Elias’ Crimes and Punishments of Romance

Moon gazed at Amanda. For some inexplicable reason, she felt a force in her heart urging her to trust Amanda.

“Alright. I believe you.”

“In that case, eat your meal and get a good night’s sleep. We only stand a chance at escape when we are well-rested and nourished,” Amanda advised.

Moon obediently nodded.

Amanda, however, glanced at the door and let out a soft sigh that only she could hear.

She didn’t know if Elias would come to rescue her. She had made two phone calls, and the second one was abruptly cut off. Elias should be aware of her perilous situation.

After a while, a man entered the room with two boxed meals as well as some toiletries and clothes.

“After you finish eating, take a shower and change into these clothes.”

With that said, the man left.

Moon had been hiding behind Amanda all this time because she had been beaten numerous times in the past two days. Every time she saw these people, she would tremble in fear, as if she had encountered a ghost.

“I don’t want to wear these clothes. I don’t want to sleep with those men. I don’t want to. I don’t want…”

Moon was afraid of these clothes because, on the first day, she was forced to wear revealing attire. However, she would rather die than comply. She even bit one of them, resulting in at beating.

Amanda noticed her fear and comforted her, holding her and saying, “Don’t worry. You don’t have to wear them. They won’t let you go out like this with your current injuries.”

That finally calmed Moon down.

Amanda picked up the boxed meal and began to eat. She was indeed famished. Since fleeing Simon’s house, she had not eaten a single meal or had a sip of water.

In the subsequent days, Elias scoured all the bars and nightclubs in the area, but there was no sign of Amanda. The worst possibility even crossed his mind.

Amanda might be dead.

that her phone was left behind while drops of blood stained the ground, it was difficult not to

this

believe it. It could

bodyguards, but there was no good news. He only received reports of

useless! You can’t even find

the chair behind his desk as he angrily reprimanded

just could not find Amanda. They had even checked the airport and train station, but there was no record of her purchasing any ticket under the name of

through

Perhaps there are hidden surveillance cameras! Examine the car that was parked there that

“Yes!”

his chair. His long fingers were pressed against his

how she was faring right

was still alive. She

rang. It was an

Amanda’s phone didn’t have any saved numbers;

phone rang as if determined to keep ringing until the

not want to answer someone else’s call without permission, he had no choice but

swiped the screen and answered the

utter a word, a child’s voice came through the phone, brimming with. innocence and cuteness. “Mommy, what are you doing?

of

felt a tightness in his chest. Could this be

the Nicholsons’ house and heard

contemplated hanging up. However, the little voice on the other end of the line coquettishly pleaded, “Mommy, why aren’t you talking to me? Today, that strange man was acting weird again. He wanted me to call him Dad, but I won’t call him Dad. I have my own dad. I

his entire body stiffening as his

called

aren’t you saying anything? What

the phone as he

finish his sentence, the

Elias froze.

Dad