Chapter 250: Tpcp 250
The Predator’s Contract Partner
She wasnât trying to run away. Just. She just wanted to prepare a way for herself to live. But Lucerneâs attitude.
Elisha really felt like she was treated like luggage. He was trying to move her as if he were handling bags.
âIt was wrong of you to try to run away from me.â
âBut in an instant, people⦠⦠.â
Could human regard and treatment change? At that moment, Elisha realized.
Originally, this was the relationship between the two. His mood only changed.
âEqual?â
Elisha was amazed at herself. Emotions were poison, after all.
Twice, she almost got seduced by this man. A moment of shaking. The price for all that was cold.
âThatâs why you were nice to me.â
She recalled Lucerneâs recent attitude, which was exceptionally sweet. Elisha realized that everything was her delusion.
Elisha slowly closed her eyes.
Thatâs right. It was like that. And in her past life, she could not ask anyone âwhy.â
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Oh. Yeah. Itâs not good to think of someone as a lifeline.
Elisha thought she was in a dream. Even if everything goes well. Even as she gains her powers. The lifeline flew away with a single gesture from the person holding it.
Drip. Drop.
There was the sound of water falling. Elisha felt something warm surrounding her body. Her throat was dry, and she was tired.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Her limbs were heavy. She couldnât move at will.
âUmm⦠⦠.â
Elisha slowly opened his eyes. She was on the bed. Soft silk bedding covered her body. There was a silver basin next to the bed. The water droplets on the basin were falling little by little.
âYouâre awake!â
Then someone made a loud noise. The voice was full of emotion.
âSophie?â
Elisha asked as he touched her neck. She flinched. A strange sensation was felt around her ankles. She pulled back the blanket with her eyes trembling.
Her ankles were shackled. Elisha was startled. Upon closer inspection, the chains held shackles on both ankles and were only long enough to walk in a tiny stride.
âI was really worried, maâam. I heard you took poison. How can someone with a weak body like Madam endure poison? You havenât received any poison training. If you ended up like this after taking rose poison, youâre very lucky. When Madam drank poison, she swallowed only a small amount and spit out most of it. You are so smart! Besides, the healing priest came at the right time and took out the toxin? Youâve been asleep for a day and a half, but the doctor says thereâs no poison in your body anymore.â
Elishaâs head hurt from Sophieâs rapid-fire words.
âWhy on earth are you here Sophie?â
âWell, from today, I have been ordered to take care of the lady. Madam needs help⦠⦠.â
Sophie added a detailed story.
âDo not worry. Iâm not only good at putting on makeup, but Iâm also very good at serving and looking after people. The Madam wonât be uncomfortable. I will also make you tea.â
Elisha then took a close look at Sophieâs face. She wanted to burst into laughter.
Shackles on her ankles. A secret room with no indication of where she was. And until yesterday, she was a maid who cared for Elisha, pretending not to know anything and assisting her.
The situation was a masterpiece.
âSophie, you were also an agent of Lucerne, werenât you?â
Sophie blinked and rolled her big eyes. She had a simple, comfortable, and cute appearance. However, contrary to her cautious attitude, she nodded quite confidently.
âYes⦠⦠. thatâs correct.â
â⦠⦠How extraordinary. Lucerne, you even placed surveillance in the area closest to me. Since when did you treat me like a would-be traitor?â
âItâs not like that!â
Sophie held out her hand.
âI was trained. I was to escort and guard the esteemed wife in the residence in case of emergency. When Zain appeared in front of you before, I did not use force because the general was nearby.â
Elisha was shocked.
âYour hand.â
Elisha said.
âYes?â
âYour hands. They arenât the hands of someone that wields a sword.â
âYes. I donât hold a sword. I use different weapons. If you train well in the first place, there will be no traces of holding a sword on your body. People like me are trained like that. I know that when like the Madam sees someone, the first thing they do is check their hands.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âYou looked at my hands the first day you saw me⦠⦠. I thought maâam was a really smart person.â
Elisha was so shocked that she didnât even want to say anything more.
Only then did the inside of the room come into view. Elisha realized that she was sitting in a stunning and luxurious room.
The walls were covered with red silk wallpaper with gold embroidery. And the four-poster bed was covered with a white silk blanket. The room was filled with expensive ebony wood furniture.
âWhere on earth am I?â