Chapter 168: Chapter 180: Redouble Efforts, Tenfold Retribution (5) Chapter 168: Chapter 180: Redouble Efforts, Tenfold Retribution (5) Isabel Smith had almost forgotten about the matter, and Percy Stanton suddenly brought it up. She couldn’t help but feel a little worried. Percy seemed to see through her thoughts and continued in a light tone, “I should have waited for you to wake up. The swelling would have gone down by then.”

As he spoke, Percy took the slightly cold egg off Isabel’s face and replaced it with a new one.

The egg was soft and the pressure was just right. Isabel felt extremely comfortable and couldn’t help closing her eyes again.

Percy stared at the five red finger marks on her face, feeling increasingly suffocated in his chest.

About half an hour passed before Percy finally stopped his actions.

Isabel did not fall asleep. With her eyes closed, she could hear Percy walking out of the bedroom and returning shortly after. The man didn’t undress, he just lifted the quilt and gently laid on the bed. Then she fell into his arms.

As Isabel lay in Percy’s arms, her long eyelashes trembled but she did not open her eyes. Instead, she asked in a very soft tone, “Percy, who are you, really?”

Percy thought she was asleep and was taken aback when he heard her words. He quickly realized what she was asking.

His gaze flashed across the ceiling with a bright awareness. He instinctively turned his head to look at the woman in his arms.

Did she remember? Did she recall who he was?

“Hmm?” Percy’s heart stirred with an indescribable emotion, ultimately turning into a seemingly casual counter-question.

“Tonight, you saved me, right?” Isabel slowly opened her eyes, looked at Percy and said, “Those people were all Yuan Ai’s friends. They have some connections in Bellshire, so regular police wouldn’t dare to mess with them easily. The police that came told me it was the Military District’s idea…”

After all, in Bellshire City, those who could mobilize the Military District in an instant must have extraordinary backgrounds.

Even though Percy was an operational genius in Bellshire’s business world, in the heart of nationwide power, he didn’t stand out as particularly exceptional or capable of anything and everything.

However, now, with everything laid out before her, the person who had helped her escape from Magnificent, was none other than Percy!

After a pause, Isabel continued to ask, “Did you do all this? Percy, who are you that you could so easily have people from the Bellshire Military Zone issue orders to save me from Magnificent?”

Percy looked into Isabel’s eyes, his heart cooling bit by bit. He was good at reading people and could easily discern a person’s thoughts with intuition.

So, at this moment, he understood everything – Isabel’s question was not about recognizing who he was, but about his background.

Percy’s gaze flashed with disappointment and piercing pain.

However, it quickly returned to the usual cold indifference and thin chill.

It was as if the change in his gaze just now was an elusive illusion.

Isabel clearly sensed something unusual, but when she looked closely, she saw the man’s gaze, quietly staring back at her. In the bright lamp light of the bedroom, she could clearly see her own reflection in his dark pupils.

It took quite a while for Percy to calm the various emotions surging within him. He then slowly said to Isabel, in a very light tone, “I happen to know a friend in the Military District, so I called him to help.”

“Oh,” Isabel replied, still somewhat skeptical.

Percy seemed to detect her doubt.

Percy seemed to detect her doubt, and he moved his lips again, saying, “I’ve worked with him before and helped him out, so this time he’s just returning the favor.”