Chapter 143: Rescue
The silence in the darkness was deafening,
no response from Silvia for a long time.
Cyril soon understood what he hadn’t been getting an answer to. Silvia’s silence was her
answer.
“It’s okay. I’ve been in the wrong before. You didn’t want to forgive me or give me a chance. That’s normal. But I’ll find a way to prove myself.”
“Let’s talk about something else…”
Cyril tried to make his tone sound more uplifting, hoping to dispel the darkness in Silvia’s heart. But when he actually tried to change the subject, he realized he didn’t know what to
say.
The words faltered as soon as they left his mouth. What could he possibly say to Sílvia?
Talk about his dull work matters? He didn’t want to bore Silvia with work talk; it would
make him seem incredibly dull.
But besides work, what else could he say that might interest Silvia?
Silvia remained silent, but she kept waiting for Cyril to speak. However, after waiting for a long time, Cyril still didn’t know what to say.
“What do you want to say?”
“I don’t know what to say to you. I want to say everything to you, but I’m afraid that if I do
like.” you you’ll be upset. So, I want to say things you like, but… I don’t know what
Cyril’s tone was bitter. At that moment, he realized that trying to please someone wasn’t as easy as he thought.
Reflecting on his situation alongside Silvia made him realize how much Silvia had liked him before. Despite being around each other for so many years, Silvia knew what he liked and disliked, always trying to accommodate him. But he had always taken it for granted.
Now, he couldn’t even manage to accommodate Silvia, showing just how much he had failed.
…When I was a kid, I used to play hide and seek with my brother. They always found me easily. So one day, I locked myself in the basement, thinking my brother would find me quickly like before…”
Silvia fell silent for a moment, then began recounting her childhood experiences. She could have avoided mentioning these things, but for some reason, she felt like this situation might resonate with Cyril, prompting her to speak out involuntarily, even though it wasn’t
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As Silvia slowly spoke, Cyril knew what she wanted to say and instinctively held her tighter.
“And then?”
Bain, there was no light from the small
“And then, I spent a whole day in the basement, and my brothers never found me. I waited until I got tired and fell asleep. When I woke up window in the basement. That’s when I felt scared, alone in the basement. I cried and
shouted, but no one came.‘
At that young age, Silvia felt like the world was ending. No one found her. She locked herself in there, too small to open the door.
So, she cried and shouted in the basement all night, not knowing that her brothers and family were outside, frantically searching for her.
It wasn’t until the next day that someone finally found her and brought her out of the
basement.
It was from that moment on that Silvia developed claustrophobia. She couldn’t stay in dark places for long periods.
Later, she slowly underwent therapy, which helped her cope with dark environments to some extent. But she never expected to encounter such a situation one day.
She had never told anyone about this childhood experience, but today, she involuntarily shared it with Cyril because she knew even if she didn’t, he would notice that something was wrong with her.
Cyril held Silvia, his eyes filled with compassion, but it was all obscured by the darkness. He, couldn’t find the words to express his feelings, wondering if things would be different today if she hadn’t suffered that ordeal in her childhood.
“Don’t be afraid. Someone will come to rescue us soon.”
Cyril didn’t know what to say, so he just blurted out these words.
“I know someone will come to rescue us, but I’ll still be scared. After we get out, can you promise not to tell anyone about this?”
Cyril couldn’t refuse. He felt that Silvia was so fragile right now, as if she could break at any moment. He wished he could embed her in his body, providing her with strength and protection.
“Don’t worry, this will be our secret. No one will know.”
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As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion outside the elevator. Cyril instantly realized that someone was coming to rescue them.
“People are coming to rescue us. Don’t be…id.”
He emphasized this again as the rescuers arrived at the elevator door.
“Is anyone inside?”
“Yes, there is!”
The people outside knocked on the elevator door. Cyril realized they were trying to find a way inside, so he knocked back to respond.
After getting a response, the rescuers began discussing the rescue plan.
As Cyril had expected, the elevator had suddenly dropped from a great height, causing some deformation. It took the rescuers over half an hour to pry open the elevator door and rescue the two trapped inside.
With the rescue team was Frank and Juliet.
Both of them nervously looked inside the elevator and saw Cyril helping Silvia out.
“What happened?” Juliet rushed over. When she saw Silvia’s extremely pale face, she felt deeply distressed.
Though she didn’t know what exactly happened, she knew about the sudden elevator drop She couldn’t blame Cyril, but Juliet was still very angry. If Frank hadn’t pulled her away
suddenly, maybe none of this would have happened.
“It’s all your fault!”
Juliet glared fiercely at Frank, who felt unjustly accused. How could he have known such a thing would happen? If he could predict the future, he certainly wouldn’t have pulled her
away.
“I’m fine. I just need to sit down for a moment.”
Silvia struggled out of Cyril’s embrace. Juliet hurried to support her as she sat down nearby, then went to fetch some hot water and placed it in Silvia’s hands.
“Your hands are so cold. Put on this jacket. Did he do anything to you in the elevator just
now?”
Juliet looked at Cyril defensively, fearing he might have harmed Silvia during their time trapped together.