Gwendolyn clenched her hands tightly as she listened to the low growls coming from inside.
However, her face was still cold and emotionless when she looked at Elven. “Do you think I’ve gone too far?”
Elven knelt down on the spot. “That’s not what I meant. You were drugged last night. It’s only fair to make up for the suffering you endured, but I know that you don’t really want to kill Mr. Wright.”
Gwendolyn felt much better after she heard that.
She looked at Quinton after contemplating for a while. “Go to the Wright residence and bring Frida over here. Be quick.”
“Yes, Ms. Shalders.” Quinton set off immediately.
The rest of them stood at the basement door, listening as the growling and struggling sounds grew more intense as though Maverick was on the brink of despair.
Even the tall and burly bodyguards found it difficult to continue listening and felt as though they were also being subjected to a cruel form of torture.
Ten minutes later, Gwendolyn finally spoke up. “Open the door. Get a bucket of ice water and bring it over. It’ll help him cool down.”
The bodyguards obeyed Gwendolyn’s orders after a brief moment of shock and went to get some ice cubes to mix with a bucket of water.
Creak.
The basement door opened, allowing a sliver of light to seep in. That beam of light stretched Maverick’s shadow long and thin in the center.
Maverick lay curled up on the floor, just like a baby in its mother’s womb.
damp from perspiration as it hung limply over his forehead. He looked like a helpless and pitiful puppy that
point of exhaustion, yet his body still trembled violently, and his face was
his eyes as he
saw a slender and familiar figure
out with trembling hands without hesitation and looked at that figure longingly. His
couldn’t help but feel heartbroken after seeing how uncomfortable the drug made
that I’ve suffered through the effects of the drug as well? Can this lessen
that he could touch it as soon as he reached out, yet it felt so distant as if there was an
expression because of the backlight, but he
coldness made his heartthrob painfully, which was a hundred times worse than when the drug
did not budge as she
noticed that Maverick’s gaze hadn’t left her since he opened
she would at least utter a single sentence that contained a hint
next was Ryan pouring ice-cold water
the core after being poured the bucket of ice water. His
it directly on his head!” Gwendolyn’s grip on the armrest of the
you ordered, Ms. Shalders?” Ryan was shocked by her aggressive demeanor. His hand trembled, and he accidentally poured the remaining half bucket of
caused Maverick
throughout the basement as if his lungs were
to cause more harm than good. She was about to stand up to check on Maverick when
the armrest loosened slightly
into her chair, her usual icy
had still been in a cast, lying in the private ward of
the door with a scowl on his face, Frida could easily tell that it wasn’t going to be anything good, and she tried her best to play the victim, acting as though
the end, she was forcefully dragged
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