BXBX NOVEL Chapter 576 SNIPER
Chapter 576 SNIPER
"Find out everything that has to do with Ivan Andreas and his photography studio and also Stardust studio," Jayden said in a low voice, but it couldn\'t assuage how serious this man was right now. After all, it was his lover who was in the question.
Jayden was a little displeased with the way Ivan had secretly taken a photo of Apple and used it to enter a contest.
While Apple took it for granted without a second thought. It was not that Jayden didn\'t trust Apple\'s judgment, it was just that the girl was sometimes too kind for her own good, especially since Ivan was her friend and the woman tended to lower her guard for that reason.
Jayden then listened to the answer from the person on the other end of the line.
"Yes, everyone," Jayden replied, as he waved his hand at Apple who was staring at him from a distance. The girl was choosing the horse she would ride.
The sun wasn\'t too hot during the day, and Jayden could feel the cool breeze from the mountains hitting his face.
"Okay," Jayden said curtly before he hung up the phone and walked over to the woman.
"Busy?" asked Apple when Jayden had arrived beside her, while she was engrossed in watching the horses there. She assumed Jayden had just gotten a call related to work.
"No, just some business," Jayden replied, kissing Apple gently on the head. "Any horse you fancy?" Jayden asked when he saw that Apple still hadn\'t decided which horse to ride.
"I like all of them, but there\'s still none that I think fits my heart," replied Apple, stroking the mane of the horse closest to her.
"Come here, I think you\'ll like this," Jayden said, pulling Apple\'s hand to follow him.
Jayden took Apple to one of the stables that belonged to him, the stable looked different from the others and looked much more memorable and luxurious. Then he introduced Apple to a beautiful horse.
"This is Oscar," Jayden said, introducing the black horse with its one eye covered in a white circle, like a pirate\'s eye patch.
Apple was amazed when she saw the horse. This was the largest horse Apple had ever seen and it looked absolutely gorgeous with its soft mane and shiny body.
The horse also looked arrogant, holding its head high while looking at Apple curiously, but he allowed Jayden to rub his head. When Jayden raised his hand, the horse even lowered his head. Very sweet…!
"Hi, Oscar," Apple greeted the horse who only snorted when he heard his name being called.
Whoops! Not only was the owner a little annoying, even this horse seemed to have the same personality as Jayden.
"Come here." Jayden pulled Apple\'s hand closer and then placed her hand on the black horse\'s body.
Oscar flinched for a moment and turned his big head to see who had touched him and then glared at Apple.
"Is it just me or is this horse staring at me fiercely?" Apple whispered to Jayden. She couldn\'t believe she was talking about the horse as if this animal could understand what she was saying.
"That\'s just how you feel," Jayden chuckled when he saw Apple\'s worried expression. "Oscar is the best horse here."
"Well, of course, this is your horse."
"Yes, I always get the best," Jayden said as he hugged Apple from behind and kissed her cheek briefly. "Thus, I will feel much better if you ride Oscar."
"Okay, but are you sure this horse likes me?" Apple narrowed her eyes as she stared at this black horse.
"Of course he likes you. Even I like you."
"But, you are not a horse Mr. Tordoff," replied Apple. "Argh!" Apple shrieked softly as Jayden lifted her up and sat her on Oscar\'s back.
The horse was already equipped with the saddle and harness so it was no problem for Apple, who immediately grabbed the reins that was given to her after Jayden settled her down there.
"Have you ever ridden a horse before?" Jayden asked, putting Apple\'s foot in the saddle. The girl looked awkward when Jayden touched her feet, but instead the man looked normal, as if there was nothing unusual about what he was doing.
"My father took me on horse riding several times. The last time was about three years ago," Apple replied.
Therefore, it could be said that Apple was not too foreign to this activity, even though she was not very proficient.
"If I ride your horse, then what about you?" asked Apple, only realizing this now.
