Chapter 1055
"Help! Don't hurt me!"
Rylantha's instinctive reaction was to shriek, but when she saw that it was Alexander who had come, she exhaled in relief. "You scared me to death! I thought it was that guy who came back to kill me!"
"Did you see what he looked like?"
Elise was pregnant and Alexander was in a rush to figure out who the kidnapper was lest she and the baby remain in danger.
"No." Rylantha shook her head and huffed, "He knocked me out from behind so I couldn't see what he looked like."
Alexander ground his teeth and stormed off.
"Hey! Wait for me! Don't leave me here!"
Rylantha tried to scramble out of the trash can in fear, but a thought flashed across her mind. She scooted back inside the trash can and banged against the side instead. The trash can wobbled and fell.
She crawled out of the trash can and couldn't be bothered to tidy up before she ran after Alexander. By the time she got back to the resort building, her bare feet were all scratched up from the pebbled path.
When Jamie and the others heard that Elise had been kidnapped, they gathered in the open area outside the main lobby. Once they spotted Alexander coming over, they immediately rushed over to him.
"Did you find her?" Narissa asked.
"Couldn't catch up to them." Alexander's brows were tightly furrowed and his gaze was frosty.
Everyone's hearts sank and their expressions turned grim as well.
Just then, Rylantha appeared in front of them.
She was barefooted and kept gasping in pain whenever her feet touched the ground. Every step she took felt like she was walking on a bed of needles. She looked like a clumsy little chicken. She was only able to stand up straight again when she finally reached the marble landing.
"Why did you come back alone? Where's Elise?" Danny only knew that Rylantha had been kidnapped along with Elise. He didn't know that the kidnapper had left her behind, so he was surprised to see her now.
"What kind of question is that? Ouch. Are you happy that I was kidnapped? You must've been the one behind the kidnapping! You must be trying to come after me!" Rylantha was so furious that her cheeks puffed up.
"What kind of nonsense is that? If I wanted to go after you, would I need to resort to a dirty trick like that? You would've been six feet under by now if you weren't Ariel's sister!" Danny snapped at Rylantha as he was stressing out over Elise's situation.
"Hah! All of you heard that, right?"
It was as if Rylantha was finally vindicated as she shrieked for everyone to be her witness. "You finally said what you truly feel, huh? You've been hoping that I die, but so what? I'm blessed by the heavens, so I got to escape with my life instead of allowing you to get what you want! It's a shame that Anastasia had to take my place and die at the hands of her own family. Oh, the irony! Hahaha—Mmmmph—"
Rylantha's instinctive reaction was to shriek, but when she saw that it was Alexander who had come, she exhaled in relief. "You scared me to death! I thought it was that guy who came back to kill me!"
Her maniacal laughter came to an abrupt halt as Alexander wrapped his hand around her neck so tightly that his veins were bulging.
"What did you say to her when you were in the room with her?" Alexander's voice was dark and his gaze was piercing. He was giving off a deathly aura.
It was as if he would snap Rylantha's neck into two at the slightest provocation.
In just a few short seconds, Rylantha had turned bright red. She kept hitting Alexander's strong arm to no avail. "I-I just wanted to ask for her help. I wanted her to put in a good word for me with the old fool. That's all!"
Alexander narrowed his eyes and lowered his gaze. His eyelashes hid the emotions in his eyes.
Rylantha didn't know what was going through his mind, but she could feel his hand tightening around her neck as he raised her off the ground.
It became even harder for her to breathe. She grabbed Alexander's arm as hard as she could. "It's not me! I wouldn't have gotten myself into such a mess if I wanted to do something to Anastasia! I wouldn't have gotten involved in the first place! I'm not that stupid, Alexander. I'm Camren's daughter! You can't kill me!"
The more she spoke, the feebler her voice got. At the end of her last sentence, her body jerked and her mind went blank as her hands fell limp to the side and her body sagged. She looked like a dead rat.
No one came forward to stop Alexander. They knew what kind of person Rylantha was, and even if it had been a misunderstanding, she had brought this onto herself.
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