Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

As he moved, a long trail of blood smeared across the floor.

Clutching his severed finger, he painfully inched towards the bedside table and grabbed the phone.

Just as he was about to call his subordinate, the door, which had been closed moments ago, was violently kicked open again!

Already on edge, Hudson's body jerked, causing the phone to clatter to the ground with a loud thud.

His scalp tingled with fear as he stiffly turned towards the door.

"Moss? Beck? What are you doing here?" he blurted out, eyes wide in astonishment.

Both of them worked for Connor. Why were they here now?

Moss and Beck couldn't help but glance at Hudson's bloody hand, sucking in a sharp breath. Crimson really was ruthless to have chopped off his finger like that. It was a reminder: never cross a woman.

Moss's eyes flicked to the severed finger Hudson was holding. He gestured, and the person behind him strode over and snatched the finger from Hudson's grasp. The movement was so swift, Hudson didn't even realize what was happening until the finger was gone. He snapped back to reality, panic flooding his face. "Give it back!" he shouted, eyes wide in terror. "What do you want from me?"

First Crimson, now Connor's men-what had he done to deserve running into these two nightmares in one day?

Moss ignored his desperate words. He pulled out a lighter from his pocket and, right in front of Hudson, flicked it on. "Stop-"

The lighter and the tissue-wrapped finger hit the ground together, flames quickly consuming them.

"No!"

eyes filled

stared at him coldly, without a

smirked. "Better watch your step in your next life. Maybe then you'll know not

screwed up, not just with Flora, but he'd

mattered most to their boss. Did he really think he could just go on living like

the group behind him moved forward, grabbing the now desperate and

This wasn't over yet.

morning, Flora woke up

sent her a video from

bit, her expression cold, and then turned it off.

Dr. Ray

Only Flora was missing.

were still three

Ray was used to this;

the lab

and she

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