She had thought Terry just wanted to ask about her rtionship with Joaquin, but she hadn’t expected him to be so direct.

    “Why did you suddenly go quiet? Are you really together?”

    A visible tension appeared on Terry’s face.

    Romina, her thoughts interrupted, shook her head without hesitation. “No, how could that

    be?”

    “I feel like Joaquin has a strong possessiveness toward you. Haven’t you noticed that he seems to have other intentions?”

    Romina’s hand, resting on herp, instinctively clenched for a moment.

    Although she and Joaquin had been intimate, they had never officially been together. How could she possibly tell Terry about something like that?

    “Terry, you’re overthinking it. There’s nothing going on…”

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    Seeing that she was unwilling to reveal more, Terry didn’t intend to press further.

    After a moment, he still gently reminded her, “Mimi, although this Mr. Bowman does seem better than your ex–husband, since he’s from the Bowman family, you should keep your distance and not cross any boundaries, understand?”

    In Romina’s heart, Terry had always been like an older brother.

    As the saying goes, the eldest brother is like a father. Naturally, she would listen to Terry’s words.

    But this was the one thing she couldn’t control.

    “Alright, I understand.” She nodded gently. “It’s gettingte. Let’s go back and rest early!”

    After Terry got up, he walked back inside with her.

    When Romina returned to her room, she felt it was a bit stufly, so she deliberately opened the balcony’s floor–to–ceiling window.

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    Although there was no railing here, it was the second floor, so there shouldn’t be any problem.

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    She didn’t think much of it, and after lying on the bed, she quickly fell into a deep sleep.

    She didn’t know how much time had passed when she suddenly smelled a strong, pungent odor, very much like the smell of charcoal.

    When she opened her eyes, she suddenly felt weak all over, her whole body limp.

    When she turned on the bedsidemp, she saw the room was filled with thick smoke, and in the center of the room was a brazier burning charcoal.

    The thick smoke kept rising, enveloping the entire room.

    She quickly got up and walked toward the balcony, intending to open the main door.

    But after only a couple of steps, her legs went weak and her whole body copsed uncontrobly to the floor.

    She quickly covered her mouth and nose, and when she reached the balcony, she found that it had been locked from the outside and couldn’t be opened at all.

    She went to the window and the door, only to find that both had also been locked from the

    outside.

    What on earth was going on?

    Could someone be trying to murder her?

    She suddenly recalled the scenes from the food street…

    Could it be the same group of people?

    Who exactly wanted her dead?

    Romina quickly rushed to the door and pounded on it frantically. “Terry! Terry! Help me…..”

    There was no response from outside, only the sound of the night wind howling past the window.

    Romina quickly went to the bedside, picked up her phone, and called Terry, but no one ever answered.

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    At that moment, the image of that man suddenly shed through Romina’s mind.

    She quickly found Joaquin’s number and dialed him without hesitation.

    The phone rang for a while before it was answered, and a man’s slightly tired voice came from the other end. “It’s sote, why aren’t you asleep yet?”

    “Joaquin, help me…”

    Romina felt dizzy and could clearly sense she wouldn’t be able to hold on much longer.

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