"Really? How so?" Anna asked.
"I don’t know how to put it, maybe it’s her personality!"
Mary had just realized it too, Riley is a bit like Anna.
Not the Anna now, but like the old Anna!
Thinking back to when Anna first went abroad to make a living, although she was poor, she had the tenacity of a newborn calf. Speaking of that ti’s Anna, to this day, Mary still finds it terrifying.
Let’s just say, given Anna’s knack for getting into trouble abroad, it’s truly a miracle they’re both still alive and well today.
It’s really damn lucky!
Just like back then, no one could figure out how a little girl like Anna, who couldn’t even secure a living for herself and her child, found the courage to refuse those powerful foreign families. Mary also found it strange how Riley dared to openly oppose soone like Ethan.
People in the entertainnt industry know best how to seek advantages and avoid harm, given that a celebrity’s career is tied to their connections. One wrong move can ruin one’s prospects. Anna is already a rare anomaly in the industry, and now there’s another one. Mary can’t understand it.
Her confusion was noticed by Anna, who explained, "Just now, Diane said sothing very true!"
"What was it?"
"I don’t believe Riley would disregard her future, running around trying to sue Ethan just to uncover the truth and not let the fans be deceived."
"Then what else could she be doing it for? To hype it up? She wants to be famous?"
"..."
The recording went very smoothly—
After finishing the recording, Anna ca out and found Riley still waiting at the TV station’s entrance.
It was already past midnight, Diane and Anna ca out of the recording site one after the other.
Diane saw Riley first and quickly instructed the driver to bring the car over.
Once in the car, she urged, "Hurry up and drive!"
"Diane, won’t you reconsider? Or give a little ti, I just need to say a couple of words! Even just one sentence!"
Ultimately, Diane didn’t give Riley the chance to speak, closing the car window with a cold face.
Riley tried to knock on the window chasing the car, but ended up falling hard on the road.
"Diane..."
Riley didn’t care about her injured knee and imdiately got up to chase again.
However, as Diane’s car turned a corner in front, all she could see was a trail of exhaust under the streetlights.
Riley stood in place, her hands dropped helplessly, and she sighed.
Soon after, another van stopped in front of her.
The door opened to reveal Anna’s face, "You’re injured. I can drop you off at the hospital on the way."
"Miss Thornton... I’m, I’m fine!" Riley said, but looking down at her own disheveled appearance, she decided to accept Anna’s help and got in the car.
"Miss Thornton! Thank you, you’re really kind!"
Anna didn’t consider herself kind, and she didn’t plan on befriending Riley.
Like she said, dropping her at the hospital was just incidental.
Since Mary said Riley was like her before, Anna recalled her own tis abroad when she felt helpless and received help from others.
However, neither she nor Mary expected that this simple act of kindness would inadvertently lead to big trouble.
Anna’s car was intercepted on the way back to the film set!
By the ti Mary realized, Anna and Riley in the back seat had already been taken away.
Mary wanted to scream and call the police, but before she could make a sound, she was knocked out with a dull hand chop.
...
The hood was removed, and the eyes that were accustod to darkness were t with light again.
Anna squinted her eyes, not really adapting, and caught a strong scent of blood.
Then ca an ear-piercing scream, breaking the eardrums, resounding right beside her.
Anna wanted to touch her eardrums to check if they were intact.
But she found her hands were tied behind her back, unable to make the move.
She could only turn her head, casting a slightly accusing glance at Riley, who was also tied up beside her.
Riley’s eyes were wide open, her whites filled with bloodshot lines of fear, staring in horror at sothing not far in front of them.
The sll of blood was coming from there!
Anna looked over, there was fresh blood everywhere, and... severed limbs!
Just now, soone was brutally getting their hands chopped off in front of them, and blood sprayed everywhere, even splattering onto Anna’s shoes.
Riley had it worse. She was wearing a white dress, and the red bloodstains on the hem were particularly shocking.
For girls in the entertainnt industry, they’ve never witnessed such real violence, let alone such a horrifying scene firsthand.
Riley was nearly petrified with fear, desperately curling her legs, trying to retreat.
But there was a wall behind them, and on either side were people blocking them. On the wall, a man with dyed orangish-yellow hair was sitting on a sofa, observing their reactions with great interest.
This man, who dyed his hair like a rooster’s feathers, was the Rooster ntioned by Ethan.
"Wasn’t I promised a pretty girl? How co there are two?" Rooster asked.
Soone beside him answered, "Last night when the brothers took action, they found the two were together in the car, so they brought them both!"
Upon hearing this explanation, Anna thought, "..."
Damn, she swore off using the word ’incidentally’ ever again!
Where was the logic in this?
Isn’t there a saying about good deeds being rewarded?
She was just dropping Riley off on the way, who knew she’d get caught up with gangsters because of it?
However, Rooster seed more intrigued by her, his gaze settling on her, "Well done, today I want two! This chick is interesting! I chopped soone right in front of her, and she didn’t even bat an eye?"
At these words, Riley glanced at Anna.
Compared to her, Miss Thornton indeed seed much calr.
The person in question was already in so much pain they were unconscious, and whether they had fainted or died outright was unknown.
Regardless, henchn ca to drag him away by the legs, leaving no reaction, only two trails of blood snaking across the floor like worms.
Another henchman gathered the severed limbs, saying they would be fed to the dogs.
Riley’s legs trembled again, she couldn’t help but want to throw up.
But another side glance at Anna, Riley tried her best to hold it in.
Rooster grew more interested the more he looked at Anna, finally getting up from the sofa and coming right over to her, waving a hand in front of her face.
It seed he wanted to see if she was scared stiff, otherwise why wouldn’t she even blink?
Finally, Anna reacted, she rolled her eyes in response.
The man’s sinister eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly he tore open Anna’s shirt at the chest.
"Ah! No, please!" Riley scread, "I beg you... let us go! We can negotiate any price you want!"
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