Larissa followed the incident on the news sporadically, but she didn't pay much attention to it. Apart from cursing the Cole family for their much-deserved fate, she moved on with her daily life. However, she never expected that Jay would come for her one day. That day, Larissa went downstairs to patrol the hotel rooms as usual. Suddenly, a door to a hotel room behind her opened. Larissa turned around instinctively, but before she could take a good look, a hand reached out from behind her. A damp cloth that emitted a pungent smell was clamped over her mouth and nose. Larissa struggled to get away, but she quickly passed out. When she regained consciousness, she was on the hotel rooftop. Her hands and feet were bound with coarse ropes, and a piece of cloth was stuffed into her mouth.Jay stood in front of her.Although he was still well-dressed, he appeared much more haggard than the last time they had met. His eye bags drooped over his sallow cheeks, showing how m

Larissa's chest tightened, almost suffocating her. Instinctively, the assistant looked at Larissa, his face filled with distress. Such a cruel decision should not be made by him. However … "Tell Larissa that I will definitely avenge her, so she won't have to feel wronged." Kevan's chilling words that sealed her fate sounded from the speakerphone and crushed Larissa's hopes into bits. "Kevan, you coward!" Jay shouted loudly. "How could you let a woman die in your place?" There was a brief silence on the other end of the call."I am not a coward," Kevan's steady voice seemed unaffected by Jay's provocation. "By staying alive, I can do more things to torture you. For example, your son would suffer a fate worse than death inside prison." Jay's eyes widened with shock. "What are you going to do to Reuben?" He got down from the railing and rushed toward Kevan's assistant, trying to snatch the phone away from him.The assistant evaded Jay's attack easily and held the phone fir

He raised an eyebrow as he waited for her answer."I'm not interested," Larissa replied, refusing to play along with him.Edmund clicked his tongue in disappointment. Propping his arm on the back of the chair, he slunk onto the seat. "Well, my sister-in-law told my brother that she was going out shopping with a friend, but she was spotted meeting Kevan at the Microworks Building. She was there for the whole day. Who knows? Maybe they were together when you were kidnapped, which is why Kevan didn't come to rescue you."Larissa wanted to tell him that it wasn't merely a possibility but that was the case."Cody now suspects that my sister-in-law and Kevan are having an affair. After all, they had something between them in the past, but she married my brother in the end," Edmund said. His chin was slightly raised, and he could hardly mask the pride in his voice. "It shows that my brother had a stronger appeal than Kevan in the past, but not anymore … Now Kevan is wealthier, so women

Larissa pursed her lips. "There's nothing else to eat at home."She had secretly bought a pack of instant noodles when she moved in and hid it in her bedroom. She had thought it would finally come in handy today, but things turned out differently. "If there's no food at home, don't you know you can order takeout? You can hop from your bedroom to the kitchen on one leg, but you can't take a few more steps to the door? If you don't want to move, you can even call my mom and ask her to bring you food!" Kevan scolded Larissa, leaving her too stunned to come up with a retort."Forget it." Ruby grabbed Kevan's hand and said, "It's fine to have instant noodles occasionally."Kevan glanced at Larissa and fell silent.Leaning on the kitchen counter, Larissa tried to squat down. However, as soon as she bent over, Kevan grabbed her by the back of her collar and lifted her."What are you trying to do?" he asked, frustrated.Larissa pointed at the floor. "I'm trying to clean up the mess."

Kevan had successfully calmed Ruby down. Although her eyes were bloodshot, all traces of tears had been wiped from her face."All done?" Kevan asked Larissa.Larissa tried to nod, but her neck was too stiff to move."Yes," she said, white mist forming in the air when she spoke."What did the doctor say?""It reopened again, but the doctor fixed it for me again." Larissa stopped herself from saying the injury had worsened. Ruby's lips trembled, and tears shimmered in her eyes."It's all my fault—""You didn't do it on purpose," Kevan said, comforting her gently.When Ruby calmed down, Larissa asked, "Shall we go? I'm freezing to death."Only then did Kevan realize how thin the clothes she was wearing were.Pursing his lips, he took off his coat and draped it over her. The stiff fabric still carried his body warmth and minty scent. Feeling extremely cold, Larissa stopped caring about acting all proper and polite. She pulled the jacket tighter over herself.Meanwhile, Ruby wa