Chapter 96: Kill Me

“What?” Claire was stunned, suddenly opening her eyes and looking at the burly men standing before her bed in disbelief.

“General Hawthorne has ordered that the value of your existence is to protect Caroline and die in her place. Now, it’s your time!”

“Hurry up and change your clothes. Quickly!”

“If we’re late, General Hawthorne will come after us. Don’t let us disobey General Hawthorne. Hurry up!”

Before Claire could recover from the shock, the burly men kept urging her on. She got up and rubbed her eyes. But her mind was still blank, and she couldn’t accept it. She knew that Frederick had asked her to stay with him to let her die in Caroline’s place. She could not escape this fate.

Claire subconsciously reached for her clothes. But because she had just opened her eyes, and she couldn’t accept this sudden death in such a short time, her movements were a little slow.

“Okay, stop it. You have to change clothes and put on makeup soon anyway,” one of the men said.

“Yes. How could I have forgotten about this? It doesn’t matter whether you wear it or not. Let’s go.”

One of the burly men suddenly thought of something, snatched the clothes from her hand, and threw them on the ground. Then, Claire was taken out of the hospital wearing a hospital gown. Along the way, she quietly looked at the scenery outside the car window without saying a word or resisting. She knew resistance was useless; Frederick, as a general, was also in charge of the Kingstown Security Department. Claire could hardly resist him, even if she were powerful. Right now, the most important thing for her was to try her best to save her life when she would die in Caroline’s place.

About half an hour later, Claire was taken to a beauty studio by those burly men. Several women came over, took off her hospital gown, and put her in an exquisite red evening gown. Next, those women stood beside her and kept putting makeup on her. Strangely, there was no mirror in front of Claire.

After finishing the makeup, one of the women took out her cellphone and made a call. “Sir, the makeup is done. You can come over and see it.”

A few minutes after the woman hung up the phone, Frederick appeared in front of Claire. “Very good! It’s very similar!” Frederick looked at Claire’s face carefully, nodding with satisfaction and taking her away.

Claire thought that this time might be the same as usual, just taking her to a banquet. So, she didn’t think much about it. They walked out of the beauty studio and walked to the car. Then, Claire saw her face reflected in the car window through the light of a streetlamp.

Claire was startled and staggered back a step, almost falling to the ground. “What the hell!” She was terrified. She stretched out, covered her face, and turned around in front of the mirror. Her face in the car window was precisely the same as Caroline’s. Even the subtle expressions were the same. Seeing this, Claire was really scared.

In the past, Frederick had taken her to banquets. But he had never made her look like Caroline. Thinking about what those burly men had said inside the hospital, Claire became more panicked. Her heart began to beat wildly. She subconsciously wanted to escape. But before she could take a step, Frederick pulled her into the car. The car door closed, and the window rolled up. Then, Richard stepped on the accelerator and drove off. Its speed was breakneck, like flying.

“Frederick, where are you taking me?” Claire yelled at Frederick in panic. She had been uneasy, and she became even more so now. But just as she finished yelling, the car stopped steadily.

“Get off the car!” Frederick didn’t answer her. He opened the car door and ordered her. The car door was opened, and Claire realized that it was the famous cemetery in Kingstown. She thought, “Why does he bring me to the cemetery?”

“Frederick, are you going to kill me?” Claire was completely panicked. She looked at Frederick, screaming and questioning him madly.

“You are very smart!” Frederick smiled and took out a pistol from his waist.