Jennifer's Lion

inding moment, he lost control and his mind went blank—until Keto caught his arm and shouted at him to stop. He had beaten Seth to a pulp.

“You’re going to kill him,” Keto barked. “Not that I have any objections to it. But you don’t want to do it in front of her, do you?”

His fist unclenched. Cyeon let go of the Seth’s neck and he slumped to the floor.

Unconscious.

Cyeon wiped his bloody hand on his pants, his gaze drifting to Jen. She’d latched onto Jax’s arm, clutching at the side of her face. The bastard had marred her lips.

“Jesus.” Cyeon inspected her. He couldn’t believe he had let this happen. It was his fault. If he hadn’t lost sight of them she wouldn’t have gotten hurt.

“I’m sorry.” Jen wiped her tears. “I just wanted to find out the truth. I had to—”

“Shush. It’s not your fault.” Cyeon helped her to stand straight.

“But I—”

“Babe. Let’s get you out of here. You need to see a doctor.” Cyeon whipped his finger at Keto. “Find the hotel manager and notify the police. And Jax, go find Dr.

Abram.” He pulled Jen into his arms. “Don’t worry, everything’s going to be fine.”

Cyeon turned to Seth. “He won’t hurt you anymore…”

*

Jen didn’t know what the hell she was thinking. She needed to find the truth. Cyeon had said he’d take care of matters for her, but she’d felt compelled to find her own closure. She needed to know.

She had begged Jax to the point she was all tears. Finally surrendering to her plight, he’d taken her back to the resort. Deep inside her heart, she knew what Seth had done to her hadn’t been an accident. Still, a part of her didn’t want to admit the truth.

Cyeon was right. He had been right all along. Seth had looked as if he had seen a ghost when she confronted him. He hadn’t seemed to have missed her at all. And when she’d walked past the concierge, he looked surprised to see her back—apparently, Seth had notified hotel management that they’d broken up, and that she’d decided to fly home.

The gall of that man!

When Seth came up with lame excuses, to speak to her in private, she hadn’t expected him to talk to her with his fists.

Before then, Seth had never laid a finger on her. He had always been sweet and gentle, but almost overnight, he had morphed into one nasty son of a bitch.

Or maybe, Seth had just shown her his true self, to perhaps the biggest fool in the world.

Jen clutched the blanket the friendly doctor had given her. Dull pain ached beneath her skin despite the painkiller she had taken. She sat on a rattan chair, watching the bustling people around her. A small sliver of satisfaction crept into her heart when she saw Seth being herded into a police vehicle. She also wanted to cry.

“Babe.” Cyeon’s soft voice startled her. “The detectives want to take your statement. Are you ready?”

She nodded.

“We can do this tomorrow morning if you don’t feel up to it.”

“No. I want to do it. I’m ready.”

A wry smile hung on the corner of Cyeon’s mouth. “Good. Don’t worry. I’ll be near if you need me.”

It felt good, knowing he’d be there for her.

With Cyeon by her side, she felt as though she could face anything.

Epilogue

High noon in the Serengeti was arid and dry. But Jen wasn’t as bothered by it as she used to be. She had been sensitive to sunlight due to her pale skin, and the times she’d been careless, more often than not, she would end up with a bad case of sunburn.