The Queen's Back

After entering the room next door, Mona heaved a sigh of relief, thinking, 'The entire room is pitch dark. Fortunately, there's no one in this room. Otherwise, that would've been awkward.'

She rested for a while. Once her body was not so weak anymore, she went out of the room, wanting to get the spare gown in the car to change into. The clothes she was wearing were unpresentable. Perhaps everyone was attracted by the prostitution trade in the room next door. There was no a single person in the long corridor.

Just like that, Mona easily arrived at the floor where the ball was held and left the hotel.

As soon as Mona walked out, she saw Maxwell getting out of the car in a hurry. Haley and Nigel were also with him.

Their eyes met. Mona could clearly see the worry in Maxwell's eyes.

"Mona," Maxwell called out as he unbuttoned his suit jacket and strode toward Mona.

Nigel cleverly turned his gaze away, afraid that he would see something he shouldn't. If that happened, he would be in trouble.

Then, both of them spoke at the same time.

"Maxwell, how come you are here?" Mona asked.

"Mona, are you hurt?" Maxwell asked.

Maxwell draped his suit jacket over Mona's shoulders, gently caressed her flushed cheeks with his big palm, and pulled her into his embrace.

He thought, 'Thank goodness Mona's okay. I don't know what I would've done otherwise.'

Mona shook her head in Maxwell's arms and brought her focus back to his question earlier. "I'm fine. How come you are here in Noretin?" She thought, 'And he got here so fast.'

Maxwell said, "Haley told me you were missing. I was very worried that something had happened to you."

was more than just worry. His heart felt like it was

moment later, Maxwell asked

told Maxwell about how she was knocked out in the

Brendan was worried that he would do something to me, so he went to the bathroom to take a cold shower. I heard someone opening the door at the doorway, so I climbed over from the balcony of the room

recounted what had just happened to

but just the fact that she had been drugged made it extremely difficult for her to climb over the balcony. Besides, she was extremely afraid of heights. To Mona, this action of climbing over the balcony was

her recounting the incident, he hugged Mona even tighter in his arms, as if he wanted to become one with her. "Mona, I will definitely make your kidnapper

for sure. This person is too bold, thinking up something and just doing it,

wasn't until now that she smelled the unique scent of Maxwell and felt his warmth that she felt her legs were no longer

to worry about this," Maxwell said. "How are you feeling?" This

strong now. It's probably because too much time has passed and

room. She thought, 'So many people have come. Barbara is also there. It seems that the arrival of so many reporters is all her doing. 'Since Brendan's subordinate intended to send me to his bed

doing. She wants to

Upon hearing

from the car and walked

in this incident, how could I not show up and just watch them

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search on the balcony, but she also searched the

into thin air?' she

rushed over

Just as he

shouted inwardly that a

anxious that he almost lost his footing and