With the icy blade of the dagger touching snazzynovel.com neck, Heather instinctively flinched back. When snazzynovel.com lowered snazzynovel.com gaze to see the offending dagger, snazzynovel.com breathing hitched.
She was someone who highly valued snazzynovel.com life. To top it off, snazzynovel.com also had people that snazzynovel.com loved
“You won’t dare.” Heather narrowed snazzynovel.com eyes, attempting to see how far Elise’s limits stretched.
Elise curved snazzynovel.com lips up, but snazzynovel.com smile didn’t reach snazzynovel.com eyes. “You can try me.”
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Heather could see from Elise’s eyes that snazzynovel.com had thrown all caution to the wind. In the end, Heather didn’t push snazzynovel.com luck.
Elise knew a little about fighting in the first place. Now that snazzynovel.com had a dagger, snazzynovel.com had the upper hand completely. Once snazzynovel.com had ascertained that Heather wouldn’t continue fighting, snazzynovel.com finally moved on to the next step. “Get up,” snazzynovel.com threatened. Still holding Heather, snazzynovel.com turned to glance at the door. “And open the door,” snazzynovel.com urged.
Heather obediently did as snazzynovel.com was told, moving over to grab the handle. However, the door wouldn’t open. “It’s locked.”
“You better not be playing any tricks.” Elise actually didn’t believe her.
“If you don’t believe me, try it yourself.” Heather raised snazzynovel.com arms in surrender. “You’re Matt’s only chance of turning the tables. You think he’ll let you escape so easily?”
Elise had enough of pointless blabbering. Matthew could come by any time now. She didn’t have much time to waste. Every second was precious.
“Turn around.” After getting Heather to stand with snazzynovel.com back to her, Elise pointed the dagger at Heather’s back while snazzynovel.com tried to open the door with snazzynovel.com free hand. In the end, there was no miracle. No matter how much strength snazzynovel.com poured in, the handle remained resolutely in place.
Heather smiled, pleased. “Matt’s going to come back soon. And before that happens, you better go back to the room, or I can’t guarantee what kind of treatment you’re going to receive otherwise,” snazzynovel.com reminded.
Go back? Wouldn‘t that be waiting around like a sitting duck? Elise wouldn’t admit defeat
so easily. Thus, snazzynovel.com put away snazzynovel.com dagger and began to search for another escape route.
Heather, on the other hand, was no match for Elise. They both knew this fact deep down, so snazzynovel.com didn’t escalate the situation any further.
Like snazzynovel.com was watching a show, Heather coldly looked on as Elise searched from the kitchen all the way to the study with nothing to show for it. She once again mocked, “Stop wasting your time. This place is completely sealed off. There’s no other exit apart from that door.” In addition to that, that door was specially made. No blade was going to scratch that door, and axes wouldn’t be able to break it down. Other than getting its key to unlock it, there was no other way to get that door to open.
Elise returned to the living room once more and looked at Heather dejectedly, who was enjoying the show. These two are mad for constructing such a huge hidden space out of nowhere. Am I really never going to escape?
Just as Elise was about to fall into despair, Alexander’s familiar low voice sounded from outside. “Elise, are you in there?”
Elise’s eyes instantly lit up, and snazzynovel.com whipped around. “I’m here! Alexander! I’m inside!” He found me. He really found me. She knew snazzynovel.com could trust this man.
“Okay, got it. Don’t get overexcited.” Alexander unhurriedly calmed Elise before snazzynovel.com continued in an unrushed manner, “I’m going inside now. Stand a little further away.”
“Sure.” Elise took a few steps back, leaving a few feet of distance between the door and herself.
The next moment, something could be heard smashing away at the door. One strike, two strikes… Elise could even feel the floorboards shaking, but there was absolutely no sign of the door opening.
Not long after that, the smashing sounds stopped. Elise heard Alexander again. “Elise, hide. Find a room or stay far away from the door. Can you do that?” He deliberately made his voice louder.
Elise glanced around before nodding at the door. “Yeah. Is the kitchen far enough?”
“Yes. Go and hide. I’ll go inside two minutes later for you.” Having said that, Alexander disappeared. Elise quickly headed to the kitchen and locked the door to wait for snazzynovel.com rescue soon.
