Nonetheless, Sebastian only gave her a cold glance before he vanished into the elevator again.
“Ah, Mr. Hayes! Wait a minute! Don’t stay alone in the elevator. It’s too risky!” Sasha darted toward the lift at once.
Fortunately, she managed to slip into the elevator right before the door was closed.
“Mr. Hayes…” she called out his name hesitantly.
Even so, the man did not even give her any response!
As she glanced obliquely at him, her heart thumped at the sight of his frown, which had deepened into a scowl.
Huh! I’d better zip my mouth now.
Sasha remained silent. None of them broke the silence even when the elevator reached the ground floor.
The moment the elevator door opened again, they heard someone yelling excitedly. “Sebastian? Isn’t that Sebastian? Dad, he has come down.”
“Yeah, since he is here, we don’t have to go up and call him down,” a woman echoed.
The couple who stood facing the elevator door turned out to be Jasmine and Stephen. Sasha and Sebastian’s face turned grim simultaneously at their emergence.
As they shrieked in exhilaration, more and more people behind them advanced toward the elevator and huddled over to have a look.
Both Sasha and Sebastian were at a loss for words.
When a glint of ferocity was about to flash across Sebastian’s eyes, Sasha stepped out from the elevator and blocked in front of him.
“Lieutenant Colonel Jadeson, Mrs. Jadeson, what a coincidence! We meet again!” she greeted the couple exaggeratively.
“Coincidence? You are indeed a mood spoiler. Get out of my way!” Jasmine snapped at her disdainfully; her face fell in an instant.
Nevertheless, Sasha was no ordinary woman and was not intimidated by her.
She continued to put on a dignified smile as she mocked, “Mrs. Jadeson, I’m sorry that I can’t get out of my way as requested. Mr. Hayes is germophobic and dislikes having close contact with others. Would you mind moving aside so I can push him out?”
Next, she turned to place her hands on the handles of Sebastian’s wheelchair.
It never occurred to her that an enraged Jasmine would dash toward her and yank her arm.
“Hmph! Who do you think you are? How dare you instruct me to move aside?” The woman who had lost her temper gritted her teeth and shoved Sasha aside.
At that very moment, Sasha stumbled and almost fell.
“You’re digging your own grave, huh?” At the eleventh hour, a man’s bellow of anger sounded. Before Sasha could come to her senses, the man’s strong hand grabbed hold of her arm tightly.
“Mr. Hayes…” Sasha could barely believe that the man would stretch out his hand and come to her rescue.
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