A group of bodyguards dressed in black barged into their apartment as Lila screamed. Madelyn heard the commotion from her room and immediately locked the door.

Then, she pushed the wardrobe and table to barricade the door, intending to stop those people from entering.

She hurriedly grabbed her phone and called the police.

The bodyguards warned her from outside, "Ms. Jent, things won't end well if you keep resisting."

"We'll have to break in if you don't come out now."

Zach's men would do just anything. Her room door was not particularly secure or reinforced, and if they really were to force their way in, Madelyn would not be able to hold them back. She had no idea how Zach's men had managed to find her here.

The door was pounded on repeatedly with loud thuds as Madelyn pressed her back against the table.

After about twenty minutes, the noise outside subsided.

Lila knocked on the door and said, "Madelyn, the police are here. They need us to go to the police station to make a sta