Chapter 339 How Stupid!

Claire thought she could reach out to Elizabeth as a final lifeline. But now, even that faint hope flickered as her eyes fell on her dead cell phone.

Rising to her feet, she scanned the basement once more. There was an electrical outlet. Yet, without a charging cable, her phone remained a lifeless brick in her hand. A bitter smile tugged at her lips.

She murmured, "No wonder Frederick didn't even bother to take my phone.

"It all made sense now. He probably knew beforehand that

I wouldn't be able to charge it down here. Sooner or later, it would die, leaving me utterly cut off.

"Well, he's the almighty Frederick.

"The General Hawthorne who is in charge of the entire Kingstown Security Department. He faces terrorists on the battlefield without flinching.

"How could he not have foreseen this when he locked me in the

basement?"

"Clai, is something wrong?"

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Antony's voice broke through her thoughts. He had noticed her

distress from across the way, where he was imprisoned on the

opposite side of the basement.

Did Frederick confiscate your phone when

as she remembered that Antony

take it away. Do you need to

into his pocket and pulled out his

give it to

as it was, the sooner she could get in touch with Elizabeth, the better her chances of altering their grim circumstances. Fortunately, she had committed Elizabeth's number

only one to extricate

"Alright," Antony agreed.

pass the phone

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in separate sections of the basement. The distance between them

imprisoned across from one another, the gap that separated Claire and Antony was

straining every muscle in an attempt to bridge the gap between them. But despite their efforts,

several exhausting minutes, both of them were breathless and still no closer to

throw it!

ground."

call. I'll

to throw the phone, it might bounce off the iron fence across from

nodded in agreement, feeling

indeed the safest. Anyway, they only

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reciting the number. But before she could fish, Antony stopped her. "Wait, I don't see any

She froze. "What?!"

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