The Woman From Hell

I turned around to glance at Theo beside me. "Don't worry, I'll be back in a while."

Theo looked at me and nodded firmly.

I followed the black-clad men to a room door. The two opened the door for me.

In the spacious living room, I saw Alex sitting in a wheelchair from afar. He was motionlessly gazing out at the scenery outside the window with his back facing me, completely defenseless.

"It seems like you really enjoy admiring the scenery, Mr. Hodds. Are you worried that we'll spoil the atmosphere if we come in together?"

I was displeased by his actions earlier. He turned around with a smile. "You don't have to be so angry, Mrs. Grant. Have a seat."

As he said that, he pointed at the individual seat on the sofa. The seat was positioned directly opposite a coffee table with a tablet on it.

I was a little puzzled.

"I had long predicted your arrival, so I prepared a gift for you in advance."

slowly walked over to the tablet, and

screen, Munchkin was lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed like he had fallen asleep. I saw

of me. "What's the

as though we were talking about a business and not a

portion of the footage we retrieved from the other party's monitor. As soon as you sign the agreement, I'll ask my men to get Munchkin out unharmed and also arrange for

"It

other party's smile vanished a

for trying to fool me into signing the agreement with a video clip? Do I

treated life like child's play but

clip might be edited or altered with face swapping technology. After all, someone witnessed Theo and me carrying Munchkin away. Maybe the one lying here right now was not Munchkin at all. Why should I believe him for

kindergartener would

Grant, but you know better than anyone that Munchkin doesn't have

persuaded me painstakingly, but the smug look

even so, I won't hand him over to a demon. If he'll spend the rest of his

the question he asked during the

was too weak this afternoon and unprepared, but I