“Just drink your own wine, don’t bother me,” Averie said, depressed. She got up from her seat next to him and sat opposite him.
Elyette furrowed his brows. He saw Averie sitting down next to a complete stranger. She would rather sit with someone she did not know than with him!
“Elyette! Don’t worry! I won’t bully your little beauty! Hahaha!”
Elyette’s expressions darkened. He raised his glass and downed it in one go.
An hour later, the python was ready. Everyone started feasting.
Elyette headed to the washroom.
Averie looked at his back, picked up the glass of water, and took a sip.
A moment later, Elyette returned to the main hall from the washroom.
“Where’s Averie?” He asked and squinted, looking at the empty place on the sofa.
“She said she went to the washroom. Come, let’s continue drinking!” His friend replied and picked up the wine bottle, pouring Elyette more wine.
At two in the morning, Elyette went upstairs with the help of the bodyguard.
He walked over to Averie’s room and pushed the door open.
The room was empty! No one was there! Where did Averie go?!
Elyette thought that Averie had gone to the washroom and then to her room. When he realized that she had gone upstairs, he stopped drinking.’
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind. Would Averie have… run away?!
The villa was encircled by the forest that was a hundred kilometers in radius.
How was she going to leave the forest when she was this weak?
He clenched his fists tightly, turned around, and prepared to head downstairs.
“Mr. Foster! I’ll go check the surveillance footage right away! I’ll see when she left!” When the bodyguard realized that Averie was gone, he immediately said, “It’s dark at night, and there are no street lights too. I’m sure she did not go far!”
“A bunch of idiots! You can’t even guard a woman properly!” Elyette snarled through gritted teeth!
“I’m sorry! I’ll get people to look for her right now! I promise we’ll bring her back by dawn!” The bodyguard swore with fear on his face.
Elyette instantly sobered up! His mind was extremely clear at that moment. He even had a strong premonition!
“She must have left before midnight! I realized she was gone after I returned from the washroom before midnight! She must have left then!” After his deduction, he said, “Go and check the surveillance footage! Someone must have helped her! If not, she couldn’t have left this building on her own!”
The bodyguard said, “I thought so too, but I did not dare to say anything.”
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The people in attendance were Elyette’s closest friends. Elyette had known them before he got rich. Although later they did not interact much, they remained in contact.
On the ground floor, some were still drinking.
Elyette’s gaze locked onto someone. Before Averie had vanished, she had been sitting next to him. Earlier on, he had thought nothing of it. He just thought that she had found a place to sit and left it at that. However, now that she was gone, it proved that her choice in seating partner was planned.
In other words, she might know that person.
“Nick, did you help Averie escape?” Elyette walked over to Nick and took the wine glass away from him.
Nick looked up with in indecipherable expression. He said honestly, “Yes.”
The others looked at him.
“What’s going on, Nick? Do you know Averie? Why did you help her escape? She belongs to Elyette!” said another member of their group.
“It’s simple.” Nick was drunk, and his eyes were red. “I owed her one. She got me to return the favor tonight. Elyette, I’m sorry! I don’t like owing anyone anything. I would rather owe my brothers than owe an outsider a favor.”
Elyette gripped the wine glass so tight it broke!
“You let her go, aren’t you just asking her to die!” He gritted his teeth and barked, “Don’t you know how dangerous it is outside!”
Nick furrowed his brows and said unquestionably, “I know, but that is not for me to consider. She asked me to help her escape this mansion. She never asked me to help her escape the forest. Elyette, since you are asking questions, shouldn’t you think about why she might want to risk her life in the forest rather than staying here?”
Elyette’s eyes were red with fury!
At that moment, the bodyguard who just finished checking the surveillance footage ran over and reported to him, “Mr. Foster, Miss Tate left from the back door! The path from the backdoor is quite steep! It’ll be hard to walk! She is in such a weak state, I’m afraid it’s bad for her!”
Once the bodyguard said that Elyette clenched his fists and stormed off in the direction of the back door!
He had reasons to believe that the reason she had chosen to escape at night was not so that she could get away, but rather so that she could escape life itself!
After Elyette and the bodyguards left, the atmosphere in the main hall still did not calm down.
“Nick, how did you owe Averie a favor? I have never heard you mention this before!” Someone sitting next to Nick asked curiously.
“Averie is just an ordinary entrepreneur…’
“She’s not ordinary,” Nick interrupted him. “A woman who could make Elyette care so much, how could she be ordinary?”
“I thought you only cared for her because of her face and body?”
“This is only one aspect of it. I’m telling you, Averie is no ordinary woman. She is also no ordinary entrepreneur, but I promised her that I will keep her secret, so I will not say anything more.” Nick took an empty glass and poured some wine before taking a sip.
“If she were to die tonight, then it would be a pity! Even if Elyette doesn’t kill me, he would still cut ties with me.”
There was only the endless vast forest. There were many wild beasts in the forest. Even in the daytime, there is a chance that one might face an attack, but at night it was almost a guarantee.
Under the protection of the bodyguards, Elyette entered the unknown and terrifying forest.
He held the torch in his hand. The light penetrated the darkness, revealing a forest full of vines and branches. Desperation rose in his heart!
How did she dare?! How did she dare to step into the forest? Did she really think that she could leave this forest alive?
If she knew it was a road to death, why did she not turn back? Even if she had managed to escape the mansion, she could have just turned back? He would not have been that angry with her.
“Averie!” He swallowed and yelled out her name with a trembling voice!
After his yells, the bodyguards yelled too, “Miss Tate! We’re coming for you! If you hear us, please respond!”
The only thing that responded to their cries were the calls of the animals, the howling winds, and the rustling of the forest.
After advancing with difficulty for about twenty more minutes, the torch shone on a robe on the ground!
It was the robe that Averie was wearing!
That afternoon, after washing her up, he had no clothes for her to change into, so Elyette had bundled her in his robe!
He had wrapped her in the robe himself! Why was it here? How did the robe wind up here?!
His heart was about to pop out. He walked over to the robe and picked it up!
“Mr. Foster, the robe is torn. There’s blood on it!” The bodyguard showed Elyette the place where the robe was torn and the bloodstains.
Elyette held onto the robe. His hands trembled!
She must have met a wild beast! If not, her clothes would not have been torn, and there would not have been bloodstains on them either.
Averie must have been injured. Also, she has nothing to cover her body. Even if she did not die from the attack, she would freeze to death without any clothes on her!
Elyette did not dare to continue to think about it.
“Mr. Foster, Miss Tate is injured. She could not have gone far. Let’s head forward to have a look. I’m sure we’ll find her!” said the bodyguard after he analyzed the situation.
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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