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.
skin where she was bound. It was apparent
not help but begin shivering all over and even cowered
through her whole body, and she dared not approach the woman to
and kill Craig if that
did not follow them over. She
daze, Nico walked over and
someone near her, the woman shuddered violently, almost
a low voice. “Don’t worry. I won’t hurt you. Mr.
he carefully brushed her stray strands
sheet of paper. The once clear and beautiful eyes became
it was Nico, Jennifer
like she’s mentally unwell?
Jennifer, she felt her heart sting so badly her eyes turned red. She clenched
and Cedrick had been watching
the room, Craig parted his lips and prepared to explain with a straight
“Jennifer is ”
Smack!
landed on Craig’s face before he could say
you aren’t human! How can you lock your sister up? You’re worse than
Craig was in a trance and did not dodge her, she gave him
resulted in two forceful slaps toward Craig’s cheek. leaving
tight and put up with
to kill Craig to help revenge Jennifer
her before she took action. “That’s enough,
his embrace to
blew on her slightly burning red palm and used his fingers to gently rubbed it to alleviate the pain left behind after slapping Craig
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 doctors to
thought his explanation was full of lies and could not bring
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
stumped by the barrage of questions she threw
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