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.”

to perk up and agree,

said she’ll contact us when she’s free in the

it didn’t give

was wrong.

of her apartment, she showed

of

taken aback and finally realized that something was off. She quickly

cautiously asked, “Hey, what happened? You seem to be

okay.”

worry Elena, so she had been

all the burdens on her

she needed was the presence of the closest person,

tears.

previous efforts crumble, and she couldn’t help

painful state of crying, and

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

don’t pay attention to

you’re ignoring. him, he keeps

matter what, you still have me. If

just kept crying. She didn’t know what else she

were only two days left, two days where she would either be forcefully taken back by Benjamin,

if it meant death,

calm herself down and

a negotiation breakdown with Benjamin. He gave me an

own, he will send someone to pick me up,” she said. “Given his

force me

her good friend still had the courage to make

decision.

a while ago, Martina was deeply in love with Benjamin,

she didn’t want to go

sadness. She was relieved that her good friend

love-struck state. But it was sad because those

it was likely the same

and sat on the

possibilities.

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