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 to

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

cowardly housekeepers! And Cindy too! If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be in

about to step forward with a broom in hand, a

to see a sleepy-eyed Arielle in her pajamas. From the looks of it, the

sister fainted after being bitten by it. I have to go save

fully awake now. “Dad, this is too dangerous! You can’t

boiled after hearing those words. Without a second thought, she raised

was a slap Arielle could have easily avoided, except she decided against it at the last

was loud and crisp as the

fair and tender cheek instantly swelled up with Cindy’s handprint imprinted

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

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

could say anything, she cried out, “Dad, I’m only concerned about your safety. After all, you’re the head of the family. What would we do if something happened to you? I’ve only just found

so honest and sincere,

 

As head of the family, everyone’s survival depends on me! If something were to happen to

course, only my precious daughter knows me best and can empathize with me. To hell with

that thought, Henrick furrowed his

hit her? She’s only worried about my safety!” he

she clearly

have to prove with actions that I do

and walked toward the snake. There

housekeepers shouted, “Be careful,

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

pleaded as he tried to stop her. However, Arielle brushed him off and continued walking toward the

cobra got even more provoked and launched

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

to tell that the cobra had gotten even angrier, especially when its hiss had also become louder and

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

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