Impressed, the man clapped his hands and chuckled. “Awesome! Go ahead.”
The man gestured at the door.
But to his surprise, Ashlyn didn’t leave. She knew that there was something in that whiskey.
Instead of walking out the door, she walked to the sofa and sat down. Stunned, the man asked, “Didn’t you want to leave?”
“I feel a little dizzy. Can I sit here first?”
“Do whatever you want.”
The man looked at Ashlyn, who was sitting on the sofa, and his expression softened. “But I still think you should go home. It’s not safe for you to be out at such a late hour.”
Ashlyn looked at the man and tilted her head to the side slightly. “Why is it not safe?”
The man didn’t answer her question. He waved at the two men guarding at the door, and they soon left.
After sitting there for a while, Ashlyn started to feel a little hot. There was no heating in the room, so it was strange that she felt so warm given the cold weather.
It didn’t take her long to realize that the alcohol was laced with an aphrodisiac. She quickly took out her phone and called Talia, asking where they were.
Talia contacted Jessie as soon as she got the message from Ashlyn. The two rendezvoused and rushed to Ashlyn’s location. By the time Ashlyn called, according to the GPS, they were still five kilometers away.
As soon as Ashlyn hung up, the door to the room was pushed open. Although Ashlyn didn’t know the people who entered, they knew her.
“Miss Ramos, I’m sorry to offend you. I’m paid to do this,” one of the men said, though his voice was devoid of guilt. Then, he smiled at the two men behind him and said, “Go. Turns out she is a hottie. You should count yourselves lucky!”
As he spoke, he set up a tripod with a camera, pointing it at Ashlyn.
“Take off her clothes and make sure her face is seen. Got it?”
After saying that, the man turned around to leave. Ashlyn gritted her teeth and asked, “How much are you being paid to do this?”
The man stopped in his tracks and looked back at the red-faced woman. He smiled and said, “I have work ethic, you know? I can’t just tell you that.”
After a slight pause, he muttered in a low voice, “We were supposed to shoot this video in the wilderness. I don’t know if this will be enough to satisfy the client.”
Then he went out, closing the door behind him.
Ashlyn felt weak and hot all over, drifting in and out of consciousness. She watched warily as the two men started to strip in front of her, and warned, “I advise you not to hurt me.”
The two men burst into laughter, as though they had just heard a funny joke. They took off their clothes quickly, leaving on only their boxers. After exchanging glances, they walked toward Ashlyn and said, “Don’t be nervous. We will serve you well.”
Ashlyn’s mouth twitched and she dug her fingernails into her palms to sober up. Then, she picked up the ashtray on the table and smashed it against the head of one of the two men.
She moved so fast and it used up all her strength. Her victim collapsed to the floor in a heap, wailing in agony. Just then, the door was violently kicked open.
Jessie and Fred rushed in. “Ashlyn?”
“Jessie?”
Ashlyn was clutching onto the last embers of her consciousness. Looking at Ashlyn’s unfocused eyes, Jessie was so worried that her body started to tremble. “It’s me. What happened to you?”
“I was drugged…”
When Jessie reached out to support Ashlyn, she found that the latter was burning hot.
Jessie turned around and said urgently, “Fred, we have to take Ashlyn to the hospital!”
Fred immediately sprang into action and scooped Ashlyn up into his arms. She was about to pass out completely. Looking blearily at Fred, she felt that her body was about to be torn apart.
Talia was startled when Ashlyn was carried out. She hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong with Miss Ramos?”
“She was drugged. We have to take her to the hospital. You—”
“Don’t worry. Someone’s already on the way here. I’ll take care of it. Please send Miss Ramos to the hospital first!”
Talia was determined to find out what had happened tonight.
Jessie nodded. In a low voice, she added, “Be careful.”
Ashlyn was in a bad shape. She kept clawing at Fred’s clothes, nearly ripping them off of him.
Without a moment to lose, Jessie got in the car and slammed her foot against the gas, speeding all the way to the nearest hospital.
After getting hooked onto a bottle of glucose infusion, Ashlyn gradually sobered up.
Now that the drug had worn off, she felt frail. She turned to Jessie, who was sitting next to her, and asked weakly, “What time is it?”
“It’s past two o’clock. How are you? Are you feeling any better?” Jessie asked worriedly.
Ashlyn nodded and sat up in bed. Jessie promptly handed her a glass of water, from which she feebly took a sip.
Seeing her like this, Jessie was very distressed. “Get some sleep, Ashlyn. Don’t worry. You’re in good hands now.”
Ashlyn indeed found it hard to stay awake. She took one last look at Fred and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
When she woke up again, it was already eight o’clock in the morning. Jessie was asleep and curled up on the bed beside her.
Ashlyn sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
Soon, Fred and Talia showed up with breakfast, and Jessie also woke up.
Talia looked at Ashlyn with concern and asked, “Miss Ramos, are you feeling better?”
If they were a minute late last night, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Ashlyn nodded. “Much better.”
After a slight pause, she asked, “Have you found out who the mastermind is?”
“It was Miss Jones.”
“Denise Jones?”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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