Playtime's Over, CEO: She's Really Done With You-Chapter 499: Escaping at the Last Moment, Flames Devour Everything
Flames roared all around, and in the distance, there seemed to be continuous explosive sounds.
Julian Lawson was still struggling under a pillar after stopping Preston Langley.
"I was lucky to wake up in time. Preston, what do you think I should do? Should I shoot him dead?" Vera Hansen sneered, pointing the gun at Silas Hawthorne and speaking to the standing Preston Langley.
"He’s the only one who can still move. Just one shot..." Vera grinned wickedly.
Silas Hawthorne looked at them calmly, his dark eyes filled with coldness.
The rope that had just tied up Seraphina had been cut by him, and his hand was still covering Seraphina’s eyes.
"Seraphina, cover your ears," Silas said softly.
Seraphina sobbed and immediately covered her ears, while Silas stood in front of Serena Sterling and Seraphina.
"Yes, cover your ears so you won’t be too scared when you die, hahaha..."
Before Vera Hansen finished speaking, suddenly, a package was thrown at the feet of the two, and instantly—
"Boom!"
A massive explosion sound rang out.
The airwaves rolled.
Silas Hawthorne shielded Serena and Seraphina on the ground beneath him.
When the airwaves stopped again, the two people over there had already been blown askew.
Vera Hansen had completely lost consciousness, and Preston Langley was still trying to get up, but Silas Hawthorne had already reached him.
Preston Langley’s lower body was all covered in blood, and he crawled with his hands, trying to escape.
Silas Hawthorne looked at him coldly.
"Silas Hawthorne!" Preston Langley gritted his teeth, blood continuously flowing from his mouth, "You actually brought a bomb..."
Silas Hawthorne looked at him coldly.
"It’s not a bomb," he said. "It’s just some chemicals."
The firelight on all sides illuminated his face intermittently.
That face was full of hatred, and ruthlessness.
Preston Langley was slightly stunned, and before he could react, Silas Hawthorne had already pulled out the knife he used to cut Seraphina’s ropes.
"What are you going to do!" Preston Langley exclaimed.
"Ah!"
Silas raised the knife and pierced through Preston Langley’s palm, deep into the ground.
Firmly nailing his hand to the ground.
Preston’s other hand tried to pull away, but Silas Hawthorne had already stepped on that hand, breaking the bone with a "crack."
"Ah! Silas Hawthorne! I will kill you! I’ll tear you to pieces!" Preston Langley cursed.
But Silas Hawthorne’s expression did not change at all.
He kicked a burning large pillar aside.
Just watched as the pillar tilted, and then —
"Boom!"
It smashed onto Preston Langley’s body, making him vomit blood and unable to move.
Even as Preston Langley screamed, Silas confirmed that he had completely disabled Preston’s ability to move, and quickly returned to Serena Sterling and Seraphina.
He removed Seraphina’s hands from her ears.
"It’s okay now, Seraphina, don’t be afraid," Silas said softly to comfort her.
"Wuwuwu, Mommy... save Mommy..."
Silas’s eyes were red, and he nodded vigorously.
He picked up Serena, then staggered, and his left shoulder tore painfully. The temporary bandage he used for stopping the bleeding was completely ripped open, the wound tearing open again, blood seeping quickly, dripping onto the ground.
"Daddy..." Seraphina cried even more at this scene.
Silas’s vision kept darkening, but he bit his lip to compose himself. Looking at Serena, who was covered in blood and possibly dead or alive in his arms, his eyes reddened.
Ignoring the pain in his body, Silas held Serena, watching her head softly lean against his chest, his eyes tearing up.
They had just made a lifetime promise to be together.
She couldn’t leave him.
Silas, holding Serena, carried Seraphina immediately towards the exit.
As he passed Julian Lawson, he kicked away the pillar pressing on Julian.
Julian, with his head lowered, glanced in the direction of still screaming Preston Langley, not knowing what he was thinking.
Silas didn’t say anything and quickly left with Serena and Seraphina.
The path was strewn with blood.
It was Serena’s blood, it was Silas’s blood.
In the glow of the flames, Silas’s vision kept wavering darkly, but he managed to discern his location, arriving at the twisted gate at the last moment.
"Creak creak..."
The police had already pried open a gap, but it was still not wide enough for people to pass through; the police were quickly expanding it.
"Silas Hawthorne?!" Chloe Langley had also followed over, "You brought them out? How are they?"
Silas couldn’t answer anymore.
Too much blood loss, he staggered, unable to stand firm.
"Thud!"
He almost dropped Serena, but fortunately, at the last moment, his knee hit the ground, preventing her from falling.
"Police auntie, there are still three people inside. Please save my mommy and daddy, they are bleeding a lot..." Seraphina cried as she spoke.
"Screech..."
Chloe looked at the people there and immediately took out the walkie-talkie, calling over to Julian Lawson.
"Julian Lawson, do you hear me? It’s Chloe Langley, how’s it going over there?"
"Screech..."
Another burst of static noise.
Silas could hear yelling from the other side of the walkie-talkie.
Cursing, screaming, all kinds of sounds mixed together.
"Boom!"
Another explosion sound.
Silas’s vision kept wavering darkly, and then he saw someone struggling to crawl over in the flames.
It was Julian Lawson.
His face was distorted, bloodstains on his face and body.
The two locked eyes.
In that moment, neither spoke.
But it seemed they both understood each other implicitly.
"Boom!"
Another explosion sound came, and a huge wave of air rushed over.
Silas could no longer hold on, collapsing with Serena in his arms.
"Daddy!" Seraphina cried and threw herself on top of them.
The police used all their strength to tear open a gap big enough for people to pass through.
"Hurry!"
"Rescue them quickly!"
Everyone immediately sprang into action.
They first brought out the still-conscious Seraphina, then carried out the unconscious Serena and Silas.
They exerted some effort and reached near Julian Lawson.
Julian Lawson had already lost consciousness, his leg twisted unnaturally.
Along the way, there were two trails of blood.
One was from Silas carrying Serena out, their combined trail, and the other from Julian crawling over.
The crowd lifted the unconscious Julian Lawson.
Some still wanted to go inside.
At this moment—
"Boom!"
"Boom, boom, boom!"
A chain reaction.
The remaining oil barrels seemed to explode all at once.
Inside, it was collapsing.
A burning pillar fell, blocking the way in.
"We can’t get in! It’s collapsed inside!"
"There’s no way, we have to get out!"
...
In the end, they managed to pull Julian Lawson out.
"Boom——!"
A terrifying explosion sound, a huge wave of air flipped everyone over, sending them flying several meters out.
Then, the whole factory was completely engulfed in flames.
