Chapter 1439
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However, in the next moment, Neera felt a sharp pain at the back of her neck and immediately lost consciousness.
In the fleeting moments before the darkness consumed her, she caught sight of Zephyr’s eyes.
Those eyes, brimming with intense regret and resentment, seemed to plead with her to resist being taken away, reflecting a profound self-loathing for not fulfilling his promise, for failing to protect her.
When Neera regained consciousness, it was the biting cold that jolted her awake.
Confused and disoriented, she couldn’t discern her surroundings until she realized she was in a bathtub.
The chilling revelation hit her as she discovered the tub filled with ice cubes and water, submerging her chest, with only her head exposed.
Bound hand and foot, Neera was left in this chilling predicament.
The duration of her immersion in the icy water remained unknown, and her body temperature had plummeted frighteningly low, causing uncontrollable shivers.
The unbearable cold surrounded her, her teeth chattering, and her lips taking on a frightening shade of purple. It felt as though she was on the brink of freezing to death.
Attempts to move her hands and feet were futile; the ropes were tied too tightly, rendering her unable to break free.
Neera forced herself to calm down, struggling to piece together the events leading to her loss of consciousness.
As she closed her eyes, the image of Zephyr’s eyes and the horrifying scene of Howard thrusting toward him resurfaced in her mind. The pain that gripped her heart was akin to being stabbed.
How is Zephyr? Is he… dead? What about Aunt Adriana? Is she still lying there, or has someone taken her away? Perhaps something else had happened?
her attention and preventing her
biting cold forced her to pull her thoughts back to the harsh
she tried her best to control her trembling, Surveying her surroundings, she recognized that she was in an old, abandoned warehouse, and the bathtub she occupied seemed equally neglected.
lingered: before losing consciousness, Phoebe had mentioned
me here, right? But there’s no one here. Where has she gone?
footsteps echoed from
high heels resonated in the
chest. She instantly grasped that the approaching person was none other
cold that any movement proved difficult. Restrained in the bathtub, she
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drew closer, coming to a halt right behind
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a sudden hand seized her head, forcefully submerging it into the water.
water, and her eyes, drenched
breath, struggling with all her
pressure, and the bone-chilling
desperate struggles, Phoebe
Phoebe abruptly yanked her hair, pulling her
her nostrils, mingling with the lingering cold water, inducing a fit of incessant
was
catch more than a couple of breaths, Phoebe,
water.
several times until Phoebe eventually released her hand. Leisurely moving in front of Neera, Phoebe wiped her hands with a handkerchief, calmly admiring the woman’s disheveled appearance
it going? Having fun?”
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