Chapter 286
o fit an egg.
Lance’s mouth dropped open, wide enough to fit
“Ms. Flora wow you’re incredible!”
“Where are they? Where are those Red Scorpion bastards?”
Empire Base folks rushed in, decked out in their dark robes, weapons in hand, looking all tough and ready to conquer the world Colton glanced at them, clearly unimpressed, “Took you long enough”
“Lance sent us a message, and we came as fast as we could.”
Even though Lance wasn’t the most talented guy and had spent years in Logistics, everyone liked him because he was genuinely nice. People at the base loved chatting with him. Even the cocky young members of Enforcement had a soft spot for Lance
As soon as the Enforcement squad arrived, they hovered around Lance, checking if he was okay, completely ignoring Flora.
Their captain, known as Willens, spotted the defeated Red Scorpions sprawled on the ground, looking surprised. He nudged Colton with his elbow.
“Dude, you’ve got guts, taking on that many and laying them all out.”
Colton shot a complicated look at Flora, “It wasn’t me, it was…”
“Let’s head back, Flora cut him off, striding ahead.
Colton paused, realizing Flora didn’t want anyone to know she was the one who took down the Red Scorpions, so he stayed quiet. “Hang in there, bro,” Willens said sympathetically to Colton. He thought it was rough for an Enforcement guy to be stuck protecting a
women.
Colton didn’t respond, just followed Flora out.
Lance quickly caught up with them.
Back at Empire Base.
Connor set down his papers and looked at Flora, his voice gentle, “Did you have a good time?”
“It was alright,” Flora grinned. “Colton got hurt, though.”
Hearing that, Connor glanced at Colton’s bruised face and frowned, “What happened?”
*Just some idiots causing trouble, Flora said, plopping herself into Connor’s lap and wrapping her arms around his neck, a sly smile on her lips. “But I took care of it
Colton’s expression was unreadable.
The sweet, cuddly girl now seemed like a totally different person from the fierce Flora earlier. Was this what people meant by sweet but deadly?
Connor knew how capable Flora was; he wouldn’t have brought her to the base otherwise. As long as she was okay, he let her handle things her way.
He squeezed Flora’s hand and turned to Colton and Lance, “You two go get checked out at Medical,”
“Got it.”
Colton headed to the Medical Division,
The staff there knew Colton well and were shocked to see him all beaten up.
*Colton, weren’t you out with the boss‘ fiancée? How’d you end up like this?”
Being in Enforcement, getting hurt wasn’t unusual, but Colton was supposed to be protecting Flora. Seeing him like this was definitely something to gossip about.
Colton didn’t explain, just said, Tm here for some meds.”
“Colton?”
The curtain was pulled back, and Yara stepped out. “What happened to you? Take off your shirt, let me take a look”
“It’s fine, not too serious. Just need some ointment for these bruises, and i’ll be good.”
It was already late, and he still had to make up for the training he missed today.
Yara grabbed two bottles of ointment and two bottles of pills from the counter. “You know how to use the ointment, so won’t go over
Colton took the item and headed