Chapter 985 Why Are Your Lips Swollen Natalie furrowed her brows.
He had the courage to kiss me for such a long time but left the room without hesitation before the lights returned.
Clearly, he canât bring himself to let go of me. Yet, he keeps hiding from me. What is there that we canât go through together?
âYouâre too much, Samuel...â Natalie choked out as tears welled up in her eyes.
She had tried her best to understand him, but it seemed like her attempts did not work.
Alas, she still had no clue what was going through that manâs mind.
Once the secret door opened, Jerome and the other players from the other room came over to Natalieâs room, which was still dark.
âNatalie,â Jerome called out when he entered the room.
âIâm here,â Natalie softly said.
Jerome soon found his way toward her by following her voice. He then asked, âHow are things at your side?â
In the dark, Jerome could not see her swollen lips, let alone know that she had just been kissed by another man in the room beside his.
âNothing,â she muttered as she tucked away the mixed feelings in her.
Jerome did not think much about her response. âI didnât know that I was holding the wrong personâs hand earlier. I thought I was holding yours. I... I didnât mean to do it. After entering the other room, I realized I couldnât go back the same way I came from, so I started solving the puzzles...â
Jerome made it seem like he was recounting to Natalie what had happened on his side, but it was actually him explaining himself to her.
Nevertheless, Natalie was feeling crestfallen, so she did not pay much attention to Jeromeâs words.
âOkay,â was all she said.
âYou donât blame me for it?â Jerome tentatively asked.
âWhy should I blame you for that?â Natalie responded with a smile.
I should be thanking you. If you didnât hold the wrong personâs hand and give me some time and space with that man, I wouldnât have been able to find out the answers to certain questions. At the very least, I know that the man isnât far from meâheâs followed me to Yaleview.
As for the reason he refused to confront her, Natalie was going to look into it.
Jerome then stood by Natalieâs side and beamed. âIâm glad that youâre not blaming me for that. Letâs solve the puzzles together then.â
âSure.â
Natalie knew that the other man was gone, so she stopped thinking about him and threw herself into the work of solving puzzles with Jerome instead.
There were a total of eight of them. The ones who were not scared out of their minds barely had a brain, and the puzzles with pictures and figures stumped them.
On the other hand, Jerome and Natalie breezed through everything.
In the end, Jerome and Natalie led the others at the front.
The actor wanted to make the atmosphere spookier, so he avoided Jerome and targeted Natalie instead.
He thought that Natalie would scream like the other girls and run off, but she calmly stared at him and uttered, âThank you for your hard work.â
The actor turned speechless.
He had been working as an actor in the escape room for several years, and it was his first time encountering someone who seemed completely unfazed. Thus, he instantly became dispirited.
At once, the eerie feeling in the room toned down.
In the end, they cleared the escape room easily and found out the truth about the suicide case at Elk Grove Girlsâ School.
When they stepped out of the room, the lights outside blinded Natalie for a moment. It took her a while before she could get used to the brightness.
Meanwhile, Jerome, who was by Natalieâs side, took a glance at her. He then fixed his gaze on her slightly swollen lips and blurted out, âWhy are your lips so... swollen?â