Chapter 157 | Have Underestimated You


    Maia could feel a steady rocking motion as she slowly regained her consciousness. There was a faint scent of blood in the air.


    Her head and limbs also felt heavy.


    The room was dark as her eyes slowly adjusted to the faint light that was shining in through the wooden gaps.


    She could finally make out where she was trapped. The rocking motion solidified her spections. They were out at sea!


    Maia recalled that she was hit on the head when she got home to see Tess lying unconscious on the floor.


    She quickly tried to look around for Tess, but all she could see was just some storage junk. She was confined in this room alone.


    Maia knew she needed to look for something sharp to cut the ropes that were bounding her hands and feet.


    She searched desperately until she finally came across a sharp iron piece. She inched toward it with difficulty. Just as she


    reached it, she heard soundsing from outside the room.


    Maia immediately closed her eyes andy motionless on the floor. Secondster, the door toward the room opened and two men


    walked in.


    One of them came over to check on Maia, and when he saw she was still unconscious, he warned the other man.


    “Our employer told us that this woman is very sly. Pay close attention to her and her aunt in the next room! Don’t ck off to


    spend time with your girlfriend!”


    “Got it, boss. Why are we so worried about these women anyway? There’s no way they’d overpower someone as big as me. You


    worry too much!”


    The man that was addressed retorted, “This is Starlight Entertainment''s CEO! A woman!”


    Avery capable


    “So what? She’s still just a woman. How could she be able to handle someone like me? | could even bed her. I’ve never slept


    with such a beautiful woman!”


    “Now that you mention it. | wonder what it’s like to sleep with someone from the upper- ss!”All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    Maia had to swallow the urge to throw up as she continued to listen to their disgusting. conversation. When the two left, Maia


    was finally able to open her eyes and grabbed the sharp. iron piece to free herself.”


    The rocking motion of the boat made sounds loud enough to cover any noise she made.


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    When her ropes finally came loose, she threw them aside and tip—toed toward the exit. She made sure that there were no


    soundsing from the other side of the door before gently opening it.


    She quickly ran to the room next to hers when she had made sure the coast was clear. The moment she entered the room, she


    shuffled toward Tess and shook her gently, “Aunt Tess, wake up!”


    Tess struggled to open her eyes as she heard Maia’s voice.


    “Aunt Tess, are you okay? Let me help you up.” Maia quickly untied her and tried to help her


    stand.


    Tess shook her head and said, “I don’t think | can walk, Where are we?”


    “| think we''re on a boat. We might be out at sea. Maybe somewhere near Prismara Bay?” Maia was unfamiliar with the area, but


    she was sure Prismara Bay was the only option if someone wanted to leave the city by sea.


    “It was Theo.” Tess looked at Maia and continued breathlessly, “I wanted to apologize to you, so | went to your ce. | never


    expected that Theo would already be waiting there. | copsed when he struck me on the head.”


    When Maia saw blood stains on Tess’s shirt and noticed how weak she was, she said, “Let’s not waste time talking. We need to


    get out of here!”


    They did not know what Theo was nning to do to them or where he was taking them. They needed to get off the boat fast!


    Tess shook her head and rejected, “Maia, you should leave without me. I’m too weak to move now, so I''ll just be a burden. You''ll


    have a better chance of escaping if you leave on your own.”


    “No! | can’t leave you!”


    “You''re his target, not me! If you escape now, you can alwayse rescue meter. Just leave!” Tess used thest of her


    strength and gave Maia a shove to urge her to go.


    Maia bit her lower lip hard as she finally relented. “Aunt Tess, hang in there. I''ll be back for you!”


    She knew that she had no time to waste. As long as she was able to escape, she could get help toe back for Tess.


    Tess was r


    right in saying that Maia was the prime target. There was a chance Theo would leave


    Tess unharmed.


    Maia ran with all her might toward the upper deck. When she got there, she saw a lifeboat and quickly tried to release it. Just as


    she was about to seed, she felt a gun ced against the


    back of her head.


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    “Maia, I’ve underestimated you! You managed to escape even when you were bound. Just a few seconds more and you could


    have gotten away!”


    Theo’s voice came from behind her as he threatened her. “Watch out! My gun might just go off!”


    “No, Theo. I’ve underestimated you. | would never have thought that you would be bold enough to abduct me from my own


    home. | didn’t know you had it in you!”


    He smiled. “Of course. Runs in the family, after all.”


    “And here | thought all you could do was gamble. Then again, if you were good at it, you wouldn''t have lost everything, would


    you?” Maia sneered. She knew he had intended to kill her the moment he caught her.


    “You''re so full of it.” Theo grabbed Maia roughly and dragged her across the deck.


    He ordered the men around him to bring a couple of wooden boxes over. His men did so.


    “Bring the other woman over!”


    Momentster, Tess was also brought to the upper deck.