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.
blood formed all over the parts of the skin where she was bound. It was apparent she
could not help but begin shivering all over
shock. An ache spread through her whole body, and she
might lose control and kill Craig if
was relieved that Treyton did not follow them over. She reckoned he would lose his sanity if he saw that
still in a daze, Nico walked over and
near her, the woman shuddered violently, almost
in a low voice. “Don’t worry. I won’t hurt you. Mr.
carefully brushed her stray strands of hair aside.
as a sheet of paper. The once clear and beautiful eyes became empty and
it was Nico, Jennifer remained expressionless.
like she’s mentally unwell?
out to be Jennifer, she felt her heart sting so badly her eyes turned red. She clenched her
been watching by the
the room, Craig parted his lips and prepared to explain with a straight
“Jennifer is ”
Smack!
on Craig’s face before he could say anything.
you aren’t human! How can you lock your
Craig was in a trance and did not
leaving the latter
clenched his fists tight and put up
lifted her hand again. The urge to kill Craig to help
action. “That’s enough,
into his embrace to
slightly burning red palm and used his fingers to gently rubbed it to
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
of lies and could not bring herself
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 to a
barrage of questions she threw
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