Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 426



"Really? You can tell just from that?" Robin asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Just trying what you're having there. You've already had a bite, so you must know if it's sweet or not," Stella teased with a bubbly laugh. Robin paused for a moment, his ears turning red. Stella had somehow managed to flirt with him...

"Bran, can't watch this anymore, toss me an apple, will ya?" Bran couldn't stand it any longer and asked Colin for something to munch on. But Colin was too busy for that.

He was diligently taking a bite out of each piece of food to make sure it was okay before handing it over.

"Lovebirds..." Bran rolled his eyes and threw a piece of his sandwich at Finn, who was sipping on a milkshake while biting into a sandwich. "Hey, get me something to eat."

Finn glanced at Bran and casually tossed him a piece of the sandwich.

Bran raised an eyebrow. "Considering you just saved my hide, I'll pull you up first."

Finn looked at Bran with disdain. Is this what high school's like now? "Hurry up, don't miss your SATs."

The mention of SATS darkened Bran's face. "Hmph..."

After they had eaten, Bran threw down a rope and helped Finn climb up.

Fortunately, with some athletic training, Finn managed to climb up smoothly.

Robin was quick to follow.

After they were up, we made sure to pull Annora up first.

"Phoebe, you're next," Colin said, gesturing for me to climb.

I didn't argue and wrapped the rope around my wrist to climb up.

"You're quite agile," Finn remarked teasingly.

I looked back at Colin.

He was getting into it with Dexter, both of them on the verge of a fight.

"Are you guys coming or what?" I asked. "The control room on the twelfth floor is on the thirteenth. We're only temporarily out of our pursuers' grasp. If they find us, we're stuck here."

Colin understood and tossed the rope to Dexter.

Dexter was surprised Colin let him go up first. With an injured arm, he could only use one arm to climb and was pulled up.

When Dexter came up, my assistance was purely out of camaraderie.

Everyone was helping him, not just me...

But Dexter had to provoke Colin by holding onto my hand and not letting go.

I thought the two were being

childish, so I shook him off and

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looked at Colin with a bit of and exasperated expression. "Come on up."

Colin grabbed the rope with one hand and climbed up stylishly, purposefully only poking his head out near the top to say in a pitiful tone, "Phoebe, my wound hurts..."

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He just wanted to remind me that he was injured too.

I smiled and reached out my hand.

He obediently gave me his hand, allowing me to pull him up.

Finn and Bran reached out to help, but he ignored them.

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Despite climbing up mostly by his own strength, he still pretended to be weak and collapsed on me, then provocatively glared at Dexter.

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I knew all his childish tricks but didn't call him out on them.

Below, Melody was panicking, calling out nervously, "Dexter..."

She was afraid no one would save her.

Because indeed... Stella had pulled up the rope.

Stella rolled her eyes. "She deserves it least of all, let her fend for herself."

"Dexter..." Melody's face turned pale as she looked anxiously at Dexter.

Now, the only person who could decide her fate was Dexter.

Behind Melody, Silas was also standing in despair, his head hung low.

His chance at escape was bought with the lives of others on the fourteenth floor; these people... would surely not save him.

"Let's pull him up," Robin suggested, nodding towards Silas.

It wasn't out of a hero complex; he just couldn't stand by and watch.

Every life before them had to be treated as equal.