Dear Soldier, Put Your Gun Down

Matt hung up on Felix without waiting for his response.

Felix was puzzled. He wondered who Matt was going to propose marriage to when he did not even have a girlfriend.

Still, he had no choice but to carry out his instruction. Considering that Matt was called “Grim Reaper” for a reason, defying his order was considered suicidal behavior.

……

After a long day, everyone at the field hospital was sound asleep except for Winona.

While she was tossing and turning, her phone vibrated. She quickly tiptoed her way to the washroom to check the message because no one except the military officers was allowed to use their phones at the military base.

There was a new message for her from her bosom friend, Reese: “Benjamin has returned home safely. Please come back as soon as possible.”

Seeing that, Winona quickly covered her chest to suppress the ineffable joy she was experiencing. A smile spread across her face as a wave of relief washed over her. Now that Benjamin had returned home safely, it meant that their wedding ceremony could now be held according to the schedule. Once she successfully wedded Benjamin, she would then have a valid reason to bring her younger sister, Aileen Winston, with her.

Thinking about Aileen’s illness, Winona couldn’t help feeling disheartened.

Aileen witnessed her mother jumping off a building to kill herself when she was five. Deeply traumatized by the horrifying scene, she had been suffering from schizophrenia ever since then. Now that she was sixteen, she would still suffer epilepsy from time to time.

Feeling bad for Aileen, Winona was determined to provide a safe and peaceful life for her.

Early next morning, Winona packed up all her belongings and left a farewell note for the rest of the clinical team before she took off. She needed to rush back to Bolwich for the wedding ceremony.

Leonard Buckley, who was in charge of the clinical team, immediately arranged for her transport. The soldier who was assigned to give her a lift to the airport would come and fetch her in thirty minutes.

Holding her luggage, she waited anxiously at the roadside.

Before long, a military car screeched to a halt in front of her. A soldier wearing a uniform with paint on his face alighted from the car.

He loaded all her belongings into the

“Thanks.”

at her without

her phone surreptitiously and sent a message to Benjamin: “Please look after Aileen for

Benjamin’s number probably because the signal was weak in the forest. Winona then put her phone

noticed they were not on their way to the

soldier suspiciously. He was wearing a pair of leather boots with his uniform, and he was armed with a pistol. Although there was no badge on his sleeves, there was a faded mark in the shape of one. He must be a high-ranked

out a scalpel

of the car to bring her body forward. Then, she placed the scalpel at the soldier’s

now or

soldier’s eyes. The next

through your

neck and stopped at his aorta. Then, she grazed his skin gently, allowing

the soldier at all. Instead, he turned

Winona, who was frowning at his bizarre reaction, plunged the scalpel deeper into his skin. Blood was spilling out from the cut more rapidly than before, but the soldier

a patient in a vegetative state or a man who had often gone to hell and back could withstand the

use of the distraction and heaved himself to the back passenger seat. He pinned Winona to the seat with his crushing weight and locked eyes with her. Winona

charming,

she realized Matt was the soldier. Was he out of his mind?

this how you return my favor after

ears, sending a jolt of electricity in her body. She felt her resistance crumbling under his smoldering gaze,

you in

in an extremely serious tone. His blood, which was burning with

flashed in Winona’s mind all at once. She knew Matt was a smart guy who was equipped with great survival skills. He made a successful career by interacting with people who could

enough to give his career a boost. Not only was she unable to help him, but

reached a conclusion—he must have had either lost his mind, or he was keeping her as his