Chapter 146 A Ray of Hope in Despair


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    “You’ll let me go if I talk?” <b>Jean </b>lifted her eyes, her gaze dark and stormy, cold light glinting from her narrowed pupils. All she could make out was the man’s shoulder.


    Then, she heard him let out a low, amused chuckle. “Of course not.”


    He strode toward the elevator and pressed the button to go down.


    The cold, glowing numbers flickered before Jean’s eyes. She bit her lip, instinctively.


    What should I do now?


    She exhaled softly, and in that fleeting instant, she made a decision…


    She began to scream for help.


    There was no way she could fight him physically. No chance to win in strength or skill. She knew that much. So she had only one weapon left… Her voice!


    There was no chance of escape on her own. Her only hope was that someone else would hear her and realize she was in danger.


    Fortunately, the man had gotten a bit too careless. He had not gagged her and left her a window of opportunity.


    “Help! There is a bad guy here! Mom! Brother!” Jean opened her mouth wide, forcing out a desperate, high–pitched cry with all the strength she could use.


    The man’s brow furrowed as her voice rang out.


    Then, irritated, he reached out his other hand and harshly mped it over her mouth. “Yell again, and I’ll rip out your tongue.


    His low, threatening voice rumbled like thunder, crashing down on her. Jean’s eyes widened in instinctive fear.


    He was not joking.


    It was clear that if she defied him again, he really would tear out her tongue without a second thought….


    She pressed her lips together, unwilling but forced to surrender.


    Soon, the elevator doors opened in front of them. Inside, it waspletely empty. Not a single


    person.


    Jean’s fleeting hope shattered once more. If only there had been someone inside… She might have had a slim chanc


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