Chapter 1221


    Dn noticed an immediate uplift in her mood, and gently ruffled her hair in response.


    "Quit fooling around, I''ll call the doctor to check on you again."


    Judith pouted, "I get it, I get it. I told you I''ve been taking my medication properly. You just don''t believe


    me."


    They walked away together, oblivious to the shadow that moved in the darkness.


    Maja was in pain, especially her head. It throbbed so intensely that she felt like she was going to faint,


    and the nausea was overwhelming.


    She tried to scramble upwards, but the stairs leading to the basement were steep.


    Each step she took made her wince in pain, her fingers cramping up.


    Her head was bloodied, and the blood trickled down the stairs.


    Her vision blurred.


    But she didn''t have time to think. She needed to escape before Judith returned, or else she''d be


    trapped here for the rest of her life.


    She had to get back. She and Ian had just reconciled, and she had promised to wait for him toe


    back.


    If she died.


    If she really died, what would be of Ian?


    He was already uneasy, afraid of her departure.


    With each step Maja took, she left traces of blood from her palms and head on the stairs.


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    It took her half an hour to crawl up the twenty steps.


    She crawled out from the bushes, finally finding a path that led to the outside in a shrubbery.


    The vi was uninhabited, and the concealed hole had gone unnoticed.


    She crawled through.


    The outside was pitch ck, and she could no longer see the path, relying on pure survival instinct.


    After what felt like an eternity, she heard a p of thunder, followed by a downpour.


    The world before her eyes began to sway wildly.


    She curled up, spotting a pair of leather shoes in front of her.


    Looking up, she couldn''t make out the man''s face.


    He held a ck umbre, quietly observing her.


    Maja struggled to open her eyes, but the pain was unbearable.


    It hurt so much that she wanted to cry.


    Right before she passed out, she thought she might die.


    When Ian left the building, it was still pouring.


    Jeff was holding an umbre, waiting for him by the car.


    After he got in the car, he heard Bernard''s reminder.


    "Remember what you promised me. Don''t forget it as soon as you left."


    Ian didn''t respond, simply closing the car window.


    Bernard, d in a western suit, couldn''t help but chuckle outside.


    But in the end, he didn''t say anything.


    When Ian got back to Greenfield Gardens and found that Maja was gone, he asked Jeff about her.


    "Where is she?"


    "Mr. Raymond, I''ve just got back too. I think Ms. Pennyfeather is still at thepany."


    Ian called Maja, but no one answered.


    His brows furrowed, and then Fitch''s call came in.


    "I saw someone outside Maja''s office building yesterday. I had someone check it, and it seems to be


    someone from Judith''s side."


    Ian''s face turned grim.


    "Wind?"


    Wind was a formidable assassin. What was he doing around Maja''spany?


    If Fitch, who had always been sharp in these matters, was saying this, it meant that Wind had targeted


    Maja again.


    Ian immediately headed to the Star Movie Group.


    He found Maja''s phone in the trash can on the top floor, his veins bulging in anger.


    He quickly took out his own phone, unblocked Judith''s number and called her.


    "Where are you?"


    Judith was pleasantly surprised by his call, her cheeks flushing with excitement.


    "Ian!"


    Ian''s tone was ice cold, freezing enough to chill anyone to the bone.


    "Where are you?"


    Was she at her own vi, or at Dn''s?


    "Ian, are youing to see me? I''m at my brother''s vi, he''s here too."


    Judith was oblivious to the fact that Ian wasing to settle scores with her. She felt a surge of


    ecstasy.