Mark of the destiny Chapter 260: The one that can shred humans into pieces?

"One, two three....BANG"

"O...."

"AH..."

Jas, "Hey, watch your hand!"

Zeng consciously raised his hand from Jas’s hairy chest, "It’s you who is lying above , rascal. Get off."

Jas looked down and scrambled on his toes. "Fish, you broke my buttons,"

Zeng, "Oh yeah, I was desperate to see your naked chest. I just can’t control my hormones...Show , shop , show ...." he hooked a finger at the V of the neck, and pulled the shirt. Jas slapped Zeng’s hand away.

"SCRAM."

"YOU TOO." Zeng parted the curtains and opened the window. "You check here. I’ll check other rooms."

Jas looked around; the room only had a table and chair in the na of the furniture and a desktop. If the entire house speaks of their love, how can Evan leave this place untouched? The wall opposite the desktop was occupied with the mountaineering equipnt. They both share a passion for water sports, mountaineering, hiking, tracking, and everything that gives them a rush. Genting Highlands was their next destination.

With a heavy sigh, Jas pulled the chair, starting with the only thing that needs to be checked. Desktop.

He had barely scanned around the files for ten minutes when Zeng’s scream broke his concentration.

[STOP... HEY YOU... DON’T....]

It seems they were not alone in the apartnt.

Jas bolted up to help Zeng, but before that Zeng ca running and lock the door after him.

Jas, "What happened?"

"BOMB,"

Jas stood there, transfixed, trying to understand the aning of the word ’bomb’. What bomb was Zeng referring to? The one that had explosives in it, and can blast away everything in its way?

Jas, "The one that can shred humans into pieces?"

"What else do you think? Think sothing..... We have to get out from here." Zeng shivered, he glanced down from the balcony and hang his one leg down.

"IDIOT. We are on the twenty-third floor. Jump, and you will beco a cherry pie, only good enough for vultures." Jas pulled down the ropes from the wall hook. "HOLD TIGHT"

Zeng didn’t get another second to ask when his body hit Jas’ so fast everything was only a blur. And the next mont they were falling from the balcony.

In a terrible flash, the sound of the explosion shook the entire building. The glasses broke, breathing fire and debris.

.....

The mountaineering rope was a life savior for them. They made it to the ground safely. The bomb was of low intensity ant to destroy Evan’s house and not the entire building. Whoever did it, made a smart decision not to attract much attention. Had the entire building collapsed, it would have beco a bigger issue.

"Oh my God," Zeng’s heart was drumming against his chest. He had never been so scared in all his life. Never. Close call it was. He was always scared of heights. Maybe this was the reason he didn’t let go of Jas’s shirt and kept holding him. "Oh my God, Oh my God. Jas, you okay?"

"Of course I’m fine," Jas sounded surprised watching Zeng shaking like a kid. Difficult to believe the famous racer feared heights. One should definitely not judge a person by his profession and tough looks. "Will you keep holding ?" Zeng glanced at his curled fist and then at Jas, "Please, I have other things to do instead of coaxing you. Go find soone else."

Zeng shuffled away in embarrassnt.

The residents had co out of the building already and security personals were directing everyone away from the tall structure, suspecting another mishap. The sirens wailed, announcing the arrival of the ergency services.

"Who was that person?" Jas asked.

"Didn’t see his face, it was covered. Earlier we had left the door open. I saw him throwing a ball like thing with a ticking tir. Before I could catch him, he shut the door on my face."

"He must be here to destroy evidence."

"He’s injured as well. I threw a vase at him, that hit badly on the head." Surprised, he was not knocked out. "Anyway, you said evidence. Did you find any?"

"Evan had been stalking Suyin even before I t her. I saw her old photographs on his desktop."

"What?"

"This only ans Suyin had been part of all this from the beginning." Jas faced Zeng, "But why?" and that’s when he noticed Zeng’s attention wasn’t focused on his eyes but down. No, not on the crotch but on the hands.

"You are bleeding, Jas," Zeng said.

Jas covered his badly scraped palms. "Because I was the one holding the rope, bearing the weight of two. Can’t believe you are such a faint heart, muscles inflad by air. Go drown yourself sowhere."

"...."

For the first ti Zeng was out of words. He had expected Jas to be only good with handling knives in the kitchen, but the latter turns out to be more than that. No doubt Suyin had such drastic changes in her personality..... She found so good people in life.

.....

In the hospital...

"Thanks for the story guys, you helped a lot," Suyin stood up and pecked Jas’s cheek. "Take care of your hands. Don’t let water touch it. Got to go,"

Zeng, "Hey, where’s my kiss?"

"Get it from Jamie," Suyin’s voice echoed, making the two n comically turn their heads to each other.

Both gagged.

"WHAT? What are you staring at?" Jas asked, bothered by an irritating smirk on Zeng’s face.

"Nothing. Just wondering how will you do your business with these bandaged hands?"

"I have taken off for a few days. No need to worry about ."

"I’m not talking about cooking..... but.....the personal business." Zeng grinned, "The one that’s supposed to be done every morning....Hey!" Zeng dodged the flying pillow, "Oops, you missed it."

"GET LOST."

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Suyin was in a hurry to check the contents of the pen-drive ASAP. Daiyu managed to unlock it with minimum effort.

She hailed a cab as her car was in the club which gave her another reason to be irritated. She’s late already. And here she was thinking to take the day early off and give a visit to Zena, whose address she found from Daiyu’s office from Zena’s file which coincidently was kept on his table.

So many coincidences!

And good luck!

When she exited the elevator, the receptionist greeted her with a smile.

"Good morning. Where is Assistant Long?" It’s unusual for Assistant Long not to co to receive Suyin and inform her day’s schedule.

"Um, there’s a VIP visitor waiting for you in the office. Assistant Long and Minister Yuan are with him."

The word VIP didn’t go well with Suyin. "Who?"

"Minister Wu Sean." The pretty receptionists’ eyes sparkled with excitent. No need to guess why that happened. "Mam, do you need flowers?" Suyin’s raised brows silenced her. "Sorry," It’s true Suyin was lower in position, but that doesn’t an she’d receive a minister with flowers.

Suyin stomped her heels to her office, not forgetting to take deep breaths to control her temper. Whenever people had barged into her office without an appointnt, things had turned bad. For them, obviously.

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*TO BE CONTINUED*