Armand looked in and confirmed that there was truly a person. His nerve was subconsciously tensed.
When seeing the face clearly, he almost pounced at her instantly and caught her. He roared hoarsely,
“Theresa!”
Theresa forcibly pushed him away and growled, “Don’t touch me!”
It seemed that she hadn’t returned to her senses from the thrilling experience earlier, so she felt quite
nervous whenever being touched. She even rejected him in a panic, although she knew that he was
Armand.
Whenever she recalled John’s naked body, she felt so disgusted with men.
Armand was pushed away off-guard. He moved backward and sat on the ground. He could feel her
panic and fear. Suddenly, he felt as if his heart was broken and hard to breathe. He was almost
strangled.
John was naked, and Theresa didn’t wear many clothes either. He kept clenching his fists. If he had a
dagger in his hand, he must have stabbed John to death.
If Theresa hadn’t been raped, he didn’t think she would be so panicked.
Armand sat up and called her carefully, “Theresa, it’s me. I’m Armand.”
Theresa opened her eyes. She looked back and forth and then finally her gaze focused on his
bloodshot eyes. “You... How come you...”
She was running away but fell into the cave by accident. She wondered why he showed up here.
“I came to find you.” Armand’s voice was quite hoarse, seemingly he was sobbing.
Theresa looked at him for a few seconds and said politely, “Thank you.”
She appreciated that he came to look for her.
“I don’t need your appreciation. For you, I can do anything.” What he said was from the bottom of his
heart. Even she had been raped by John, he wouldn’t mind. He wanted to correct his mistake before
and make up for her, and he also wanted to protect her harmed heart.
“Please give me a chance. If I can’t do it well, you can kick me away at any time.” He was almost
begging.
Theresa hugged herself tightly. Her exposed skin was clinging to the wall, feeling extremely cold. She
huddled up in the corner. “Let’s figure out how to climb up.”
She didn’t agree at all. After experiencing life and death last time, she wouldn’t want to fall in love
again. She only wanted to lead a simple life.
Armand didn’t insist on asking her to agree immediately. He decided to behave well in the future. She
was wrong. They must figure out how to get out of the cave now.
He looked around and found the cave didn’t have a dead end. There was a long narrow gap, which
could fit an adult’s body. He poked out his head and looked out, only to find that it was a cliff outside.
The hillside was quite smooth without any trees or rattans to support a human. It was an abyss that
was thousands of feet below. Armand gaped in fear. If the impact force was a bit stronger when he slid
down, would he have fallen from this gap already?
He felt frightened.
When he was sliding down, he could feel that the cave was quite slippery and it was broad flat. Without
any help, a human couldn’t climb up at all. He tried several times but failed.
He thought about using the cell phone suddenly.
He wanted to call Boyce and Matthew. In a hurry, he fumbled it in his pocket. Fortunately, the phone
wasn’t missing. He was overjoyed and comforted Theresa, “Don’t be afraid. I still have my cell phone.
I’ll call someone to save us.”
While he spoke, he dialed Boyce’s number, but he only heard beeps. He dialed Matthew’s, but he
heard the same. He became a bit panicked, wondering why their both lines were busy. He tried to call
the attorneys of the law firm but still heard beeps only.
He wondered what was going on.
“Probably there’s no signal here.” They were in a deep forest on a mountain, so it was normal for the
phone not to be able to get any signals.
Armand checked the signal sign on the screen, and the signal truly disappeared. He couldn’t see any
signal at all.
What should they do?
He stood up and yelled towards the entrance of the cave. He only heard echoes within the cave.
After Armand had yelled for a while, his voice became hoarse, but no one responded.
He sat on the ground. “They will come to find us for sure.”
Theresa was sitting there motionlessly all the time. She leaned against the wall and looked down at the
gap. Besides the dense grasses, it was dark and deep down below.
In the past, she only learned the word “an abyss” from the book. This was the very first time that she
had seen a true abyss.
It was like a huge monster with its mouth wide open. Whatever fell into it would be swallowed.
She inhaled. She was amazed by the magic of nature as well as frightened by her current situation as
they had nowhere to escape.
She wondered if they would die here like this.
She smiled, wondering why it was so difficult for her to live properly.
Armand wanted to get closer to her, but he was afraid that she would reject him. In a distance, he
asked, “Are you all right?”
Theresa turned around to look at him. “Yeah, I’m fine.”
Armand wanted to talk to her but didn’t know what to talk about. After hesitating for a moment, he
couldn’t find a way to break the ice. Hence, he had only sat in silence. It was getting darker and darker
in the cave. He felt the coldness. This cave was in the deep forest without any sunshine. Since it had
two entrances, the wind was pretty strong.
He felt cold when wearing a shirt and suit trousers, not to mention Theresa had few clothes on. Her
legs were almost fully exposed. He raised his hand and started unbuttoning his shirt.
Theresa moved backward and looked at him on alert. “What are you doing?”
Armand paused his action and hurriedly explained, “Please don’t be afraid. I didn’t mean to do
anything. I guess you must be pretty cold now. I want to give you my shirt.”
Theresa immediately refused, “No, thanks.”
“I truly didn’t mean anything else...”
“I said I don’t need it!” Theresa emphasized.
Armand looked at her, feeling quite heartbreaking. “Do you really dislike me that much?”
Theresa turned away. “I just don’t want to see your naked body. I’ll felt quite disgusted.”
Armand looked at himself. After taking off the shirt, his upper body would be nude as he didn’t wear
anything else under the shirt.
Immediately, he buttoned his shirt. “I’m sorry. I’ve ignored your feelings. I’ll pay attention next time.”
Theresa was silent. Armand didn’t know what to speak. Hence, he was sitting in silence again. It got
completely dark in the cave, and they couldn’t see anything at all.
When there was still light, they didn’t notice it, but after it had got dark, they heard a lot of insects
chirping.
Armand pulled out his phone. He was afraid that Theresa would be scared, so he turned on the
flashlight on the phone.
When he wanted to pass the phone to Theresa, he found that there were a lot of wounds on her legs,
which were covered by dried blood. It wasn’t until then did he notice that she was barefoot. Although
there was light in the cave earlier, it wasn’t bright, so he didn’t notice it under the dimmed light.
Feeling so sorry for her, he reached out and wanted to touch the wounds. However, he realized that
she might reject it. He withdrew his hand and whispered, “You are wounded.”
Theresa said indifferently, “Just some minor injuries. I’m OK.”
Now the wounds didn’t have burning pains at all. Her legs were too numb to feel anything.
She was running in the forest barefoot earlier, so she had been injured seriously.
Armand leaned against the wall, looking down. “In the past, I was always complacent and grandiose,
thinking I was quite awesome. Until this moment, I finally realize how useless I am. I declaimed that I
want to gain your heart back, but I even couldn’t provide you with the basic protection, and you’ve hurt
for so many times.”
Armand leaned against the wall, looking down. “In the past, | was always complacent and grandiose,
thinking | was quite awesome. Until this moment, | finally realize how useless | am. | declaimed that |
want to gain your heart back, but | even couldn't provide you with the basic protection, and you've hurt
for so many times.”
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