"I can choose one of the horses in the stables," Jayden replied lightly. "Would you like to take a look around?" Jayden said and then took the reins in Apple\'s hands and pulled Oscar out of his stall.
Jayden took hold of Oscar\'s reins as they walked down the wide grass field, having small talk about some things they had never talked about before.
And from this conversation, Jayden learned a little about Apple\'s childhood, when she had lived with her mother and stepfather.
Apple didn\'t go into detail about how her life was then, but she certainly didn\'t seem to be enjoying talking about her time with her mother that much. She didn\'t even look enthusiastic at the prospect of reuniting with her mother.
Jayden listened to what Apple had to say, because he wanted to know more about herself, but he wasn\'t going to push and unwilling to stop discussing something if he felt Apple wasn\'t comfortable with it.
From afar, the two of them looked very well matched and was a beautiful sight to behold. A couple who were chatting casually while riding, with the man leading the horse by the reins and directing them to places with beautiful views, while the woman was on the horse, telling something that occasionally made the man laugh or pause, like deep in thought.
"Jayden, why don\'t you take one of the horses? We\'re going to the river, do you want to come?" asked Gabby who was approaching them on her horse while not far from her was her boyfriend, Mark.
Jayden and Apple both turned to the source of the sound and found Gabby in her red shirt and jeans, she looked very cute with her red hair flowing freely behind her back.
"To the river?" asked Apple. "Is that the same river you told me about?" Previously, Jayden had already told Apple about the beautiful river and the two of them did plan to go there.
"Yeah, we\'re planning on going there too," Jayden replied to Gabby.
"Then why don\'t we go there together?" Gabby looked cheerful when she invited them to go.
Apple didn\'t answer the invitation, but the look in her eyes showed her enthusiasm for going there soon and Jayden understood that.
"I\'ll call someone to bring a horse here," Jayden said, then he let go of Oscar\'s reins he was holding because Apple wanted to try to get Oscar to walk on her own.
Jayden believed that nothing bad would happen, especially since this was not the first time for Apple and he also trusted his horse for this, moreover, Jayden knew that Gabby was a good horseman, after all Mark was there too.
Apple then took the bridle from Jayden and made the horse trot a little, because they were going to the river together and Jayden was going to ride his own horse, so Apple started to get used to Oscar.
It was just that while Apple was riding around slowly, chatting with Gabby, while Jayden was making phone calls with his eyes still watching Apple\'s movements, something bad happened.
It would be so hard to believe if you weren\'t there. But, someone actually fired a bullet at Jayden, the sound of the gun popping made the horses that were there run in an unsteady direction.
Especially when the second and third popping sounds followed and this made things even more chaotic as the horses turned rebellious and difficult to control, including Oscar.
Oscar was a big horse and when the animal started to rebel and tried to escape in the midst of this chaos, Apple couldn\'t control him and she had only two choices.
The first option was to throw herself off Oscar\'s body, which could put her at risk of being stepped on by this horse and seriously injured or trying to control Oscar by hanging in there.
Out of instinct, when this happened and Oscar started throwing a tantrum, Apple wrapped her arms around the animal\'s neck, trying to keep herself up there, while Gabby and Mark\'s horses were still uncontrollable.
Apple\'s mind was running fast, she was trying to see where the shots were coming from. How could there be an attack in a place like this especially when the entire Tordoff family was there?
But, the main thing was; where was Jayden? It was hard for Apple to see Jayden\'s figure in the midst of this mess, especially as Oscar moved away from it.
"Good boy, good boy, stop running, okay?" Apple said those words in a panic as Oscar took her further and further away from the meadow and they began to enter the dense forest with huge trees, after Oscar gracefully jumped over the guardrail.
Damn! This horse is great!
But, Apple had to get back to the others before she was really lost in this forest, after all Apple was still thinking about who was behind the shooting. Were they Jayden\'s enemies? The Gevano family? If it was true, how brave they were.