The bed was neat, as if no one had slept in it. Hadn't Sophia returned?
Where was she? Couldn't she wait to go back to A Country before meeting with her lovers?
At the thought, Colin angrily took out his mobile phone to call Sophia.
The door of the opposite room opened, it was Wendy.
"Colin."
Colin locked his phone, "Mom, why aren't you asleep?"
"I fell asleep, but woke up when I heard you return. Did Sophia tell you she won't be coming back tonight?"
"Where is she?" Why didn't she tell him? Was this her treating him well?
"Oh, she went back to her old home. I don't know when she'll come back. If you're worried, you can go and check up on her."
Wendy yawned, feeling sleepy.
"Alright mom, go back to sleep." Colin was uncertain if he should go or not.
Three minutes later, a call made him quickly pick up the phone.
"Colin... I'm sorry to bother you... Can you come over? Please help me." Sophia's low voice sounded over the phone.
Immediately after Sophia gave him the address, he heard a scream on the phone before the line was disconnected.
A black sports car sped down the road. It was a half hour drive, but Colin arrived in ten minutes.
He rushed two steps at a time and leapt to the third floor. The door of one room was ajar, and it was dark inside.
Colin silently approached the edge of the door, and he could hear the low voice of a woman crying for help. "Let me go! Who are you? What are you looking for? Let me go..."
Soon, the room fell into silence.
Without making a sound, Colin pushed the door open. In the lit bedroom, he slowly approached the hooded figure clad in black, who was turning the room around.
Sophia was left on the bed. Her hands were tied and her mouth was stuffed with a piece of cloth.
Hiding the dagger he got from his car in his pocket, Colin slowly approached the bedroom.
Seeing him, Sophia's eyes widened in surprise. Colin gestured for her to be quiet.
Before the man in black returned, Colin raised his right foot and slammed it on the man's waist.
Caught off guard, the man fell to the ground and struggled to get up. After wrestling away from Colin, he fled.
Colin wanted to chase him, but he was worried about Sophia. He closed the door and went back to her.
Untying the ropes binding Sophia, he yelled at the woman loudly, "Why did you open the door for a stranger in the middle of the night?"
"I didn't, I don't know how he got in!" She was frightened to death.
Seeing that she was fine, Colin breathed a sigh of relief. He asked her grimly, "Why did you call me instead of the police?
... Sophia felt uneasy. Why did she always think of Colin first whenever something happened?
Depressed and uncomfortable, Sophia apologized softly, "I'm sorry for causing you trouble. I won't bother you next time."
Colin irritably rubbed his head, "No, call me next time. Some policemen are too unreliable. If you call them, they'll take longer to get to you."
Not wanting Sophia to misunderstand him, he added, "I don't want you to be in danger, it will make my mother sad."
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