Rewriting My Heart's Fate

Chapter 369

A sudden thought flashed through my mind.

I needed more evidence to confirm their identities or at least buy some time for a potential chance. But I also wondered if they were testing my limits.

I was a woman living alone with no one to rely on. I knew I couldn't act recklessly in situations like this; I had to stay calm and use my wits. Taccessed the situation. Judging from the looks of it, there were just the three of them. As my mind spun for solutions, I mew I had to try to distract him if I had to

act

I raised my voice slightly and pretended to search for my phone while monitoring their movements from the comer of my eye.

othe

*So sorry. I think I left my phone in the living room. Give me a moment, and I'll be right back." As I said so, I slowly turned and pretended to head back into

house.

pot by the door. Though it was a simple decoration, it could be a makeshift weapon at a crucial moment. Just as i was about to reach the flower pot, the leader suddenly stepped forward. There was a warming in his voice as he spoke. "Ms. Wiley,

beat, but 1 maintained my composure. Ined to force a smile to lighten the tension in

to the flower pot while scanning the room for potential escape routes or defensive tools. Then, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside my

TV door.

wildly that I could almost hear it. The footsteps

silently prayed that it was a neighbor or a passerby who might bring

hallway followed by a commotion

opportunity to kick hard and send the flower pot hurtling toward the leader. Then, I spun around and bolted back inside. I needed to use this brief moment of chaos to escape. "Get her!" the leader roared. The three men split up and rushed toward me in

tea table to grip

men, but

mean no harm!" the leader shouted as he ran after me. His tone was no longer

focused on trying to escape at all costs, but I didn't realize they

in the confined space of my home, I soon realized that