Became A Queen After divorce

The knocking on the door grew increasingly intense, each thud making her heart race uncontrollably.

It was extremely uncomfortable.

Enduring the pain, she got up to open the door. The first thing Pearl saw was her paper-white face.

Pearl was stunned for a moment and asked with concern, “Are you okay? You look really unwell. Do you need me to call a doctor?”

Giana shook her head in refusal. Unable to speak, she pointed to a spot, indicating for Pearl to look over there.

She was pointing at the table, where there were two drawers underneath.

Pearl immediately understood that she wanted her to fetch something from the drawer.

“I got it.”

As soon as she opened the drawer, Pearl saw a photograph inside.

The photo showed a beautiful mother and her son, both smiling happily at the camera. It was clear that the mother adored her child, as her eyes were full of affectionate light.

“Giana has a son? She doesn’t look much older than me.”

If Giana was here, where was the child?

Was her muteness congenital or caused by something else?

These questions lingered in Miss Pearl’s mind.

After a quick glance, she set aside her questions and focused on finding Giana’s medicine.

“Found it!”

The small white bottle had “Emergency Heart Pills” written on it.

Pearl was very familiar with this medicine because she also had a heart condition that made it hard to breathe when she got emotional.

“Giana, quickly, take this medicine.”

She poured out two pills and handed them to Giana, then turned to find a cup for water.

Before she could find a cup, Giana had already swallowed the pills, a sign of someone who frequently took medication.

Because they shared the same condition, Pearl felt even more sympathy for her.

“Does your family know about your heart condition? Why do they still let you work?”

Family…

At the mention of this, Giana’s eyes reddened, and she gave a bitter smile.

She had only one son, but she didn’t dare to acknowledge him now.

“If you don’t want to talk about it, I won’t force you. I came to find Sasha, but she doesn’t seem to be here.”

[What happened to Sasha?]

Giana immediately became anxious about Sasha and asked using sign language.

Pearl didn’t want her to worry too much, so she told a white lie.

“It’s nothing. Sasha and I are playing hide-and-seek. It’s my turn to find her.”

Hearing this, Giana finally breathed a sigh of relief. She had feared something had happened to Sasha.

“You just had a heart attack; you shouldn’t stay up late. Get some rest. I’ll continue looking for Sasha.”

Miss Pearl gently helped her back to bed before leaving and continued her search upstairs.

This time, she found a necklace left on the windowsill.

“Whose necklace is this? Why is there blood on it…”

She remembered not seeing this necklace when she moved in today. Could it belong to Sasha?

Regardless, she decided to investigate further.

Outside the window was a rose garden. Since the season had passed, the roses had all withered.

Only the wilted petals hung on the branches, blown by the cold wind into the soil, silently waiting for the next cycle.

As she walked through the rose bushes, Pearl felt an inexplicable chill run down her spine and hugged her shoulders tightly as she continued forward.

“Where does this garden lead? Why does Red Maple Villa have such a desolate place?”

She initially hoped that Sasha wouldn’t come to such a place and considered turning back.

But the small butterfly hairpin lying among the flowers caught her attention.

Pearl bent down to pick up the hairpin. It was familiar because she had bought it for Sasha while shopping earlier that day.

“Sasha has indeed been here. Sasha! Can you hear me?”

“It’s Pearl. Sasha, where are you? Please answer me…”

Her clear voice seemed especially jarring in the dark night.

The cold wind carried a faint smell of earth and the pungent odor of rotting roses.

The further she walked, the more lost she became in the sea of flowers.

By the time she reached the middle, the half-human-high rose branches nearly engulfed her. With no response from Sasha, Pearl grew increasingly anxious.

Suddenly, not noticing the cellar ahead, she stepped into thin air and fell before she could even scream for help.

Soon, there was no trace of anyone in the flower bushes.

Only the swaying branches indicated someone had been there.

Her body plummeted uncontrollably.

In desperation, Pearl wrapped her arms around her head to protect herself.

With a loud crash, her back hit the cold ground, bringing tears to her eyes from the pain.

“Ouch! My clever head is safe, but my flawless back is in trouble.”

“Damn Sam! Did he design this flower sea on purpose or is it natural?”

If it was the former, she’d make sure he apologized when she got back!

After complaining for a while, Pearl focused on her current surroundings.

“Where am I?”

It seemed like a tunnel; looking ahead, it was pitch black.

“Should I go in?”

She hesitated.

Because of her heart condition, she was always timid and never watched horror movies.

She didn’t even dare participate in the popular escape room games…

Even though her classmates often called her a “coward,” she never took risks.

“But for Sasha…”

Steeling herself, Pearl decided to explore the tunnel.

Shivering, she took out her phone from her pocket and turned on the flashlight.

The faint light shone like moonlight in the darkness, allowing her to see the tunnel clearly.

The walls on both sides were coated with cement; it didn’t look natural but rather man-made.

“Ha! Sam sure has many secrets. I want to see what he’s hiding in this tunnel.”

“Could it be beauties…”

She quickly dismissed this thought; he didn’t seem like someone who would hide women away.

After walking for about fifteen minutes, she finally reached the end of the tunnel-a series of four interconnected caves.

The cave entrances were wide and equipped with iron doors, clearly meant for strict security.

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“Even numbers go in the middle. If I choose wrong, it’s my math teacher’s fault!”

Determined, Pearl stepped into the second cave.

Unexpectedly, there was no one inside.

Only stacks of boxes occupied one-third of the cave’s space.

“Could these boxes be filled with gold?”