It’s Hard To Control My Naughty Wife!

Ivan didn't think the situation would get this serious and even involve weapons. Didn't they just say they wanted to talk to Apple? So what was the issue here now? They should just talk to her, right? No need with all the threats and weapons they brought.

However, Ivan was too naive to think that the situation was that simple. If you think about it, Ivan was not familiar with these kinds of situations and couldn't be blamed if he thought too naively.

After all, he had never thought about being in a life and death situation or getting involved in the human trafficking carried out by the Gevano family.

Ivan had always assumed that such incidents were real and factual, but the possibility of him being involved in such a situation was close to zero and highly unlikely.

Therefore, he still didn't fully realize when he stood before Apple and blocked the path of the bullets that might be fired at the girl.

"What are you doing? You want to shoot her?" Ivan cried, standing in front of Apple, shielding the girl behind his back, but Apple pushed him out of the way first.

She knew that these people wanted her alive, after all, she would be of no use if she died, but they wouldn't think twice before shooting Ivan if he got in their way.

Therefore, what he did was stupid, well, everything he was planning right now was stupid to be honest…

"It's not what you promised!" cried Ivan again. He didn't mean to harm Apple like this and didn't think the situation would get this complicated.

If only he had known, there was no way he would have brought Apple into such a dangerous situation now. Yes, he did set up Apple, but this was going too far. This was a criminal act.

"Apple, we have to call the police," Ivan said frantically, whispering in a low voice to Apple standing next to him.

On the other hand, Apple didn't really respond to that. She just glanced at Ivan and didn't say anything.

"What do you want?" asked Apple. She then snatched Ivan's phone when he tried to contact the police, alerting the snipers around them.

"What are you doing? Give me back my phone," Ivan hissed frantically. His body seemed to be shaking a bit and it looked like he was having a panic attack right now, especially when he received the fierce and cold stare from Apple.

"You've caused enough trouble, so just shut up and let me handle this," growled Apple. She was annoyed that Ivan could be so stupid like this. "Follow my words, or I will shoot you myself. You're just being troublesome."

Apple's cold stare finally managed to silence Ivan. He said nothing more. But, he also didn't dare to do anything rash after Apple's warning.

Was she going to shoot him herself?

Ivan knew that Apple was a bit brutal and violent because she had a father like Pyro and had also been involved with a criminal gang before, but the threats Apple threw at him just now left Ivan really scared. He unceremoniously believed her, thinking this girl would not hesitate to shoot him, if he were to throw a tantrum again.

"Now your business with me," Apple said to one of the five men in front of her, who was standing slightly ahead of the others. Apparently, he was the leader of these people. "Did the Gevano family send you guys here?" she asked.

The man did not answer. He shoved his hands into the pockets of the cloak he was wearing, and Apple assumed he was holding his own guns.

"It is not your turn to ask questions," said the man. "You are the one who should follow our orders."

Apple scoffed disdainfully when she heard the statement. She didn't like being ordered around and following orders. Heck. She rarely even wanted to hear what Jayden had to say. So, why would she listen to this stranger?

"If you're looking for someone who can follow your orders, it looks like you've got the wrong target," Apple said calmly. She glanced toward the roofs of nearby houses and tried to guess how many snipers were there.

"You have no other choice but to follow our orders."

Apple raised her eyebrows when she heard this. "Really?" she asked in a surprised tone that sounded very fake.

"You'd better follow us quietly, so that nothing untoward should happen." He then glanced at Ivan and the car they came in earlier. He seemed to realize that someone else was in the car now. "Or an unwanted victim. "

"Where are you taking me?" asked Apple. She was still looking around and it seemed there really were only these five men surrounding her and a few snipers on the roofs, but she couldn't confirm the exact number of the snipers.

"Come with us quietly, then we won't hurt you." The man took one step to the side, followed by the four behind him, which then paved the way for Apple to step away from there.

"Apple, we can find another way to escape from here. You should call the police," Ivan whispered to her, his voice shaking with fear.

"Isn't there something else you should tell me?" Apple glanced at Ivan sarcastically when she said that.

"I will apologize to you as much as you want after we manage to escape this situation safely." Ivan understood what Apple meant.

But, it looked like Apple had plans of her own.

"Okay, I'll come with you guys, but just leave them here, okay?" said Apple to the man in front of her.

"Of course," he answered quickly.

But, hearing this, Ivan widened his eyes in disbelief. "Don't do this Apple, I'm sorry, but you can't go with them, you don't know what they're going to do. We'll find another way out of this place, you don't have to protect me like this…"

But, before Ivan finished with his rambling words, Apple had hit him on the back of the head hard enough to knock him out and fall on his face, but this time, he didn't get up again. Ivan just lost his consciousness.

Apple could see the look of horror and fear as Ivan stared at her before he lost consciousness. He should have known when to stop talking, or else Apple would be in trouble too.

'You don't have to protect me…' he said?

Apple scoffed. If it weren't for them being old friends, she wouldn't have bothered to silence him like this, because what Ivan did and said would only provoke these people and ruin her plans.

"So, can we leave now?" Apple asked the man in front of her, after she was done dealing with Ivan.

"You're not afraid to leave your friend like this?" the man asked, but there was a sinister smile on the corners of his lips as he said that.

"He can take care of himself. So, shall we go now or should we wait for Christmas eve first?" asked Apple sarcastically.

The man laughed softly. "For a woman, you are very brave."

Apple narrowed her eyes when she heard this. "And you, for a man, are very talkative."

Apple smiled slightly when she saw that this man was feeling a little annoyed. "So, shall we go now?" Apple asked them.

The man then approached Apple and handcuffed her hands securely.

"Hey, don't be too rough, you can't hurt me," Apple protested. "If it leaves a mark, then you and I will be in big trouble."

The man just frowned because he didn't understand what Apple just said, she seemed to be babbling about bullshit.

And after that, Apple was rushed into a black van parked at the end of this dark alley and they locked her inside.

"Am I being kidnapped right now?" asked Apple as she sat comfortably in the van. "I just found out that your plan is to kidnap me…"

"Shut up," one of the men grumbled.

There were at least two other vans that were following the van Apple was riding in, in the same color.

"It turns out that you guys really wanted to kidnap me because I was Jayden's fiancée…" she mumbled, as if talking to herself. "See? It's such a pain to be Jayden Tordoff's fiancée… I should have asked for more rewards than this…"

There were two men sitting on either side of Apple and they both stared at this girl who was talking to herself with furrowed brows, as if they didn't understand what Apple was rambling about.

"… this is indeed one of my predictions that I will be kidnapped… but…" Apple then looked at the two men sitting on her left and right with a slightly stern and furrowed brow in displeasure. "Can't you just sit a little further away? You are too close," she grumbled.

The two men looked at each other and then shifted their bodies, because they did have a fairly large body size, so being seated in the middle, Apple felt squeezed.

But, what they couldn't understand was; why did they silently agree to comply with Apple's request? It should have been this girl who followed all their words and not the other way around.

"Hm… this car has a bad smell… and the two people flanking me also have a body odor that makes me sick," Apple said quietly, as if she was talking to herself.

"What the hell were you saying earlier?" exclaimed one of the men, he felt offended that Apple said that. He didn't smell bad!