Lily walked past Melanie and strode toward the exit. ‘God knows why she stopped me back there. It’ll be troublesome if she tries to frame me or anything again later.’Lily saw Giselle walking over to her quickly as soon as she exited through the door, the latter’s expression filled with joy and excitement. She failed to conceal her emotions, although she tried. “Congratulations, Ms. Christian!”The results of the first two rounds were released immediately upon finalization by the organizer, but the participants had to stay for a while longer inside the venue. Lily found Giselle’s attempt to suppress her happiness hilarious and raised her hand to pinch Giselle’s cheeks.Giselle was stunned.“Let me give you some advice.”“What?”“Don’t call me Ms. Christian next time.” It was rare for anyone to call Lily that, making her feel weird getting addressed that way too.Her words made Giselle’s mind go blank for a second. “What should I call you then?”“What about my name?”Giselle bl
Giselle was one to worry about many things, but she was right this time. However, Lily's rejection was not solely motivated by a desire to avoid gossip, as meeting Lisa at such a delicate time could lead to unwarranted assumptions. Even if Lily did not care about that, it would affect the reputation of Lisa and her father.Lily looked at the man and said, “How about this? I’ll call Lisa and talk things over the phone with her.”The man stayed silent, so Lily took out her phone and called Lisa. However, the call did not go through at all.“Ms. Parker is doing this because she has no other choice. Ms. Christian, we hope you understand,” the man explained.At first, Lily wanted to decline, but she was worried that something had happened to Lisa or that she had encountered some sort of difficulty since the call was not going through and the man had Lisa's ring with him. After hesitating for a moment, she finally decided. “Fine. I’ll come with you.”“Wait!” Giselle, seeing that she cou
Giselled dropped to the side before she managed to finish her words.“Giselle?” Lily called her name with a frown. She grabbed her arm and shook it twice, “What’s wrong with you, Giselle?”Lily also felt faint halfway through the sentence. She looked at the person in front of her and said, “You guys are not the personnel sent by Lisa!”She, too, passed out and fell on Giselle’s unconscious body.“You caught on too late,” Jo said menacingly.The car drove to a desolate place. They stopped halfway to change to a different vehicle before continuing the journey. They used different roads before finally stopping in front of a small wooden house. The driver stopped the car and walked to the other side. Jo opened the door and jumped from the vehicle. They each carried Lily and Giselle on their shoulders and walked towards the wooden house.The people inside had likely heard the noise outside and opened the wooden house door to invite them in, “You weren’t followed, right?”“Hmph.” Jo
Christopher made a phone call after he locked them up. “Yes, we got her. When will we receive our payment?”“Have you tied her up properly?” The person on the other end of the call asked worriedly.“Don’t worry. We’ve always met our customers’ various needs,” Christopher paused a moment before adding, “Even if she weren’t tied up, do you think she’ll be able to run away?”“It’s better to be on the side of caution.” Although he, too, felt that Lily could not escape from her kidnappers, the plan had to be foolproof, and mistakes were unacceptable.Christopher did not take his words to heart. “When are you coming over?”“I can only be there after two days. Give Lily water but less food for the next few days. Don’t let her eat much. Also, remember to give her the injections,” The person said.Christopher stayed silent for a while before he laughed awkwardly and said, “Shouldn’t you do this yourself?”“I have something urgent on my side and can’t leave. Just do as I say. I’ll pay you
Christopher gave Leonel a stern look before saying, “Don’t you dare do anything stupid. You better not touch her and do something the client did not request!”Leonel pursed his lips in resentment. “I was just saying. It’s such a pity.”Unexpectedly, Jo agreed, “Yeah.”Christopher and Leonel looked at Jo in surprise. Jo then prepared the injection and placed the needle on a tray before getting to his feet. He said, “I’ll go give her the shot.”“Jo.” Christopher stopped him. “Don’t be too hard on her or accidentally kill her. It’ll be difficult to answer the client if that happens.”Jo nodded and walked toward Lily’s room.He opened the door and looked at the woman lying on the bed. She had the petite figure of a typical Asian but was full of curves. Her exposed slender arms were as white as snow. It looked like she had not woken up yet.He walked toward the bedside, turned on the side lamp, and stared at Lily. Then he put the tray on the bedside cabinet and sat on the bed. He str
“Do you have the right to ask questions now?” Lily sneered while Jo felt the knife's tip pushing deeper into his flesh.The pain of the blade penetrating through his skin and the fear that he might be dead the next minute made his attitude soften. “D-Don’t do this! L-Let’s talk it out!”“Sure. Let’s talk then. Who ordered you to do this?” Lily, with her head, tilted to one side, asked.When they were in the car earlier, Lily sensed something was off. Lisa would have called Lily beforehand if she genuinely had problems or difficulties on her end. However, Lily could not get through to Lisa’s phone number, and ultimately, Lisa’s phone got turned off. It meant that Lisa faced a severe problem, and she should have sought help from her father. It did not make sense that she looked for Lily.Hence, Lily felt they were here for her, not because Lisa sent them here because she was in trouble. In that case, Lily played along, wanting to find out what they were up to while she searched for t
Leonel bent a little, wanting to lift the blanket, but when his fingers touched the soft fabric, he realized something was wrong.Just as he was about to turn around, he felt numbness in his hips. He could not move at all. He was frightened and made every effort to move but to no avail. His head was immobilized, and all he could do was look around with his eyes.Leonel opened his mouth, wanting to scream, but soon felt numbness on the back of his neck. His mouth was wide open, but he could not even make a sound. ‘Did I become mute?’ This thought made Leonel panic.Lily wanted to control him temporarily so she could ask who the mastermind was. Then she realized he might scream, so she decided it would be better to take control of each person's movements and speech one by one. She could take her time questioning them later.Sure enough, Christopher thought it was strange that Leonel did not come downstairs either. He did not believe Lily posed an immediate threat, but he suspected
After Lily moved the three men together, beads of sweat had already formed on her forehead. After all, they were three muscular men, and it was difficult for a petite lady like her to do such things which required a lot of physical strength.After she was done with the trio, Lily went downstairs to have a look and found this wooden house in the countryside. It was true that, in a place where few people lived, no one would come to their aid, no matter how loudly they screamed.The refrigerator was filled with enough bread and milk to sustain one’s living for a few days. Then, she went to another room to check on Giselle, who was asleep on the bed, completely unaware she was ever in danger. That was great news for Lily. Giselle, in this state, was better than her being awake, panicking, and making things more difficult for Lily. Hence, Lily put a blanket over her, helping her sleep better before returning upstairs.She turned on the main switch, and the house became brightly lit in