bookrebus Chapter 358: Escape from Marriage
Chapter 358: Escape from Marriage
Virginia hid in her friend's box, terrified as if she had done something extremely exciting.
Their family was declining, and her father was trying to arrange her marriage. The other party was an old man who was more than 20 years older than her. She was unwilling, so she could only use sweet words to stabilize him temporarily, and then try to find a way out for herself.
She has been under house arrest for nearly half a month. She is usually alone except for the nanny. Her father does not allow her to disobey his decision.
So she took this opportunity to escape, and this was her only chance.
She also has to thank her good friend for picking her up, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to come here.
But today it seemed that some important person had come to the auction house, and there were familiar faces everywhere. She didn't dare to go out and show her face, for fear of being found by that man.
She was hiding in her friend's private box when the door suddenly opened.
Her friend's bodyguard pushed the door open quickly, with an anxious look on his face, and whispered to her.
"Miss Virgilia, your father has found this place. I will take you away from here..."
Virgilia's face was filled with fear, but she kept a calm expression, nodded hurriedly, and followed him away.
A few minutes after they left, the door to the private room was violently pushed open.
A thin man appeared in the box, looked around and found no trace, and left with a reluctant expression on his face.
Virgilia's friend who was following behind was originally very nervous, but when he saw that there was no one inside, he breathed a sigh of relief, his tone a little secretly happy.
"I told you she's not here... I haven't seen her at all—"
The thin man just glanced at her coldly, and said in a somewhat unhappy tone, "It's better."
Of course he knew that the other party was lying, but he had no evidence and could only watch her leave. The engagement date was getting closer and closer, and he had to find her as soon as possible, otherwise those people would not let him go.
So he bribed some servants in the auction venue and asked them to help keep an eye out for anyone who looked similar. Sure enough, he found one.
Virgilia didn't expect that she would be discovered after such a short time of escape, not to mention that they chased her to the auction house. The suffocating feeling like a poisonous snake tightly wrapped around her made her a little breathless.
More and more people gathered, and the bodyguard had no choice but to stay behind alone to stop them and let Virginia leave first.
Virgilia didn't argue, just left quickly without looking back.
But she alone could not withstand the crowd, so she quickly crossed the corner and pushed the door open to enter an unfamiliar box. The strong light made her eyes sway and it became dim.
She didn't expect it to be so smooth. After the door was closed, she took a while to open her eyes.
Sitting in front of him was an oriental woman with black hair and black eyes, and next to her stood a short-haired female bodyguard, who seemed to be from the Robin family.
Before, she had met members of the Robin family at some large occasions.
"Miss, I'll kick her out right now." Sera looked at the sudden intruder, immediately stood up and walked towards that direction with a cold look on her face.
Virgilia came back to her senses, and the expression on her face changed from nervous to pleading.
"I'm sorry, but could you please let me stay here for a while, just a little while."
Sera had a cold expression on her face and did not answer, but looked at the person in the main seat.
Ji Cheng was discussing the exhibits of the auction with Sera with great interest, but he didn't expect an unexpected visitor to suddenly appear in the box.
Judging from the expression on the other person's face, it seemed like there was some ferocious beast chasing her from behind.
Hearing her words, Ji Cheng was silent for a few seconds as expected, but finally agreed to her request.
"Okay, Sera, find a place for her to sit." Ji Cheng looked at Virgilia huddled in the corner and felt a little pitiful for her. He took the initiative to ask Sera to find a place for her to sit.
Virginia didn't expect that the oriental woman would believe her words so easily, but at the same time she was somewhat fortunate to have met such an easy-to-talk person, and she was extremely grateful in her heart.
Sera pointed her to a seat, and Virgilia hurried over and sat down, quietly lowering her presence.
His light-colored eyes looked up and down at the oriental woman sitting in the main seat. Who was she? Why did Sera listen to him so much?
She was locked up at home, so naturally she didn't know what was happening outside, let alone the new person in charge of the Horton family.
I just feel that this oriental woman must be some kind of distinguished guest, so she deserves Sera to treat her like this?
She never thought that the oriental woman in front of her would be the new head of the Horton family.
Ji Cheng casually put what happened behind his mind and didn't pay much attention to it.
On the contrary, Sera, as Ji Cheng's bodyguard, was naturally alert to what was happening around her.
The appearance of Virgilia cheered her up. She knew the person in front of her. Her brother had been to her engagement party some time ago.
All we can say is that she had a not-so-good background and a foolish father, which led to her misfortune.
But she was not in the mood to sympathize with this person. She had a lot of things to do, for example, protecting Ji Cheng was a top priority.
Ji Cheng casually flipped through the roster of this auction and found a lot of pretty good things. If there was a chance, she could buy them all, she thought secretly.
Virginia quietly looked at the oriental woman in front of her. The nervousness in her eyes was somewhat relieved in the quiet atmosphere at the moment, but she was still in an extremely tense state.
The rapid escape caused her mental state to drop rapidly. She felt exhausted all over. She forced herself to wake up. She couldn't relax just yet. She had to escape.
Ji Cheng placed the exhibition album on the table. The slight sound of the touch startled Virginia, who was like a frightened bird, and she shrank subconsciously.
Ji Cheng noticed her movements but didn't say much. He looked her up and down at her clothes with a scrutinizing gaze.
It is an extremely casual outfit, and it seems that for convenience, people are wearing sports clothes.
This simple outfit is obviously not in line with the style of today's auction. The other party definitely did not come here to attend the auction. He must have something else to do.
She is very interested in gossip. With such a good opportunity, why not discuss it carefully?
"What's your name? Are you here for the auction, too?"
——The Little Theatre of Thoughts
Virgilia: I met a soft-hearted God~ Thank you!
Ji Cheng: Let’s eat melons~(*^▽^*)