Edmund seemed to be convinced by Larissa. His stunned expression turned dark pretty quickly. The sound of knocking sounded at this time. The man in the black suit entered the room.He was still stone-faced. He did not look at Larissa at all for fear that Edmund might notice something. "Mr. Rogers, it's time. We have to go," he said in a low voice to Edmund.Edmund nodded. "Okay." He pulled Larissa up from the bed.Because her ankles were tied by the ropes, Larissa nearly slammed against the wall when her feet touched the floor. Edmund helped steady her and frowned at the ropes on her ankles.Previously, he only wanted to stop Larissa from escaping, so he got the guys to tie layers of ropes around her legs. He did not think it would cause trouble now for him. After some hesitation, he called the man in a black suit to come over. "Free her legs." Then, he warned Larissa. "If you dare to try something, Wendy—""Chill. I won't escape." Larissa mocked him. "I'm more trustworthy compare

The moment Edmund left, Larissa asked a black-suited man for his phone. Her phone had been taken and thrown away by Edmund.She only remembered three phone numbers—her own, Wendy's, and Aster's.It was useless to call the first two numbers. Now, she could only put her hope on Aster. Lewis should be with him right now.Because she was worried that Edmund would come back quickly, she dialed the number and gave the phone back quickly."Look for Lewis Logan," Larissa quietly instructed the man, who did as he was told.The airport was really noisy. The flight announcements kept coming one after another.Larissa listened hard but she could not hear what the other person said on the phone.The man looked down and told her. "Lewis answered.""Tell him to go get Wendy Simmons." Larissa stared right ahead and did not make any eye contact with the man. "You should know where Wendy's being kept at, right?"Edmund should have called off the men watching Wendy. But if she escaped later, it

The number of the sender was a Caldorian one. Larissa had a name, but she was not sure if it was really him. She shakily texted, "Who are you?"The response was quick. "Kevan Rogers." As she expected.Larissa did not have the energy to wonder how he was here, but she only felt a sense of safety now. It was like she did not have to be afraid of anything when he was here.After she had taken care of her appearance in the mirror, Larissa only carefully walked out of the female washroom. There was no one outside. She could not see Kevan or Edmund.She was confused when someone grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a cool hug. The familiar smell surrounded Larissa, and she teared up almost immediately. All the fear disappeared and she turned to hug Kevan tightly around his waist.Kevan held her just as tightly, and he kept patting her back with one hand. His low and gentle voice sounded above her head. "It's alright. It's alright now."All the tension in Larissa's brain snapped, and s

It took some time to drive back into the city center from the airport. In the middle of it, Lewis met up with a subordinate and told him to tow Larissa's car away from the motel.When they reached Maple Hotel, it was already 3 am. There were no hotel guests in the lobby, only uniformed hotel staff waiting for guests to show up.The doorman was about to help guide them kindly when Larissa waved him off and explained their reasons for coming. "I'm looking for your hotel's Administrative Manager, Wendy."The smile on the doorman's face froze up as he backed away alertly. He anxiously called for the lobby manager to come.As "oldies" of the hotel industry, Larissa naturally had met the lobby manager quite a few times. The manager recognized Larissa and asked her, "What brings you here?""I'm looking for Wendy," Larissa replied.The lobby manager was aware of Larissa's friendship with Wendy, so he helped Larissa get a room card from the front desk. "Just head up. I don't know if Wendy

It was impossible to get the police to let go of Edmund. But in such a situation, Larissa could not directly reject Wendy. She could only pretend. "I can't decide on this. We'll have to see how the police deal with this. He did kidnap you after all."Wendy's shoulders slumped with disappointment. After a long while, she asked Larissa, "Then can you take me to see him? I have something … I want to ask him still."Larissa did not want to let Wendy meet Edmund. If the man leaked anything … she did not know how to continue this nice lie she had going for now. "I'll ask, I guess." She fudged it over. All she needed to tell Wendy later was "no."…Before they finished breakfast, Kevan came over to knock on the door. He had changed his clothes and he looked perfect."Why are you up so early?" Larissa was very surprised."Jet lag. I couldn't sleep." Kevan did not enter the room. He only handed over the paper bag he had to Larissa. "Clean clothes."Larissa held the paper bag in her arms