Chapter 57: Irresistible Love

After walking a bit more, Flora turned around.

In the heavy rain, she could no longer see the faint lights from the villa.

It was only then that she realized she had lost her way in a forest.

Cold raindrops pierced through the thick canopy, falling straight onto the ground.

The forest was dark and cold.

"Ah, there's a signal now!" Without hesitation, she called Matthew.

What came from the phone's speaker was still the icy voice: “The subscriber you have dialed…”

From her wet clothes and hair, the rain seeped into her body, making her shiver with cold.

Her mind began to descend into a dreamy haze, and she took each step with deliberate slowness.

Tripping unexpectedly over a brittle twig, she stumbled, her knees crumpling to the ground.

Her umbrella was flung aside, splattering muddy water in all directions.

A sharp pain shot up from her knee, spreading its torturous tendrils into her brain.

Unable to contain her distress any longer, she burst into tears.

"It hurts so much..