After making up her mind, Gwendolyn, with her fists clenched, turned and ran toward the tightly shut door on the right while Craig blanked out briefly.
Even Nico was taken aback and could not register what was happening.
“Gwendolyn!”
Craig was the first to react. He immediately raised his gun again and cocked it.
He was so anxious his eyes turned bloodshot as he threatened to pull the trigger at Gwendolyn.
At that critical juncture, a hand grabbed his wrist with so much strength that his aim went astray.
He whipped his head around, only to find that it was Cedrick. The latter was glaring at him with a grim- looking face.
“Mr. Jenson…”
“How dare you aimed the gun at my wife! Are you sick of being the deputy director?”“
As those words fell, the tremendously intimidating Cedrick snatched the gun from Craig’s grip and threw it on the ground.
The overbearing air Craig was exuding earlier faded with Cedrick’s presence.
Seeing Cedrick’s timely appearance, Gwendolyn swiftly turned the door handle, pushed open the door, and dashed into the pitch-black room.
She stumbled her way to turn on the lights amidst the darkness. Astonishment overwhelmed her as soon as she saw the situation inside the room.
Following behind, Nico was also stunned by the sight inside while he stood by the door.
There was no furniture in the room, not even a bed.
A woman with messy black hair lay on her side against the wall.
A weighty iron collar hung around her neck, and metal chains secured around her wrists and ankles stretched all the way to the wall.
streaks of blood formed all over the parts of the skin where she was bound. It was apparent she had put up a violent
over and even cowered to a corner of the wall in fear. It was a pathetic sight
body, and she
lose control and kill Craig if that woman
time, she was relieved that Treyton did not follow them over. She reckoned
Nico walked over
near her, the woman shuddered violently, almost as if
comforted in a low voice. “Don’t worry. I won’t hurt you. Mr. Jenson will seek justice for
carefully brushed her stray
a sheet of paper. The once clear and beautiful eyes became empty
it was Nico, Jennifer remained
like she’s mentally
turned out to be Jennifer, she felt her heart sting so badly her eyes
been watching
in the room, Craig parted his lips and prepared to explain with a straight
“Jennifer is ”
Smack!
slap landed on Craig’s face before he
you lock
Seeing that Craig was in a trance and did not dodge her, she
Craig’s cheek. leaving the latter with blood oozing out on the corner of his lips and a slightly
fists tight and put up with Gwendolyn
her hand again. The urge to kill Craig to help revenge Jennifer
before she took action. “That’s enough, Gwenny. Let’s hear
into his embrace to
on her slightly burning red palm and used his fingers to gently rubbed it to alleviate
lips, Craig wiped the blood off the corner of his lip and explained, “I called a doctor over to check on her previously. He said Jennifer’s severe cold and fever affected her brain, thus resulting in her becoming mentally unsound and having a tendency to self-mutilate. I was worried she would hurt herself again, so I locked her up on the rooftop and hired
his explanation was full of lies and could not bring
it been since Jennifer’s return? My brother took her to the hospital for a body check. before she came back. She was in good health. Besides, because she’s from the orphanage, she’s better at enduring hardships than others and has a stronger physique than other girls. She has only returned for less than a week, and yet she’s been driven
barrage of questions she threw
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