Rich Family's Substitute Sweetheart novel Chapter 7

Edward also didn’t expect to meet Ellena here. With multiple gang members and criminals crawling under the shadows, it was not a safe place for women. Well, it was not a safe place for anyone no matter what, unless she’d like to be killed.

He was tracking a man to this place, but he didn’t expect to be attacked instead. At this point, it was impossible to run away. So they had to find a place to hide.

The dwellings were densely packed and the terrain was complex, so he quickly got disorientated, and it was almost impossible to tell where they were.

He tried to take one his attackers hostage and then use that man to get away, but somehow he encountered Ellena by accident.

But he didn’t know why, when he saw the tiny, dumb face of Ellena, he left an inexplicable sense of trust.

He put his gun away and fixed on her with his gloomy eyes. His voice was low and cold. “What are you doing here?”

“I live here.” Although he had already put his gun away, she could still feel the cold remnants of hard metal rubbing against her forehead. Ellena was frightened to the point to tell the truth.

A flash of surprise flashed through Edward’s eyes. What? How could the child of Smith family live in a terrible place like this?

However, he soon remained his composure and coolly ordered, “Take me to your house.”

“Impossible!” Letting this man to her house was equivalent to sign a death contract!

“Fine.” Edward expected this before. He sneered and his voice was deep as a ghost, “Then do you want me to tell the dear cousin of mine that you seduced me?”

What? Seduced him? Did this man threaten her just now?

Ellena clenched her hands, her face was flushed with anger, but there was nothing she could do. Edward would definitely believe Nicklaus. After all they were cousins. So she had no option but to take this shameless man to her place.

“Fine.” Ellena turned around and walked down the way she came. “Follow me.”

This entire conversation had only lasted for one minute.

The two of them had just walked down the alley for a few seconds when a loud bang echoed across the streets. After that, two men in black showed up in the spot where they just were.

Ellena froze. She face paled even more.

As soon as Edward heard the footsteps, he reacted quickly and pulled Ellena into another alley and dragged her into a random room to stay in.

The house was already deserted, so there was no chance of getting caught. He put his finger on his lips, indicating her to be quite as he peeked by door hole.

They both waited in the room until the two men left and then he pulled Ellena out.