Chapter 2: Catch the Thief!

The dude in the baseball cap, realizing he was busted, suddenly shoved John and bolted.

John's lips twisted into a cocky grin. "You really think you can outrun me?"

As he said it, he yanked off one of his shoes and chucked it hard.

The leather shoe smacked the guy in the baseball cap right on the back of his head. He wobbled a bit before crashing to the ground with a thud.

Emily, clueless about what just went down, stormed over and demanded, "What the heck, John? Why'd you hit him?"

John ignored her, instead fishing a pink wallet out of the guy's pocket and swinging it around. "This yours, Emily?"

Emily's jaw dropped when she saw the wallet in John's hand.

She quickly rummaged through her backpack and realized her wallet was gone.

Her eyes went wide as she yelled, "That's my wallet! My ID and credit card are in there!"

John flipped open the wallet with one finger and peeked at the ID.

"Emily Brown, huh? Your last name's Brown?"

Emily pouted. "What's wrong with Brown? Give me my wallet back!"

Seeing Emily's fiery temper, John smirked. "Emily, didn't your teacher teach you manners? I just got your wallet back, and you can't even say thanks?"

"Thank you!" Ava cut in, her voice icy.

"Just a thank you? That's kinda weak, don't you think?"

John had been sulking on the plane for two hours and saw this as his chance to get some payback.

"So what do you want?" Ava's tone stayed frosty.

John raised an eyebrow. "How about you treat me to a meal, at least?"

Emily's eyes widened, and she suddenly blurted out, "Hey, are you trying to hit on Ava?"

John didn't expect Emily to be so sharp and was momentarily speechless.

To break the awkward silence, John casually tossed the wallet back to her. "Here's your wallet. Keep a better eye on it next time!"

Just then, a pink Porsche zoomed up and smoothly parked at the entrance.

A young woman in sunglasses stepped out of the car with grace.

She took off her sunglasses and waved at Emily and Ava.

"Sophia!" Emily squealed, bouncing over like an excited bunny.

John was already floored.

How could someone be that gorgeous? Is she even real?