Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest) novel Chapter 2089

Rachel Wood never liked it when Sebastian Brenand drank when she was around.

He nearly quit drinking for Rachel’s sake even though he enjoyed it.

He rarely touched alcohol if he could help it unless he was hanging out with friends.

Lately, however, he had been drinking nearly every day. Without the numbing effect of alcohol, he probably might have died from the pain in his heart.

For this very reason, Sebastian seemed to have gotten addicted to alcohol. He’d have panic attacks and feel out of breath whenever he stopped like nothing felt right.

Opening another bottle of red wine, he began drinking from the bottle. He used to drink red wine for the sake of enjoyment in the past, but now he thought of it as a way of venting out.

It didn't matter if the wine tasted fine or whether it aged well. All he cared about was to get drunk and forget for a while.

After finishing another bottle of wine, Sebastian tossed the bottle to the ground, breaking it into pieces.

However, he still wasn’t drunk, his mind alert. He couldn’t stop replaying the moments he shared with Rachel, wondering where she was and whether she was suffering.

While thinking, he had another mental breakdown.

He leaned helplessly against the couch as he looked up at the luxurious ceiling and laughed bitterly.

Then, he began to cry, tears blurring his vision.

He genuinely believed that he would kill his parents if Rachel wasn’t at their mercy, and he could afford to be reckless.

They went too far.

How could they do this to Rachel?

Where did they take her?

Why couldn’t he and Stanley Batton find her despite doing everything they could with their vast resources and connections?

How did she disappear without a trace?

Although Sebastian was devastated, knowing that his family had kidnapped Rachel, he could only tell the police that she had run away from home.

Hence, he needed to find Rachel.

He picked up his phone and called his mother again, shouting into the phone directly when she answered. “Give Rachel back to me! Do you hear me? Give her back!”

Sebastian had long lost his rationality, acting like a mad person.

Once he was done shouting, he fell to his knees with tears streaming down his face. “This is the first time I’ve ever met someone I loved. I can’t live without her, Mom. I’m begging you, give Rachel back to me, please?” he begged.

“How am I supposed to live without her? Do you want to watch me die of depression?

“I can’t go on. What do you want me to do? Can you please let me go?

“Let me go, and I’ll do anything apart from leaving Rachel and marrying Yvette, okay? I’m begging you!

“I’ll do anything else you want. All right? All right?”

The more he spoke, the more upset he was that he couldn’t stop crying.

He really couldn’t take it anymore; he was going insane.

However, his mother was unaffected as usual and merely snickered.

“Don’t bother telling me all these things. If you want Rachel back, you’ll do as I say, and marry Yvette tomorrow. Get ready. Go to bed earlier. If you show up late, I’ll make sure you never see Rachel again.”

With that, his mother hung up without another word.

His dream Rachel wouldn’t stop calling out to him and asking for his help. ‘Sebastian, save me! Sebastian, save me!’

The dream felt so real that he was awakened by the ache in his heart. He realized that it was only a dream when his eyes opened.

Cold sweat covered his body and the entire room reeked of alcohol.

After turning the lights on, he checked the time.

It was three o’clock in the morning.

He had to get ready for the wedding in two hours. He was nowhere near to finding out if Rachel was suffering in some remote place where she was locked up.

Sebastian once promised her that he’d offer her a grand wedding.

But now, there was a wedding, only the intended bride was missing, and he was supposed to marry someone else he didn't even like.

How ironic!

At this moment, Sebastian no longer felt sleepy. He lit a cigarette and took a long puff at it.

Recalling the scene he dreamed of still scared him.

Rachel.

His Rachel.

Where was she?

What was she going through?