A Beauty With Multiple Masks

"What?"

Everyone looked in the direction the housekeeper had pointed at, only to see a snake glaring back and hissing at them.

The snake was unlike any the housekeepers had seen before.It had a big head, and it had flared its neck as if ready to attack.Everyone was petrified and stumbled backward in a panic.

"Hurry! Run!" the housekeepers screamed as they collectively fled from the room.

Just then, Henrick and Cindy finally came to Shandie’s room.

Upon seeing the snake still writhing and hissing away, Henrick too retreated, afraid of getting bitten by it.

Cindy’s face had turned green as she shakily asked, "What’s going on? Why is there a snake? What’s everyone standing around for? Someone go kill it now!"

The housekeepers exchanged looks of apprehension, no one wanting to volunteer to take out the snake.

To let any of them deal with a venomous cobra would be akin to sending them to their deaths.

Nobody was going to take that risk.

Janet, who had taken her time to come up, was now paralyzed by fear.

Isn’t that the snake I released into Arielle’s room? What is it doing here? Even carrying the box with the cobra earlier was enough to turn Janet’s legs into jelly.

Now she was even more afraid to go any nearer because she knew how venomous the cobra was.

Janet knew Shandie would be dead if she weren’t given the antivenom within the hour.

Yet, that was something she had to keep to herself, no matter how much it pained her.

Seeing how no one was keen to take any action, Cindy tugged at Henrick and cried desperately, "Dear! Go kill that snake!"

Henrick, like the others, didn’t dare go near the snake.

However, he also had his pride as the man of the house to consider.

If word got out that he couldn’t save his daughter from a snake, he’d lose all the respect he had.

Damn these useless, cowardly housekeepers! And Cindy too! If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be in such a dilemma! Henrick gritted his teeth and bit the bullet.

step forward with a broom in hand, a voice rang out in the

at night.What’s

sleepy-eyed Arielle in her pajamas.From the looks of

in the room.Your sister fainted after being bitten by it.I have to go

exclaimed, fully

dangerous! You can’t

boiled after

she raised her hand and went for

a slap Arielle could have easily avoided,

crisp as the slap landed squarely on

fair and tender cheek instantly swelled up with Cindy’s handprint imprinted

see your sister die, don’t you? Get out of my

sticky situation.Whether he did as she instructed or not, he’d risk angering either

to proceed, he turned to Henrick to observe

to stream down Arielle’s

your safety.After all, you’re the head of the family.What would we do

words, so honest and sincere, cut

head of the family, everyone’s survival depends on me! If something

knows me best and can

thought, Henrick furrowed his brows and glared at

you hit her? She’s

clearly wants

Arielle

to think of me that way, I’ll just have to prove with actions that

from Henrick and walked toward

fear or hesitation on her

shouted, "Be careful,

in worry.Compared to Shandie, Arielle was more precious to him,

as he

brushed him off and

coming closer, the cobra got even

the snake’s attack before swiftly turning around to hit the

that the cobra had gotten even angrier, especially when its hiss

they could only stand and watch from a distance, leaving Arielle alone in the room to