Let Me Stay The Night

As Christina descended slowly, she suddenly felt the rope shaking. This is strange. Why is the rope shaking even when I don’t move?

Just as Christina raised her head, the rope lost all support, causing her to plummet down.

Her body tensed up, and it took several seconds after the impactful landing for her mind to regain clarity.

What just happened?

Christina turned her head and saw that her rope had snapped.

How could a perfectly fine rope snap? Wait a second, the edges are smooth, as if they were cut. The only person with me just now was Anya. She must have tampered with my rope!

Anger ignited deep within her. She guessed that Anya was afraid of the leverage she held, leading her to sabotage the rope.

Regardless of the reason, Anya’s actions had posed a threat to Christina’s life.

Christina gathered her thoughts and decided it was best to leave this place as soon as possible.

She shifted slightly, relieved that her hands were unharmed, but she experienced a throbbing ache in her body. When she sat up and tried to put weight on her foot, a searing and intense pain surged up her ankle.

Oh no, I think I injured my leg from the fall!

Christina tried to find her phone in her pocket to call for help, but after searching through all of them, she couldn’t locate her phone. It was highly likely that it had fallen out when she fell.

As she surveyed her surroundings, all she could see were trees, leaving her disoriented and unable to find her way.

What should I do? I can’t move and don’t have any means of communication. I have no idea how to escape the forest…

Meanwhile, Anya had landed safely. She discarded the other half of Christina’s rope, pretending she had never climbed with Christina.

Upon returning to the rest area, she exchanged glances with her colleagues and promptly started packing up, getting ready to depart.

“Hey, are you sure everyone from your group is here?” a staff member asked with concern.

with a

remember there were seven of you, but now there are only six.

must be mistaken. There are only six of us,” another colleague confirmed

brows slightly but stopped pushing the issue. After all, many people came for rock climbing throughout the day, so it wouldn’t be surprising

right then, you should leave now. It’s about to rain, and all outdoor climbing activities

led the group to the tour bus, and soon

figure cast a shadow over them. “Where’s

and hawing but not replying to

if Mr. Hadley finds out that we intentionally left her behind in the rock–climbing area. What terrible luck! Why did he have

hide the truth. The only way to get out of this was to pretend as though

made a show of counting her colleagues before feigning shock. “Oh no,

and a wave of anger surged through him. His dark eyes narrowed as he grabbed Anya by

When faced

on Anya’s forehead as she tried to concoct an explanation. “We didn’t realize it when we left. Christina is always so

had thought ahead and prepared her words carefully to avoid being

member who had brought them back refuted her words. “I just reminded you earlier that were missing someone, and you said

and she glared at the staff member

wanted to crush the woman before him. “Where’s

when he returned to the room, Christina was nowhere

the sky darkening swiftly, he knew he needed to find

had happened as well, the staff member promptly

“Mr. Hadley, I’ll prepare the

men along. I’ll head there first.”

even more imposing in the confined space. He commanded,

a matter of seconds, the group scattered

“What should we do? Should we

it turned out, they had meticulously planned everything since

lesson so

she hadn’t returned and was missing.