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.

respond to him first. “Go back? My injury hasn't healed yet,

back to the castle, it'll be difficult if I

clinic in the castle. Dr. Wright will also be moving

Francesca felt

quietly.

leave later, that's fine as well. You have the final

of a sudden, Francesca hesitated and was no longer as decisive as

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

me, the more I've got to distance

resolve. She clutched the rope tightly,

answered the call. On the other end of the phone, Anthony shouted anxiously, “Crap! Ms. Layla, I've

had finished speaking, a screeching sound drifted

heels of that, the line

awry, Layla

she urgently instructed before she was even steady on her

it into the toilet bowl in

rang out outside

smashed the door

ground, Kerrie gasped in pain as she clutched her

already shut the window as fast as she could. She collapsed onto the bed

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