Chapter 102: Chapter 102

Chapter 104 I will protect you.

The aggressive way of debt collection made Elly furious and she said loudly. "What's the difference between the debt your way of debt collection and stealing? You want to force us to die but there will be no time for us to transfer money. Our debts cannot be recovered."

"Don't talk to me!" The man with a big beard swore fiercely and rudely kicked Mr. Russel who was already unconscious at the floor.

Emily rushed to push the man and she slapped him. Elly shouted and ran over, but she was blocked by a nearby man with a knife.

The bearded man with a hat grabbed Emily's hair, pulled up her soft body and held a knife to her throat. "Bitch, you're rich, aren't you? Give me the money or I'll kill her."

"Help! Help!" Emily begged her.

As she watched the sharp blade against Emily's throat, Elly nodded because of fear.

"If you hurt her, you won't get even a single dollar. I'll call someone to get the money.

"Shut your mouth, bitch! Call now! 1 million dollars, not a penny less. After we took the money from the Russel family we would leave right away." The madman with a beard laughed unhappily.

"1 million dollars?" Elly was shocked by the amount of money she needed.

"What? You mean no money?" The knife was suddenly pressed on Emily's neck and drops of blood gushed. This made Elly pick up her cell phone confusedly.

"Okay, I will."

Elly opened the phone book trembling. The first phone number was Alex, but she dared not call. This is a matter for the Russel family. Elly knew how much he hated her family so much that he can't help.

She hesitated again and again. Elly really didn't know who she would call for help. In the city, she didn't have any friends. She dialed John's phone number while she wished for some luck.

The cellphone rang, and Elly was not sure what she would say if ever John answered the phone. She was very mean to him that he did not want her to keep in touch.

As she desperately tried to hang up the phone, a cold female voice sounded instead of a warm male accent. "Hello, who are you?"

She recognized Sarah's voice. Did he delete her phone number from his phone book?

On the other side of the line, the cold tone spoke politely. "John is taking a bath and is getting ready to go to bed. Who's calling? If this is important, please leave a message and I will tell him."

The tone was polite, like a normal wife who answered the phone instead of her husband. Elly hurriedly hung up the phone.

She did not want to tell other people about her private problems. Based on the scenario and the tone of Sarah's voice, she knew that she was living together with John. She did not want to affect their lives.

As Sarah got her hand on the mobile phone screen, she erased the call history. She looked at John, who was lying in bed. He smelled of alcohol and his head was no longer clear. Today, as the same with other days, John, was always in a bad mood, drank a lot of wine. Sarah helped bring him home.

'Elly, I do not wanted John to continue to take care of you. You can't be in his life anymore.' Sarah whispered.

But the consequence of Sarah's action earned a roar from the with the beard. "Why did you hang up? You're stalling, aren't you, bitch?"

Elly took a deep breath and tried to negotiate.

"I'll be your hostage instead of her." I do not have many friends, and none of them are very close to me. I could not raise a lot of money." Emily must have had a lot of friends and it would be even faster if she would be the one to borrow money through the phone.

"Do you think I'm stupid? Are you trying to trick me by stalling?" The man smiled and looked at her. He pressed the knife deeply on Emily's throat. "If you have no money, don't blame my knife for having no eyes."

Emily's eyes were moist and her voice trembled. "Madeline, help me. I don't want to die."

Elly was more confused by Emily's cries. She tossed and turned her mind as she tried to think who could lend her money.

"All right, don't hurt her. I'm on it."

"Don't play games with me."

Elly pressed the number of Secretary Gerald.

The phone was connected, and Secretary Gerald's sigh was heard through the phone. "Elly, hurry back and work here again. I can't stand General Hagreaves' strange temper. You are the only one who understood his character.

Elly blushed with shyness, she interrupted him with a cough. "I have something urgent to ask you. Can you lend me some money?"

Secretary Gerald's voice instantly became serious. "Okay, how much do you need?"

"One millions dollars"

There was a rustling sound from the other line. Elly was worried that he would refuse. After all, it was a large sum of money.

"I can only withdraw ten thousand dollars."

The man nodded and Elly stammered. "Can you lend me everything? I'm in a hurry."

"Do you want it now? Can I transfer to your account?"

As he heard Secretary Gerald's consent, the big bearded man came near her and instructed her in a low vice. His voice was low enough for Elly to hear. "Ask him to bring the cash here."

Elly obediently followed orders. Secretary Gerald asked in surprise. "Oh, my God! Elly, are you kidding me? It takes a long time for the bank to withdraw cash now. Can you wait a minute? How can I give you the money?"

His meticulous nature made Secretary Gerald ask a lot of questions and Elly answered all of them painstakingly, so that he would not doubt it.

"Why do I need to go to that address? If you come here at Hagreaves Company, I'll give you cash directly." Secretary Gerald complained and he was unhappy.

Elly looked at Emily and the bearded man while she talked with Secretary Gerald. As soon as the bearded man heard Secretary Gerald's consent, he relaxed and the hand that held the knife was unknowingly removed from Emily's neck.

