Now, driving the car that, surprisingly, was still working, away from the battle place, Christian said.

    "Iris, find the one who called the police. See if you can hack his phone and check if he took any pictures."

    [Understood.]

    After hearing Iris''s confirmation, he added.

    "Also, make sure my route doesn''t overlap with the one the police are using now," he instructed.

    Feeling that at least the difficult part was over, Christian continued driving.

    It didn''t take long before he finally arrived at his house, where Eva and her maid were also standing in front.

    Parking at the side and stepping out of his car, Christian looked at Eva, who was already standing in front of him, and noticing how she seemed to have something to say while alternating her gaze between the car and him, he waited patiently with a smile.

    "Are you okay?"

    Eva, once again blaming herself for never seeming to arrive on time and always being late, looked at Christian, her "man" and waited for his answer.

    "Considering that I already took care of the assassin, don''t I look perfectly normal?"

    Hearing his joking tone and how he was speaking so directly, despite them not having addressed the previous case at all, she felt her nerves relax, though a complicated feeling quickly took its place.

    Still, knowing it was already late and that they could always talk later, she turned her gaze to the inside of the car. Not finding anyone, she asked.

    "Where is the caught assassin?"

    "Oh, she''s in the back."

    She?

    The word he used to describe the assassin caught her attention, but as she saw him walk to the trunk and open it, she simply followed silently.

    And staring back at her from that direction were dead black eyes, so eerie they nearly took her breath away in surprise.

    "So, you were awake?"

    Christian took the initiative and spoke, seeing that the assassin had already returned to her consciousness.

    "Yes... It''s been some time now."

    "Actually, I deliberated whether I should try to escape, but in the end, I gave up."

    ''Was she this talkative?''

    Wondering silently in his mind upon hearing her dry voice, which seemed to contain little, to no emotion, Christian simply smiled and said.

    "Well, that was the right judgment, as you wouldn''t have succeeded anyway."

    After saying that, Christian didn''t give her another thought and continued with Eva, who shared the same sentiment.

    Some time passed, and now, standing beside each other, Eva, felt happy being held by Christian around her waist, finally called out to Sophia, her maid.

    Then, as she looked at her, she pointed toward the assassin woman still in the car trunk and said.

    "Take her away, we are bringing her with us."

    As she saw her maid nod and begin helping the assassin woman out, Eva scrutinized the woman''s face and couldn''t help but turn her head toward Christian, saying,

    "You know, it doesn''t matter what state she''s in, but couldn''t you have at least spared her beautiful face?"

    While, looking at Eva quizzically, Christian said,

    "So, I should have given away my neck, then?"

    "Don''t be deceived by her current state. She''s actually very strong."

    "It was to the extent that, during the fight, I didn''t even have time to think about whether I should attack a woman, or if I shouldn''t aim my strikes at her face. It was all about just winning without sustaining any injury myself."