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The only people allowed to move freely inside were the waiters. 

The shooter had to be hiding among them. 

Maya observed while passing each waiter, deliberately bumping into them one by one. 

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Just as she continued checking people, not watching where she was going, she suddenly ran straight into a man’s leg. 

Maya covered her nose. 

That hurt! Damn it! 

Seriously, today was truly unlucky for her. 

Annoyed, Maya looked up to see who she had run into. 

When her eyes met the man’s cold, distant gaze, she instantly covered most of her face with both hands, completely frozen. 

She couldn’t snap back at him-that was her actual father. 

“Sorry, mister!” 

Maya didn’t dare look at Thomas again and immediately apologized in a low voice. 

She didn’t even bother searching for suspicious shooters anymore. Instead, she rushed straight into Toby, who was sitting in a chair. 

He had been sipping water, bored while listening to compliments around him. His mind was wandering when suddenly Maya rushed back and wrapped her arms tightly around his waist. 

Caught off guard, Toby choked slightly as the drink got stuck in his throat. 

“Let go, Maya,” he said coldly, lowering his gaze to look at her. “Is my waist that nice to hug?” 

Maya seriously felt it and answered honestly, “Yeah. 

“Your waist really is nice to hug.” 

Slim, handsome teenage boys were truly unbeatable. 

Maya was different from many others. 

She didn’t like muscular men. 

She liked pretty boys. 

Honesty really was the ultimate weapon. Toby was briefly left speechless. 

He gained a whole new understanding of her shamelessness. 

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Mister? 

Thomas felt he wasn’t old enough to be called that yet. 

Before he could correct this strange way of addressing him, he saw the child quickly apologize and rush into the center of the banquet. 

She ran straight into a boy’s arms. 

He thought indifferently. 

Is that her family? 

Bringing such a young child here to run around. 

Her family is really irresponsible. 

Kaia was still looking around curiously. She had never attended such a banquet before. 

“Dad, I saw Elliot! Can I go play with him?” 

Thomas didn’t agree. He grabbed her hand and refused her request. 

“Stay with me.” 

Kaja couldn’t help pouting. 

Halfway through the banquet, the scent of alcohol filled the air. Toby was invited upstairs by the butler to talk with important figures in a room. 

Maya wasn’t invited, and she had no interest in listening to their fake conversations. 

So she quietly sat in a corner. 

Time passed second by second. Suddenly, the sharp sound of glass shattering exploded. 

Then came a gunshot, followed by screams. 

Maya’s sharp eyesight let her clearly see that someone had died. 

The gunshot came without warning. 

At that moment, Maya felt like her blood had frozen. 

After killing someone, the shooter didn’t run immediately. Instead, he stayed among the crowd searching for the next target. 

He wasn’t shooting randomly. It was deliberate. 

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That was a professional assassin. 

The entire scene fell into chaos. 

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Maya had always been timid. Even back at the orphanage, though she had witnessed many robberies, she had never faced death directly. 

At that moment, her mind went blank. 

Someone-maybe noticing she was young-grabbed her hand and tried to run with her. “Run!” 

“Wait…” 

Maya turned her head. “My brother is still inside!” 

“The bodyguards are already inside. This manor is huge. There’s definitely more than one shooter. Get outside first. Going back now could get you shot by mistake,” that person said rapidly in a panic. 

Maya looked at the crowded exits and spoke calmly, “But there are too many people. If we all rush downstairs, the exits will get blocked. 

“We can run upstairs.” 

The shooter was on the first floor, and it was too chaotic here. People could easily get trampled or hit by mistake. 

Running elsewhere would probably be safer. 

Ignoring where the kind stranger who tried to pull her went, Maya lifted her troublesome dress and ran toward the upper floor. 

She had to find Toby first. 

No matter what, in this terrible place, he was the only one who could give her a sense of safety. Who would’ve thought that her sense of safety would come from a sickly little lunatic one day? 

The crowd was too chaotic. Since the gunshots came from downstairs, Toby didn’t run blindly. 

He should have locked his room door immediately. 

The rooms in this manor were highly secure. As long as he locked the door, he would be completely safe. 

But… 

Toby bit his lip. Had Maya already run outside? 

Maya had a good memory. Maybe she would remember which room he was in. 

Would she come back to find him? 

He didn’t know. 

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Toby had dealt with shootings like that more than once. 

He bit down hard on the tip of his tongue, tasting a hint of blood, his finger resting on the doorknob but never turning it. 

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