Vanessa Sterling was right by the door, so she first asked the person outside: "Who is it?"

"Hello Ms. Sterling, someone downstairs is looking for you."

Vanessa felt a bit puzzled. Who would come looking for her all the way here?

The phone rang as if urging her, and Vanessa didn’t ask any more questions, simply replied: "Okay, I’ll be down in a moment."

She walked back to the bed, found the ringing phone under the covers.

Seeing that it was Miles Sterling calling, she hesitated and then hung up directly.

Since she had left Rivia, she ought to make a clean break with everything from the past.

Regarding the matters with Miles Sterling, she no longer wanted to be involved in those conflicts.

After hanging up, Vanessa noticed many missed calls and unread messages.

Apart from Miles Sterling’s, there were also ones from Quentin Sterling.

"Bang bang——"

Before Vanessa could check, the sound of a forceful knock on the door echoed, as if something was being urged.

At the same time, Miles Sterling called again.

The phone’s ringtone and the knocking sounded together, making Vanessa feel slightly strange and panicked.

She held the ringing phone and walked cautiously to the door, carefully opening it.

The moment the lock turned, a force suddenly pushed the door open.

Before Vanessa could see who it was outside, a shadow lunged toward her.

Immediately, a sharp pain shot through her abdomen.

Gwen Grant pulled out the dagger and stabbed it down viciously again.

Unprepared, Vanessa lost the ability to fight back, clutching her bleeding wound in her abdomen, she fell to the ground.

"You killed my baby, so you shall be buried with it!"

The store attendant who had just come to notify her, hurried over upon hearing the commotion.

Seeing Gwen holding the knife, the attendant immediately rushed over to grab Gwen’s hand, snatching the knife away, preventing a third stab at Vanessa.

Vanessa lay on the ground, barely clinging to life, her vision gradually blurring. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The ringing phone fell beside her, the ringtone continued for a while until the call was automatically hung up.

While the attendant was calling for emergency services, the subdued Gwen suddenly fell to the ground, blood oozing from her mouth.

She looked up at the ceiling, a smile appearing on her lips.

Her pupils gradually lost focus and she stopped moving.

...

When Miles Sterling arrived, a crowd had gathered downstairs at the guesthouse.

Police cars and ambulances were parked below, and he saw medical personnel carrying a stretcher out from inside the building.

The person lying on the stretcher was completely covered by a white sheet.

Miles rushed forward, lifting the sheet to see Gwen Grant underneath, and froze in shock.

The medical personnel hurriedly stopped him, covering the sheet back over her, and Miles quickly asked, "What about Vanessa? Where is she?"

Another doctor standing by walked over and asked, "Are you referring to the other girl? She’s badly hurt and has already been taken to the hospital for emergency treatment."

Miles looked at Gwen Grant being loaded into the ambulance, dazedly asking: "Is she dead?"

The doctor regretfully said, "Yes, the police suspect she had poisoned herself before the attack. By the time we arrived, she showed no signs of life."

A nearby officer approached, asking Miles, "Do you know both parties involved? Could you have a word with us?"

Miles, without saying a word, turned back to the taxi he had arrived in: "To the hospital."

The driver, retracting his curious gaze, started the car while asking Miles, "Young man, what happened? Seems like someone died, huh?"

Miles, dissatisfied, said, "Just drive."