Chapter 248

Chapter 248 Escape From the Village Elliot

Wynter ignored the look on his face as she pulled him along. “It might hurt a bit,” she informed in a

calm voice, “so bear with it.”

There was a loud crack before Elliot could react. Wynter had set Elliot’s broken arm back in place. Elliot

broke out in a cold sweat, his eyebrows furrowed. Seeing this, Wynter couldn’t help but admire the

man’s endurance.

Former soldiers were indeed built differently, as any ordinary person would have perished long ago in

such an environment.

Even if he weren’t slowly dying, his shoulder injury would have caused him to suffer from recurrent high

fevers due to infection.

The truth was that Elliot’s body temperature was already too high. It was only his strong will that kept

him going. Wynter had simply given him leverage, and he used that strength to escape from the cellar.

Upon coming out, instead of Yarra, Elliot immediately noticed the girl lying next to the cellar. He could

have escaped with Yarra.

Just as they were leaving the village, he encountered the little girl and gave her a bag of chocolate

chips. If it had been an adult, Elliot would have made sure they wouldn’t reveal his

whereabouts.

This girl, however, was barely six years old. He couldn’t bring himself to harm her because of her

innocent smiling face that reminded him of his younger sister. In the end, he was surrounded by

villagers near the mountain stream.

Noticing him staring at the girl, Wynter raised an eyebrow and asked, “What’s the matter? Do you know

her?”

“I learned my lesson,” Elliot replied, his tone heavy,

The Quinnell family’s upbringing had always been upright. Even though Elliot understood human

nature, it was hard for him to accept the fact that such a young girl had been made a monster by the

village’s culture.

Wynter glanced at the girl’s wristwatch and pursed her l*ps.

“Looks like the villagers here have got some money. We need to leave quickly. There’s no signal here.

Her family will come looking for her if they can’t reach her.”

“People are guarding the village entrance,” Elliot mentioned.

Chapter 248 Escape From the Village Elliot

Being the clever man he was, he understood what Wynter meant as soon as she said those words

especially considering the villagers‘ previous actions were still fresh in his mind.

Every family here was unusually united, but that unity was for evil, not good.

“It’s okay.” Wynter suddenly smiled. “We have a special pass.”

Before Elliot could understand what she meant, Wynter dragged Hubert out of the house and threw him

into the trunk of the Mercedes.

Elliot had seen Hubert before. His eyes darkened at the sight of the man. “I don’t think this is useful in

any way.”

“His identity will come in handy,” Wynter replied before looking at Yarra. “Do you trust me?

Yarra’s head bobbed up and down vigorously. Wynter then pulled her child out and propped her long

leg against the car door.

“Sit in the back. Act like you’re one of his two women,” she instructed.

Yarra’s face was pale. She didn’t even have time to react when Wynter stuffed Cheryl into the

driver’s seat.

“Mrs. Macintosh.” Wynter asked in a quiet voice, “The Macintosh family is filthy rich. You should know

how to drive, yes?”

Chery couldn’t understand what Wynter was thinking at all. She stuttered, “I–I can.”

“Then drive well.” Wynter sat beside her with a smile. “Don’t be nervous. Show me that gusto you had

when you looked down on me earlier.”

Cheryl’s jaw fell. “I- I was wrong. I don’t know anything. Miss, please listen to me. It was all Fanny’s

doing. She wanted to deceive you. The Macintosh family would never force anyone to do anything.

Really!”

“Mrs. Macintosh.” Wynter interrupted her, laughter in her voice. “Everyone wants to marry into the

Macintosh family, including me. You ought to do this well. You saw how bad my temper can be. I might

throw a tantrum if you don’t meet my expectations.”

Cheryl shuddered at those words. “I’ll do my best!”

“Chin up. Act haughty. That’s more like it,” Wynter instructed as her finger tapped. ‘ Alright. Let’s go.”