26. New Trap

Wasting no time, Max hurried through room after room. His heart beat faster every time he found an empty space. Only when he arrived at the only door that locked from the outside did his breath stop rumbling. 

"Gabriella?"

There was no answer. A bad hunch instantly made nerves tense up. With a pounding heart, the man unlocked and pushed the door.

Two seconds later, a naked woman had stung his heart. With mouth agape without a word and eyes quivering violently, he watched Gabriella's face turn red.

The silence broke when the woman blinked.

"What happened?" Max asked as he removed the suit from his body.

Then, the man wrapped his wife's body so it wasn't exposed to the air.

"Why don't you come earlier? Do you expect me to freeze to death here?” Gabriella said in a trembling voice full of rage.

Hearing the fierce response, Max was wide-eyed and examined his wife's face. "Are you okay?" he asked in disbelief.

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