"The next group of patrols would be here any minute. Let's hurry up and search the surroundings. They
might be nearby. We must not let them know our plan and have to kill them secretly."
Nicole's eyes were a little cold when she heard Helen. And Yanice seemed to be ready to fight any
time.
The man and Helen hurried with the search.
When they got close to the trash can, Nicole and Yanice had their hearts in their mouths.
Fortunately, the two didn't expect there were people in here.
They searched everywhere but failed. Seeing that the next group of patrols was coming, Helen
whispered, "I'll go this way and search a bit more. This is the exclusive passage for women. Perhaps
they went this way. The princess said that they are not familiar with this place and if they are caught
we'll have to pretend we don't know them, but in order to avoid complications, we'd better find them
quick."
"Alright. I'll search the men's passage. They might have followed Rey and snuck in."
After discussion, they parted ways.
Nicole and Yanice could finally relax a little after they were gone.
"What a close call. Looks like this Phoenix has two strings to her bow. I told you, the woman raised in
the royal family must be heartless. You are no match for her. We wouldn't have faced such danger if
you have followed Samuel's advice."
Yanice was still scared.
Phoenix was no ordinary woman to be able to stay out of incidents. Yanice couldn't help but feel a little
worried about Nicole.
However, Nicole smiled and said, "If I don't come this time, how would I know so many interesting
things?"
"Interesting? Are you out of your mind? How can this be interesting? What should we do now? We
can't stay here forever, can we? Someone who comes to take out the garbage will discover us. We
might end up in even more misery."
Looking at Nicole's calm expression, Yanice didn't know if she was scared stupid or something. This
kind of Nicole looked unfamiliar.
Nicole ignored Yanice's teasing and took out her phone to call Zayn.
Zayn was the only one she could rely on now.
When Zayn saw it was an unknown number, he frowned slightly.
He looked outside and entered the bedroom with his phone. He turned off all the monitoring equipment
before sliding the answer button.
"Who is it?"
"Zayn, it's me. Nicole, I'm in your palace right now, but I can't find a way out. Help me."
Nicole's voice was very low. Zayn got anxious.
"Why are you here? Where's Samuel? He left you alone?"
"I'll tell you later. We're at an intersection where men and women part ways. There's a trash can. We're
in it. Come quick."
Zayn froze at her words.
"We? Who are 'we'?"
"Can you stop asking? Do you think it's comfortable to stay in the trash can? Are you my cousin or
not?"
Nicole sounded like a spoiled kid.
"Stay where you are. I'll send someone over immediately. I can't go over there. There are people
watching me outside. I would attract too much attention. You just do what my people tell you to do. Do
you understand?"
Zayn was so anxious.
Why was Nicole here at this time?
Could it be for Trevin?
However, Trevin was sent to Inez's place. Was it a good idea to send Nicole there as well?
Zayn couldn't decide.
"Daniella."
Zayn put down the phone and walked out. He called a maid over.
"Mr. Freeman, what can I do for you?"
"Throw this bag of garbage into the garbage can at the Mysterious Entrance."
Daniella was stunned.
"But it's far. Why there?"
Yeah, that was the problem.
Zayn's palace was very far from the Mysterious Entrance. There seemed to be absolutely no reason to
bother to take the garbage that far. It would look suspicious to do so.
Thinking of this, Zayn frowned.
"Mr. Freeman, is there something wrong?"
"Yes."
Daniella was Sally's man and was asked to protect Zayn, so Zayn naturally could trust her. He had no
idea what to do, so he told Daniella about Nicole for a piece of advice.
Daniella paused then said, "Mr. Freeman, it's obviously not practical to bring people here. You know the
distance is too far. No matter what we do, it would look suspicious. However, the Mysterious Entrance
is quite close to Ms. Sally's palace."
It reminded Zayn.
"Right, my mother's birthday is coming soon. To memorize her in her palace seems a good reason."
"Yes, Mr. Freeman, I'll go prepare now."
Zayn nodded at Daniella.
"Remember, don't let anyone find out about it."
"Sure."
Daniella left, but Zayn felt no relief.
This place was full of dangers, and Major had been waiting to get him. If it weren't for Leo who forbad
killing, he probably wouldn't be alive now.
