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

back to the castle, it'll

comfortable staying at the hospital, so he had someone build a clinic in the castle.

hearing that, Francesca felt

turned out that Danrique made so many arrangements for me quietly. With

you want to leave later, that's fine as well. You

and

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

the

resolve. She clutched

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

screeching sound drifted out of

of that, the line

gone awry,

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

once and tossing it into the toilet bowl in the

of frantic knocking rang out outside

after that, Sean smashed the door

to the ground, Kerrie gasped in pain

window as fast as she could. She collapsed onto the bed and pretended as though nothing

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