The CEO Gets What He Wants

Chapter 534 Cayden Is Back

At that crucial moment, Avery managed to react on time by running up to higher ground despite her legs turning to jelly, causing the snake to lose sight of her for a second.

With that, she narrowly escaped a lethal attack.

How did something so dangerous get inside here?

Avery's legs were weak, and her stomach was in great pain. She simply didn't have the strength to continue running.

There were stairs in front of the mansion, and although every step she took felt especially draining, she could only steel herself and keep going.

The venomous snakes began to catch up. Just as the biggest one was about to strike, James returned from the same path he had left on and yelled in fright, “Mrs. Moore!”

Then, he spotted a wooden shovel nearby—the one Zachary and Rory normally used for gardening. Spurred by a sudden burst of courage, he picked up the tool and struck the snake in the head.

In spite of the light weight of the shovel, James used so much force that the snake took a heavy blow, further aggravating it and causing it to slither toward him even more quickly with a hiss.

No longer caring about the difference in hierarchy between Avery and himself, he carried the pregnant woman and dashed toward the building.

The entrance was in sight, and James kicked the door to the bedroom open before putting Avery down.

Just as he was about to close the door, he felt a sharp pain in his leg. Bearing it, the man mustered the last of his strength to slam the door shut, making sure every snake remained outside.

“L-Lock the door, Mrs. Moore. Don't... Don't go outside...” Suddenly, James felt his head spin as his body twitched, and he collapsed to the floor with a loud thud.

On the verge of tears, Avery knelt down and called out his name relentlessly, “James!”

no use. James could

of his trousers up,

had begun to swell

pale James had become. If he hadn't saved her at that very moment, she would have been the one injured

was not the time to grieve. I have to find the antidote and save

an anxious Avery lugged her tired body to the

for both internal and external use. However, most of them were non-prescription medications meant for treating colds, stomach aches, and

were injectable antidotes somewhere in the mansion, given that it was located halfway up a mountain and surrounded by lush greenery crawling

of these animals were harmless, and since the mansion took great measures in regard to pest control, there was hardly a

that didn't mean there was no antidote. It

panic during

one tries to find something, the more likely it won't appear. In contrast, that something will be

every drawer in the room and come across every medication imaginable, but the antidote was nowhere to be

sweat rolled down her forehead as she thought about how every minute wasted could put James' life

Cayden had told her over the phone: one of the drawers had a hidden compartment containing

its place. There, she saw a rifle, a bottle of anesthesia with

a sigh of relief, she grabbed every

coming from outside

pale in shock. She hadn't expected the snakes to be so persistent that

normal! Snakes usually won't attack humans without reason unless they feel threatened, so why are

to ponder over such things. James' face was slowly turning purple, and this was

hands. Imitating her nurse's steps, she attached the needle to the syringe, drew the antidote out of the vial, and began looking for

her hands couldn't stop quivering made her miss a