The next morning, when Mia stepped out of the room, she saw Ezio sleeping on the ground by the door.
He had really spent the entire night guarding the door.
“Mia, you’re up. About last night…” Ezio began to speak as he got up, but Mia shot him a glare, cutting him off.
Without a word, she turned and walked away.
Jared stretched and emerged from the room shortly after.
“Jared, you really went all out last night. I heard everything! Mia might seem cold on the outside, but deep down, she’s passionate and fiery. It was quite lively in there. Now, you can’t deny being my brother-in-law!” Ezio said with a grin.
For Ezio, securing a connection with Jared meant a life of ease and security.
“Ezio, stop talking nonsense and keep your mouth shut. We’re leaving, and we’re never coming back to Beast City!” Mia snapped, blushing in embarrassment.
“Leaving? Where to? You’re Jared’s woman now. You’ll have to follow him,” Ezio said firmly.
“If you don’t want to leave, then don’t. Follow him yourself!” Mia retorted angrily before storming out of the inn.
Ezio was left speechless. He was unsure why Mia was still so resistant after she had slept together with Jared.
“Aren’t you going after her?” Jared asked Ezio.
“Uh…”
Ezio hesitated, glancing between Jared and the direction Mia had gone.
He didn’t want to give up his newly formed connection with Jared, but he also couldn’t let Mia leave the city and disappear.
He stood there, torn and unsure of what to do.
“What are you waiting for? Go after her!” Jared said, clearly exasperated.
With that, Jared himself started chasing after Mia. Seeing this, Ezio quickly followed.
He had already made up his mind to stick with Jared no matter what..
The three of them headed straight for the city gates, seemingly ready to leave the city.
Mia planned to return home, while Jared was headed out to find Elena to discuss the celestial crystal vein mine.
However, as Jared and the others approached the city gates, someone was watching them.
“Mr. Niel, that man named Jared seems to be heading out of the city. He might be trying to escape,” a subordinate reported to Niel inside a lavishly decorated building.
“So, he’s really trying to flee. I suspected as much. He must have escaped from prison on his own. Go inform that idiot Captain Ricky. Someone escaped from his prison, and he doesn’t even know it yet!” Niel said darkly.
Last night, when Niel saw Jared with Jaime’s token, he assumed Jaime had released Jared.
Upon investigating, he discovered that no such release had occurred, meaning Jared had escaped on his own.
No matter how Jared managed to escape, breaking out of prison was a capital offense.
Niel had predicted Jared would try to sneak out of the city, so he stationed people at the gates to keep watch.
Sure enough, Jared appeared, and Niel immediately ordered his men to inform Ricky.
After all, it would be Ricky’s responsibility if someone broke out of the prison he was overseeing.
Niel’s relentless pursuit of Jared was personal. Jared had humiliated him by defeating him, and the story had spread throughout Beast City over the past few days.
Once a revered son of the Buckley family, admired wherever he went, Niel had become a laughingstock of the city.
The idea of being beaten by a mere Tribulation cultivator was utterly humiliating.
If Jared had remained in prison and been tortured to death, Niel could have accepted it. Yet, the fact that Jared had escaped after only two days added insult to injury.
