Chapter 162 A Lifetime Friend
Chapter 162 A Lifetime Friend
"Open your mouth like you're told, or it will hurt!" A man grabbed Rachel's head with a bottle of liquid in
his hand.
He forced Rachel's mouth open and poured the liquid into it. Rachel looked up at the ceiling
desperately. She knew there was nothing she could do now, and closed her eyes slowly. She felt the
cold liquid running down her throat.
Rachel heard them walk out and slam the door.
Rachel and Daniel were locked alone together in the room. It was completely dark inside except for tiny
cracks of light coming in through the sealed window.
"Daniel, are you okay?" Rachel asked. She opened her eyes and stood up in the dark. She reached out
to Daniel, who was still lying on the ground, and helped him stand on his feet. Noticing that there was a
small bed on the other side of the room, she helped Daniel there.
"Fine, I'm fine. These injuries are nothing, I can still breathe, " Daniel gasped. He leaned against the
wall and rubbed his chest with his hand. They had hit him heavily on his chest just now.
Seeing Daniel joke while he was in so much pain made Rachel cry, but she wiped her tears away
before they could fall from her eyes and murmured, "Thank you, Daniel. For everything."
Rachel knew that Daniel hadn't had to stay with her. He could have run away the moment they had
been found, but he didn't. He stayed with her and protected her as much as he could.
"Look at you. Don't thank me again. I didn't do this for you, I did it for Hiram, understand? You owe me
nothing, " he said gently. He could hear Rachel weeping.
Rachel shook her head and looked at Daniel through her tears. "No, stop lying to me. I know you did all
this for me, and I know you were serious about what you said on Cliff Mountain, even if I thought it was
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Rachel wasn't sensitive, but she was smart. She knew Daniel had a crush on her, and she told him she
knew about it, because she also knew that they might not ever leave this room.
Daniel turned his head away after hearing Rachel's words. He smiled and said, "So what? Even if I was
serious, I know I don't deserve you. I'm a playboy and I hang out with all kinds of women. You're too
decent for me."
After learning that Rachel had been kidnapped, Daniel felt like he would go crazy if he couldn't see her
anymore. He started to realize that he couldn't continue to hide his feelings for her.
At that very moment, all kinds of desperate ideas crossed his mind. He would do anything to get her
out of this situation.
"Don't, Daniel, don't talk like this. I used to think you were a bad person, but I've changed my mind now.
You don't have a steady girlfriend, so you're free to date any woman you want. As far as I know, you're
a great man, " she said seriously.
Everyone had the right to choose to live and treat their relationships as they liked. Rachel didn't think
she had the right to judge Daniel's attitude to life.
But the truth was, when it came to relationships, all Daniel knew was sleeping with women. Rachel
assumed rightly that he had never met anyone he truly loved.
"Hey! Hey there! Are you moved to tears by what I did? You're quite easy to impress. Tell me, you've
fallen in love with me, right?" Daniel joked, coughing and looking at Rachel with a smirk on his face.
Rachel began half-laughing, half-crying at his words. She took a deep breath and wiped off the tears on
her face.
"Listen, Daniel! You'll be my friend as long as I live. I mean it."
"Fine, you're such a disappointing woman! I'm expecting something else here, something that will scare
my heart out of my chest. But thanks to what you've said, I'm heartbroken, " Daniel said, turning his
head away and laughing disdainfully.
Rachel patted him on his shoulder and said, "Listen, it is kind of me to stay friends with a jerk like you!
Don't expect more from me, okay?"
Suddenly Daniel grabbed her hands and said, "I'm different from the jerks you have met. I respect
women, and I never fool any of them. All the women who have got involved with me know what they're
getting into, and that it's only for a night or two."
"Fine, fine, I guess I misunderstood you!" Rachel said and pulled her hands away.
Just then, they heard the door being unlocked.
