Chapter 240: Chapter 240: Living in Your Heart (Part 4)

Bang!

Flora Palmer looked up at the door and saw Arthur Bennett coming in.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately sat up, instinctively retreating until her back hit the wall.

"What are you doing here?"

Arthur Bennett’s eyes burst with murderous intent as he stepped closer, "What am I doing? Flora, I never thought you’d try to poison me. A woman’s heart is the most poisonous!"

"Who tried to poison you? Do you have proof?" She forced herself to stay calm.

As soon as she spoke, her face was slapped, and Flora’s body tilted to one side, not daring to provoke him.

"Why aren’t you talking?!" Arthur Bennett shouted.

Flora kept her head down, silent, hoping he would leave quickly.

She thought ignoring him would make him lose interest and leave, but it only made him angrier. He grabbed her hair and dragged Flora off the bed.

"Let go of me!" Flora winced in pain.

Arthur Bennett kicked her in the face repeatedly, "You vile woman, don’t think that because you’re pregnant or part of the Palmer family, I won’t dare to kill you!"

Tears streamed down Flora’s face, and she endured it through gritted teeth.

Each kick carried full weight, and Arthur Bennett vented his hatred for nearly half an hour. Flora’s previously beautiful face was bruised and swollen, her eyes were so swollen they could hardly open, and her hair was pulled out in clumps, scattered on the ground.

Flora thought he was leaving, but he didn’t. He dragged her by the arm to the bathroom, turned on the shower, and sprayed cold water over her.

The cold water, especially in this chilly November lunar month, was even more biting.

Flora shivered from the cold.

In silence, trying to make him leave.

She closed her eyes tightly, pretending to be dead.

This tactic worked.

Arthur Bennett saw her lying still, seemingly unconscious, and stopped.

If his father hadn’t repeatedly warned him not to kill Flora now, he would definitely have killed her himself, including the child in her belly.

The sound of the door slamming was deafening.

Flora struggled to prop herself up, her entire face stinging as if it were on fire, soaked from head to toe.

She trudged heavily to the bed, took out a set of dry clothes to change into, but still didn’t feel warm.

Flora curled up on the bed, wrapping herself in the blanket like a cocoon.

She just wanted to sleep; sleeping doesn’t hurt.

——

Lucy Eaton waited at home for several hours before Elliot Gill arrived.

"I have some personal matters to attend to, it’ll take half a month."

Elliot Gill guessed her intention and frowned, "You plan to break into the Presidential Mansion to rescue Flora? Do you really think you can save her? Going there is a death trap, like delivering someone to their doom!"

Lucy Eaton looked at him seriously, "It seems you know quite a lot. I do need to go to the Presidential Mansion, but I’m not going there to get myself killed; I cherish my life."

"I won’t let you go."

"I must go." Lucy’s voice brooked no refusal, "Because Flora is merely an executor, and I am the mastermind behind it."

"It started with you, but now it’s Jacob Green."

"That’s not Jacob Green’s intention." Lucy perceived that Jacob Green continued supplying Flora with pills, "I’m not defending Jacob Green; the fact is, from the beginning I was the mastermind. Since it was my idea, there’s no way I can let Flora die in the Presidential Mansion."

"Jacob Green isn’t concerned about this, and you, a woman, want to single-handedly challenge authority?"

"How much do you know about Jacob Green?" Lucy stared at him, "From what I know about him, he absolutely won’t stand idly by in this matter. In conclusion, I will do whatever it takes to save Flora; this isn’t impulsive, nor a reckless disregard for consequences, I have my own plan." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"You always oversimplify things." Elliot continued, "Even if you manage to rescue her, what then? Whose domain is this? Where can she run to? And the Palmer family, do you think the Presidential Mansion will let it go? Finally, I know Jacob Green much better than you do; for him, family status is paramount, you truly don’t understand him!"

"I don’t want to argue with you on this matter. Clearly, you think I haven’t considered these things and am going ahead blindly." Lucy firmly explained to him, "I intend to proceed, and I hope you will watch and see, without obstructing me."

"You are always so steadfast in your ideas and beliefs and executing them." Elliot couldn’t persuade her but reminded, "Don’t forget, you’re also pregnant; do you really want to take such risks yourself? Why not tell me your plan, and I’ll send someone to do it."

"I’ll handle my own matters myself; Flora is already involved with your Palmer family, I don’t want to expand this influence further."

"If you die, I wouldn’t survive either."

"If you’re afraid I’ll really die in the Presidential Mansion, then it’s better to remove the curse first."

Elliot suddenly hugged her tightly, "You fool, can’t you see? I’m truly worried!"

Lucy pushed him away in the next instant, "There’s no need to act at home, stop embracing."

He showed a hint of disappointment in his eyes, "If you want to go, then go, do what you want to do."

"Thank you."

She turned back to her room, picked up the prepared bag, and quickly came out again. Before leaving, she took off the necklace from her neck and handed it to him, "Return it to me when I come back."

Elliot raised his eyes and saw the conviction in her clear gaze.

The conviction to return alive.

After Lucy left, Elliot felt constant anxiety.

In the world, she was the only one who could make him worry this much.

...

Places like the Presidential Mansion are extremely heavily guarded.

Recently, the checks on the movements in and out of the Presidential Mansion have become very strict, and recruitment has been temporarily halted.

Not to mention, Lucy had been at the Presidential Mansion for a short time before, she understood the feeling of entering but not being able to get out, and she knew that getting in was difficult.

Therefore, she needed someone else’s help to get in.

This person was none other than Sophie Bennett.

Lucy went to a mysterious shop in the more secluded part of Northriver City.

This mysterious shop was privately introduced to her by Jacob Green.

On the surface, it’s an antique shop, but the owner actually sells masks.

The mask given to her by Elliot Gill was made here.

Throughout Nation S, there’s only this shop that makes masks so lifelike, and there are no branches.

Just as she arrived at the shop’s entrance, she received a notification text from the bank.

[Dear X Bank user: Your card ending in 0143 received a transfer from account ending in 8888, amounting to 10,000,000 yuan...]

Lucy carefully counted the zeros, ten million.

Jacob Green’s account.

How did he know her bank card number?

Wasn’t he afraid of sending it to the wrong account?

Quietly transferring money, it’s truly heartwarming.

Just as she was about to put away her phone, Jacob Green’s text came through.

[Spend it first.]