Chapter 640

Tanner quickly tried to think of something in a panic as he quietly walked to the iron gates.

He heard the voices of Madeline and Jeremy talking inside. Jeremy already knew that he was the one who kidnapped Madeline.

“MD, I really know that I did it!” Tanner quenched his dissatisfaction.

He glanced at the barrels of gasoline at the gates, gritted his teeth, and shook his head.

Jeremy found the tool to unlock the door and was about to act when Madeline suddenly caught a strange smell with her keen senses. “It smells of gasoline.”

Jeremy turned around. “Gasoline?”

“It’s getting more and more intense.” Madeline nodded and suddenly saw a red glow in the surroundings. “Someone has set a fire.”

The moment Madeline’s voice fell, the tongue of the flames followed the path of the gasoline, and in an instant, it spread around the entire abandoned factory!

They did not expect to encounter such a situation again.

Jeremy calmly picked up the tool and slammed the door lock. “Linnie, don’t be afraid. I’ll definitely rescue you from here.”

He promised, smashing the door lock harder.

Madeline looked at the look of worry tinting the corners of his eyebrows and was dazed for a bit. It took a while for her to return to her senses. “Jeremy, you can leave me.”

“What stupid thing are you talking about? How could I leave you?!” Jeremy’s tone was aggravated.

After he said this, he realized that he had lost control of himself a little. He then quickly said softly, “Linnie, I can’t close my eyes and watch you get hurt again. If something were to happen to one of us, let it be me.”

His tone was determined, and there was no pretense of affection.

However, the fire was spreading quickly and the suffocating smoke rolled over. Madeline’s throat began feeling uncomfortable.

She coughed twice, and Jeremy noticed Madeline’s discomfort. He clenched his fists and slammed the chisel against the door lock.

With a clang, the door lock fell and the door in front of him opened.

“Linnie, the door is open!” Jeremy turned to hug Madeline but saw a heavy box falling from the upper left side.

His heartstrings tightened as he strode forward to hug Madeline. “Linnie, be careful!”

However, as if it was a prank from the heavens, a wooden box more than three feet high fell before the newly opened door and blocked their way.

“Cough, cough.” Madeline became more uncomfortable and breathless. The fire was so strong that she could no longer open her eyes because of the smoke.

Seeing that the raging fire was about to devour them, Jeremy did not hesitate to hold up Madeline and push her on top of the big box.

“Linnie, jump off the box. As long as you jump to the door, you’ll be safe.”

Madeline reluctantly opened her eyes. There was a sea of flames on one side and a safe zone on the other.

She squinted her eyes and looked at the smoke rolling down on Jeremy. She stretched out her hand to him, her heartbeat showing just how anxious she was. “Jeremy, I said I didn’t want to owe you anything. If we leave, we leave together. Come on!”

Jeremy saw Madeline’s outstretched hand but could not ignore his calf that had just been hit by the wooden box. It was obvious that he had injured a bone. He could hardly move his left leg now.

“Jeremy, what are you spacing out for? Grab my hand!” Madeline urged him anxiously, her voice trembling.

The box was more than three feet high, and there was no other help. With his injured and immobile leg, Jeremy did not want to waste any more time.

He saw Madeline’s hand stretched out among the smoke with his blurry vision. Smiling, he gently held her hand and lowered his head before kissing it gently.

Madeline was surprised by Jeremy’s actions and suddenly heard him say, “Linnie, do you know what the two luckiest things that have happened to me in my life are? One is that I met you when you returned once again. Another was a long, long time ago when I met you by the sea.”

Hearing this, Madeline did not know if it was because of the smoke that her eyes were acrid, but her tears fell all at once.

In a daze, Jeremy let go of her hand and pushed her out hard.

“Linnie, we’ll meet again if there really is another life.”