, but I think Severo’s character, which is worse than mine, is such that only you can bear it, and as I am half his saviour, it is just as well he does not thank me. …”
Allyce did not know before that Betsalem was really a talker.
He knows Severo has a bad temper, he doesn’t dispute that, and there is a small secret joy in his heart because, given Severo’s character, it seems that Betsalem is no longer in love with him, and it’s good to have one less rival.
However, he quickly grasped the key word in Betsalem’s words: “Half a lifeline?
“Yes, it was a Z-man who sent it to me at the time”.
Z-men?
It cannot be Xabat, it cannot be Norberto and it cannot be Neto.
“Who is that man?”
“I don’t recognise him.” Betsalem shook his head.
As a result, Allyce turned around and gave him a cold, sweeping stare.
Betsalem froze as she was surprised by Allyce’s gaze.
He stood up and scratched his head indecently and said: “But I heard them talking and the man’s surname seemed to be Ortis”.