Chapter 20

News that the younger generation of the Ziegler, Lawrence, Chandler, and Wade families had all their right hands cruelly broken spread rapidly. On that very same day, when Julia was on her way to the company, she suddenly passed out right after she got into the car. When she woke up, the room she was in felt eerily familiar. She thought hard for a while and finally remembered that it was the room she had stayed in five years ago when Dylan brought her back to Schneider Villa. With that realization, it was obvious who had drugged and brought her here. She got up and walked toward the door, only to find it had been locked from the outside. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't open it. "Ms. Thalman, you're awake? Please wait a moment, we'll go get Mr. Schneider." Before Julia could respond, hurried footsteps could be heard fading away beyond the door. She glanced around the room. Every possible exit had been blocked. With no options left, she simply accepted her situation an