Now with Nicole here, Zayn did not know what to do, but he couldn't and wouldn't leave her alone.
She was his last family.
Because of their kinship, Zayn couldn't ignore it.
He sighed, quickly changed his clothes, and walked out of the room.
Daniella had gotten things ready and then left the palace with Zayn, they got on a car but were stopped
at the entrance.
"Where is Mr. Freeman going?"
Major sneered as he looked at Zayn. His pair of shrewd eyes gave others the chills.
Zayn didn't even give him a glance and said coldly, "Get lost!"
Major could not keep the smile on his face any longer.
"Zayn, king has ordered that no one could go out during this period of time. Are you trying to defy the
order?"
"I don't need you to tell me what my father said. Who do you think you are? You're no more than a
strategist for Santino. What? Do you really think you're something?"
Major's face darkened even more.
"Zayn, you'd better not annoy me. You might pay for it later."
"Whatever you say. I don't care. However, I don't think I need your permission to visit my mother's
palace, do I? Or are you going to tell my father on me? You're such a pussy with all this sneaky
business."
With that, Zayn ignored Major's purple face and said to Daniella, "Drive, go! If anyone dares to stop us,
run over him. I'll take all the consequences!"
Major was totally pissed off by Zayn. However, his identity could not be revealed yet so he couldn't
confront Zayn right now but only glared at him, wishing him die.
"What are you looking at? Get lost before I kill you."
Major was furious with Zayn's careless look, but he couldn't do anything to him.
After she received Zayn's instructions, in spite of Major, Daniella directly shifted the car and stepped on
the accelerator and sped off.
Looking at the car rushing towards him, Major quickly dodged for the fear of death and watched Zayn's
car leave the palace.
"Mr. Major, this..."
"Keep an eye on him. Don't miss anything suspicious."
Major gritted his teeth as he spoke, and the people beside him immediately went after Zayn.
Daniella looked at the people behind them and whispered, "Mr. Freeman, we're being followed."
"Put me down at the turn ahead. I'll leave them to you."
"Yes."
Although Daniella was a woman, she was very capable. During seconds of the sharp turn, Zayn
jumped out of the car, while Daniella drove away without a stop.
Zayn hid behind the pillar and waited until Major's men left with Daniella. Then he hurried to the
Mysterious Entrance.
Nicole was very excited when she saw Zayn through the cracks in the trash can.
"Hey, here."
Although Yanice was used to this trash can, it was really uncomfortable to stay. So she was very
relieved when she saw their savior.
"We can finally leave."
Zayn quickly opened the trash can, and a strong fermented smell greeted him which made him cough
heavily.
"You're really something to hide in here. The smell on your body is so strong."
Zayn covered his nose in disgust.
Nicole, however, leapt out indifferently and smiled, "Friends in need, friends indeed. Zayn, I know I can
always count on you."
"Cut it out, hurry up and follow me. The patrol will be here soon."
Zayn took Nicole's hand and was about to leave, but Nicole stopped him.
"Wait a moment. Yanice, come!"
Nicole stretched out her hand and pulled Yanice out.
Zayn was slightly stunned.
She looked unfamiliar, but Zayn instinctively felt that she was unreliable.
"She is..."
"My aunt. Don't worry about it. Let's leave. I couldn't stand the smell anymore."
Nicole interrupted Zayn in time.
"I thought you can't smell. What's wrong with you? Hiding in there? By the way, where's Samuel? Are
you at odds with each other? Why did you come here by yourself? Do you know how dangerous this
place is now?"
As Zayn chattered away, they hurried towards Sally's palace.
"My mother's palace has been abandoned for a long time, but there might be people cleaning, so follow
me and don't make a sound."
Zayn had his heart in his mouth.
Under such circumstances, he was really afraid of bumping into someone. It would be fine for him, but
Nicole and this so-called aunt behind him would be in trouble.
Then his fear became true. A group of people suddenly came out from somewhere and walked straight
towards them.
"Shit."
Zayn instantly panicked and subconsciously hid Nicole and Yanice behind him. However, they were
already discovered and it was pointless to hide now.
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