He sent her back to the downstairs of her apartment and pulled up the zip of her jacket for her. "Go up now. It is chilly out here."
She nodded and watched him getting into the car, waving at him. "Be safe."
"Go." He urged her again with a gentle look on his face. But deep inside, he was reluctant to leave.
For the sake of the child, she had no plan to return to school for the time being until she fully recovered. But there were still some files left in the school, and she needed to take them back. So she waved down a taxi and headed to the school.
Just after she got into the taxi, a car was following her. Mark had sent someone to protect her secretly. But there was another car in dark color following her further behind.
It was 8:00 pm when she arrived at the school. There were students attending night classes at this time, so the entire building was brightly lit.
After getting her leave permission from the principal, she went straight to the teachers' office, where some teachers were prepping for night classes. She had bought each of them a cup of coffee.
The files were on the table. She suddenly felt she had t o answer the call of nature when she picked the files u p
The ladies’ room was some distance away from the teachers' office. It was remote at the back door of the school building. She turned around and headed toward the ladies' room.
Since the classes were ongoing, no one would be in the ladies’ room. As she came out of the ladies' room, she heard footsteps behind her.
Sensing something amiss, she frowned, stopped in her tracks, and was about to turn around when a shadow suddenly lunged up from behind her. The next second she felt a pain in the back of her neck and her vision went dark, her body collapsing backward.
Meanwhile, Charlotte was tired and now lying in Solomon's arms, staring at the door with her big, round eyes.
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