q“Go and guard the door,” Layla ordered in a low voice.

“Understood.” Kerrie turned docile all of a sudden. She slowly walked over to the door and stood guard there like a statue.

Layla immediately opened the window, upon which a gust of cold wind hit her in the face. Phew! Fortunately, it's only the seventh floor here!

Then, she pressed the watch on her wrist. In no time, a familiar voice drifted out. “Ms. Layla!”

“We're moving now.”

“I'll make the arrangements right away!”

After ringing the alarm, Layla hurried over to Francesco and deftly removed the needle from the back of her hand. She draped a coat over the latter before helping her to the window. “Can you make it?”

“Yes!” Francesca strugglingly held on to the window sill to support herself while Layla dropped the rope down. Subsequently, she grabbed onto the rope and got ready to jump down.

Knock, knock! At that precise moment, a knock suddenly sounded from outside the door.

Stunned for a moment, Francesca reflexively glanced back over her shoulder.

“Ms. Felch, Mr. Lindberg asked us to drive you back. We'll depart in an hour. Is that agreeable to you?” It was Sean's voice.

no choice but to respond to him first. “Go back? My injury hasn't healed yet, but I'm to go straight back to the

it'll be

you're not comfortable staying at the hospital, so he had someone build a clinic in the castle. Dr. Wright will also be moving into the castle with

Francesca felt

made so many arrangements for me quietly. With me leaving now, he'll definitely fly into

as well. You have the final say,”

Francesca hesitated and was no longer

her expression, Layla whispered, “Why don't you reconsider it? I can tell that he cares about you quite

me, the more I've got

steeled her resolve. She clutched the rope tightly,

instantly answered the call. On the other end of the phone, Anthony

speaking, a screeching sound drifted out of the

heels of that, the line

that things had gone awry, Layla hastily yanked Francesca

ground, she urgently instructed before she was even steady on her feet, “Hurry up and remove the communication

stripping the watch at once and tossing it into the toilet bowl in the washroom before

of frantic knocking rang out outside

Sean smashed

to the ground, Kerrie gasped in pain as she clutched

shut the window as fast as she could. She

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