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Thea turned around and left resolutely.

"Emmalie, does it hurt?" Duncan's gaze was focused on Emmalie's swollen cheek. "I chose to spare her for the sake of kinship, but she didn't appreciate it all. So, just let her die!" His words were filled with ruthless coldness, instantly making Emmalie feel a chill run down

her spine.

This lunatic didn't consider the consequences and might really be a murderer.

"No." Emmalie held Duncan's hand timidly. "Thea is still Mrs. Hendrix in name. If something really happens to her, I'm afraid Nicolas won't let us go. I don't want to get you implicated.

Emmalie knew how to make use of her looks. When she lowered her eyes pitifully, her shoulders trembled. "Thea is a family member we grew up with. If she really dies, I'll feel terrible."

What was the point of letting Thea die? She wanted Thea to live in endless despair and torture. She would let Thea watch helplessly as she gained everything that belonged to her. She would make her life worse than hell.

Duncan's heart was burning. He pulled Emmalie into his arms. Ever since he tasted her, he could not bear to let go. "You're always so kind. Emmalie, I'll listen to you."

Upon hearing this, Emmalie gently buried her pretty face in his chest.

had already stepped into the forest

of people in police uniforms

berated sternly. "What are you two women doing here? Don't you know how dangerous this place is?

shook her head firmly. "We are not afraid of danger." She was afraid that she would not have

mud, their stamina was limited. In the end, there was a hint of despair in Joyce's eyes. "There's nothing, Thea. What if our guess is wrong? It

a mountain to collapse. They searched all the way and almost searched the entire mountain, but

they were the only ones in the mountain. It was impossible that someone had cleaned up the traces

through Thea's mind. "Joyce, do you think it's possible that those people just now were not pólicemen? No wonder Emmalie and Duncan came to stall for time!" As she spoke, she

important thing now was to leave here. There was no signal, so the two of them could only support each other to walk down carefully. They saw the footprints of that group

crawled on the ground to study the marks. "That's right. Although they were adults, there were no particularly fat or

her guess was right. As long

turn.

the branches, she was very guilty. "Sorry, I shouldn't have let you take this risk with me. We didn't

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disgusting siblings. Thea, when you went to the Maddox family to save me, why didn't you say these polite words? We're friends. And friends

down the mountain, the two of them still fell to the

personality and rarely revealed her emotions. Thea felt inexplicably guilty. After swallowing a bottle of water, her dry throat finally had the strength to speak. "How are the miners? Have they all been rescued?" She was so good at changing the topic. But right now, nothing was more important than miners' lives. Ursa nodded slightly. "Some of them are severely injured, but fortunately, no one died.

night. The police almost issued an arrest warrant for Thea. Fortunately, Jamie turned the situation around and stalled for

But still, sorry for the trouble I caused." Her calves were sore. When she stood up, her

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