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.”

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.

“Save him! Hurry up and get Xavier out of there! No

and fire trucks will be here any second now. They’ll definitely find him in

suffocated to death!” Unable to think of another way,

and save him. If any of you manages to rescue my grandson, I’ll give

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

we don’t have any equipment to fight the flames. There’d be no way of escaping once we go

at the scene could empathize with everything he said. However, humans are selfish

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

of Rufus.

a wet blanket from the ground and covered herself

someone who’ll die so easily. As long as there’s a path cleared for him, he’ll surely make it

him while getting carried out, and she guessed it was Xavier who had prepared it

gave all chances of survival

as she was

something has happened to him, I don’t

by Xavier’s side, we can surely turn any misfortune into a blessing,” she reassured Rufus with a steadfast look in

turned around and shouted, “Grandpa Rufus, if anything

the tongues of flame rose so high that they threatened to devour

Winnie ran forward with determination. It seemed as though she was ready to face death unflinchingly, never to

and four large

look, the butler said to Rufus excitedly, “It’s the firefighters! The fire trucks are

raised his voice and shouted, “Quick!

where they looked, there

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

Winnie at the entrance to

fire scene. All unrelated personnel, please stay away!” they said loudly, speaking over the sound of the roaring blaze and dissuading

gear, Winnie knew she would only

very calm as 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 or somewhere with water. I leave the rest to

and leave. Go to a safe place and wait

the firefighters charged

wanting to cause any trouble for them,

had just turned around when she felt herself being pulled into

had pulled her aside to evacuate her. However, realization struck her instantly when she felt the hand on her waist and got a whiff of the

him! What the hell! It’s

Upon coming out, he was shocked to see Winnie about to rush into the fire and ran

and smoke billowing in the air, he

time, he lowered his head and pressed a fierce kiss

running so fast earlier. “Dumbo, did

hugged him tightly, then

heart pounded as she gazed at his blackened and dirtied

me worry again. If you dare to

him aside and ran over to the

already. Could you please let the other firefighters inside the

used their communication devices to contact those who had gone into the burning

to the firefighters’ impeccable teamwork, those inside the building

massive fire, fortunately, there

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