qFollowing the loud thud, blood began to stream out of Chris' wound.

Chris let out a loud shriek as he collapsed from the sofa.

Immediately, Nancy seized this opportunity to crawl up and escape. She tried to open the door, only to find that it'd been locked from the outside.

“Who's outside?” Nancy pounded her fists against the door. “Open the door this instance!” she demanded.

“Ms. Nancy, Mr. Gold instructed for you and Mr. Nacht to retire early tonight.” Outside, the maid spun on her heel and left.

“Open the door!” Nancy screamed angrily. Yet, no one heeded her cries.

“You b*tch. How dare you hit me?” At the same time, Chris managed to regain his bearings.

Although he still had one hand pressed against his bloodied forehead, Chris grabbed Nancy's hair and wrenched the latter away from the door. Before she could react, he tossed her to the bed and stripped off her clothes.

“Let me go! Let go of me!” Nancy screamed hysterically. Despite her best efforts to resist Chris, she was no match for his brute force.

In the blink of an eye, Chris managed to overwhelm her. Repeatedly, he pounded roughly into her with the sole intent of revenge.

erratic movements were akin to that of a wild beast. “Your father locked you in this room with me because he wanted me to have you.

a scapegoat for the anger he harbored toward Jesse. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. As the

where her entire body was trembling. Toward the end, the fight drained out of her. Blankly, she stared at the ceiling and simply laid there like a puppet with its strings

helpless look in her eyes was gradually replaced with one of hatred and

hate Chris, my father, and Charlotte. Screw everyone who

few times. For some reason, she felt a feeling of

I need to

to traverse different paths while Charlotte tagged along with

continuous heavy downpour thwarted

difficult and further delayed

to pass, the sun soon

final search through the

so exhausted that she nearly fainted when

Bruce instructed Emma and two of his subordinates to bring Charlotte home for a good night's rest. After all, she needed to preside

advice, Charlotte refused his help and insisted on staying in Yaleview.

gave in to Charlotte's stubbornness and allowed Emma to

on the bed and instantly fell

see Charlotte in such a worn-out state. Just as Emma moved to rest on the sofa, Charlotte's phone began to ring from the bathroom. Quickly, she picked it

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