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Chapter 380 The Escape
After Han entered the building, Jackson and his goons evacuated to somewhere a mile away from the
place.
"All right. We can stay here. The explosion won't reach us. Surround the building now. We will return
once we're sure Han is dead."
Jackson's underlings executed his order dutifully.
"No way..." Leah overheard the exchange. She shook her head in disbelief.
Han must know this was a trap. Why would he come? Didn't he hate her to the core?
The building had five to six floors, with even more rooms to explore. Han couldn't possibly locate her
within five minutes. She had to do something or they would both die here. With no time to ponder why
Han came, Leah waited for her guards to leave before inching her chair toward a corner. A fallen piece
of the ceiling stood out with a jagged edge. It took Leah two minutes to cut the rope that bound her.
Ignoring the pain in her forearm, she broke free. Blood came gushing out, adding a crimson hue to her
pale hand. She pounded on the door repeatedly and shouted,
"Han! Second room to your right on the third floor!"
She yelled and smacked the door until her throat was all sore and her palm stung.
Soon enough, she heard approaching footsteps. "Han, you're..."
"He is not coming, Ms. White. Please die here." A familiar yet harrowing noise appeared.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Tom? Did Shawn ask you to do this?" exclaimed Leah. Dread built up within her as time flew.
Tom did not give an answer. Instead, he turned away and left. It brought solace to him, to know that
once Ms. White was dead, Shawn would stop getting distracted. Eventually, he could become the top
of the world. Even surpassing Hendrick.
Leah continued to pummel at the door. "Run, Han! No need to save me! Run!"
Leah didn't know if Han was there or not, but she didn't want Han to die here with her. She had been
keeping track of the time as well. The bomb would go off in one minute. The strenuous physical activity
drained all her strength. The blood loss made her feel cold and dizzy. Finally, her body collapsed to the
ground, like a domino.
Han was busy dealing with those thugs who didn't evacuate in time. When he reached the second floor,
he heard a heavy thud and went toward the noise, grabbing a crowbar along the way. When he found
the room where Leah was kept, he easily pried the door open with it.
And then, the bomb went off.
It unleashed flame tongues that traveled from the first floor to the second floor. And with gasoline
guiding their way, they were unstoppable.
"Stay with me, Leah." The sight of a bloodied Leah squeezed his heart so hard that he wanted to
scream.
Han carried Leah in his arms and bolted toward the top floor. Ben managed to locate the duo with
Han's GPS and the building's floor plan. He stationed the helicopter outside of a window on the 4th
floor.
"I need a ladder to the window now!"
Leah only heard a deafening sound after she fainted. She felt despair, but also... relieved. It wasn't the
way she wanted her life to end. She wouldn't be able to watch Carlotta as she grew up. But at least,
she was free. Emancipated from the miserable life she had.
"Leah, you can't get rid of me that easily." She heard a masculine bellow.
It frightened her. Then, it was lights out.
When she reopened her eyes, she saw darkness. It was raining heavily outside. Leah could hear the
beeping and ticking of the machinery around her.
"Cough..." The chemical odor of the room made her retch.
Click. Light returned. The sudden brightness made Leah squint. She tried to cover her eyes with her
hands just to notice that her arms were connected to all sorts of tubes.
"Sarah! You're awake!" Serena cried tears of joy next to Leah. She tried to hug Leah but she was afraid
of touching Leah's wounds.
"What time is it now? Who saved me?" Leah settled back into the bed. She looked somewhere else to
avoid the glare. Truth be told, she didn't expect to survive the blast.
Serena immediately put out the main light and switched on the mellower wall light. "Hendrik saved you.
He already settled the medical bill before he asked me to come here. You were down under for three
days and you only got out of critical condition yesterday. Do you know how much blood you lost? If you
came in 30 minutes later, you would..."
"Hendrik? Not Han?" Leah interjected. She was sure that she heard Han's voice.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIt seemed like Leah still wouldn't let go of Han. "No. Han was there but only because Shawn tricked
him into coming. The one who saved you was Hendrik. He had to mobilize the troops under him to
rescue you. He made sure the news didn't get out but most prominent families in Linkville still know
about it."
Leah was stunned. This wasn't what her memory told her. Did she hallucinate due to blood loss?
Perhaps that was why? There was no way Han would risk his life to save her anyway.
Serena tucked Leah in. "Don't think too much now. Hendrik already sent all the kidnappers to prison.
Including... Uhm, Lucy."
"So you knew." Leah gave a bitter smile. "But I still don't think Lucy would lie to me."
Maybe Lucy was coerced into lying. But she did hurt her again. She was no longer forgivable.
"Of course," Serena sighed. "Hendrik intervened. It was all on the news. Jackson was exposed too. He
is a fugitive now."
"Anyway, I shouldn't keep you up. You need to rest. Hendrik's guards are out there. Just sleep, all
right?"
Serena left and Leah couldn't help but replay the whole incident in her head. She went into the
abandoned building without questioning Lucy's words. She should have known that Han would never
ever come.
Leah checked her phone. No message. Disappointment was written all over her face. Han must have
heard about this accident too. But he wouldn't even offer her his mockery at this time of need. Normally,
he would call Leah an attention-seeker.
Suddenly, she received a text from Hendrik. "How are you feeling now?"
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