Throughout the whole day, apart from meals, Elara Don spent the rest of the time in the laboratory.
Dusk.
"Charlotte, I've finished my part. The extracted compound has been placed in the freezer room. You should go check it out."
Elara Avery removed her mask and shed the coat, emerging from the freezer room.
Elara Don put down her work and nodded slightly towards her, "Thanks for your hard work."
The employees at Hawke Corporation's R&D department, including Elara Avery, worked quite diligently.
This made her let out a sigh of relief.
She had thought they would give her a hard time because she's new.
It seems she was judging others with suspicion.
Elara Don secretly chided herself, put on the cotton coat, and wore gloves and a hat before entering the freezer room.
Inside the freezer room were compounds extracted from natural materials, requiring freezing treatment.
Elara Don carefully examined the substances placed in the containers. Once she confirmed everything was correct, she placed them properly and prepared to leave.
The temperature in the freezer room was below minus ten degrees.
Even with thick cotton clothes, gloves, and a hat, it wouldn't take long to feel the heat leaving one's body.
Elara Don rubbed her hands, quickly reached the door, and pulled the handle.
But the handle didn't move at all.
Was she locked inside?
Elara Don was shocked, pulling harder with disbelief, but still, the handle didn't move.
No way!
Why was the door locked?
Did someone deliberately lock her inside?
Who could it be?
A face flashed in her mind - Elara Avery.
The last person to come out from the freezer room was Elara Avery.
Could she be the one who locked her inside?
Elara Don was both startled and anxious.
"Is anyone out there? Open the door, please hurry!"
She retracted her judgment of them.
So it turns out she was too naive!
People from Hawke indeed worked diligently, but the intimidation is real!
Outside was quiet, without a sound.
Elara Don pounded on the door, shouting loudly, but no one responded.
The heat from her body slowly drained away.
Elara Don was becoming increasingly panicked.
She blew warm air on her hands, continuously jumping on the spot, yet her heart grew colder with the surrounding temperature.
If no one found her today, after twenty-four hours, she would absolutely freeze into a corpse!
Who will come to save her?
...
Skyridge Apartments.
Harry Soo was happily rolling around on the sofa.
Finally back home!
Oh!
The home is full of mommy's scent.
So happy!
His stomach was really hungry, why hasn't mommy returned yet!
He hadn't eaten mommy's homemade dinner for a long time!
He wanted to have dinner with mommy!
Thinking this, Harry Soo took out his small phone and dialed Elara Don's number.
The phone rang for a long time but was not answered.
"Huh, why isn't mommy answering Little Bao's call?"
Harry Soo blinked, waited a while, and continued to call Elara Don.
The phone connected but still no one answered.
The smile on Harry Soo's face gradually faded, suddenly having a bad feeling in his heart.
Mommy seldom doesn't answer his call.
Plus, it's off work time now. If she were busy, she would definitely tell him beforehand.
Could something have happened to mommy!
Harry Soo pursed his lips tightly, sprung up quickly, and ran towards the door.
No, he must go find mommy!
Just then, the doorbell suddenly rang.
Harry Soo's eyes lit up, he hurriedly opened the door, shouting: "Mommy!"
"Bea!"
"Brother Beau!"
Standing outside wasn't Elara Don but Evan Miles and his daughter.
Harry Soo froze, unsure if he should be surprised or worried.
"Uncle Miles, Tilly, um, um, mommy's phone isn't connecting, I'm so worried!"
Upon hearing this, Evan Miles' smile faltered slightly.
"Bea, don't worry, tell me slowly, what's exactly happening?"
"It's just, mommy should have finished work long ago, but I called her twice and she didn't answer either time."
Harry Soo was so anxious that he was jumping, "Uncle Miles, I want to go find mommy, something might have happened to her!"
"Don't be anxious, you and sister stay at home and wait, Uncle Miles will help you go find mommy."
"..."
Hawke Group.
Damon Hawke sat on the executive chair, his tall figure exuding an aura of elegance in the soft light.
The phone rang, interrupting his document reviewing.
Glanced at the caller ID, he answered.
"Who's calling?"
"Hello, Mr. Hawke, I'm Evan Miles from Miles Corporation. Sorry for the intrusion, I'm currently at your company's entrance, could you inform the security to let me in to find someone?"
Evan Miles was stopped by the security at Hawke Corporation's entrance, hurriedly found Damon Hawke's number, and made the call.
The Miles Corporation's Evan Miles?
Coming to the company to find someone?
Damon Hawke furrowed his brows slightly, "Mr. Miles, I remember we're supposed to discuss a collaboration tomorrow, who are you here to find at Hawke Group?"
"Her name is Charlotte Soo, the perfumer recently assigned to your company."
Charlotte Soo?
Was Evan Miles looking for Elara Don?
Damon Hawke furrowed his brows tighter, motioning Evan Miles to hand the phone to the security letting them pass.
After hanging up, Damon Hawke's slender fingers tapped the desk, lips tightly pursed.
A moment later, he got up and walked towards the research department.
The research department was empty.
Damon Hawke's gaze scanned around, landing on a desk.
There were still some files stacked on it and a phone forgotten beside them.
This was Elara Don's desk.
She hadn't left the office?
Damon Hawke's eyes darkened, took a round in the office area finding no one.
"Elara Don?"
Damon Hawke called out her name but received no reply.
Not in the office?
Then where could she be?
Damon Hawke turned to leave, but a glance caught a shadow curling at the freezer room's door.
Vaguely visible, could Elara Don be trapped inside the freezer room?
Damon Hawke's nerves tightened, hastily walked to the door and turned the handle.
Locked!
Damon Hawke's face turned icy, noticed a key placed on the nearby table, quickly grabbed it.
The door was finally unlocked, rushing out was a suffocating chill and a slender figure.
Damon Hawke's pupils shrank suddenly, swiftly pulled her into an embrace, "Elara Don, wake up!"
The woman's body was as cold as ice, lips turned purple by the chill.
Damon Hawke quickly removed his coat and wrapped her up.
Held her delicate hands, continuously blowing warmth.
A wave of warmth enveloped Elara Don, making her body tremble lightly.
Her teeth chattered as she blurredly opened her eyes.
Vaguely, she saw the man's indistinct handsome face and smelled the comforting scent of the man.
"Tom, was it you who came to save me?"
Tom!
Who was she calling?
The gangster he disguised as?
Damon Hawke furrowed his brows, scoffed inwardly.
Is she really thinking about his disguised self?
"Elara Don, look carefully, I..."
"Elly, what's wrong with you?"
A man's anxious voice sounded from behind, Evan Miles quickly took Elara Don from Damon Hawke's arms.