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.
him was soaked with sweat, and his hair was also damp from perspiration as it hung limply over his forehead. He looked like a helpless and pitiful puppy that had been
the point of exhaustion, yet his body still trembled violently, and his face was horrifyingly
to open his eyes as he felt
slender and familiar figure although his vision
hesitation and looked at that figure longingly. His voice was hoarse as he said, “Gwendolyn… I-I
seeing how uncomfortable the drug made her feel last
better knowing that I’ve suffered through the effects of the drug as well? Can
so close that he could touch it as soon as he reached out, yet it felt so distant as if
of the backlight, but he
was a hundred times worse than when
did not budge as she watched him quietly
noticed that Maverick’s gaze hadn’t left her since he opened his eyes, but
that she would at least utter a
next was Ryan pouring ice-cold water
He was ice cold to the core after being poured the bucket of ice water. His entire body trembled even more violently, and his teeth chattered from the cold. His consciousness began
you to pour it directly on his head!” Gwendolyn’s grip on the armrest of the chair tightened
was shocked by her aggressive demeanor. His hand trembled, and he accidentally poured the remaining half bucket of water all
caused Maverick to
heart-wrenching sound of coughing echoed throughout the basement as if his lungs were about to be coughed out. It sounded
cause more harm than good. She was about to stand up to check on Maverick when a woman’s
on the armrest loosened
chair, her usual icy
lying in the private ward of the
could easily tell that it wasn’t going to be anything good, and she tried her best to play the victim,
she was forcefully dragged
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