Chapter 577 +15 BONUS
One of the men could hardly contain his excitement. “That’s exactly what I’d love to do!”
With that, he rubbed his hands in glee as he drew near to Sheryn.
Sheryn stumbled a few steps back in fright and ended up tripping over something on the ground. She crumpled to the floor, fear written all over her face. Her usual haughty air of a spoiled princess was all but gone.
She pleaded with Howard, “Mr. Ziegler, please let me go! This has nothing to do with me to begin with. Go look for Rachel instead. She’s the one with my cousin, not me!”
Sheryn had no qualms about throwing Rachel into the lion’s den for the sake of self-preservation.
“You’ve done so much for so long just to stop her from being with my cousin, right? It’s very simple–all you need to do is sleep with her. You know your relationship with my cousin. He wouldn’t want her after that, no matter how much he likes her.”
Rachel couldn’t believe the filthy and merciless words Sheryn was spewing. She glared coldly at Sheryn.
“Are you out of your mind? Do you really think that will make them let you go?”
If Sheryn were smarter, she would work with Rachel to find a way out of here. How could she be so foolish as to think that pushing Rachel deeper into the lion’s den would preserve her life?
Sheryn had completely lost her mind and pinned all the blame on Rachel.
“You’re such a jinx! You bring me bad luck every time I see you! This is clearly your problem. What does it have to do with me? Why do I have to shoulder all the blame? I don’t even know you, and I have to pay for your mistakes. Why?”
Rachel was rendered speechless by Sheryn’s barrage of accusations.
After a moment’s silence, she shot Howard a look and offered Sheryn a suggestion. “Why don’t you just give these men a good time and see if they’ll be kind enough to release you?”
“Quit rubbing salt into the injury here! Let’s get this straight. You’re the one they want, not me,” Sheryn went on, as though she had Rachel all figured out. “Wait… I get it now! You’re doing this on purpose, right? You’re provoking me and making them attack me so they won’t do anything to you. How could you be so evil?!”
Rachel gave up on talking sense into Sheryn. She had a screw loose up there that Rachel clearly couldn’t help fix.
Rachel pointed at her head and looked kindly at Sheryn.
“Ms. Lyons, if you ever make it out of here alive, I hope you’ll visit the hospital and get a brain checkup.”
Sheryn exploded with anger and instinctively reached out to attack Rachel, but the two men behind her stopped her just in time.
“If you two don’t stop bickering, don’t blame me for being nasty!”
Howard glanced irritably at the two women. With a wave of his hand, he said, “What are you two waiting for? Hurry up and tear off their clothes.”
“We’re on it!”
Sheryn shrank back in fright to avoid their touch.
“Don’t come near! My cousin’s right outside… Don’t you dare lay a finger on me!”
Rachel finally managed to cut the rope in two with her blade, but she knew that she would never be able to outfight the three men alone. She had to first draw Howard away.
Just then, his phone rang again. He glanced at the screen before showing it to Rachel, smirking.
“Tell me, do you think Tyler is calling out of concern for Sheryn or you?”
Rachel rolled her eyes at Howard.
“Are you that bored? Do you have nothing to do with your life? Or is your family’s business doing so poorly that you have to stoop to doing this to entertain yourself? Do you really think you can live for the rest of your life dependent on your grandfather? Of all the flings you’ve had, I believe most of them are with you for money. I’m sure they wouldn’t want to marry you if you seriously asked them.”
Rachel didn’t know if it was because she had hit the nail on the head or her refusal to give in, but her words struck a nerve with Howard.
The veins on his forehead popped; he throttled her neck, a cold, creepy smile stretching across his face.