Liana was terrified and lost when she got back to the hospital. Alyssa’s threatening words echoed in


    her ears. She bit her nails anxiously and paced her room.


    “No,I can’t let this go on! She’s thedaughter of the Taylor Family, not to mention that she’s a snake.


    Now that she has learned about my history of studying in Mosgravia, she’ll only dig deeper!”


    Liana couldn’t sit back anymore. She needed to handle the matter proactively. Trembling, she dialed


    Curtis’number. 1


    It took hi m a while to pick up.”What’s up? It’ste…”


    “Curtis! Alyssa Taylor is looking into me.She might find out about our rtionship soon.”Gaze


    smoldering, she felt her throat catch fire. “You must leave Sna City as soon as possible.”


    “Pfft …Is this a trick to ditch me? I willnot stop until I get my money.”


    “If Alyssa learns about us, my marriage toJasper will go down the drain!You won’t even get five cents,


    not to mention five million!”she growled.


    “Fine. Fine. I’ll trust you this once, butyou’d better not pull anything on me. If not …”


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    “I promise to give you every cent. Let’s cutcontact for now to avoid any troubles.”She hung up promptly.


    Yet, she couldn’t stop her hand from shaking.


    She pulled herself together and made a call to Rosaline. “Mom,e to the hospital now. I have


    something urgent to discuss with you.”


    …


    On the other side, Alyssa was holding Curtis’ phone. The screen had gone dark.


    Curtis had been imprisoned in a dark


    underground space that was heavily guarded. Escape was almost impossible.


    The only thing worth celebrating was that he had sessfully moved into a seated position from being


    suspended upside down. It was such a relief that he almost bowed to Alyssa in gratitude. Had he


    remained hanging from the ceiling, he might have died from a brain hemorrhage.


    “Not bad. Your acting has improved.” Shehanded Sean the phone and arched her br ow sarcastically.


    “Don’t mention it. I should be working foryou, Ms. Taylor.”He looked pale from fear. After all, he had


    recently lost two tendons in his hand. Thest thing he wanted was to be injured in the feet.


    “Liana Gardner’s birthday will be in a fewdays.”Alyssa satfortably in the chair and crossed her


    slender legs.


    She continued, “I need you to work with us and follow your script. If you act well, I


    will send you to rehabilitate in prison as a reward. If not, everything’s on you—you’ll meet your maker.”


    “U-Understood. I’ll only listen to you!”Curtis was drenched in cold sweat and nodded furiously.


    Alyssa chuckled.”I heard you had one potato a day. Tsk tsk, how could you hold out with that little food?


    Sean, send the food over.”


    “Sure.”


    Soon, Seanid a food tray in front of Curtis. The tray not only contained four freshly baked potatoes,


    but it also came with a grilled chicken and a bottle of beer.


    After days of surviving on a potato a day, Curtis could eat a horse. He stared keenly at the grilled


    chicken as his tears and saliva flowed.


    “Eat up. This is from Ms. Alyssa.” Seanstared at Curtis coldly and ced the tray in front of the starved


    man like it was dog


    food.


    Curtis slurped and looked at Alyssa with teary eyes.”Ms. Alyssa, why is there so much food? Is this my


    last meal?”


    ……


    After leaving the underground room, the exhausted Alyssa had a good stretch.”Let’s go home.”


    “Why did you prepare food for that jerk?”Sean felt pained when he recalled the events from that


    horrifying night. His eyes were brimming with tears.”Should have let that opportunistic and cruel


    bastard eat his shit.”


    “I need Curtis’help in defeating LianaGardner.”