Hearing this, Aveline's face darkened immediately.

Were they really going to force her if she refused to leave?

No way! She couldn't leave!

Someone had already come to rescue her-she just needed to buy some time.

Backing away step by step, her mind raced as she mentally reconstructed the layout of the room.

Her left hand brushed against a table, and her eyes lit up.

Listening carefully to the footsteps approaching, she grabbed the heavy sailboat figurine from the table and hurled it toward the nearest person!

The figurine was large and heavy, almost too much for her to lift, but she managed to throw it.

The two bodyguards, seeing it coming, dodged quickly.

The sailboat hit the ground with a loud thud, the sound reverberating through the room.

looked shaken if they'd been hit, they'd have been seriously

woman,

"Hurry up! They're

the brief moment of distraction, Aveline continued retreating, feeling her way toward the

be

slow them down. At last, her fingers found the bathroom door handle. She darted inside and quickly locked the door. One of the

finally snapping out of her shock

spare key-it was only a matter of

feeling around

against the door, trying to barricade herself in The bathroom was large, but there weren't

so even with the key, they'd need

could do was pray that Lucas' people

his expression growing serious as he turned to Lucas. "Mr. Tudor, we've received word that Mrs. Tudor was taken by Russell and

shot up from his seat. "Get the men ready. We're going over

"Yes, sir!"

set out immediately,

the car, Lucas' face

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