Married a Secret Billionaire

Chapter 113

Cordelia followed behind Yelena. They walked around the hotel building and arrived at the basement car park.

It was dark and quiet around. There was hardly anyone who would come. Also, even if they did come here, they would use the elevator inside the hotel instead of taking the long way like they did.

Cordelia slowed down. She could not help but get suspicious.

“What are you doing?” Yelena, who was walking in front, urged. “Quickly! I parked my car downstairs.”

“Can you find it?”

“Do you think I don’t know where I parked my car? What? Don’t tell me you want me to pick you up with the car?” Yelena scoffed. “Cordelia, if I were to pick you up at the hotel entrance with a fanfare, everyone would see you dressed like this! Are you trying to humiliate our family?”

Cordelia pursed her lips and said nothing more.

The path toward the basement car park was dark. Like a black hole, they could not see the end. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Yelena was almost sprinting in front. It was a little tough for Cordelia to catch up with her. The former was turning here and there—she had no idea where she went. It was dark in the surroundings, and she could not see the way at all.

Cordelia panicked a little bit. There was a damp smell in the area, making her even more uncomfortable.

“Sister…” she said, and the only thing that responded was her echo. “Where is this?”

After some time, Yelena’s shrill and cunning laughter came into the dark.

“This is the place you should be!”

Cordelia’s heart suddenly thumped. A chill coursed through her back to her entire body!

She was pushed by a force before she could react and screamed from the scare. Within the blink of an eye, she fell hard onto the uneven concrete ground. Her knees were hurting!

Subsequently, a noise of a door being shut came.

Cordelia’s head went blank. She struggled to get up from the ground and rushed forward. She heard Yelena saying coldly with a grin through a metal door.

“My dear sister, you won’t be attending the dinner! I’ll tell dad that you didn’t want to come!”

“Yelena!” Cordelia slammed the door hard. “Where am I? Let me go!”

“You should enjoy yourself in this amazing place.” Yelena scoffed and turned around to leave. All that was left were her footsteps on heels that were leaving further and further away.

Leaning against the door, Cordelia sat on the ground.

It was cold, and there were only gray walls around. There was a thick stench of mold in the air. It was disgusting.

If not for the little light coming through beneath the door, it would be completely dark, as if she was in hell.

Wrapping around her legs, Cordelia tried her best to calm down. She felt her phone while shaking. However, she found out that there was no signal in there at all, as if she was being isolated from the world.

She felt a chill all over her body. As she stared blankly at her phone screen, she finally failed to hold back and shed tears.

…

Yelena went back from where she came from. Someone met her halfway.

“We’ve prepared the stuff, miss. Should we send it over now?”

She grinned in joy and looked at the cage in the person’s hand. There were squeaks coming from it.

“Wait here and release them later! This is our finale. How can we do it so quickly? Ha, let that b*tch enjoy the fun in the dark. Then we’ll let these little cuties in… for more fun!”

“Roger that.” The man looked up from his hoodie, revealing a similarly evil grin.

As she was walking back, Yelena could finally understand the high spirits one felt when they were happy.

Torturing Cordelia, imprisoning her, and infecting Marcus with the disgusting virus on her—that was the biggest joy for her!

Even if Cordelia were to die, she would not let that b*tch die so easily!

With her chest high and a bright grin, Yelena accelerated as she walked to the banquet.

However, she had no idea that someone had seen everything that she did under the banyan tree far away.

…

Cordelia was shaking as she curled up in a corner.

The room was small, but there would be chipped paint falling and the noise of water running through the pipe. The noise was extra clear in the dark of dead silence.

The environment reminded her of when Yelena bullied her in school. She would tell everyone that she was an illegitimate daughter. She had even partnered up with some friends to get her into an abandoned classroom in the school, locking her up for an entire day.

At that time, she had experienced helpless despair.

Since then, she had a phobia of dark, sealed places. Even during the time when she and Marcus slept in separate rooms after their marriage, she would not dare to shut the door entirely.

Now…

She thought of Marcus. She thought he must be looking for her everywhere in a panic. However, she felt sad that she could not contact him.

At that moment, some faint squeaking came from the door.

She was stunned and pricked her ears. The noise was getting closer and closer as if they were walking back and forth outside the door.

They sounded like rats…

She suddenly felt disgusted and scared. The noise was chaotic, and it seemed there was more than one of them.

After a while, she mustered her courage, looked beneath the door, and looked around from the gap.

She happened to see a big rat staring at her with its red eyes!

“Ahh!“ Cordelia lost herself and was scared. She had goosebumps all over from the scare and leaned against the wall.

After hearing the commotion, the rats out there began to slam against the door. They attempted to squeeze in from the gap.

Cordelia curled up tight as she covered her mouth, stopping herself from crying out loud. However, she could not hold back her tears.

“Marcus, Marcus…” She called out his name in despair.

His embrace would give her a full sense of security every time she was in a crisis.

However, apart from the darkness and walls, there was nothing here.

Cordelia bit the back of her hand while tears were pouring.

Watching the rats’ bare claws and tails squeezing through the gap with the disgusting squeaks, she seemed to be able to smell the foul odor on them.

She even thought of the consequences if she contracted the plague.

She kept backing up, but there was nowhere to go as it was a wall behind her.

“Go away…” she screamed while shaking. “Go away!”

However, she heard hurried footsteps outside the door at the moment. Subsequently, there was some thumping noise. The rats struggled while squeaking. The claws and tails were removed instantly.

Cordelia was stunned, and her mind went blank for a few seconds.

Soon, the noise was gone, as if the world had fallen into a void. It was terrifyingly silent.

She could not stop shaking as she moved toward the door slowly.

“W-Who is it?”

Suddenly, the noise of the door being pried came!

“Who is it?!”

“Don’t be afraid.” A response came. “I’m going to get you out!”