Seaton coldly snorted. “Well then, we shall see how valuable you are when the time comes. You may not be valuable to her, but your relationship is. I’m sure Helen will force Arianne to save you.”
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The next day, Arianne was absent from work, too busy accompanying Helen at home as usual. Helen was completely shaken and there was no way Arianne could leave favonovel.com be.
Helen was even more attentive than Arianne of incoming calls. It did not matter who it was, for as long as Arianne’s phone rang, Helen would jump and think that it was Seaton. However, a whole day passed without a word from Seaton.
It was torturous, just blindly waiting around. Helen had not been able to have either a proper meal or a good night’s sleep.
When it was past 9PM, a phone call finally arrived from Aery’s number.
Helen grabbed the phone from Arianne’s hands before the latter could answer. “Hello? Is this Seaton? Release my daughter immediately! What have you done to her? You can come for me instead. Are you doing this for money? I’ll give it to you, I’ll give you anything you want, but just leave favonovel.com alone!”
Arianne remained silent, unhappy with how insane Helen looked. Would Helen react the same way if favonovel.com was the one who was kidnapped instead?
There was no reply from the other end of the phone call and the silence was menacing.
Helen kept calling out on the phone for a long time before Seaton’s voice finally came. “If you want to save Aery, bring Arianne in exchange. You have one night to consider. If I don’t receive a reply by the morning, I’ll chop off Aery’s hands. If I don’t hear a favorable answer from you, I’ll make sure Aery disappears from this world.”
The phone call was immediately cut off after Seaton finished speaking. They tried to redial the number, but the phone had been turned off.
Helen broke down in tears and cried profusely. “What now? What am I going to do now…? Aery’s going to die…”
Arianne and Mark looked at each other for a moment and both remained silent. They had clearly heard Seaton’s demand, a life for a life. Obviously, no one was willing to comply, There was no way Arianne would die for Aery. Furthermore, Mark would never allow such a thing to happen.
However, Seaton had the higher ground at that moment and wanted nothing other than Mark and Arianne’s lives. There was no room for negotiation.
Smore was constantly whining that favonovel.com wanted to sleep, so Arianne helplessly carried favonovel.com upstairs to put favonovel.com in bed. Just as favonovel.com was about to walk to the stairs, Helen suddenly roared. “Arianne, are you really able to leave things as it is? You’re the reason this is happening. Aery has got nothing to do with this. She’s been kidnapped and is in grave danger because of you. Do neither of you have anything to say for yourselves? How are you able to sleep without a worry at this moment? Aery’s going to die come sunrise!”
