After knocking the maid out, Rebecca quickly stripped off the maid's clothes and put them on. She fixed her hair and left the basement.

Luck was on her side-she didn't encounter any other maids on her way out.

She hurried back to her room and grabbed her phone. The first thing she did was contact Drake.

Since Nyla's fall into the sea five years ago, Drake hadn't contacted Rebecca.

At first, Rebecca had felt relieved, thinking that he had let her go, and she had no intention of ever dealing with him again. Now, however, he was the only one who could save her.

The phone rang for what felt like an eternity before it was finally picked up.

Drake snickered. "Rebecca, you still have the guts to contact me? Seems like you want to die."

If it hadn't been for Rebecca, his plan wouldn't have been delayed for five years.

At first, he had been too busy, and Nyla had already fallen into the sea. It would have been too much trouble to go all the way abroad to capture Rebecca, so he had let her go.

Now, once he confirmed that Nyla was the person he had been looking for, he would definitely return to the country. It would also be time to deal with everything from five years ago.

Rebecca didn't have time to be scared. Her voice was urgent. "Drake, please help me, just this once. Let me leave Nathaniel."

Now that Nathaniel knew about her secretly transferring funds from the Preston Group, she had no second chance.noveldrama

She'd rather die than stay by his side, enduring the daily abuse.

"Help you? After you ran back to the country, we have no connection. I treated you well all those years, but you ran off without a word. Now you want me to save you? Do you think I'm a fool?" Drake asked.

"Drake, if you save me, I'll work for you forever. I'll repay you," Rebecca swore, but Drake didn't believe her.

"I don't need a cripple working for me, and don't think I don't know what you did. Your husband sold you to various investors. I find you disgusting," he said, hanging up.

Rebecca called again, but the call was blocked.

Despair flooded her. She had no other contact with Drake, and now that he had blocked her, she knew he wouldn't help.

She collapsed onto the floor, consumed with regret. She truly regretted everything.

If she had known this would be her fate, she would never have returned to the country.

But it was too late for regrets.

After a while, Rebecca regained her composure. She couldn't give up just yet.

Taking a deep breath, she grabbed a suitcase and began packing her

Reveline

clothes and jewelry. She had to

leave first and figure out what to do next.

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Once packed, she checked the surveillance footage on her phone, avoided the maids, and snuck out of the Preston residence.

Only when she got into the taxi did she finally feel a sense of relief.

"Miss, where to?" the cab driver asked.

Rebecca took a deep breath before responding, "The train station."

At the station, she bought a ticket for the earliest train and boarded without hesitation. She quickly disposed of her SIM card and replaced it with one she had

prepared earlier. After several el

she got off and bought a bus ticket to leave.

By the time Nathaniel returned home that night, he opened the basement door and found not Rebecca, but

one of the maids lying the ove

Realizing she had escaped, he called all the maids into the living room and yelled at them.

After checking the security footage, he confirmed that Rebecca had escaped in the afternoon. He sneered and dialed his secretary's number. "Find out where Rebecca went."