Suddenly, Reese registered the sound of a familiar voice urgently calling her name, "Reese, get out of the way!"

Startled, she swiftly turned her head, her eyes widening as they locked onto the impending danger.

A car was hurtling towards her with an alarming disregard for safety, seemingly possessed by a reckless frenzy.

The car's trajectory appeared to be aimed directly at her, its path seemingly guided by an invisible thread.

Her pupils contracted slightly, almost instinctively turning to the side.

Taking refuge behind a sturdy locust tree that stood sentinel at the roadside, Reese could only watch in breathless horror as the car collided with the very billboard she had been standing on mere moments ago.

The vehicle plowed through her previous position, the front end crumpling like a crushed can, rendering the car an unrecognizable wreck of metal and glass shards. Debris from the violent collision rained down around her, painting her body with a mosaic of cuts and abrasions.

Her arms, thighs, and side bore the stinging evidence of her narrow escape, the aftermath of her near-collision with the oncoming disaster.

momentarily speechless by the scene that unfolded before his eyes. He had just returned from a business trip, landing earlier that day, and had come to the teahouse for a business discussion. Witnessing the heart-stopping spectacle, he managed to utter a

his arms and felt her body

embraced Reese as if holding a precious treasure that had been lost and regained: 'Lia, are

slowly lifted her head, looking at him with

spoke, she

in his arms, his mind racing with thoughts

was abruptly halted by an unexpected interruption-a young woman stood before him,

between the stranger and the flashy red Ferrari parked nearby. Without a moment's

vehicle, she couldn't help but cast a regretful gaze back at the scene

thought that her decision to ask Reese to wait by the roadside might have

was rushed

Luther were left

with a curious expression.

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