A Beauty With Multiple Masks

It was only then that Henrick remembered Shandie was still on the floor, twitching non-stop.

He ordered the housekeepers to carry Shandie downstairs while he prepared to take Arielle along to the hospital.

"Dear! Please take me with you!" Cindy pleaded, tears flowing uncontrollably.

"Shannie is my… She’s one that I watched growing up.I can’t possibly stay at home!"

Despite how pitiful and terrified Cindy looked, Henrick steeled his heart against her.

"No! I want you to reflect on yourself! Can someone take Mrs.Southall back to her room? No one is to let her out without my orders!"

One of the housekeepers immediately nodded and dragged a crying Cindy away while Arielle accompanied Henrick into the ambulance.

"Dad, why don’t we let Aunt Cindy come along? I can see how close she is to Shandie.Leaving her at home will only worry her sick," Arielle softly pleaded.

Alas, Henrick refused to yield.He turned his gaze toward Arielle and sighed deeply.

"You silly child.Life overseas must have been tough, hasn’t it?"

"Not at all.Life was good," Arielle replied and meant every word of it.

She had had a wonderful life abroad, and it couldn’t have been any better.

However, Henrick thought his daughter was merely putting on a brave front and sighed again.

"You’re too naive.How will you survive here in Jadeborough? I’ll have to slowly teach you the ways so you won’t feel out of place."

"Thank you, Dad!"

"We’re family.You don’t have to thank me…"

Before long, the ambulance had arrived at the hospital.

Shandie was immediately wheeled into the emergency room because her heart had stopped beating.

Worried and anxious, Henrick and Arielle paced outside the emergency room as they waited.

the more worried

Arielle and Shandie were his biological daughters and were crucial to the future of

to Shandie, Henrick was naturally scared to

what felt like an eternity, the emergency room doors finally

soon as the doctor walked out, Henrick hurriedly went up

"Doctor, how’s my daughter?"

snake venom is especially deadly.If you hadn’t sent her here in time, no one would have been able to save her! But, I have to ask, how did she

asked, "What do you mean by that? We live in a manor on top of the hill.It’s common

doctor shook his

to find any in the wild here.It had to have come

face fell, finally understanding what the doctor

saying that this could have been an

"That’s very possible."

clenched his fists so hard that his fingernails bit into

wants

gaze instinctively fell on Arielle as a glint of suspicion flashed across his

to have noticed her father’s doubts and fumed

brought the snake into our manor is pure evil! Dad, you have

words from Arielle cleared whatever suspicion Henrick had of

a girl who had only just arrived in Jadeborough couldn’t have carried

ulterior motives, she wouldn’t have risked her life to fight the snake.I shouldn’t have suspected her! "Let’s go home first, Arielle.I have to investigate this properly and find out who

have to investigate it thoroughly! The snake bit Shandie today, but what if it bit you tomorrow? Please get it checked out as soon as possible and

Henrick couldn’t agree more.

easy! After ordering a couple of housekeepers to stay and look after Shandie, Henrick and Arielle left the hospital for the manor, ready to get

the manor, Cindy was busy checking her

got the message that Shandie was safe

relief didn’t last

of the snake had been an attempt on Shandie’s life,

housekeepers whispered

had enough of

but Henrick had locked the door

about in the room, she decided to throw caution to the

the house when they saw