49~ Arrested

"Hahaha… darling. Did you hear? Amelia is fighting for her life. There's no news about it because it was blocked but I paid someone from the hospital." Cheryl took a large sip of the wine in her glass as she celebrated her enemy's downfall.

She kept laughing completely oblivious of Jake's livid expression. He was upset that his people mistakenly shot Amelia, the love of his life instead of Ethan Carter.

Now she was hurt while the person he intended to kill was still breathing and still in Amelia's life.

"Jake? Are you listening to me?" Cheryl's annoying voice snapped him back to the present.

He looked at her and internally frowned. What kind of person would be happy that someone almost got killed?

He hid his disgust and answered, "sorry, you were saying?"

"I said this news calls for celebration. Don't you think? We can drink and make babies-"

"Get out!" Jake cut her off, anger flared inside of him. The woman he was in love with was almost dying and here she was talking ab