The place Yuri took Sei was an outdoor cafe near the yacht dock. It was an unusual place where the scent of coffee beans wafted even from a good distance away. He had told her he would buy her a cup of delicious coffee in New York. The coffee she drank at the modest cafe was of a higher quality than anything she had ever tasted in her life. Sei looked around the small shop with curious eyes and then boarded the yacht with Yuri.

“Go straight to the bedroom and change your pants first.”

“I got it, okay?”

“Check if there’s any burn. I’m going to cut off the wrist of the guy who got you that damn coffee.”

“Don’t say such terrible things. Don’t even think of spilling blood because of me.”

Throughout the ride, his focus was on her wet thighs. He was furious when Sei told him how she spilled the coffee and urged her to take off her pants right away. But, of course, she refused, and Yuri drove the car without hiding his displeased expression.

He usually said things casually, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t serious. This time, she had to worry about whether or not he would cut off that damn FBI agent’s wrist.

After passing by the deck where they had dined there previously, Sei entered the bedroom, and immediately changed her plan to take off her pants first and suddenly found herself standing in front of Gavin, who was sitting tied to a chair.

“… What?”

Stefan and Kirill were seated on a soft sofa. Around Gavin, some of Yuri’s men, whose names she did not know, stood armed, all staring at her with blank looks on their faces.

The look in their eyes was akin to asking ‘What are you doing here?’

Yuri, who followed her into the cabin, didn’t expect this situation, so he covered Sei’s eyes with an annoyed groan.

“It’s already late, Yuri. Did I find the wrong bedroom?” she said nonchalantly and removed Yuri’s hand, which covered her eyes.

“These guys found the wrong bedroom. You are not at fault.”

As he said so, Yuri sternly scanned the men in the bedroom. Everyone who received his gaze coughed and averted their gaze. Sei, who had washed her face, turned her head toward a tied-up Gavin. Gavin, who had a gag over his mouth, gave her a look as if asking for help. There must be a reason why this man was tied up here. When she recalled her father’s situation, her mood dropped. She brought a chair in front of Gavin and sat down.

“Yuri couldn’t have brought you here without a good reason. I want to ask you something… Would you answer me yourself or should I look for answers on my own?”

Yuri, who stood behind Sei with a curious face, winked, and Kirill, who had been playing with an army knife, got up and removed Gavin’s gag.

“Haha… It’s a misunderstanding. There’s a misunderstanding. I’m just trying to get things back to normal! What I mean to say is that every one of my moves, none were made for my personal gain! I can swear by the name of my brother, Logan, Rose!”

Sei asked, looking alternately at the faces of Yuri and Gavin, who was spouting excuses in a hurry, “What misunderstanding? What personal gain?”

It was Yuri who answered her question.

“Actually, after resting a bit more with you, I was going to meet him… Our dear FBI here says he has something to apologize for.”

At that, Sei turned to Gavin again. When he was disguised as Pablo, he was once their colleague. The man who was in charge of accounting under Yuri’s trust spent an exceptionally long time with Kirill and was highly reliable.

Perhaps that was why Kirill, who had particularly unpleasant eyes, kept his knife pointed in the direction of Gavin. Gavin seemed to be feeling his malice too as he kept shaking his head struggling to free himself of his binds.

“Rose, please know one thing. I was really only trying to protect you and Jang Young-guk. It is still the same now.”

“Why me? You’re hiding something, aren’t you? You really are like a rotten onion.”

“No, it’s… I’m not hiding anything, I just couldn’t let you know. First, I had to move without you knowing that I was the FBI, and second, I never imagined you would get involved with Yuri.”

“Don’t beat around the bush and get straight down to business. I don’t fancy people tied up in front of me at all. Let’s finish this quickly, okay?”

Sei’s remarks gave Gavin the courage to bring up the main point.

“Okay. Okay. Actually, Jang Young-guk didn’t accidentally steal anything. Knowing that Yuri’s stuff was in Giulio’s hands, someone incited him to steal it.”

“Incited?”

“That’s why….”

Gavin was looking at Yuri, not her. Seeing his eyes turn to Yuri, Sei kicked him roughly in the shin. Gavin, who swallowed the scream, stared straight at her with bloodshot eyes.

“Rose! Why are you…!”

“I am the one talking. Look at me.”

“I’m looking at you! Really! Goddammit!”

Seeing Gavin beating his head, Yuri murmured, “If it had been me, I would have put a bullet in his head. Sei, you’re way too nice.”

She bit her lip and glared daggers at Gavin.

“Continue.”

“Shit… okay. Jang Young-guk filled his pockets to the brim at the event. He stole mostly wallets, but then, unfortunately, he got caught by someone. Just when he thought everything was over, the man said he had an offer. To steal Giulio Parenti’s gun. Your father said the man specifically told him that it was a sapphire-studded gun. Jang Young-guk had no other choice.”

Sei lowered her head as if trying to organize her complex thoughts. The parts that she didn’t understand came to her mind one after another. It was harder for her because she had to completely reverse what she believed to be true.