Dreams Wandered Through Silent Rooms by Nexel Ari 418
Chapter 418 A Desperate Situation
She jumped, eyes wide with terror. A sharp pain shot through the back of her neck, and her c faded.
Elena went limp in William’s arms.
He held her like a drunk girlfriend, leading her out through the back door.
If I’m going to lose my job anyway, I won’t let Elena get away with it. If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have
In a foreign country, no one would care if a stranger disappeared.
Lucas waited outside the restaurant for nearly half an hour, but Elena never came out.
He pulled out his phone and called her.
At first, it rang but went unanswered. On the third call, a mechanical voice informed him the pho turned off.
A bad feeling washed over him.
Lucas rushed back into the restaurant and straight to the restrooms. Not caring about etiquette. he for the women’s side.
“Ms. Sterling?”
No reply.
He knocked on each stall–nothing. Elena wasn’t there.
He ran back out to ask the staff for surveillance footage. At the front desk, he ran into Nathan, Jason, a Linda, who were just leaving the private room.
“Aren’t you supposed to be gone?” Jason asked when he saw Lucas.
ivathan noticed his panicked expression and the absence of Elena. “Where’s your boss!
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On the third call, someone finally picked up. “Mr. Kingsley, it’s Lucas-”
He didn’t finish before an unfamiliar female voice cut in, sounding annoyed. “Why do you ke
“…This is Elena’s-
Again, he was interrupted.
“Alex just fell asleep. He’s not feeling well. Don’t call him these days.”
Click. The call ended.
Lucas didn’t know who the woman was, but her tone made it clear–she was close to Alexander.
“What did he say?” Nathan asked.
Lucas was anxious, unsure how to explain. Nathan and Elena were bitter enemies. If she were he never let him interfere.
But… desperate times.
Alexander was unreachable. In a foreign country, Nathan was the only one he could trust.
“Mr. Kingsley’s tied up. He can’t help right now,” he vaguely replied.
Then he turned to Nathan. “Mr. Hawthorne, I don’t know this area well. Could you please…”
Nathan got the message. Without a word, he turned to watch the surveillance footage.
When Elena woke, she found herself in an apartment.
The place was nicely furnished, but the air reeked of alcohol. Several empty liquor bottles littered the
On the sofa by the fireplace lay William, the source of the stench. He was dead drunk, sprawled out an sound asleep
Elena carefully stood up from the sofa. Her hands and feet were bound, so she could only shuttle slowby
She was almost at the door when her foot kicked an empty bottle Teclattered aganist die woul enough to jol Wilham awake
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