Even if he isn’t the mastermind, he’s still an accomplice! After seeing Christoff’s pale face turn red and then green, Olivia released her grip. “You better give me an appropriate explanation, or you will never emerge from here alive.”
Christoff couldn’t help coughing after he was let go and cursed at her after catching his breath. “Are you trying to kill me, you damn woman? Do you think I cannot take you in a fight?”
She crossed her arms and tilted her head to anger him deliberately. “Of course. Can’t you read the situation? I can kill you any time I want.”
He sniggered. “You’ve underestimated me! As he finished speaking, he tensed his arms and caused the ropes binding him to snap open. She feigned shock and retreated several steps.
Sophia thought they were about to fight when she saw Olivia move away and screamed in fear, “Olivia, should we call the police?”
Olivia secretly felt for something on the table and calmly replied, “There’s no need. I will bring him to them myself.”
He shook off the ropes binding him and got up abruptly before approaching her slowly, his mouth curved victoriously as he threateningly spoke, “Do you think you still have the chance to do so?”
He thought that she would retreat as he continued forward, but somehow, she did not do what he expected. He had only gone two steps when she came forward with a charming smile and seductive eyes. She resembled a succubus as she approached him.
Christoff felt his breath slow down and his body relax for some reason, while his movements stopped as well. He saw her spread her arms toward him and thought she was about to yield and hug him. He became overjoyed. Now that’s what I’m talking about!
He had been there to give an apology, but she had nearly killed him. She might have choked him and bound him, but they had come to an understanding. She had expressed all her anger, hadn’t she?
He reached out instinctively and brought her into his embrace. “You’re so evil. Do you really want to kill me?” She giggled. “I will never go that far.”
He became delighted. “I knew you couldn’t do that.”
He didn’t expect his nape to sting briefly as he finished talking, which wasn’t serious and felt like a mosquito bite. He was wondering about it when he felt his entire body begin to hurt. It got worse over time and seemed to go all the way down to his bones.
Olivia had emerged from his embrace by then and smiled widely at him with a challenging expression. “So, do I have a way to send you to the police station?”
Christoff stared at her in fear. “Y-you…What did you do to me?”
She pouted innocently. “I just wanted you to experience my sons’ fear.” He felt skeptical. “Your sons went through this too?”
She sat in front of him. “Not really, though your feelings of fear are probably similar.” He sounded scornful. “What sort of fear can this cause?”
She leaned forward with her hands on the table while staring at him. “You should never underestimate this sort of pain. I know that you can stand it and escape this place, but do you know why you hurt so badly? Do you know the consequences of your escape, or the after- effects of this?”
He frowned deeply. “What consequences?”
Just as she said, he could stand that level of pain since members of Samuel Court had survived multiple life-and-death situations to be where they were, so this pain was nothing to him. However, humans would always feel fear toward the unknown; he didn’t know how she had done it and so he felt uneasy.
Of course, this was Olivia he was facing. Had it been someone else, he would have been dead.
