Marina was hungry. Finally.
“What do you want to eat?”
Ryder breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he didn’t have to be tortured anymore. He should have learned that he must not play chess with Marina again.
“Let’s have beef and vegetable casserole. It’s too cold!”
Marina stood in front of the French window. Outside the window, it was all white. The streets were silent, and there were only a few pedestrians walking by.
It was not convenient for people to get out in this weather. So Ryder told his employees to work at home. If they lost power at home, they could rest for a few days if there was no urgent matter.
“Whatever you want.”
Ryder didn’t object. Marina then said that it was boring to eat beef casserole with Ryder alone. So she wanted to invite her friends. Norton had talked about it for a long time, but neither Ryder nor Marina had time. He had been lonely in the laboratory for too long.
“But the snow is too deep to drive. They have to walk for at least half an hour to get here.”
The weather was terrible with strong wind and snow. People didn’t want to go out in this weather. They could gather at any time in better weather.
“Fine.”
Marina knew that Ryder was right. Both of them had been busy recently. They had not hung out with their friends for quite a while. But they should stay in touch with their friends. Otherwise, time would alienate them from each other sooner or later.
Speaking of Norton, Marina raised her eyebrows and thought it was necessary for her to find such a noisy man a girlfriend.
“Otherwise, the ladies in the hospital will get hurt because of him.”
Marina had to admit that Norton was good with girls.
Maybe the man who was focused on doing experiments was very attractive. There were plenty of women who were getting jealous because others hit on Norton in the hospital. But he did not care about it at all. He was simply a danger.
Ryder laughed dryly.
But he didn’t say anything in the end.
Anyway, it had nothing to do with him. Except for Marina and Nicole, he almost had no contact with other women at all. Even if he did, he never cared about them.
When one fell in love, his heart would be filled up and there was no room for others at all.
Just when they were about to eat beef casserole, suddenly, the security system of the company alarmed.
Mark broke into Ryder’s office, holding the explosives in his hand. He had been waiting for this moment for a year.
The blizzard was raging outside. Even if Ryder called 911, the police couldn’t arrive in this weather. The snow was so deep that it had blocked traffic. It would be the best chance.
Mark would die with Ryder no matter what it cost!
Even if the Langdon Group applied for bankruptcy, it was still a large company. How could Mark allow the family property to belong to a bastard!
And Marina, who wanted to marry Mark at first, had fallen for this bastard as well.
Mark couldn’t allow it to happen!
His eyes were bloodshot and his face twisted in anger. The explosives he brought could not blow the building, but it was still enough to kill a few people.
“You finally came.”
Seeing Mark, Ryder said indifferently.
He had been waiting for a year as well, and it was time to put an end to it.
“You knew I would come? Aren’t you afraid?”
Mark tried to pull some strings when he spent the last year hiding. He endured the awful living conditions, just to find an opportunity to retaliate.
What Maeve did inspired him. He could die with Ryder and Marina!
According to Mark’s plan, he wanted to kill Nicole and that little bastard who was less than a year old first. However, Ryder got alert and hired the best bodyguards to protect them. Without any help, Mark could not take the risk to expose himself. So he could not approach the target all the time.
But since he couldn’t take revenge on the kids, he decided to come after the culprits!
Mark found an opportunity and came here with explosives.
Everything would end today.
“Are you afraid?”
Ryder hugged Marina and whispered.
“No, but I’m hungry.”
Marina shook her head. What was there to be afraid of? She had been waiting for Mark to show up for a year. Now that Mark finally came, she heaved a sigh of relief instead.
“Yes, you are Ryder’s woman. My good girl.”
Ryder nodded and smiled.
They ignored Mark, which made him very annoyed. These two bastards dared to show their love in front of him! How shameless! He was going to kill them!
Since they were so in love, it would be a good thing that they could die together. Today, Mark told himself, he would send them to hell!
“Why do you hate him?”
Marina asked and exchanged a look with Ryder. They knew each other so well that both of them understood the other party’s plan instantly.
The detonation device had a controller with a red line and a blue line on it. They would be temporarily safe if they could cut off the blue line.
“Don’t fuck around.”
Mark was furious. He was given a chance to be reborn and live his previous life again, but it turned out that he would have a miserable ending?
The Langdon Group belonged to him!
Who was Ryder? He was just a bastard! How dare he take possession of the Langdon family’s property?
All his tragedies were caused by Ryder.
“You are so pathetic.”
Marina shook her head and said.
Mark returned to the country and planned all of this with Kayden.
If Mark didn’t get involved, Ryder was planning to give up taking over the Langdon Group. Ryder was waiting for a statement from the other party.
However, these people pushed Ryder into a corner.
Mark designed the car accident and killed Shawn! Marina still wanted to come after Mark for this!
Suddenly, Marina bounced forward and grabbed Mark by the collar.
Mark did not expect that Marina would do that. He wanted to detonate the timer immediately, but the next moment, Ryder gave him a hook punch and he was knocked down to the ground. In the blink of an eye, the blue line was cut off.
Mark was not a match for Ryder and was tied up.
“Thanks to my postpartum recovery. It seems to be useful.”
Marina glanced at Mark with a mocking look and spoke with a sarcastic tone.
Only she and Ryder knew how close it was just now. If they did not cooperate perfectly, Mark would succeed.
At the most critical moment, he chose to believe in her, and so did she.
The bodyguards arrived soon and dragged Mark away, leaving Ryder and Marina in the office.
Ryder and Marina sat opposite each other, staring at each other. At this moment, any words were superfluous.
Marina had thought of divorce. But this idea had occurred to her less and less in the past year.
Ryder was a stubborn man. He would try his best to reach his goal once he was determined. He was not good at expressing his feelings. He would only focus on what he chose to do.
As for the original plot, Marina had almost forgotten it. After she was reborn, the plot had changed a lot.
“Marina…”
They would stay together and build a future of their own. Ryder pressed down and kissed Marina. He would not let her go, just like what he decided a year ago.
“Okay, I agree.”
Marina was almost suffocated by his kiss and she murmured.
The two hugged each other tightly. Suddenly, in the silent office, both of them heard a loud growling sound from Marina’s belly.
Marina was speechless.