I immediately widened my eyes. Could I have stumbled upon some wild lovers? Just then, a disheveled figure crawled out from the bushes, a flicker of fear in his eyes when he saw me.
"You're still alive?" I sneered, sizing up his current miserable state. His hair was unkempt, and he reeked of blood and stench, clearly having not bathed since that day. But he was no longer the head of the Patel family, just a prisoner; no one cared how dirty he was.
"Penelope! Save me! Please, save me!" Henry lunged at me, clutching desperately at the hem of my skirt. Tsk, my newly bought dress was ruined just like that.
"Let go!"
"I won't! Penelope, I'm begging you, save me! For the sake of our childhood friendship! Only you can save me!" Henry pleaded, kneeling at my feet, all his previous arrogance go
