Chapter 423

The fire in the room had been put out, and Maja was curled up in a corner, her bonds untied and the gag removed from her mouth.

Just moments ago, a lick of flame threatened to engulf her, but she was yanked away just in time.

When the bag over her head was taken off, she saw the cleaner, who was supposed to be at the office.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, are you okay?”

The cleaner seemed genuinely concerned, her face full of worry.

Maja thought the woman seemed familiar, but before she could think further, Neil’s voice rang out, and the woman bolted away in terror.

Neil saw Maja huddled in the corner. She was unharmed, but her clothes were dirty and her hair was filled with dust.

The acrid smell of burnt wood filled the room.

Neil tasted blood in his mouth and quickly began barking orders to the people around him.

“Help her up.”

Two bodyguards were about to step forward, but Maja had already gotten up on her own.

She could tell that Neil was on his last legs.

“Dad.”

sentence, Neil coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed.

lan said those words, but he

safe, Neil couldn’t hold on any

“Dad!”

through Maja’s eyes as

filled with confusion as he tightly gripped

don’t suffer.”

was still smeared with dust as she quickly turned to the bodyguards.

Get him to the hospital!”

came over and helped

hand was still tightly holding onto Maja’s,

welled up in Maja’s eyes as

doctors rushed

tightly by him, leaving red

over, she quickly

“How is he?”

his

only has three months left to

it was now down to

as she sat powerlessly by

put

medicine in the room and added, “We advised Mr. Pennyfeather not to leave the hospital before, but he insisted. Now his condition has indeed

left, Maja saw the obvious marks on her

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