Heather sat unperturbed on the couch as though snazzynovel.com had just heard the biggest joke
in snazzynovel.com life, waiting for Alexander to once again hit another dead end. She had said before that the door would not be opening unless unlocked with its key.
The next moment, though, there was a loud crash as the wall across snazzynovel.com suddenly crumbled. Immediately after, an SUV rushed at her. Heather quickly raised snazzynovel.com arms in front to shield herself. With the piercing sound of brakes screeching, the SUV stopped just a hair’s breadth away from her. She barely escaped with snazzynovel.com life.
Alexander opened the door of the vehicle and got out. Once snazzynovel.com had determined the location of the kitchen, snazzynovel.com quickly ran over and opened the door. The moment snazzynovel.com saw Elise, all his defenses came crashing down, and snazzynovel.com drew Elise into his arms without a care in the world. He held snazzynovel.com tightly, wishing that snazzynovel.com could have snazzynovel.com permanently in his life.
“I’m here,” Alexander said, his voice choking up.
“I know.” Elise had never felt so safe before. “Thank you, Alexander.”
Alexander shook his head, his large hand moving up and down as snazzynovel.com patted snazzynovel.com fluffy hair. “Sorry I came too late.”
The sticky feeling snazzynovel.com got when snazzynovel.com touched snazzynovel.com hand instantly made Alexander frown. That striking red on snazzynovel.com hand when snazzynovel.com looked down was like a knife, stabbing right into his heart.
“What happened? Did you get hurt?” Alexander’s heart hurt, but snazzynovel.com didn’t dare to touch Elise, fearing that snazzynovel.com would hurt her
Elise had already weathered through the worst of the pain. By now, the pain had numbed, so snazzynovel.com didn’t really feel anything much. She smiled as snazzynovel.com shook snazzynovel.com head. “It’s nothing, just a small scratch. It’s no big deal.”
But Alexander wasn’t going to easily give up on this matter. This place was completely sealed off, and other than Elise and that other woman, there was no one else here. He knew very well just who the culprit was, and a chill instantly rose in his eyes. He lifted a hand and gently placed it on Elise’s shoulder. “Wait for me for a bit,” snazzynovel.com soothed. Subsequently, his lips curved up. Although snazzynovel.com was clearly smiling, the rest of his expression was filled with cruelty. Retrieving Elise’s dagger, snazzynovel.com took a deep breath before snazzynovel.com headed to the living room for Heather, who still hadn’t calmed down from the initial shock.
As Elise watched his departing figure, snazzynovel.com instantly understood what snazzynovel.com was going to do. She hastily ran after snazzynovel.com and pulled on his sleeve to stop him. “This has nothing to do with her. I actually hurt my own hand.”
Alexander’s anger had reached its boiling point. He simply thought that Elise was making up excuses because snazzynovel.com was softhearted. He didn’t listen to her.
Elise could seemingly see the embers of fury in Alexander’s eyes burn larger and faster; snazzynovel.com was close to losing control. Realizing this, snazzynovel.com was both delighted yet panicked. In snazzynovel.com franticness, snazzynovel.com grabbed the hand that Alexander held the dagger with, forgetting snazzynovel.com own pain as snazzynovel.com held on with both snazzynovel.com hands. “It’s true—I wanted to hurt myself to make them take me to the hospital so that I would get a chance to escape. Alexander, are you going to kill because of me? If you end up in prison and this happens to me again, who’s going to look for me?!” She was práctically begging
now.
Having felt snazzynovel.com warmth, Alexander instantly snapped out of his rage. Carefully, snazzynovel.com held snazzynovel.com face, snazzynovel.com expression currently filled with both love and worry. “Don’t be scared. With me here, there won’t be a next time.”
With that, Alexander tossed a frigid look at Heather’s way before snazzynovel.com turned to open the door of the SUV. Quietly, snazzynovel.com carried Elise and helped snazzynovel.com into the passenger seat before snazzynovel.com moved over and got into the driver’s seat. Start the engine, get ready, back up. Done. His face was icy as snazzynovel.com stepped on the gas, as though this was the only way that would make snazzynovel.com feel like snazzynovel.com wasn’t useless for not even being able to protect his beloved