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

late at night.What’s everyone

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

sister fainted after being bitten by it.I have to go save her…" Henrick replied

exclaimed, fully awake

this is too dangerous! You can’t

blood boiled after hearing those

she raised her

reflexes, that was a slap Arielle could have easily avoided, except she decided against it at the last

loud and crisp as

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

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

sticky situation.Whether he did as she

proceed, he turned to Henrick to observe

to stream down

all, you’re the head of the family.What would we do if something happened to you? I’ve only just found you, Dad.I can’t

words, so honest and sincere, cut

something were to happen to me,

knows

with everyone else! With that thought,

hell did you hit her? She’s only

she clearly wants

Arielle

that way, I’ll just have to prove with actions that I do not wish for any harm to

broom from Henrick and walked toward the

fear or hesitation on her

the housekeepers shouted, "Be careful, Ms.Arielle! That

Arielle was more precious

don’t go!" Henrick pleaded as he tried

and continued walking toward the

Arielle coming closer, the cobra got even more provoked

to struggle with dodging the snake’s attack before swiftly turning around to hit the

cobra had gotten even angrier, especially

was so petrified by now that they could only stand and watch from