Chapter 45 Are You Inside?Â
She carefully made her way upstairs.Â
Servants, waiters, and guests flooded the spiral staircase, all rushing out in panic.Â
A small child like Maya was easily shoved aside.Â
“Get out of the way!” someone shouted angrily.Â
After falling twice in a row, Maya was nearly stepped on.Â
If she’d actually been trampled now, she could have been crushed to death by the crowd.Â
Ignoring the pain in her knees, she scrambled back up and pressed herself against the wall, desperately avoiding the flow of people.Â
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After reaching the upper floor, the crowd finally thinned. She quickly searched for Toby’s room number. At last, she found it and stood on tiptoe to turn the handle.Â
The door was locked automatically.Â
Maya wasn’t surprised. Toby was the ultimate selfish survivalist, the kind of guy who’d always save himself first.Â
And honestly, anyone who didn’t lock their door now would be an idiot.Â
Maya knocked. “Dear brother, are you inside?”Â
“Someone got killed downstairs. Can you let me in?”Â
Thomas raised an eyebrow.Â
He hadn’t expected to hear a child outside.Â
For someone to return upstairs to find someone at a time like this, she sure had guts.Â
Meanwhile, Toby, whose mind had already been drifting, felt as if cold water had been dumped over him and snapped awake.Â
Who told her to come here?Â
Maya’s arrival would only make their already terrible situation worse.Â
Who knew if Thomas would hurt a child?Â
But it was too late.Â
Thomas had heard the voice as well. “…Brother?” he repeated.Â
Without hesitation, he kicked the troublesome Toby hard into the corner. After confirming Toby couldn’t resist, he yanked the door open and dragged Maya inside.Â
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She really was just a kid.Â
Wearing a fluffy dress, her face smeared with cream like a messy kitten.Â
Thomas asked Toby in a low voice, “She’s your sister?”Â
That familiar voice hit Maya like a hammer when she was dragged inside, and her face turned pale.Â
Why was it Thomas again?Â
She had no time to dwell on her bad luck. Once dragged inside, the first thing she noticed was Toby’s condition.Â
His arm hung at an unnatural angle as he leaned against the wall. He’d already looked sickly before, but now he looked like he might die at any second.Â
Maya’s heart trembled, and she rushed over. “Toby…”Â
She didn’t usually feel sorry for him.Â
But right now, he looked like he might not make it.Â
Toby’s mind blurred from pain. He bit his lip and didn’t respond.Â
So she finally called him brother.Â
Still, she was so dumb.Â
Calling him brother now would only make things worse for both of them.Â
Thomas watched the touching sibling moment coldly. He grabbed Toby by the throat and tightened his grip slightly. “So you have a little sister too.”Â
Toby’s eyelashes trembled, his breathing growing weaker.Â
It hurt so much. You old bastard!Â
Maya felt even more terrified.Â
Damn it, he’s about to choke Toby to death!Â
What the hell is this scumbag trying to do?Â
Even in her previous life, she’d thought her scumbag father had violent tendencies.Â
If he wanted to use Toby as a shield, couldn’t he at least treat the hostage better?Â
He’s about to kill him!Â
“Dad…” Kaia tugged at her father’s sleeve nervously. “Let him go.”Â
Her voice didn’t soften Thomas in the slightest. His expression remained cold. “He’s not as harmless as heÂ
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Chapter 45 Are You Inside?Â
Kaia burst into tears again.Â
Her sharp crying made Toby’s head throb painfully.Â
His mind drifted, and he didn’t even have the strength to struggle anymore.Â
Now, he could only hope Thomas had at least some decency and wouldn’t hurt Maya.Â
Maya felt like her brain was about to explode.Â
FinishedÂ
She looked at Toby, then at Thomas’s cold face. She felt that if this kept going, she might really lose herÂ
third brother.Â
Her legs tensed.Â
She could clearly feel the fruit knife tied to her leg pressing against her skin.Â
Once again, thank goodness for the big dress Toby had given her.Â
After crouching, the fluffy skirt spread across the floor, perfectly hiding her small movement as she pulled the knife free.Â
Of course, to keep her sudden kneeling from looking strange, Maya decisively dropped to her knees in front of Thomas.Â
“Waaah, don’t kill my brother!” the little girl cried loudly as she clung to his leg. “Please! Old Mister!”Â
Thomas and Toby were speechless.Â
That shocking line froze the room in silence.Â
Old Mister?Â
The strange choice of words made Thomas immediately think of the little girl who had bumped into him earlier at the banquet.Â
Looking again at the black dress, his eyes narrowed.Â
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