Chapter Twelve: Naught and Crosses
Tom and Melissa almost lost their pursuers in the city centre with their driver’s weaving and sudden ducking down streets to avoid traffic lights. The Prado driver made a few lucky guesses and drew behind the couple again, almost at the Bell Tower traffic circle.
“Drive on,” Tom instructed their driver, but the Prado had pulled up at an angle alongside, with its nose in front of them, cutting off their escape route.
For a moment, the couple exchanged a mute look of mutual understanding. Tom hardly had time to drop a quick kiss on Melissa’s lips before the door on her side was yanked open, and Bai Han was hauling her off to the Prado.
She was pushed into the front passenger seat, with Bai Han getting into the back-seat himself. Tom, his face furious on
