Chapter 0168 âI canât believe you just said that about daddy!â
âLucky for me because I donât really give a F*** what you thinkâ I snap.
Canât she just keep quiet and let me concentrate? With each moment that passes that I am not free, my anxiety rises even more.
She glares at me, but keeps quiet. I heave a breath of relief. Now I can focus on getting my hands free. If I do that, then everything else will be a breeze. I hope.
can I donât know how long it was when I gave up. My hands were shaking. My wrist were burning and I could.
tell that they were bleeding. Itâs like the more I tried to free them, the deeper the rope dug into my skin.
I let out a heavy breath. I hate to do this, but I had no other option. At this point it was either that or risk being the one that got killed.
âI have a plan that might workâ I turn to Emma and tell her grudgingly. It felt like a blow to my ego, but considering whatâs at risk, my pride can go to hell.
âNow your need my help? Didnât you just tell me that I should shut the F*** up and that you didnât really care what I think?â she asks smugly.
The need to lash out at her is great, but I hold back. Iâm not stupid enough to antagonize her when I clearly need her help.
âAre you going to help or not?â I ask instead, not willing to admit that I might have gone a little overboard.
She stays quiet and just stares at me. Blue eyes clash with brown. Sheâs assessing the situation. Assessing whether itâs wise to assist her mortal enemy. I almost take back my request when she finally speaks.
âWhat do you need me to do?â
I sag in relief. Maybe there was hope for us after all.
âI canât untie myself, but maybe you can.â I begin. âIf we can turn our chairs so that our backs are facing each other and we get cloc enough, maybe we can untie each otherâ
I hope to God it works because I have run out of ideas.
âFineâ she says before she starts twisting her chair.
I had thought of just hoping up and down on it, but Emmaâs approach was better. It produced minimal It takes a couple of tries and we almost fall over a few times, but we finally manage to get in the right position.
âPlease hurry upâ I plead as I do my best to untie her too.
Some time had passed and with each second, I was afraid that Ronny would walk in at any time and declare that Rowan had chosen Emma so I would have to be killed.
We finally get the ropes untied. My b*dy relaxes but not completely. I wonât be able to relax all the way until I am out of this place.
Hurrying up, I untie my legs. When I stand up, I almost fall over. The ropes had cut off blood supply so my legs were a bit numb.
âWhat do we do next?â comes Emmaâs question tinted with a bit of nervousness.
ve go.
I didnât really have a plan. So I was just going to make it as we âNow we escape I start to walk towards the door when I realize that she wasnât following me.
âAre you coming?â I ask without turning my whole b*dy towards her.
âIâm not sure. What if Rowan comes and doesnât find us? What then?â
Just because we helped each other get untied, doesnât mean we are friends or anything. She has to stop relying on others to save her.
âLook, what do you think will happen when they find out Iâve escaped? Theyâll take the option from Rowan and just kill you instead. You can stay and risk it or we can go together, either way Iâm leavingâ with that I turn and resume my walk towards the door.
Slowly opening it, I peep out just to make sure there werenât any guards. There werenât. I open the door further to step out just as I feel Emma behind me.