Scarlett's POV:

I wasn't sure if it was because of seeing Nancy during the day, but I had a nightmare around midnight.

In my dream, she took away my kids, and even mocked and humiliated me in front of Charles.

To make matters worse, Charles asked my three kids to call Nancy their mother.

When I woke up screaming, he was awakened.

He immediately got up to turn on the light. Then, he embraced me from behind and attempted to comfort me. "Were you having a nightmare, Scarlett? There's no need to be afraid. I'm right here."

The sound of his voice was soothing to my ears, and I could feel just how worried he was for me.

Sadly, it wasn't enough to appease my apprehension. It only made me feel more terrified.

As I recalled what happened in my dream, tears fell from my eyes.

By the time I composed myself, I found myself holding onto Charles.

I quickly let go of his hands.

"Hey, hey… are you alright, Scarlett? How do you feel?" Charles was staring at me with worried eyes.

I shot him a glare and turned my back to him.

If I ever get the chance to leave this place, I would certainly take all my kids away!

Never would I allow my kids to call Nancy their mother.

Not long after, Charles turned off the lights again, and embraced me once more.

"There's no need to be afraid, honey. I'll always be by your side." As he hugged me from behind, he wiped away the tears from the corner of my eyes.

His embrace was warm, but my entire body felt cold.

"Charles, stop calling me that. We can't get back together!" I tried to shake his arms off me, but he held me even tighter.

"If you keep moving your arms like that Scarlett, I can't guarantee that I won't do something to you!" Charles warned.

His words were enough to scare me. Fearing that he would actually try to escalate this into something sexual, I decided to give up on struggling.

morning, Charles told me that he had to go to a meeting at

out the phone that William gave me

mind right now was to leave here as soon

only to find that there was no signal. It turned out that I couldn't even send

a signal jammer in the room

me no chance to contact the outside

heart was extinguished. Despair overwhelmed me, and tears

I supposed to do to

of the bed

ward seemed ordinary, but it was actually heavily guarded. The thought of it alone was enough to make me feel suffocated to the point that I could hardly

this wasn't a ward; it

the door, and there I saw three

up to me when they

there something I can

stuffy inside the room. I wanna go

Tracy exchanged

allowed to go outside, but

one to accompany me. "Can

you wherever you go. If anything bad happens to you, he's going to punish us for

I had no

downstairs since I was hospitalized. However, I wasn't

at all the people coming and going. Finally, I laid eyes

phone in her hand, hope returned to my

Calmly, I approached her.

ma'am. Do you mind if I

nodded. I stifled my excitement and sat

talking to her, I thought of how I

saw Richard and the others behind me. This was when I realized that an opportunity had

guys give us some

and watch over Mrs. Moore." I could tell that Richard was concerned about leaving me

appeared on my face, for

Richard explained to the old woman, "I'm really sorry about this, ma'am. But Mrs. Moore is in poor health, and we can't leave her on her own.

and Tracy were far away, I scoffed at Janet and asked, "Did Charles order you to

Scarlett. We're looking after you." Janet frowned back, immediately

this ruse of "looking

like your husband cares about you very much," said the

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