13 NATALIE

"It's done now. Are you alright?" 

The woman looked at Terrence. Tears pooled down her eyes. She nodded before pointing the gag in her mouth, which was preventing her from talking. 

"Oh," Terrence quickly removed the gag from the woman's mouth. 

He found it awkward. 

That was the first thing that occurred in Terrence's mind as he stood straight on the side. He looked at the woman who had just broken down in front of him 

After he removed the handkerchief, the woman sat on the ground and cried. 

'What am I supposed to do? Should I console her or just let her be?' He asked himself. He was just watching her cry loudly. 

That stayed on for a few minutes before the woman calmed down. 

"Are you done now?" Terrence asked worriedly when the woman stood up. 

The woman nodded. "Y-You can call me Natalie." 

"Okay, Natalie." Terrence nodded before smiling. He tried to create a light atmosphere for her since she had just gone through a traumatic experience. 

"H-How about you? What's your name?" Natalie asked shyly. She was looking at the side, avoiding Terrence's eyes. She was embarrassed with her current state.

"You can call me Terrence." 

Natalie slowly nodded her head. "Thank you for saving me…" she uttered in a low voice.

"It's nothing. I did it 'cause that was the right thing to do." Terrence lied, knowing that he did this as he had no choice.

Fortunately, those men from earlier were just a bunch of pussies. They can't even last long. 

"Where do you live?" Terrence curiously asked as he looked around. 

He just realized that it was his first time seeing the woman in their area. That means she was not from here. 

"Uhm… I was supposed to meet someone here… but this is what happened." Natalie bowed her head as she answered. She was embarrassed.

Initially, she went here because of someone. She was talking to a guy on the internet for weeks, and today was the day they were supposed to meet.

She thought that the guy was kind and sweet that she agreed to it. But, in the end, she was just scammed because her date didn't arrive. On the way home, she met those guys from earlier.

"You should be careful next time, Natalie. There are a lot of uncertainties when meeting someone online," Terrence sighed as he tried to put sense in her head.

"How will you get home?"

"I will book an Ubear." Natalie smiled. 

Terrence nodded. "Do you want me to accompany you until your Ubear arrives?"

Natalie fell silent with Terrence's question. She does not know how to answer the sudden question. 

She wanted to say yes since she was still scared, but the thought that she might be disturbing Terrence scared him. And on the back of her head, she still doubted Terrence's intention. 

Terrence noticed how Natalie contemplated whether she would say yes or not. "I will, then." He answered with finality.

Terrence looked around and saw that those men he beat up earlier were still on the ground. He sighed. "Let's go to my house first before they wake up and someone notices us."

Terrence worries that someone might find them and recognize him. If that happened, he was sure that they would be put into question. 

Natalie looked at Terrence. The doubt in her head increased, but she quickly disregarded it afterwards. 

'How can I doubt the person who saved me?' she thought before putting a smile on her face. 

"Alright."

He had been wanting to do that since earlier. 

As they were walking together, Terrence just noticed how pretty Natalie was. Despite the bruises on her face and marks of dirt on her body, she still looked presentable. 

Natalie has long and wavy hair. She has a small face and a petite body. However, even with a petite body, you could notice Natalie has a big upfront. 

Terrence looked away after a couple of seconds. He found it weird that he had been looking at Natalie's body. 

The two of them arrived at Terrence's house soon after. 

Terrence opened the gate and went inside while Natalie followed him from behind. 

Tiana looked surprised when he saw a girl walking behind Terrence. She got nervous when she noticed the marks on Natalie's body.

"Oh my! What did you do, Terrence?" She exclaimed out loud. That was the first thing that came out of her mouth. 

Terrence took a deep breath. It seems like he will have a lot of explaining to do. 

"Mom, this is Natalie. I saved her from sexual abusers earlier." 

"Ohh…" Tiana was relieved by Terrence's answer. She thought that her son had become crazy already.

However, when she realized what happened, she gasped in horror. "Oh no!" 

"U-Uhm… Hi?" Natalie waved her hand awkwardly. 

Tiana was quick to realize what had happened. She went close to Natalie and greeted her with a warm smile. 

"Mom, I'll leave you to her. I'll just go and change clothes." He uttered before gazing at Natalie. 

"Don't worry. My mom doesn't bite." He joked before going to his bedroom. 

Terrence immediately lay on the ground after. He was exhausted. His clothes were still dirty, so he couldn't go to bed directly. 

He looked at the ceiling of their room and closed his eyes. 

He couldn't wait to rest for the whole night. 

[Ding!] 

[The Special Mission is successfully finished!] 

[You have been rewarded 20 EXP and +2 strength!] 

[Rewards will be sent to you shortly…]

"Nice!" That's the only time Terrence remembered the rewards of what he did. 

'It seems like this is still worth it.' he uttered. 

His strength increased by 2, and he gained EXP too. With this, he knew that he would level up again in just no time. 

He couldn't help but be excited. He was looking forward to acquiring more rewards in the future.