Winnie stared at the blazing fire before her with a frown deeply etched between her brows.

“You don’t have to stop me. I know what I’m doing.”

Despite being older than Winnie, the butler was nowhere near how imposing she was.

He did not attempt to stop her anymore, nor did she continue moving forward.

While dialing Xavier’s number, she turned to the butler and asked, “How much longer will it take for the firefighters to get here? Has the hose in the garden been connected?”

“The firefighters are on their way. The hose isn’t long enough, so we’re trying to think of another way. The main concern is that the winds are too strong tonight. As soon as the sparks fall to the ground, they’ll catch fire immediately. All we can do now is wait for the firefighters to arrive.”

“D*mn it!” Although Winnie heard what the butler said, she had no time to pay attention to those matters. The only thing occupying her mind was that Xavier’s phone was going unanswered.

Thick clouds of smoke have already engulfed the area outside, and the chances of surviving inside the building are only getting bleaker.

The usually calm and composed Winnie could not help cursing. “Aren’t there security guards protecting Old Mr. Fairchild inside that d*mned place? Why hasn’t a single person come out?”

The butler was also feeling anxious. “Don’t get angry, Mrs. Fairchild. No one knows what’s going on inside. Perhaps… Perhaps everyone inside is safe.”

As soon as he had uttered those words, the room in front of them came crashing down.

A house with a wooden frame collapses especially fast. By the looks of things, even if those inside are fine now, there’s no saying whether they’ll be able to get out!

“Where on earth are the firefighters? Why aren’t they here yet?” Winnie was racked with worry.

Immediately after she asked those questions, someone in front yelled, “They’re coming out! The people inside are coming out!”

Upon hearing the shouts, Winnie looked ahead and spotted several people rushing out from the inferno. One of them was carrying another person on his back.

She hurried forward without hesitation.

Those who just escaped had wet towels wrapped around their faces, so she could not tell who they were.

Suddenly, she heard someone say, “Quick! Old Mr. Fairchild is unconscious. Hurry up and call for an ambulance!”

Then, that person lowered Rufus from behind his back.

Seeing that, Winnie and the butler quickly went to help.

Rufus’ breathing became easier after getting out of the burning building. Soon, he opened his eyes and could even talk.

After seeing that Rufus was fine, Winnie began calling Xavier’s name.

As she shouted, she tore away the damp towels covering the faces of the others around Rufus. However, none of them were Xavier.

Her heart lurched and seemed to stop beating for a split second.

A moment later, she regained her senses and asked the people around her worriedly, “Did you see Xavier? He went in about a few minutes ago to save Old Mr. Fairchild. Did you see where he was when you were coming out?”

Two of them shook their heads at once. “No. We didn’t see him.”

outside at the time, and we couldn’t open it from the inside. The person who came to open the door for us was Mr. Xavier. However, we had already retreated next to the window, so he rushed into the room. After coming in, he went to get wet towels for us, then told me to carry Old Mr. Fairchild out first. It was a life-or-death situation, so I did as he said. I

coughing. He fixed his gaze on the butler and said, “Save him! Hurry up and get Xavier out of there! No matter what it takes, I want to see him come out

be

Xavier will have suffocated to death!” Unable to think of another way, Rufus grabbed the hand

of you go in and save him. If any of you manages to rescue my grandson, I’ll give each of you one hundred million. And if you perish inside, I’ll

going back in will only mean certain death. There are no two ways about it. One hundred million is a large sum, but what good is all that money

whose hand was in Rufus’ tight grasp, said, “The fire inside is too strong, and we don’t have any equipment to fight the flames. There’d be no way of escaping once

humans are selfish creatures and naturally want their nearest and dearest to

toward the security guard. “You do know Xavier was the one who gave you the towel

fell to his knees in front of Rufus. “Yes, I know that! M-My

time, Winnie picked up a wet blanket from the ground and

search. Xavier isn’t someone who’ll die so easily. As long as there’s a path cleared for him,

carried out, and

chances of survival

grabbed Winnie’s arm just as she

you’re Xavier’s wife. If something has happened to him, I don’t want to see

you forgotten? Didn’t your friend say I’m Xavier’s benefactor? I believe that as long as I’m by Xavier’s side, we can surely

around and shouted, “Grandpa Rufus, if anything

ahead burned fiercely, and the tongues of flame rose so high

as though she was ready to face death unflinchingly,

four large vehicles drove

butler said to Rufus excitedly, “It’s the firefighters! The fire trucks are here, and there are four of them! There’s hope for Mr.

voice and shouted, “Quick! Hurry up and tell Winnie to come back! Get her back

they looked, there

truck, a water truck, a foam truck, and a rescue truck. The well-trained firefighters were clear about each of their tasks, and they carried out the rescue operation in

at the

fire scene. All unrelated personnel, please stay away!” they said loudly, speaking over the

gear, Winnie knew she

she spoke in her loudest voice to make sure the firefighters could hear her clearly, saying, “My husband is still inside and is the only one left. He’s likely trapped in one of the bathrooms

it. Hurry up and leave. Go to a safe place and wait for our

that, the firefighters charged into the

trouble for

around when she felt

thought a firefighter had pulled her aside to evacuate her. However, realization struck her instantly when she felt the hand

the

managed to get out through a different exit, narrowly escaping. Upon coming out, he was shocked

billowing in the air, he embraced Winnie tightly and refused to let her

some time, he lowered his head and pressed a fierce kiss on her

so fast earlier.

then gave

she gazed at his blackened and dirtied face, and she could not stop herself from

make me worry again. If you dare

said that, she pushed him aside and ran over

the other firefighters inside the building know and tell them to come out quickly? There’s no one inside

their communication devices to contact those who had gone into the

the firefighters’ impeccable teamwork, those inside the building

was a massive fire, fortunately,

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