Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress (Thalia) novel Chapter 53

Chapter 53 

Asher raced after Thalia but was blocked by a man who appeared from nowhere. 

The man collided with Asher head on, spilling red wine across his bespoke suit. 

Asher paid no attention to his ruined clothes, his focus entirely on reaching Thalia as panie gripped him 

The man, however, deliberately remained in his path, offering exaggerated apologies, “Terribly sorry, Mr. Blackwood. Complete accident. Shall I have your suit professionally cleaned?” 

“It’s fine.” Asher attempted to sidestep him. 

The man mirrored his movement perfectly. “Mr. Blackwood, I do apologize. I hope you won’t hold this against me.” 

Asher’s patience evaporated. “Get out of my way!” he snapped. 

The man touched his nose awkwardly and finally stepped aside. 

When Asher reached the lift, he watched the numbers changing rapidly on the display, his heart plummeting. The elevator had already reached the ninth floor. 

Even if he took the adjacent lift immediately, he’d be too late. 

Suddenly, he spun around–the stranger had completely vanished. 

Asher’s expression hardened with realization. That man had delayed him deliberately. 

Meanwhile, outside a side entrance to the estate, a nondescript black Audi sat parked in a secluded 

corner. 

The man who had blocked Asher slid into the driver’s seat. “It’s done, Miss Bennett.” 

Grace reclined in the back seat with her eyes closed. “Drive.” 

The driver glanced at her through the rearview mirror. “Aren’t we waiting for Miss Miller?” 

Grace gave a contemptuous laugh. “If we waited for that fool, none of us would escape today.” 

Thalia burst onto the rooftop immediately after exiting the lift. 

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Opening the heavy metal door, she spotted Lucy at once. 

The child was bound to a chair positioned perilously close to the edge of the roof. 

Her mouth was sealed with tape, her hands and feet tied with rope. 

The masked figure still held a knife to Lucy’s throat. 

Unable to cry out, Lucy could only stare at Thalia with tears streaming down her face, looking utterly 

terrified. 

Thalia’s heart constricted seeing her sister in such a state. 

She was just an innocent child. 

Only hours ago, Lucy had been playfully clinging to her–how had she ended up in mortal danger so 

quickly? 

Steadying herself, Thalia addressed the kidnapper: “Let my sister go. I’ll do whatever you want.” 

“Come here. Trade places with her.” Without the voice distorter, the masked figure spoke in their natural 

voice. 

It was a woman–a 

inger. 

“All right,” Thalia agreed without hesitation. 

She began walking toward them. 

When she was approximately two meters away- 

“Thalia! Stop!” Asher’s voice rang out behind her. 

Thalia froze and turned. 

Asher rushed to her side and pulled her protectively into his arms, his voice uncharacteristically unsteady. “Don’t. It’s too dangerous.” 

Watching this scene unfold, Vanessa broke down, her heart constricting painfully. 

She laughed bitterly, her eyes filled with raw anguish. “How bloody touching.” 

“Asher, you don’t care if I live or die, yet you’d do anything for her.” Vanessa removed her mask. 

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Her tears gave way to laughter, bordering on hysteria. “Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!” 

“Why does she get your love? Why her?” Vanessa’s eyes flashed with murderous intent as she suddenly lunged toward Thalia, thrusting her knife forward with deadly force. 

They were only steps apart. Thalia had her back to Vanessa and couldn’t see the attack coming. 

Given the close proximity, Vanessa moved with frightening speed. Asher, distracted by shielding Thalia, faced an impossible choice–he needed to push her away and counter Vanessa, but there simply wasn’t 

time. 

Despite his training, he couldn’t possibly push Thalia to safety and counter–attack in such a compressed 

moment. 

As the knife came toward them, Asher made the only choice he could. 

He turned his body, deliberately shielding Thalia and taking the blow himself. 

As the blade plunged into him, Asher let out a sharp, muffled grunt. 

“No!” Vanessa’s agonized scream tore through the air. 

She stumbled backward, horror dawning on her face. 

“Why-” she howled, “Asher! Why her? You’d die for her?” 

The metallic scent of blood filled the air as Thalia finally comprehended what had happened. 

She stepped back from Asher’s embrace and looked down, seeing the knife embedded in his side. 

In an instant, all color drained from her face. 

“Asher!” she cried out, tears immediately spilling from her eyes. 

At that moment, security personnel flooded through the rooftop door, rapidly moving to surround them. 

The well–trained guards quickly subdued Vanessa. 

Thalia held Asher, crying uncontrollably. 

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry…” she sobbed, her voice breaking. “This is all my fault… I shouldn’t have come up 

here alone…” 

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She had intended to feign compliance, approaching to exchange herself for Lucy while planning to overpower the kidnapper once Lucy was safe. 

She hadn’t acted impulsively–she’d had a strategy. 

But she hadn’t expected Asher to arrive so quickly, unwilling to let her risk herself.