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Chapter 20: No escape

Penulis: Twistella
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-07-03 09:10:32

It couldn’t be Lucas.

No. Her eyes had to be playing tricks on her.

How had he found her so quickly?

Arabella’s blood ran cold. Her already pale face lost all color as her gaze locked with him.

Her heart beating as she struggled with herself.

He was here?

Really here!

Her knees nearly gave out beneath her.

It felt like standing face-to-face with the devil himself.

Everything, everything, had been a lie?

She shook her head slowly her eyes still wide in disbelief.

Her escape plan. Her frantic coordination and execution. Even the silent prayers.

Creeping out of the manor and getting on that train.

Were all in futile?

He knew everything.

All of it, while he watched from afar… and laughed.

“Sophie lied?” she whispered, her voice a ghost. “The cameras… they do work?”

“No,” Lucas replied calmly. “They don’t.”

Her breath hitched. “Then how…”

She couldn’t comprehend it. Couldn’t wrap her mind around how he had come two days earlier than scheduled. How he had known she was planning an
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