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

contact us when she’s free in the next

them exchanged words, and it didn’t give

was wrong.

reached the entrance of her apartment,

of

was taken aback and finally realized that something

cautiously asked, “Hey, what happened? You seem

okay.”

Elena, so she had

the burdens

she know that sometimes all she needed was the presence of the

tears.

all her previous efforts crumble, and she couldn’t help

had never seen Martina in such a painful state of crying, and she was so frightened that she didn’t

immediately came up with a speculation, and she almost said it with certainty, “Did

you, don’t pay attention to him.

him, he acted indifferent. Now that you’re ignoring. him, he keeps coming to find you almost everyday. To put it

okay? No matter what, you still have me.

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

she would either be forcefully taken back

Even if it meant death, she didn’t want to

crying for a long time, Martina finally managed to calm herself down and told

with Benjamin. He gave me an ultimatum to

days. If I refuse to go back on my own, he will send someone to pick me up,” she said. “Given his character, even if I swear not to go back, he

force me

good friend still had the courage to

decision.

was deeply in

she didn’t want to go

sadness. She was relieved that her good friend

But it was

was

upstairs and

possibilities.

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