The others, thought that they would stay here for a while, so they found a seat and were at a loss as to what to do.

They took control of the situation confidently and two girls did not waste any time.

Elly looked at Emily and motioned with her eyes. Emily understood what she meant.

Elly pretended to drop her mobile phone but Secretary Gerald's voice was still echoing from the loudspeaker. The beard with the hat scolded her from being clumsy. He swore and kicked the phone at his feet.

"Idiot, come on, don't dawdle."

Emily suddenly shouted, which startled him. She stepped on his foot with a sharp heel and pushed his body hard to avoid him.

The bearded man fell to the ground and shouted to his companions, "Help me find the two bitches!"

Elly ran to pull Emily up and together, they ran to the back door.

But the man with the beard reacted more quickly and rushed to grab Elly's ankle and had her lie prone on the ground. Elly had no time to turn over and hide because her leg was tightly tied by the man with the beard.

The bearded man raised his knife and attempted to stab her.

She closed her eyes as she was waiting for the inevitable but then, she felt a small body covered her. Elly opened her eyes and saw Emily on top of her with a pained expression on her face.

"You killed her, idiot!" The man with a beard panicked when he saw what his partner did.

"Are you waiting for the police to come and get us?" He kicked his men and urged his accomplices to escape.

The house soon became very quiet.

Elly looked at Emily with a knife in her back. Blood gushed from the wound. When Emily fell on her, Elly's heart constricted as if it did not beat for a moment.

It took her a while to recover. She lifted Emily carefully and she stammered as she tried to ask her sister. "Why did you stop the knife?"

Emily's face turned a little white, and she smiled reluctantly from the pain. "Because Madeline is my sister. I'll protect you."

The answer made Elly burst into tears and Emily's body rested on her shoulder. For the first time in so many years, Elly fully felt the affection from her family. In recent days, she tried so hard deny the feelings, she was always very cold to them but the truth is, she just hid the emotion deep in her heart. The emotion was waiting for the perfect opportunity to come out.

She was afraid to raise her hand and she was afraid to hug Emily. She dared not to touch her, she was afraid to move the knife on her back. She could not control her tears.

"It's my fault. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Sister."

She finally had the courage to say the word "Sister" from the bottom of her heart, but the person whom she was calling was alarmingly unconscious.

Bang! The door was kicked open and Alex came inside. When he saw Elly who sat on the floor, he ran anxiously to hug her, but he stopped and looked at Emily's bloody body.

"Elly, are you hurt?"

Alex carefully moved Emily to the ground and examined Elly's whole body. he discovered that Elly's body was so cold.

When Elly called Secretary Gerald to borrow money, the shrewd old secretary recognized the anomaly.

The need for money was urgent and the money was too big. He purposefully chatted with Elly for a long time to buy some time. During his conversation with Elly, Secretary Gerald walked into the chairman's room and told him in a low voice about the emergency.

Alex had always put Elly's safety above everything else. He signaled Secretary Gerald to extend the time of their chat and located Elly's position himself.

Secretary Gerald kept asking questions and that gave Alex time to get to Russel's house in time.

Her nose was filled with the familiar smell of Alex. In the warmth of his embrace, Elly felt safe and sober.

In the hospital, Elly was very nervous, she waited nervously for the results of her sister's operation.

Emily was in the operating room and Mr. Russel was in the emergency room. Both their condition were not very good.

Alex came over and patted Elly on the back to comforted her..

"Don't be afraid, it's over, it's just a minor injury, she'll be all right."

Elly dodged his hand, stepped back, kept her distance and she became silent.

Alex' hands were suspended stiff in the air and maintained a patting posture.

The door of the operating room opened, the doctor came out and took off his mask. Elly came over and asked. "Doctor, how is my sister?"

"The knife wound was not deep, it did not reach her internal organs but she lost a lot of blood. It was a successful surgery, as long as she can rest, she would recover as soon as possible.

Elly thanked the doctor in bewilderment. Emily had just finished the operation and was not transferred to the ordinary room yet. Mr. Russel was even luckier. It was only a skin wound. He was knocked unconscious because of his old age and was transferred back to his usual room.

Elly sat on the armchair at the hallway, she sighed with relief. She leaned her head against the wall, her shoulders loosened and her eyes looked forward.

Worried that her body was exhausted, Alex came to remind her to rest. Elly looked up at him.

The eyes are cold and clear, and the voice is far from the faint. "Thank you, Mr. Alex, for helping us. It's all right now. Go ahead. I won't bother you anymore."

Elly's deliberately ungrateful attitude tightened Alex' heart. He knew Emily's tricks and her expression after careful performance but with that scene, she completely won the trust of Elly.

Elly was an idiot.

Alex left calmly, with a firm attitude, as she wanted.

Secretary Gerald who also went to the hospital saw the scenario and stood staring at Alex' back. He sighed for the boss's feelings.

"Elly, was everything Mr. Alex did for you was considered nothing? Was it not enough to move your heart?"

Without waiting for an answer, Secretary Gerald left her to think about it.