"Son of a bitch! What are you guys doing? A man and a woman were locked in a dark room, and all
they did was chat with each other. Are you nuts?" A tall and strong man came in and walked to the bed
Rachel and Daniel were sitting on.
"Hey, boy! What's wrong with you? Did we beat you so bad that you can't sleep with a woman? If that's
the truth, I can give you a hand, " the man said gruffly. Daniel stood up as he approached, but the man
pushed him by his shoulder and Daniel fell back onto the bed.
The man took a look at Rachel and licked his lips, "She's gorgeous! Wow, her breasts and her ass,
they must feel good. Since you couldn't do it, let me do it for you!"
Frightened, Rachel inched away from the man.
She knew the drug she was forced to swallow was beginning to work on her. That was why she had
chatted with Daniel, she was trying to distract herself from it.
"Don't you dare touch her! If you put a finger on her, I'll make you beg for death!" Daniel shouted,
getting up again.
Even with the aphrodisiac working on him, Daniel hadn't thought of touching Rachel for even a
moment.
How could this lowlife do anything to her!
"I dare you to say that again! Fuck you!" he continued shouting.
Suddenly, Rachel heard a loud bang, as if something had exploded.
Daniel had taken a thermos bottle beside the bed and smashed it onto the man's head with all his
strength.
The man struggled for a few seconds, but then he fell onto the ground, blood gushing out of his face.
Hearing the noise, six men rushed into the room to see what happened.
"You're dead, son! You have no idea who you're dealing with!"
"Come on! Let's beat him up until his parents wouldn't be able to recognize him!"
"How about the girl?"
"Didn't you see the boss leave? She's ours now! Let's have fun!"
Rachel's heart almost stopped, and her face went as pale as a ghost. Daniel threw himself in front of
her and held her tightly.
She saw dozens of fists attack Daniel's back at the same time.
Rachel closed her eyes desperately.
She had lost all hope.
This was the end.
She didn't think she would live after this.
The men surrounded Daniel and Rachel like a dark cloud.
But right at this moment, bright light burst into the dark room, blinding them.
They heard glass break, followed by footsteps approaching, thousands of them.
The men beating Daniel and Rachel took a moment to realize what had happened and turned around,
but they were dumbfounded by the scene.
Soldiers in uniforms were pointing their sniper rifles at them, and they soon surrounded them in a circle.
Rachel was the first one to see the soldiers because she was the only one facing that way.
When she saw Chad making his way to her, she took a deep breath of relief.
"Take them out! No, punch the crap out of them!" Chad shouted, moving aside to make room for them.
The well-trained soldiers punched those men directly on their knees before dragged them out.
"Sorry we're late, Rachel! Hiram's gone after Zachary himself. Realizing that things aren't going as he
expected, that old man is trying to escape!" explained Chad.
He strode over to them.
"Daniel, buddy, are you okay?" he asked, seeing Daniel still holding Rachel in his arms.
Daniel raised his head and glanced at Chad weakly. "You should try this later, buddy! Let six men
punch you at the same time and see if you can still get up by yourself.
Come and help me up, you idiot! I think my bones are broken."
"OK! OK!"
Chad said, smiling and helping him up. He knew that if Daniel could joke with him, it meant that he was
fine.
Daniel hadn't actually broken any of his bones, but he was injured. He felt a surge of pain everywhere
in his body as he got up.
"Daniel, how could you..." Chad said, noticing that there was something wrong with Daniel.
Daniel leaned in to Chad and whispered, "I'm drugged. Hurry up! Go and find a girl for me. No, find two
girls. I'll pick the prettier one."
Hearing what Daniel said, Chad took a look at Rachel, and then nodded. "Okay, I will."
"How about Rachel?" he asked after helping Daniel walk out of the room. Chad had already seen the
two empty bottles on the ground and put two together.
Daniel glanced at Rachel, who was sitting on the bed with her arms wrapped around herself, and said,
"Call Hiram now. Ask him to come here even if the sky is falling down."
Daniel knew for a fact that Hiram didn't want to lose her.