Chapter 29: No Way Out

No matter how serious she was, she would always have to go back, without hesitation, just because of his words “had enough fun?” She became nothing more than a puppet, summoned and dismissed at will, like a clown.

The final deadline left by Benjamin was, “Two days. Give up that crappy rented

apartment and don’t test my patience. You know the consequences of angering me.”

Naturally, it meant a fate worse than death. Anyone who angered Benjamin had no

good outcome. Whether it was Benjamin’s business partner or someone closest to him, the

result was the same.

Only two days left.

Martina didn’t know how she managed to leave in front of Benjamin. She just numbly

got into Elena’s car.

Then she mechanically fastened her seatbelt, as if nothing else in the outside world mattered anymore.

In her current state of mind, there was only one simple thought: escape.

The farther she could escape, the better.

At this moment, Elena, who had a carefree personality, didn’t notice anything wrong with

Martina.

Instead, she kept driving and complained, “My troublemaker, you finally came. I was.

getting bored waiting in the car. I hope Ms. Bridge didn’t say anything unpleasant. Did she

seem displeased? Did she say anything bad about me?”

Elena gripped the steering wheel and continued, “Don’t worry, I’ll make it up to her

separately. We’ll have a meal together, just the three of us.”

perk up and

and she said she’ll contact us when she’s free

them exchanged words, and it

was wrong.

reached the entrance of her apartment,

of the

aback and finally realized that something

gaze towards Martina and cautiously asked, “Hey, what happened? You seem to

okay.”

to worry Elena, so she had been

burdens on her

needed was the presence of

tears.

all her previous efforts crumble, and she couldn’t

crying, and she was

a speculation, and she almost said it with certainty, “Did you

to him. Sometimes

ignoring. him, he keeps coming to find you

don’t cry, okay? No matter what, you still have me. If

a word, she just kept crying.

she would either be forcefully taken back by Benjamin, or she would go back

go back. Even if it meant death, she didn’t want to return to

managed to calm herself down and told Elena the situation

had a negotiation breakdown with Benjamin. He gave me an ultimatum to

go back on my own, he will send someone to pick me up,” she said. “Given his character, even

to force me

believe that her good friend still had the courage to make

decision.

while ago, Martina was deeply in love with Benjamin, and now she

she didn’t

sadness. She was relieved that her

love-struck state. But it was sad because those who

outcome, and it was

two of them went upstairs and sat

possibilities.

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