Chapter 10 Slap

“What?”

Everyone looked in the direction the housekeeper had pointed at, only to see a snake glaring back and hissing at them.

The snake was unlike any the housekeepers had seen before. It had a big head, and it had flared its neck as if ready to attack.

Everyone was petrified and stumbled backward in a panic.

“Hurry! Run!” the housekeepers screamed as they collectively fled from the room.

Just then, Henrick and Cindy finally came to Shandie’s room.

Upon seeing the snake still writhing and hissing away, Henrick too retreated, afraid of getting bitten by it.

Cindy’s face had turned green as she shakily asked, “What’s going on? Why is there a snake? What’s everyone standing around for? Someone go kill it now!”

The housekeepers exchanged looks of apprehension, no one wanting to volunteer to take out the snake.

To let any of them deal with a venomous cobra would be akin to sending them to their deaths. Nobody was going to take that risk.

Janet, who had taken her time to come up, was now paralyzed by fear.

Isn’t that the snake I released into Arielle’s room? What is it doing here?

Even carrying the box with the cobra earlier was enough to turn Janet’s legs into jelly. Now she was even more afraid to go any nearer because she knew how venomous the cobra was.

Janet knew Shandie would be dead if she weren’t given the antivenom within the hour. Yet, that was something she had to keep to herself, no matter how much it pained her.

Seeing how no one was keen to take any action, Cindy tugged at Henrick and cried desperately, “Dear! Go kill that snake!”

Henrick, like the others, didn’t dare go near the snake.

as the man of the house

that he couldn’t save his daughter from a snake, he’d lose all

it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be in such a

was about to step forward with a broom in hand, a voice

sleepy-eyed Arielle in her pajamas. From the looks of it, the commotion

room. Your sister fainted after being bitten by it. I have to go save her…”

fully awake now. “Dad, this

second thought, she raised

slap Arielle could have easily avoided,

loud and crisp as the slap landed squarely

up with Cindy’s

die, don’t you? Get out of my sight, you vicious wench!

placed Alfred in a sticky situation. Whether he did as she instructed or not, he’d risk angering either Cindy or Henrick. Unsure of how to proceed, he turned to

Before Henrick could say anything, she cried out, “Dad, I’m only concerned about your safety. After all, you’re the

honest and sincere, cut Henrick to the

 

If something were

and can empathize with me. To hell with

thought, Henrick furrowed his brows and glared at

the hell did you hit her? She’s

she clearly wants

just have to prove with

from Henrick and walked toward the snake. There was hardly any fear or

shouted, “Be careful,

up in worry. Compared to Shandie, Arielle was more precious to him, and he couldn’t risk

her. However, Arielle

coming closer, the cobra got even more

attack before swiftly turning around to hit the snake’s tail with

the cobra had gotten even angrier, especially when its hiss had also become

so petrified by now that they could only stand and watch from a distance, leaving Arielle alone in the room to

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