The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan!-Chapter 436: This Is Death

Paige Sterling withdrew her thoughts and looked at Julian Hawthorne with a smile.

"Mr. Hawthorne..."

She elongated her tone, as if hiding some mischievous idea.

Julian Hawthorne looked at her, "Hmm?"

Paige Sterling took out a set of tools, smiling sweetly, "What do you think this is?"

Julian Hawthorne squinted his eyes too. It was a tattoo kit. He asked Paige Sterling, "You want to give me a tattoo?"

Paige Sterling nodded, "I specifically learned for several days, my skills are guaranteed, don’t worry."

Julian Hawthorne didn’t refuse either. Paige Sterling wouldn’t give him a tattoo for no reason, it certainly wasn’t just a simple tattoo.

He knew what Paige Sterling was after, so without thinking he said, "Alright, what do you want to tattoo on me? And where?"

Paige Sterling’s eyes swept over Julian Hawthorne’s body, making him feel dry in the mouth, before saying, "The waist, perhaps."

"Alright."

Paige Sterling handed her design sketches to Julian Hawthorne, "Pick one."

Julian Hawthorne selected a small cat design, then used a pencil to modify it a bit. The image was turned into a cartoon cat’s body with Paige Sterling’s cute face on it, "I want this."

Paige Sterling’s mouth twitched, unable to mock Mr. Hawthorne’s wicked taste.

"Alright then, lie down."

Julian Hawthorne lay down, and Paige Sterling focused intently as she tattooed him, hiding a prepared tracking device beneath the tattoo.

This type of tracker is composed of tiny, eye-invisible particles that are hidden beneath the tattoo. Without a magnifying glass, you can’t see it, and current technology can’t detect it at all.

This way, they wouldn’t have to worry about those people searching him or using devices to check.

Moreover, this tracker not only can pinpoint positions but also protect Julian Hawthorne at critical moments.

But due to its size, it can only be used once. Once the automatic protection function is activated, it’s rendered useless.

This was the most covert tracking device Paige Sterling could think of with the current level of technology.

Despite its small size, the cost was over a hundred million, making it unaffordable for regular use, so, naturally, it couldn’t be mass-produced.

Paige Sterling tattooed Julian Hawthorne with extreme seriousness, while Julian Hawthorne just kept watching her.

In no time, a cat tattoo was completed.

For the first time getting hands-on, Paige Sterling realized it was a bit ugly, not quite matching the original design.

It seemed like the cute kitty had turned into a somewhat wretched rat.

Paige Sterling frowned, a bit distressed, "What to do? It looks like a rat?"

Julian Hawthorne chuckled, indifferent, "It doesn’t matter, a rat it is, as long as I know it’s you."

Paige Sterling glared at him, "How could such an ugly thing be me?"

Julian Hawthorne pulled her into his arms, "Even if it’s ugly, it was carved into me by your hand."

Paige Sterling did not move in his embrace, and Julian Hawthorne gently kissed her cheek, "Beau, I will come back safely."

Paige Sterling murmured an acknowledgment. Though worried and reluctant, none of these were expressed in words.

Often her love, like Julian Hawthorne’s, wasn’t spoken out loud.

Rather than speaking it, she preferred expressing it through actions.

Julian Hawthorne left the next morning. After he left, Paige Sterling continued working as usual.

And because Julian Hawthorne was not around at Silverstream Bay, Paige Sterling worked without any concern, spending the time she used to accompany him at work but still remembered the words Julian Hawthorne told her before leaving, following his regimen strictly.

She was living with the Sterling Family now, and Jared Sullivan, having nothing else to do, supervised her daily.

Meanwhile, rumors about her and Julian Hawthorne’s relationship crisis seemed to be growing.

Paige Sterling didn’t mind, letting the rumors spread as they wished and believed that these rumors might not be entirely without use.

A month later.

The jungles at the border of The Kingdom of Gavalon.

Julian Hawthorne and a few disheveled men leaned in a hidden part of the forest, resting with closed eyes.

These men were all soldiers from Veridia.

This time, Julian Hawthorne followed the opponent’s instructions to negotiate and first rescued Mrs. Hawthorne.

Then he offered himself as a hostage at the opponent’s hand, attempting to locate their base and wipe out this underground organization in one shot.

The threats and hardships he faced in the past half-month need not be elaborated.

But the opponents were too cunning. They wanted to use him to threaten Paige Sterling yet were unwilling to give anything in return. Julian Hawthorne used his wits to fight against them for over a month, stubbornly refusing to send a distress signal to Paige Sterling as per their intentions.

Ultimately, Julian Hawthorne achieved half of his goal, having found the opponent’s largest research base overseas, and even injuring their leader, Old K.

The organization suffered great losses and had now become a secret target for multiple intelligence agencies, with Old K leading the remaining forces to exact frenzied revenge on Julian Hawthorne.

Under the escort of a few, Julian Hawthorne escaped to this place.

Throughout the journey, they suffered heavy casualties, and Julian Hawthorne was injured multiple times, but he just endured them.

He knew he couldn’t afford to let anything happen to him. Paige Sterling was essentially a research machine, using all her intellect in research, lacking in emotional responsiveness. If he were to be gone, what would Paige do alone in the future?

Realizing his Beau would turn into an emotionless workaholic, he allowed himself no room for any accidents.

After several days on the run, while resting with closed eyes, their nerve remained taut, daring not to relax.

Because everyone knew that in this situation, once you let your guard down, death might be the next visit.

To get back to Veridia alive, they all had to be on high alert.

At that moment, the only woman in the group slowly moved next to Julian Hawthorne.

She was Alisa, whom they had encountered while locating Old K’s hideout and battling him. Alisa suddenly appeared and saved Julian Hawthorne at a critical moment, hence they couldn’t simply leave her behind and had to let her join their escape.

Everyone knew there was something fishy about Alisa’s presence there, and initially, they didn’t agree to take her along.

However, Alisa explained that she discovered internal employees of The Tell Group had connections with this organization after taking her position, thinking it was a legitimate group, so she came here to negotiate further with it.

In other words, she was innocent up to that point.

Once she realized the group’s illegitimacy, she deceptively kept engaging with them while secretly stealing top-secret information from the organization, placing it elsewhere. She promised to unconditionally hand over the information once her safety was ensured.

As such, they had no choice but to bring Alisa along. The top-secret information she held was the purpose of their mission, and without Alisa, she might be hunted down by Old K’s people.