Chapter 94 Property Title
Maria's POV:
"Damn it!"
I watched helplessly as someone rescued that bitch, immediately grabbing one of my men and barking orders.
"Why aren't you driving after them?!"
But it was already too late.
By the time we drove out, the black car had long disappeared. I angrily kicked the car door and slapped my subordinate hard across the face.
"Useless!"
Full of rage, I returned to the stables and saw Lawrence, blood all over his head, cursing as he climbed to his feet.
He irritably covered his head. "If you'd told me that bitch was so vicious, I never would've agreed to do this! Hurry up and take me to the hospital."
I looked coldly at Lawrence's impatient expression, the anger in my heart burning even hotter.
Who did he think he was?
A lowly gardener daring to complain in front of me?!
I only slept with him a few times because he had a strong build, and now he actually thought he was my boyfriend! How dare he order me around!
"Want to go to the hospital?"
Lawrence's tone was impatient. "Of course, I'm bleeding so much. Can't you see?"
Bang!
I grabbed the hoof pick Genesis had dropped and smashed it hard against Lawrence's head!
Lawrence fell to the ground. I continued hitting him with cold fury, striking over a dozen times until he stopped breathing.
The rage in my heart finally subsided somewhat.
"Call the police and say that bitch killed the gardener. Clean up the scene." I casually threw the bloody hoof pick to my subordinate, sneering.
She thought escaping meant she was safe?
I'd make her rot in prison, never to escape again.
Genesis's POV:
I thought I'd been caught by Maria's people. I kept kicking and hitting whoever was holding me, struggling desperately to jump from the car.
I absolutely couldn't fall into their hands!
"Genesis! It's me! You're safe now!"
Only when Susan's voice rang out did I suddenly stop moving, looking at her in shock.
"Susan? How are you here?" I grabbed Susan's hand and threw myself into her arms.
Only now did I truly dare to be afraid.
My body trembled slightly uncontrollably. I thought I really couldn't escape this time!
"I saw Maria take you away and was so worried about you, so I went to find Ethan." Susan gently patted my back, softly comforting me. "Don't worry, everything's fine now."
Why would Ethan help me? Was it because of Eli?
"Are you sure you'll be okay doing this? Why don't you find somewhere to drop me off? I can leave on my own. Before Maria discovers you helped me, you should go back quickly."
Susan's mother needed the money she earned for medical treatment, and Ethan was a made man of the Martinez family who couldn't disobey Maria's orders.
I couldn't let them get into trouble because of me.
Susan gently touched my face. "Don't worry, I already have a new source of income. I won't be going back to the Martinez family."
Ethan then said, "I've also been kicked out of the Martinez family. After all, I'm Eli's man. They wouldn't feel comfortable letting me stay in the family."
I was deeply moved.
I knew that even though they were no longer with the Martinez family, they originally didn't have to get involved in my affairs. Regardless, I should thank them properly for being willing to risk saving me.
"Thank you both."
Already running a fever, I had relied purely on survival instinct to forcibly escape from Maria's hands. Now that I was safe, I felt my body's extreme exhaustion, becoming dizzy and confused again.
I leaned against the back seat, asking vaguely, "Where are we going next?"
I couldn't return to the Martinez family villa for now. Without anything to keep Maria in check, going back would be no different from suicide.
But besides the Martinez family villa, where else could I go?
"San Aurelia, of course." Susan and Ethan said in unison.
San Aurelia?
Eli had helped me apply to school there, but wouldn't it be too early to go now?
"The three of us going to San Aurelia so early with nowhere to stay doesn't seem right. We could find a nearby hotel to stay at first."
She asked in confusion, "Genesis, are you delirious from fever? You have a house in San Aurelia."
Susan's words left me completely puzzled. When did I get a house in San Aurelia?
"Are you mistaken?" I shook my head in denial. "The money in my bank account isn't enough to buy a house."
Speaking of which, I only had the hundred thousand dollars from selling the car last time. Savannah and Christian never gave me spending money before. If not for Sofia's compensation, I might not even have had that money.
Unexpectedly, Susan pulled out a set of keys and a property deed, handing them to me.
"Are you confused from fever? I asked you about these when I was tidying up this morning, and you told me to put them away."
I took the items from Susan's hands in disbelief. Opening them, I saw my name was actually written there...
I suddenly grabbed Susan's hand, urgently asking, "Where did you find these?!"
Susan was startled by my urgency, hesitantly answering, "On your nightstand. Is there a problem?"
I was certain these things weren't on my nightstand before I went to sleep yesterday. Only Eli had entered my room last night.
So this house was left to me by Eli?
I leaned toward the driver's seat, asking with a trembling voice, "This is..."
Ethan looked at me silently and nodded.
It really was a house Eli left for me?!
When did he prepare this? I had no idea!
I clutched the property deed tightly, tears suddenly falling.
That night when he came to my room, he already knew I was the one who sent the video to Jordan, didn't he? He hated traitors most of all, so how could he still leave this property deed for me!
Eli's figure standing in the darkness, leaving desolately, appeared before my eyes. My eyes stung even more.
I always thought when he said "freedom" he was deliberately mocking me. I never imagined that before leaving, he had left me a final way out.
I didn't dare think about what this property deed really meant. I just held it and cried helplessly.
The speculation I'd deliberately suppressed earlier surfaced again. This meant Ethan was also deliberately left behind by him, right?
Even though I had done such terrible things to him...
I lowered my head, feeling gratitude and guilt pierce my heart like a sharp blade.