The steel chain was thick. The officer took a while to cut it off.

The moment she was free, Larissa felt immensely relieved.

She thanked the officer and scrambled downstairs.

Freddy was already taken away by the first officer. Only Lewis was left.

He was staring off into space with an unpleasant expression on his face.

"Lewis?" Larissa waved her hand in front of him.

He snapped back to reality and looked down at her legs.

"All good?" he asked.

"All good." She jumped around happily.

"Let's go to the police station." Lewis began pulling her downstairs. "We need to make a report. And Marilyn …" His gaze turned cold. "There's no escape for her."

When he mentioned Marilyn, Larissa's heart sank.

"It's all because of you!" She elbowed him and complained, "If it weren't for your charisma, I wouldn't have been kidnapped."

"Me?" Lewis raised an eyebrow and retorted, "If you'd revealed your identity in the first place and let everyone know that you were my cousin, none of this would h