Marrying the Ugly Heir for Truth and Wealth novel Chapter 483

As Christina descended slowly, she suddenly felt the rope shaking. This is strange. Why is the rope shaking even when I don’t move?

Just as Christina raised her head, the rope lost all support, causing her to plummet down.

Her body tensed up, and it took several seconds after the impactful landing for her mind to regain clarity.

What just happened?

Christina turned her head and saw that her rope had snapped.

How could a perfectly fine rope snap? Wait a second, the edges are smooth, as if they were cut. The only person with me just now was Anya. She must have tampered with my rope!

Anger ignited deep within her. She guessed that Anya was afraid of the leverage she held, leading her to sabotage the rope.

Regardless of the reason, Anya’s actions had posed a threat to Christina’s life.

Christina gathered her thoughts and decided it was best to leave this place as soon as possible.

She shifted slightly, relieved that her hands were unharmed, but she experienced a throbbing ache in her body. When she sat up and tried to put weight on her foot, a searing and intense pain surged up her ankle.

Oh no, I think I injured my leg from the fall!

Christina tried to find her phone in her pocket to call for help, but after searching through all of them, she couldn’t locate her phone. It was highly likely that it had fallen out when she fell.

As she surveyed her surroundings, all she could see were trees, leaving her disoriented and unable to find her way.

What should I do? I can’t move and don’t have any means of communication. I have no idea how to escape the forest…

Meanwhile, Anya had landed safely. She discarded the other half of Christina’s rope, pretending she had never climbed with Christina.

Upon returning to the rest area, she exchanged glances with her colleagues and promptly started packing up, getting ready to depart.

“Hey, are you sure everyone from your group is here?” a staff member asked with concern.

They looked at each other, and one of them said with a smile, “Yeah, everyone is here. Did you make a mistake?”

“Mistake? I remember there were seven of you, but now there are only six. Did I really remember wrongly?” the staff member replied.

“You must be mistaken. There are only six of us,” another colleague confirmed once again.

The staff member furrowed his brows slightly but stopped pushing the issue. After all, many people came for rock climbing throughout the day, so it wouldn’t be surprising for him to recall wrongly.

“All right then, you should leave now. It’s about to rain, and all outdoor climbing activities will be

suspended.”

The staff member led the group to the tour bus, and soon they were transported back to the hotel.

As they stepped off the bus, a towering figure cast a shadow over them. “Where’s Christina?”

They looked at Nathaniel nervously, hemming and hawing but not replying to his question.

It will be disastrous if Mr. Hadley finds out that we intentionally left her behind in the rock–climbing area. What terrible luck! Why did he have to show up at this exact moment?

Anya realized that they could no longer hide the truth. The only way to get out of this was to pretend as though she had only just discovered Christina was missing.

She made a show of counting her colleagues before feigning shock. “Oh no, we’re missing someone! It seems like it’s Christina!”

Nathaniel’s face darkened, and a wave of anger surged through him. His dark eyes narrowed as he grabbed Anya by the collar. “What happened? Why are you guys back without Christina?”

The man was clearly fuming with anger. When faced with his interrogation, the group fell silent.

Beads of sweat started forming on Anya’s forehead as she tried to concoct an explanation. “We didn’t realize it when we left. Christina is always so aloof, and since we’re not close to her, it’s understandable that we didn’t notice she was missing.”

Luckily, she had thought ahead and prepared her words carefully to avoid being flustered.

The staff member who had brought them back refuted her words. “I just reminded you earlier that were missing someone, and you said you weren’t!”

With the weather turning treacherous, what if something terrible happens?