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Chapter 397
Chapter 397
A vast jungle, seemingly endless, stretched out before them.
This jungle was teeming with ferocious beasts and birds of prey. Even in daylight, anyone stepping into
this jungle might find themselves under attack, let alone in the pitch-dark night.
Shielded by bodyguards, Elijah stepped into this terror-filled jungle. As the flashlight in his hand
illuminated the dense vines and branches ahead, he felt an increasing sense of despair.
How dare she?
How dare she enter this place?
Did she really think she could make it out alive?
Even after knowing there was no way out, why did she still choose not to turn back?
Even if she had turned back halfway out of fear, he wouldn't be this mad!
"Violette!" He called her name, his voice trembling.
The bodyguards joined him, shouting, "Ms. Dennis! We're here looking for you! If you can hear us,
please respond!"
But all that answered them were the howling wind and some animal noises.
About twenty minutes into their difficult trek, the beam of the flashlight caught a bathrobe on the
ground. It was the one Violette had been wearing that night. After her bath, as there were no clothes for NôvelDrama.Org holds text © rights.
her, Elijah had given her his bathrobe to wear. This grey bathrobe, which he had helped her put on,
how could it be here?
Why was it taken off?
With his heart in a mess, he quickly walked over and picked it up.
"Mr. Bourne, the robe is torn... and there's blood!" One of the bodyguards pointed out the tear and the
bloodstains to Elijah.
His hand holding the robe was shaking incessantly. She must have encountered a beast. Otherwise,
how could her robe be torn and bloodied? She must have been hurt. And without any clothes on, even
if she had not been killed by a beast, she would have frozen half to death from exposure to the cold
weather.
He didn’t dare to think any further.
A hint of distress flashed in Elijah's eyes. He took a deep breath, clenching his fists and striding deeper
into the jungle.
He had never imagined that he would put her in such danger and distress. He loved her, no other
woman in the world had ever fascinated and enraptured him like she did. Yet, why had he driven her to
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Somewhere along the way, it began to rain. The rain pierced through the dense canopy, mercilessly
drenching them.