Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 2289

Isabelle glared at him with wide eyes. She snapped, "What misunderstanding? I don't care! Either way, you messed with me, and I can't guarantee I won't spread the word about this."

With that, she grabbed her skirt and bolted like lightning.

Andrew shook his head and cursed his bad luck under his breath. Then, he pushed aside his distracting thoughts and headed straight to Ezekiel's suite door.

He knocked hard on the door, but there was no response from inside.

Andrew knocked again, this time louder and more insistent. Suddenly, the door swung open to reveal a bearded face, followed immediately by the dark barrel of a gun pointed straight at him.

Andrew's face showed genuine terror as he threw up his hands. In an exaggerated Eastonian accent, he said, "Sorry, sorry!"

The bearded man was caught off guard and blurted out in Soryan, "What the hell! We're Soryan, not Eastonian, you idiot!"

Suddenly, Andrew's fist shot out like lightning and slammed into the man's forehead.

The bearded guard looked stunned before collapsing to the floor. His fall made quite a commotion, and immediately the rest of the black-suited bodyguards came charging out of the room, shouting angrily.

Andrew spun around and ran as most of Ezekiel's security team split off to chase him. They kept yelling Soryan curses as they pursued him through the hallway.

Andrew did not look back, focused only on leading the bodyguards in the opposite direction. Then, he glanced at his watch.

It was time for Aspen to make her move. However, time was running short; only two minutes remained. If she could not succeed within that window, either the experts downstairs in the main hall or these diverted guards would notice something was wrong and return.

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