Beyond the Divorce

The man's reaction was incredibly swift. Just as he threw the remote, he viciously tightened his grip around my neck, causing me to tilt backward.

Before I could comprehend what was happening, I was dragged over the platform's railing, plummeting downward.

I instinctively let out a scream. This feeling was terrifying, something I had experienced many times in my dreams.

The man's arm, tightly clung to my neck, refusing to let go.

Just as I realized I was falling, suspended mid-air, I felt my ankle suddenly being clamped. My body abruptly halted, but the grip around my neck intensified, making breathing difficult.

In the next moment, another gunshot echoed, and I heard a muffled sound as something pierced into the flesh. I felt my neck tighten even more, and my vision started to blur. However, fortunately, my neck suddenly felt relieved.

A rush of fresh air filled my lungs, and I instinctively covered my neck, gasping for breath.

In fear, I widened my eyes and looked up. I found myself hanging upside down on the edge of the building, and the man who had just been gripping my neck was rapidly descending. I screamed in terror. "Don't move, Chlo, don't move..."

Atlas. He, too, was hanging upside down, firmly holding my ankle with one hand and

my hair hung toward the ground. Tears

my life hanging in the balance. The world seemed to have stopped, and all I could do was obey Atlas's words and pray for a

instinct kept me

on my foot, and I dreaded the thought of increasing his burden, potentially

below, indicating the man's impact on the ground. The terrifying noise sent shivers down my spine. It was a

YOUMS

the grip on my ankle gradually loosening. I understood that he was

the hand supporting himself and

moment, another agile companion, equipped with a rope, descended rapidly to my position. He reached

them again. Suddenly, I felt the rope being pulled upward. I had no

was pulled back

Atlas