Edmund carefully showed only half his face. He kept looking behind Larissa. Once he was certain there was no one else, he unchained the door and opened the door fully."Get in," he said, but Larissa did not move."Where's Wendy?" she asked. "Tell Wendy to come out, and I'll go in.""Wendy's not here," Edmund said.Larissa immediately backed up to be out of Edmund's range. "Since you don't keep your promises …" She turned around to prepare to leave, but the doors on the right and left of Edmund's room opened to let out several men in black suits. They surrounded her.Larissa only realized that she had fallen into Edmund's trap. The men caught Larissa and tied her up. They locked her in Edmund's room.The small room was messy as hell, and there was a stinky smell in it.Seeing Larissa's frown, Edmund let out a creepy ass smile. "Relax, we won't stay here for long. Just bear with it a little longer."He leaned down to pinch Larissa's chin with two fingers. That face that looked li
Larissa did not know what Edmund had gone through to be so weird. Suddenly, he had a new, additional aura of an evil creepy fucker—or maybe he was always like that, but he hid it well last time.The creepy pervert killers Larissa had seen on TV gradually merged with Edmund's face. She held her breath and gritted her teeth, which only barely allowed her to not show her fear.Feeling how tense Larissa was, Edmund only smiled more. It seemed like the more uneasy she was, the more excited he was."You're scared of me, sweet girl." Edmund used a tone of certainty.Larissa looked down and said nothing. Her hands, which were tied behind her back, gripped the bed sheets beneath her tightly."I really wanna take a picture of you like that and let Kevan see it." Edmund's finger kept stroking her whole face."He must feel really bad to see his darling woman in trouble and fear, hmm?""Darling woman?" Hearing this, Larissa raised an eyebrow and said mockingly, "Isn't Kevan's darling woman
"Since you don't wanna know—" Edmund let go of Larissa, straightened up, and took care of his clothes. "Then I'll answer the call outside."Larissa was afraid that he would see the desperate need in her eyes, so she forcibly looked away from Edmund. "Do whatever you want," she said indifferently."Tsk." Edmund confidently left the room.After that, one of the black-suited men entered the room and stared emotionlessly at Larissa. He warned her. "Don't even think of escaping!"Although the guy looked dangerous and fierce, he did not have the same sort of oppressive feel that Edmund had.Larissa raised her bound legs and asked, "Tell me how the hell I'm supposed to escape?"The man huffed and looked away. He ignored her after that.Larissa talked to him though. "How much is Edmund paying you for this? I'll give you double—for both you and your 'friends.' Could you please let me go?"The man glared at her and shouted, "Shut up!"Larissa ignored that though. "I mean it." She contin
Edmund seemed to be convinced by Larissa. His stunned expression turned dark pretty quickly. The sound of knocking sounded at this time. The man in the black suit entered the room.He was still stone-faced. He did not look at Larissa at all for fear that Edmund might notice something. "Mr. Rogers, it's time. We have to go," he said in a low voice to Edmund.Edmund nodded. "Okay." He pulled Larissa up from the bed.Because her ankles were tied by the ropes, Larissa nearly slammed against the wall when her feet touched the floor. Edmund helped steady her and frowned at the ropes on her ankles.Previously, he only wanted to stop Larissa from escaping, so he got the guys to tie layers of ropes around her legs. He did not think it would cause trouble now for him. After some hesitation, he called the man in a black suit to come over. "Free her legs." Then, he warned Larissa. "If you dare to try something, Wendy—""Chill. I won't escape." Larissa mocked him. "I'm more trustworthy compare
While the thugs were all focused on Edmund, Larissa turned and ran.When the thugs saw that Larissa was running inside the motel, they did not chase after her, probably thinking that she was already their prize anyway. They laughed harder at Edmund instead. "Lookie here! Even your woman left you alone to run off by herself!""You're a sack of shit, dude!""Hahahaha!"…Larissa ran as fast as she could to the room Edmund had locked her in. She smacked her hand repeatedly on the door and shouted, "Come out quickly! Edmund's getting beaten up!"The black-suited men ran out from their rooms, and the leader was the one Larissa had made a deal with. He must have informed the others at this point, because he asked very plainly, "Shouldn't you be escaping if Rogers is getting beaten up? Why are you still here looking for us?""Didn't I tell you that I have to follow him to the airport?" Larissa waved her hand. "Enough talk. Hurry and go save him! If he can't leave, my friend won't be ab
The moment Edmund left, Larissa asked a black-suited man for his phone. Her phone had been taken and thrown away by Edmund.She only remembered three phone numbers—her own, Wendy's, and Aster's.It was useless to call the first two numbers. Now, she could only put her hope on Aster. Lewis should be with him right now.Because she was worried that Edmund would come back quickly, she dialed the number and gave the phone back quickly."Look for Lewis Logan," Larissa quietly instructed the man, who did as he was told.The airport was really noisy. The flight announcements kept coming one after another.Larissa listened hard but she could not hear what the other person said on the phone.The man looked down and told her. "Lewis answered.""Tell him to go get Wendy Simmons." Larissa stared right ahead and did not make any eye contact with the man. "You should know where Wendy's being kept at, right?"Edmund should have called off the men watching Wendy. But if she escaped later, it
Larissa and Edmund waited in the hall. Edmund still held her, pretending to be in love with her. Larissa knew that she could not escape his grip, so she did not bother trying.After some time had passed, Edmund finally got the picture from his guys. He showed Larissa his phone. "Here. Take a damn good look at it."In the picture, Wendy was still unconscious, and she was being held by a male colleague. The colleague was staring blankly at the camera, clearly confused by what was happening. Larissa had met this male colleague before. His relationship with Wendy was not bad, and he was trustworthy.Larissa sighed in relief.Edmund pulled his phone away and asked, "Can we leave now?" To wait for this photo, he had rebooked his flight ticket.There were not many flights from Westonia to Bartham. This flight's destination was Covenford, which was incredibly far away from Bartham. After landing, they had to make a connecting flight back to Bartham.Larissa's attitude was better than b
The number of the sender was a Caldorian one. Larissa had a name, but she was not sure if it was really him. She shakily texted, "Who are you?"The response was quick. "Kevan Rogers." As she expected.Larissa did not have the energy to wonder how he was here, but she only felt a sense of safety now. It was like she did not have to be afraid of anything when he was here.After she had taken care of her appearance in the mirror, Larissa only carefully walked out of the female washroom. There was no one outside. She could not see Kevan or Edmund.She was confused when someone grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a cool hug. The familiar smell surrounded Larissa, and she teared up almost immediately. All the fear disappeared and she turned to hug Kevan tightly around his waist.Kevan held her just as tightly, and he kept patting her back with one hand. His low and gentle voice sounded above her head. "It's alright. It's alright now."All the tension in Larissa's brain snapped, and s