Chapter 397

Before he could finish his sentence, my phone slipped from my trembling fingers.

I was standing by the window, my fingers trembling non–stop, until Bryant left. His Rolls Royce slipped out of Ferguson Mansion into the darkness of the

night.

Until its taillights vanished from my sight.

Twenty minutes passed before I could bring myself to open the drawer of my bedside table and pull out a paring knife, pressing it against my wrist.

Blood flowed, warm and glaring.

But the cut wasn’t deep. Not enough to kill.

Barefoot, I twisted the doorknob and stepped out, heading downstairs, where Gary met me. “Mrs. Ferguson, Bryant asked me to…”

He stopped mid–sentence, startled by the blood trailing down my arm.

“Gary, I don’t mean to be a burden.”

Pain seemed foreign to me as I grabbed my car keys. “Let the bodyguards know to let me out, or else Bryant will only find my body upon his return.”

Gary, eyes filled with pity, followed me to the car, hastily opening the door for me. “Why do this… Bryant only wants what’s best for you…”

“For my best?”

seat. “It seems

yourself, then you

car sped

my wrist with

inding the

wound.

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Chapter 397

kept my eyes glued to the road, one thought consuming my

an accident at the research facility.

an eyebrow and say, “Jane, got a bit of conscience, coming to

It had

“Beep, beep-”

over the lake, a speeding truck

maybe to safety, but for some odd reason, I

of early

The cold was piercing.

became more

up, I

hadn’t died. The wound on my wrist

stood up, releasing a heavy sigh of relief.

“Mark…”

like my throat had been cut open, talking was pure torture, my

been following your

you’re safe here. No one can find you unless you

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