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John frowned; Nana clearly sensed his displeasure, but refused to let go of his neck anyway."We’re a lawfully married couple now, Lucas," she said."Quit messing around. I need to tend to our guests soon." John tried to push her away, his impatience evident."Yes, you can do it soon. It won't take that long…" Nana retorted, staring at him fixedly in the eyes."Don't play around. The doctor insisted you shouldn't do anything taxing.""I don't care.""But I do," John breathed, very slowly and clearly.Nana beamed, clearly elated by his words. "So you love me? You don't want me to die?" "Yeah," John replied, though that was only because he knew all too well that he wasn’t going to survive if Nana died anyway. "Let me go," he told her again. "I'm going to drop on you.""Are you sure you would?" Nana asked, still refusing to let go. "And aren't you tired, holding yourself up? There's no body contact between us at all.""I'm afraid you'd get hurt. The doctor said you can't affo
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At the very next instant, John watched as stewards in the hotel appeared on the floor and knocked on every door, crying, "There's a fire in the banquet hall! Please leave your room with us immediately for evacuation!"As their voices echoed repeatedly, the doors opened. Everyone was in shock by the unexpected fire.The banquet hall was on the first floor, and the fire there might have spread upstairs if it was bad enough—if the firefighters could not stop the fire in time, naturally.Nonetheless, the walkway was a sight of confusion as the guests ran out of their rooms."What's going on? Why is there a fire? What if it spreads up here? Are we going to die?!" someone asked loudly.The scene was even more confusing.However, one of the hotel staff quickly calmed things down. "There's no need for panic! There's a fire escape that goes straight outside, and you just have to follow our directions. The firefighters have already been informed. They’ll stop the spreading fire soon and ke
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Cordy worked hard to stay calm.She left her phone on the table out at the banquet hall, and so had no way to call for help directly.She gritted her teeth, and started to hammer against the door viciously.However, most of the other guests already left the guest hall and there were no others in the ladies room. She therefore couldn’t alert anyone despite the ruckus she was causing.Her danger senses were screaming now, and she kept hitting the door. "Hello? Is there anyone out there?!"There was still no response, and at that point, Cordy didn’t have to guess if her situation was an accident.In fact, there was no doubt that this was all Nana's doing—and given Nana's heinous nature, she wasn’t such a trivial person to go that far just to lock her in.Cordy worked hard to quell her unease, and decided that she had to free herself since there was no one out there to help.She looked around the toilet cubicle, but the doors and the walls reached up to the ceiling, affording her
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The hotel staff evacuating the banquet hall intercepted Patrick. "There's a fire, sir! It's dangerous here. Please come with us and leave through the fire exit.""There's still someone in the toilet! I have to reach her!" Patrick cried out urgently, immediately going physical against the staff and shoving him aside to rush in the ladies room."Sir, don't worry," the staff caught him nonetheless. "There's nothing to worry about. We have professional rescuers evacuating everyone right now, just leave the rest to us for your own safety.""Move! I'm going by myself!" Patrick's eyes were almost red in urgency—right now, Cordy's safety was far more important! She was alone in the ladies' room, and her leg was still hurt.If help didn’t reach her in time…The thought only sent Patrick into a panicked frenzy; he ignored the staff's discouragement to push the latter away as hard as he could, and dashed straight to the ladies' room without a pause."Sir!" The staff chased after him, bu
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John never slowed down—hesitation was pointless at this moment. With the fire getting from bad to worse, the Cranstons would all have a hard time leaving without rescue.And since the Lynds had gone so far to set this all up, they would definitely have been prepared for all contingencies—help would never reach them in time."Cordy!" John yelled.Cordy was taken aback.To be honest, she already lost hope when she picked up the scent of the swirling smoke while still trapped inside.She simply found no chances of escape, even if she never gave up.That was when he heard the voice—it was neither Parick nor Sean as she expected, but whoever it was, she had hope now!And so, she quickly replied, "I'm in here!"However, before she answered, John had already noticed that one of the toilet cubicles was locked from the outside.Someone had obviously trapped Cordy inside, and John instantly could tell who it was.But now wasn’t the time for that—the priority was to get Cordy out!"S
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The Lynds definitely would’ve come up with a plan to trap the Cranstons in the fire, and Cordy must acknowledge their cunning wit to cover up their conspiracy with an accident.Neither Sean nor Cordy would’ve expected them to go all out like this, even though they have prepared themselves for the danger they knew they would face when they came here.Nonetheless, Cordy gritted her teeth in determination—now was not the time to worry about others, not when she had no idea if she was going to make it out herself.With the path ahead blocked by the inferno, neither John nor herself could go anywhere.Coupled with the ever-growing fire, they would either suffocate from the smoke or be burnt to death.But just as Cordy hesitated, John said determinedly, "Let's make a run for it."She turned and gave him a look, he assured her, "Our clothes are wet. It won't burn."As Cordy bit her lip, he added, "Keep your head under my jacket. I'll lead you."And with that, John held her hand with g
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It took John considerable effort to open his eyes.The pain that caught him off guard just now stopped short of knocking him out, and he had to use every bit of strength to retain his consciousness.After all, what would happen to Cordy if he blacked out? Gritting his teeth, he used all his strength to pick up the wet fabric Cordy dropped on the floor, holding it against her nose. Cordy's heart skipped a beat—he was hurt, but the first thing he did once he reimagined consciousness was to protect her.She had been so scared that she forgot to pick up the wet fabric after she dropped it, along with the fact that she could die from inhaling too much smoke as well.Her eyes were red. Then, she heard John rasping, "You have to always take care of yourself…"And yet, he didn’t do the same when danger struck just now.In fact, she clearly felt him pushing her out of harm's way so that the chandelier only struck his back and not her.Cordy bit her lip, awash with a mess of emotions.
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"Let me down…" Cordy tried to reason with John. "We don't have to die together.""No one's dying," John told her in no uncertain terms. "I saved you once before. I can do it again."Cordy had more to say, but he snapped, "Don't say anything. Save your strength—we’ll survive this."And with those words, she could clearly feel his footsteps picking up pace.She closed her eyes, and stayed silent.She had already troubled him far too much—she really shouldn’t keep dragging him down.And with that, John carried her on piggyback as he charged towards the entrance.Cordy felt her body aching all over, but clenched her teeth to stop herself from crying out loud. She leaned over John's back, hearing his rushed breathing.There were a few times when he seemed to stumble, but he picked himself up again right after.He never wasted a single second.Cordy was almost fainting amidst the fire and smoke, but he still carried her and hurried forward.Just as she was about to lose consciousn
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