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.

if they'd been

woman, but she reacted so

"Hurry up! They're almost

Aveline continued retreating, feeling her way toward the

remembered-it should be

grabbed and tossed anything she could behind her to slow them down. At last, her fingers found the bathroom door handle. She darted inside and quickly locked the door. One of the bodyguards cursed and shouted at Wanda, "Get the spare

it now!" Wanda stammered, finally snapping out of her shock and rushing off to

had a spare key-it was only a matter of time before they got in. She couldn't just

feeling

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

even with the key, they'd need time to get

Aveline could do was pray that Lucas' people would arrive soon... very

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

"Get the men ready. We're going over there

"Yes, sir!"

immediately, moving in

Lucas' face

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