It all happened so suddenly that no one had the time to react.
There was a sizzling sound coming from that glass bottle. Stella‘s eyes widened
At that critical moment, she had a hunch that the liquid inside the bottle was acid!
She could only watch as the liquid was hurled toward her. There was no way that she could escape it
now. The man was obviously aiming it at her. The last thing she saw before she could react was seeing
the liquid coming at her head–on.
“Aaaah!” a piercing scream rang through the hall
The whole table was turned into chaos.
Everyone there could only watch as it happened in front of their eyes. None of them moved or reacted.
Just as Stella had lost all hope, a tall figure cropped up by her side
Without the least hesitation, Weston grabbed Stella’s shoulders and turned her around, locking her in
his arms.
– The pain that Stella expected to feel never came...
She shut her eyes tight, but she heard Weston grunt above her. Then she felt his grip around her
shoulders suddenly tensing up. He had used so much force it seemed he was trying to suppress
something.
Stella could hear her rapid heartbeats, so rapid it was about to jump out of her chest.
At that moment, the whole place became eerily silent. All the surrounding noises vanished instantly as
if someone had pressed the “mute” button. Stella could only feel the force of Weston‘s embrace and his
stiffening muscle around her.
It was unclear who had come to their senses before everyone else and shouted
“Quick! Grab him!”
Then the people around them started to move.
The grim–faced man in an apron was stunned when he noticed that the acid had missed Stella and had
landed on Weston‘s back instead. But he came back to his senses in no time. Then, seeing Weston
securely guarding Stella , he tried to pull something else out of his sleeves. “You evil wench!” he yelled
in a voice filled with spite. “I will never let you run free! You will pay! I will destroy you! I will destroy that
face of yours!” But this time, the bodyguards reacted. Before the man could pull anything out, they
caught him by his shoulders and pinned him down to the floor. They quickly grabbed
the bottle in his hand and rummaged through his body. After a thorough search, they found a dagger
and a long rope.
“What else are you hiding? Speak!”
Ben rushed up to the scene and immediately kicked the man on the back. The man spat out a mouthful
of blood.
The air was knocked out of him, and he lost all his strength. “I said speak!” Ben grabbed a fistful of the
man‘s hair to raise his head before slapping him across his face. “What else are you hiding?”
“Noth...” The man shook his head, wincing in pain. “I‘ve got nothing else...”
Ben pretended he didn‘t see or hear anything and slapped him hard again.
“Do you have any other accomplices?!” he barked.
The man shook his head, stared directly at Ben, and spat another mouthful of blood. Then he suddenly
started laughing
“I do have accomplices...” he said.
Ben immediately turned vigilant when he heard those words.
Even everyone else around them was alarmed. They held their breath and looked around nervously,
fearing another psycho might jump out of nowhere.
But Weston did not move. It was only his grip around Stella that got a little tighter. With cold eyes, he
gritted his teeth as if enduring something.
“Weston...”
Even Stella could feel his tension.
“Be quiet,” Weston whispered , clasping the back of her head.
Stella could hear the pain in his voice, which made her afraid to move.
That man just admitted that he had other accomplices . They were all probably aiming to attack her too.
This realization brought Stella back to her senses.
The thought of the man throwing the liquid at her just now made her flinch, but this only resulted in
Weston restraining her even harder.
“Just hold on for a little longer,” he pleaded to her.
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