Pressing the 25th floor button, I leaned against the door to rest as the elevator closed.
But just as the elevator was about to close, a large hand blocked the doors.
I suddenly opened my eyes.
Jack tilted his head, smiling sinisterly while holding the flowers:
“Sister, I thought about it. I still have to give you these flowers.”
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“Look at you, your phone is dead and you can’t contact your family. How can you get home alone? I still need to escort you, that’s the only safe way..”
I was thunderstruck, completely frozen.
I didn’t expect he hadn’t left and even knew my phone was dead.
Huge panic enveloped me.
In the enclosed space, the scent from the flowers grew stronger and stronger.
The dizziness in my brain intensified. My whole body was going weak. Jack’s voice became distant.
“Sister, come with me. I know you’re a good girl. You’ll agree to come with me, right?”
He reached out his hand to me.
My remaining consciousness told me to refuse, but my hand raised uncontrollably.
Tears flowed from my eyes. My mind was becoming unclear.
Just as I was about to touch his hand, I bit down hard on my tongue.
The taste of blood filled my mouth, giving me a moment of clarity.
I grabbed the pepper spray from my bag and sprayed it in his eyes.
The spicy scent wafted out as Jack let our
heart–rending scream.
He had never expected me to defend myself, which allowed me to succeed.
I grabbed my bag and used all my strength to push past him
and run away.
Just then a security guard was making his rounds. I quickl
an over to him.
“Help! Help! Someone is trying to kidnap me!”
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The security guard was
man in his 40s. We had met before when he helped me receive packages.
Hearing what I said, he took out his phone to call the police for me.
“It’s a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding. Sir, she’s my girlfriend. We just had an argument. This is just a lovers‘ quarrel. You should understand the situation clearly before calling the police. Otherwise it would be a false report and you’d be held responsible.”
The security guard thought Jack had a point and hung up the phone.
But he still tried to probe Jack:
“You say you’re this young lady’s boyfriend. Tell me, what’s her name? What does she do
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I felt a glimmer of hope.
“Sir, you see he can’t answer. I have no relationship with him at all. I…”
“Her name is Olivia. She was born on April 20, 1997. She works in social media doing video editing. She’s working so late tonight because her colleague called in sick today, so…”
He narrowed his eyes and recited all the details about me word for word.
He even knew the specifics of my work without any errors.
I felt like I had fallen into an ice pit.
How did he know all this?
After hearing these details, the doubt in the security guard’s eyes faded considerably.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes and said with dissatisfaction:
“I really don’t understand you young couples nowadays. Why come to an office building late at night for a date? Hurry home and don’t hang
around outside.”
Hearing this, Jack nodded repeatedly and responded:
“You’re right, sir. Sorry to disturb your work. If I hadn’t gone to buy flowers, we wouldn’t have delayed so long.”
He deliberately held up the bouquet of roses.
The security guard, who had still been slightly suspicious, saw the flowers and patted Jack on the shoulder.
“You’re quite the romantic young man. But in the future, think about the girl…”
Listening to these words, a wave of despair welled up inside me.
I wanted to run, but my body had no strength. What if I ran outside the surveillance area and got caught?
