Caroline walked over, pretending to show concern for Frederick while secretly tugging down her shoulder strap. As she approached Frederick, her cleavage came into his near sight, the valley between her breasts barely concealed.

“I’m fine, Caroline. Go get some rest.”

But Frederick was drunk and seething with anger from earlier. He wasn’t in the mood to notice her advances.

“I… let me help you upstairs.”

Though deflated, Caroline wasn’t ready to give up. She supported Frederick as they climbed the stairs.

Back in his room, she pretended to help him to bed, deliberately losing her balance and falling onto the bed with him.

“I’m so sorry, Frederick. You’re just too heavy. I couldn’t keep my balance.”

Caroline lay on top of Frederick, intentionally pressing against him.

“Go to bed,” Frederick said flatly, still telling her to leave.

Go to bed? No way!

But she knew her usual seduction tactics wouldn’t work on him. After all, her previous attempts at seducing him had failed miserably.

Caroline stood there deep in thought until finally, she came up with the perfect plan. Didn’t she still have those pills stashed away in her room? She’d never dared slip them to Frederick before, but now that he was drunk, he definitely wouldn’t notice.

“Frederick, you’re so drunk! How could I possibly go to sleep worried about you? Wait here, I’ll make you some sobering drink.”

Caroline let out a smug laugh before rushing off to prepare everything. Back in her room, she frantically searched for the pills. Her heart was racing with excitement at the thought that her dream might finally come true tonight. She could become Frederick’s woman!

But before she could find the pills, her phone started ringing. She glanced at it. Zachary was calling. Caroline frowned, not wanting to answer. She figured she’d pretend to be asleep and explain to him tomorrow.

Ignoring the ringing phone, she continued searching for the pills. But as soon as the ringing stopped, her WhatsApp started blowing up with video and voice call requests. Caroline really didn’t want to answer, but seeing Zachary’s persistent calls made her hesitate… maybe it was actually something urgent.

After some internal debate, she finally picked up the phone.

“Zachary? Calling so late… is something urgent?”

She pretended to be woken up by the call, speaking in a groggy voice.

“The men I sent to search for Claire and Antony at the bottom of the cliff found blood traces, but no bodies. It seems they’ve been rescued by someone.”

Caroline felt like she’d been struck by lightning when she heard Zachary’s words. “What? Rescued?”

“Yes. Based on the blood traces, my men estimate they were taken about a day ago!” Zachary confirmed.

“What do we do now?” Caroline was genuinely panicking now.

“I’m planning to check the cliff bottom myself. Come with me,” Zachary said.

Caroline could have used this opportunity to take advantage of the drunk Frederick, but decided to join Zachary in the search. While Frederick being drunk was a rare opportunity, dealing with Claire was the priority right now. If Claire had been rescued and told Frederick everything… considering what she’d said to Frederick earlier, she’d be as good as dead.

Caroline hung up, changed her clothes, and took a cab to meet Zachary before heading to the cliff together.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the cliff where Antony and Claire lay unconscious, the silence was suddenly broken by a loud BANG! It was a gunshot!