Chapter 834 He Is Too Selfish (1/2)

”Cliff...” Caleb cried out, his tone turning anxious. ”We have no choice but to trust her. Zed must have tracked us down. It's completely impossible for us to escape now. Why can't we trust her? Maybe there's a chance to turn things around.

After all, she's Zed's wife. If she speaks for us, he might let us go. Even if he won't let us go, as long as we're alive, that's not a bad deal. Cliff, I understand where you're coming from. You think there's no way for us to escape. But, there's a chance. Do you not want to try? If you don't want to think of yourself, at least think of your daughter! Do you want her to grow up without a father?”

”Shut up! Stop it!” Cliff's eyes turned red.

His face began to soften. His first resolute expression was now replaced by pure pain.

Caleb looked at Jean and signaled for her to say something to comfort Cliff.

Jean understood the signal but now her mind was blank and she didn't know what to say.

Caleb had gone such great lengths to save her, so she had to say something at this critical moment.

Otherwise, his efforts would be for nothing.

But what if she promised something that didn't come true? Then she would just be a liar who made empty promises.

Jean was at a loss but when she saw how anxious Caleb looked, she sighed and started speaking slowly, ”I know you must have heard a lot of things about Zed. As his wife, I'm not sure how I should respond. I'm innocent in this and I'm sorry that you got involved.

I can't guarantee that you'll be okay, but I can guarantee you that you'll make it out of here alive. I didn't want to help you at first because you attempted to rape me. But Caleb, I knew how much integrity he had and he was just looking out for all of

“Who does she think she is? I won’t marry her even if she is the last woman on earth,” said Hiram Rong.

“Marry into a family with tens of billions of assets? How lucky I am! I won’t be so foolish as to break off the engagement. At worst, I can receive money as part of the divorce settlement,” said Rachel Ruan.

Their great-grandfathers made a pact about their engagement a hundred years ago...