Stuck in you

Even the cook stood stunned with stark fear written all over his face. "Don't talk nonsense. If the explosion happened in the kitchen, do you think I could still stand here?

Where did the explosion come from?"

Feeling confused, people started whispering among each other and were immersed in a heated discussion.

But not everyone seemed so chatty. There were some who were so consumed by fear that words wouldn't come out of them. Rick and Marcus were two such people.

After calling the police, Rick had to count the number of people present.

He checked all the way from left to right to ensure no one was missing. Only after he was somewhat convinced that everyone was present, he let out a sigh of relief.

Moreover, he was glad he had received the guests in person when they arrived. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known who left the villa and who didn't.

If someone got hurt here today, the Hawk Pharmaceutical Company and the cooperation case would surely be in vain.

Somebody was sinister enough to have done this.

The enemy had planned this with an intention of making him a laughingstock. Or perhaps he had a different goal. A goal to have him killed! Such thoughts spiraled inside Rick's head.

His mind wouldn't be put to rest. Relying on his height, he stood on one side of the flower bed and looked around to check if there was anyone missing.

'Hope everything will be fine,' he thought with a tinge of panic.

He then went to Marcus and apologized, "I'm sorry for what happened..."

But before he could finish, he saw Celine and got startled.

He looked around but couldn't spot either Jack or his wife. Anxiously, he asked, "Where's Mr. and Mrs. Fu? Also, where is Mr. Du?"

'We left the villa together. How could they disappear in the blink of an eye?' he wondered.

Wearing a brooding face, Marcus replied, "Rachel is still in the villa. To search for her, Jack and Michael went back in."

"What?!" Hearing that, Rick's face changed instantly. He was overcome by fear. Helplessly, his fear-stricken face glanced at the burning villa. He wondered if there were bombs inside. It was too dangerous for anyone to be inside.

And Rachel... 'She hasn't come out?'

He opened his mouth but was in no position to speak. Under the dire situation, he had one comfort. "The policemen and firefighters are on their way... They will sort it out. They will bring the three of them back," he said, but sounding very unconvinced. He was trying to cling onto the last ray of hope.

He still wanted add something but decided otherwise. The truth was, he wanted to go inside and check if they were okay. He wanted to be the brave hero who would save them. But he didn't have the courage to do it.

wouldn’t selflessly put his life in danger

had a different expression on their face. Celine stood silently at the corner, eyes wandering, while Henry

her heart. Rachel's phone wasn't with her. She felt guilty and responsible for leaving

bad happened to her, Lea would never forgive herself. She would spent the rest of her life

had let her friend alone, and both

was worried and frightened, she

to him with someone's support. His eyes were glued to Claris that he didn't even see

reached out his hands to hold her. Then he

pale face, Rick asked worriedly,

said in a low

Earlier, he was so worried about his sister that he could only see her. Before he could thank him, Lea called

and walked up to

looked around, frowned and asked, "Where is Rachel? Why she

with tears in her eyes. She turned around, pointed to the direction of

was overcome by fear.

a daze. All of this felt like a bad dream and she didn't know what to make of it. As she trudged through, she was shocked to find

all of them had been sprinkled with combustion-supporting liquid. If she failed to leave the villa, she could only imagine what would happen to

and her miserable end! She didn't know where the problem was with the circuit, and the light above her kept flashing on and

a window at the end of the corridor. Rachel walked to it quickly. Just when she was about to reach the window, she heard some people

about to call them. But when she heard the voice, she hesitated. She stopped and eavesdropped, but it was hard to catch what they were saying. Finally,

ready to go

is quickly consuming the whole place. It will only be a matter of time before the entire building turns

balcony and leave the

Are you saying we're going to jump? What

"There is a tree near the balcony. We could climb down

two people walked

and her toes curled slightly. Her heart sank with worry. Enduring the pain in her knees,

the wall discreetly and looked over. There were only two men in blue

to unlock the door, but failed. Grunting with anger, one of them ordered, "Kick

aside and said, "You do

conversation, Rachel could guess that they had something

a sound. Seeing that they were going to break through the window

dire situation, all she could do was wait. Just when she was lost

seemed

the same blue uniform. He

'Is today indeed going to be my