NovelEnglishChapter 266
Audrey's POV
Blake keptpinned against the wall, looking down with a cold smirk. “Where do you think you're going,
hmm?”
“Now everyone believes you're dead. Even my grandfather is urgingto hold your funeral. Where exactly are
you planning to
hide?”
| clutched Snow tighter but didn’t respond.
“You think Astrid can hide you?” His eyes narrowed as he studied my face.
When | remained silent, his gaze intensified. “Do you have any idea what will happen if people discover you're
still alive?”
Blake stared directly into my eyes. “After causing such chaos, even if Rachel and Felix weren't injured, the Rose
and Thompson
families won't let this go.”
| felt myself freeze as reality hit me. | hadn't thought this through.
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Even if no one was hurt in the crash, once the Rose family discovers I'm alive, they'll holdaccountable for
taking Rachel. If | claim she died, I'd be responsible for her death. If | return her, they'd chargewith
kidnapping.
And the Thompsons... Felix had been studying abroad for years. The patriarch of his family finally got him to
return, and then because of me, he almost died. They wouldn't just let that slide.
Blake noticed my expression change and his lips curved upward. “Finally realized how serious this is?”
Before | could answer, he suddenly bent down and liftedinto his arms. | gasped, one hand holding Snow
while the other instinctively wrapped around his neck.
“Putdown!” | tried to wriggle free.
“So you can run off and eventually be found? Leading to what, exactly?” Blake's voice remained steady. “Come
with me. At least at my place, neither family would dare clooking.”
As | struggled, Blake's injured hand pressed against my leg. The feeling of his bandage against my calf made me
stop.
The image of Blake blocking Thalia’s knife flashed through my mind.
“Your hand...” | said quietly.
His injured hand paused slightly, then he gave a faint smile. “It’s fine. Thalia’s not that strong.”
Blake carrieddownstairs and to his car. After placingin the passenger seat, he got in and started the
engine.
| watched his profile while petting Snow, my thoughts racing ahead of me.
| didn’t want his protection. New York is huge - | could find places to hide without him. But | know Blake too well.
Once he decides something, my opinion means nothing. With our difference in strength and my condition
worsening, | couldn’t fight him here.
For now, I'd play along and look for a chance to escape later.
I'm arranging 24-hour surveillance, Blake said while driving. “Don’t think you can slip away when I'm with Laurel
or handling
business.”
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| turned toward the window. “Planning to keeplocked up forever?”
“Of course not,” he replied.
He glanced atbriefly. “Felix and Rachel are missing, presumed dead by their families. First, we return them
both. We'll say you sacrificed yourself to save them. After a few months, when this blows over and everyone's
moved on, you'll be free.”
| closed my eyes. “I won't let Rachel go back to the Rose family.”
Never!
Something in my voice must have annoyed him. Blake pulled over and turned to me.
“Must you always fighton everything?” His jaw tightened. “This is the best solution. Why make things
difficult? If you don’t return Rachel, what's your plan? Pretend to be dead forever?”
| raised an eyebrow. “Why not?”
“I've seen through your act,” Blake frowned. “You and Rachel weren't friends before her accident. You didn’t
even know her. Why
pretend to have this deep connection? Return her to her family where she belongs.”
“Family?” | cut in sharply. “You want Rachel back with people who keep her drugged into a vegetative state?”
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