Chapter 291
Niki hadn''te out all morning, and Izabe had forgotten about it. She forgot to have Tiara or
Katie take it away. She was ready to die, but she didn''t want Niki to die with her.
"Niki, be good…"
The cat was timid, and started panicking at the sign of danger, hearing Izabe calling her name
from behind. It turned around, her blue eyes wide with fear. She quickly ran behind Izabe, timidly
shrinking her neck as she looked towards the front door.
Outside, the mes were soaring. The door was cracked, smoke permeated in. Izabe’s throat
became more and more scratchy, unable to suppress her coughs. As she coughed and retched,
tears flowed from her reddened eyes.
Niki looked at her in confusion, sensing her pain. She licked Izabe’s fingers, then suddenly rushed
towards the cracking door, scratching desperately at it with her ws.
As a timid little creature, Niki would always hide trembling behind her. But now she was rushing
fearlessly towards the crumbling door, scratching at it while looking back at Izabe.
Izabe felt a pang in her heart. A bitter pain rose from inside her, her nerves were tense, her eyes
brimming with tears.
Niki was trying to save her.
"Niki, don''t…" Izabe''s voice broke, a mouthful of blood choked out as a puff of thick smoke
invaded her lungs.
Niki ran back to her side. She knew Izabe''s leg was injured, so she didn''t dare jump on her leg.
She could only rub Izabe''s handfortingly a couple of times. Then she decisively ran back to
the door, scratching anxiously.
The wooden door creaked, on the brink of copsing. The usually pampered little cat was tearing at
the door relentlessly, her ws stained with blood.
"Niki,e here." Izabe, immobilized in her wheelchair, could only call out weakly. She looked at
Niki''s fluffy body, her vision getting blurrier, tears streaming down, mixing with the blood at the
corner of her mouth.
"Meow…" Niki suddenly jumped back, the door copsing with a loud bang, nearly crushing her.
Izabe''s breath hitched in fear, outside the door a circle of fire, the heatwave overwhelming, almost
scorching her skin.
Niki retreated in fear, it quickly ran towards Izabe, not seekingfort but biting onto the nket
on Izabe''s knee, trying to get her to follow it out.
Seeing Izabe not moving, Niki anxiously circled on the spot.
Izabe reached out and stroked Niki''s head, her voice soft, "Niki, you should go, don''t worry about
me."
Seeing Izabe in pain, Niki whimpered, turned around and jumped through the ring of fire blocking
the door, just when Izabe thought she was really going to escape, she jumped back in.
She wasn’t as smart as humans, she could only “teach” Izabe to survive in her own way, her fur
catching fire. The little cat screamed in pain, writhing on the floor.
Izabe said, "You stupid cat...what are you doing? Why are you so foolish? I told you to leave,
didn''t you understand... Go... I don''t need you to save me, nor to apany me..." By the end, her
speech was unintelligible, choked by sobs.
Niki''s beautiful fur was now scorched. Niki''s ears kept moving, making weak "meow" sounds from
her mouth, as if she were crying andforting Izabe at the same time.
Izabe''s tears flowed more, her legs were crippled, she couldn’t walk out at all. She didn''t want
Niki to save her like this. This silly cat!
She yelled at Niki, "Niki, get out!"
Niki didn’t listen, she hopped around in the mes, limping towards Izabe, desperately trying to
bite the bracelet on Izabe''s hand.
She always loved to y, her favorite thing was biting the decorative small lock on Izabe''s
bracelet.
Izabe tried to move her legs, trying to stand, but the broken bones in her legs couldn’t support her
body. She fell on the ground, crawling forward with her arms. Her legs hurt too much, after crawling
a few steps, she copsed again.
Niki anxiously paced back and forth in front of her, sticking out her tongue to lick her cheeks, biting
the cor of her clothes with her mouth, pushing hard with her hind legs, trying to drag her out. But
her body was too small, she couldn''t move Izabe at all.
Izabe looked into Niki''s blue eyes, feeling like she was about to cry.
The outside of the door was already engulfed in mes, there was no way out. Izabe gave up,
she petted Niki''s chin as she usually did, and sarcastically said, "You silly cat, I told you to run but
you didn''t, now we''re both trapped here. Do you want to die with me?" Izabe''s throat had been
scorched, and speaking was incredibly difficult due to the smoke filling her lungs.
Niki stared at the mes engulfing the doorway, Her blue eyes reflected the fiery light. She turned
her head to look at Izabe and gently ced a kiss on her lips. She wasn''t a human, she didn''tCcontent ? exclusive by N?/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
have the intelligence of a human, she only knew that the person in front of her was her master, she
had taken care of her and raised her, so she had to protect her.
Izabe looked at her paws, the once pink paw pads were now bloody. It must have been painful...
Izabe forced herself to sit up, endured the severe pain, knelt down, and painfully straightened her
broken leg. She grunted softly, then slowly crawled towards the window.
The ce would explode and copse soon, she couldn''t let Niki die with her. Izabe crawled while
pushing her wheelchair, she trembled as she climbed up the back and armrests of the chair,
reached up to the windowtch, and forcefully pushed it open. "Niki,e here, good boy, don’t
move…" she cooed softly.
Niki tilted her head, hesitated for a moment, then walked over. Izabe carefully picked her up,
cradling her hind legs and raised her up shakily. With her crippled fingers, even lifting the ten-
month-old kitten exhausted all her strength, her fingers trembled and ached.
Once at the window gap, Niki looked outside as if understanding something. She tried to turn back
with a ''meow'', but Izabe was quicker, she forcefully threw her out and then shut the window
abruptly. "Bang--"
There was a ledge outside, and it was the first floor, even if she fell, Niki wouldn''t be hurt too badly.
Watching Nikind safely outside the window, a faint smile finally appeared on Izabe''s face.
Niki lifted her front paws onto the ss, she desperately scratched the ss trying to get Izabe
out. The ss was unscathed, but her ws bled. After a while, she began to furiously ram the
window with her body, trying to shatter the ss.
There were constant cries from the cat outside, Izabe leaned against the floor-to-ceiling window,
feeling the impacts from behind. She clenched her trembling hands, lowered her head to look at her
twisted legs, and revealed a pale smile. She really didn''t expect that at the moment of her death, a
cat would apany her, and do everything in its power to try to save her.
Niki knew who raised her, who treated her well, who her master was. And a master needed to be
protected with one''s life, even if her fur was burned, and her feet were bleeding, she wanted to
protect Izabe! She had no strength left, her head was bleeding from the impact, she was panting
heavily. Her body was perched on the outside windowsill, shaky and ready to fall at any moment.
That usually lively and cute tail was now covered in blood and dust, revealing the tailbone, weakly
dragging behind. She stuck out its tongue to lick the ss, trying to be as close to Izabe as usual.
Even though she was just within reach, she just couldn''t reach her. Niki made a painful cry, tears
welled up in its blue eyes. She cried…
"Enough…Niki…" Izabe dared not look back, she was afraid she would regret dying. Izabe''s
eyes were red as she watched the zing mes on the opposite side, the smoke made her eyes
ache. She resisted the urge to close her eyes, used herst bit of strength, supported herself with
both hands to crawl and reach for her phone on the ground.
She dialed a familiar number, the call went through, the waiting tone began to countdown. This time,
would Brett pick up? She still wanted to give him this engagement gift that he hadn''t been able to
forget… Whether it was the Izabe with amnesia or the Izabe who had regained her memories,
she could never love him again. Their rtionship was the most familiar yet strangest in the world,
ex-husband and ex-wife.