Return, My Love: Wooing the Neglected Ex-Wife - Chapter 799

Chapter 799:

“Forget about me! Grab him!” Lucian barked.

The bodyguard charged at Adrian, but Adrian hurled the chair in defense, toppling the stove and sending sparks flying into the air.

Callan barged in, approaching to help Adrian, but the weight of his mountaineering gear slowed him down.

Recovering from the slap, Lucian grabbed a hiking stick and aimed it at Adrian, but Joelle rushed forward, knocking Lucian aside and sending both of them tumbling onto the burning stove. The fire singed Joelle’s puffer jacket, while Lucian took the brunt of it, crying out in pain.

Outside, the snow on the mountain shifted, but no one in the cabin noticed.

“Adrian!” Joelle scrambled to her feet and rushed toward him, as he and Callan knocked the bodyguard down.

Adrian turned, opening his arms for her.

Joelle clung to his waist, her grip tight with relief at finally seeing him. “We have to get out of here. Aurora is waiting at the stop.”

Adrian nodded, holding her hand tightly as they hurried outside, with Callan following closely behind.

They were sprinting down the steep slope when a rumble of snow echoed behind them. Worried about an avalanche, Joelle urged everyone to speed up.

She glanced over her shoulder as they ran and saw the snow bury the small cabin where Lucian was. The color drained from her face at the sight, feeling the tragedy closing in.

“Adrian, we need to go faster!”

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But Adrian’s expression was complicated as he stared at the cabin. There was still time to save Lucian and the bodyguard.

“Adrian, what are you thinking?” Joelle followed his gaze and realized what he was considering. She could almost hear Lucian’s cries for help under the snow.

While Lucian had left Raelyn to die, Adrian and Joelle couldn’t bring themselves to do the same.

“Adrian, I’ll come with you!” Joelle pulled Adrian and ran back toward the cabin.

Callan, who was leading the group down the mountain, glanced back and saw the two of them heading back toward the cabin. Just then, another avalanche struck, completely burying the cabin. Callan’s eyes widened in alarm. “Mr. Miller! Mrs. Miller!”

Adrian and Joelle dug through the snow blocking the door. The cabin had collapsed, leaving Lucian pinned under a beam as the bodyguard struggled to free him.

“You came back!” The bodyguard’s voice cracked with emotion. He was nearly in tears, having truly believed he would die there with Lucian. Without a word, Joelle and Adrian rushed to Lucian, lifting the beam to free him.

Supporting each other, the four of them scrambled out of the collapsed cabin.

“I finally understand why Raelyn left her inheritance to you,” Lucian muttered with a bitter smile.

Adrian didn’t respond, his focus entirely on getting everyone to safety. Thick snow had blocked the path ahead, making it difficult to move.

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