My Husband Is A Gary Stu

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Chapter 974

The decorations on the first floor were even more luxurious. The open-designed dining room alone occupied a

space of a hundred square meters. Seven to eight housemaids stood neatly on two sides of the dining area with

their hands crossed and positioned in front of their abdomens as they welcomed Johanna to have her meal.

Johanna merely glanced at them before sitting down and picking up a fork. Then, she slowly ate the bowl of fish

chowder.

After consuming two spoonfuls, some images surfaced within her mind, causing her to feel disgusted and nauseous.

However, to prevent herself from dying of hunger, she shut her eyes and forced herself to eat.

After finishing the food, Johanna placed the fork back onto the table and went upstairs.

Johanna felt quite refreshed the next day, probably because she had eaten something. She instinctively pulled down

her shirt when she woke up and did not notice any marks on her body, so she assumed Zephyr did not return last

night.

It seemed Zephyr was very busy because he did not return to the castle for the few subsequent days too. His

absence caused Johanna to feel relieved.

She no longer stayed inside the bedroom all the time and began taking strolls in the corridor, seemingly at leisure.

Johanna gazed out of the window and saw only stretches of forest on the castle's south, west, and north sides. She

failed to catch a glimpse of even another house around the area, no matter how far she looked.

That castle was located very far away from the city and appeared to be situated on a mountain.

A broad road extended from the north side of the castle into the forest. Johanna reckoned that was the only route

leading to the foot of the mountain.

She seized the opportunity during mealtime to saunter around the first floor and noticed there was no surveillance

camera installed in the entire castle. Then, she found an excuse to take a walk outside of the building and

memorized the layout outside the palace.

After that, she even figured out the location of the parking lot, as well as where the driver would put the car keys

after returning from grocery shopping.

Despite the lack of surveillance cameras inside the castle, there were men assigned to guard the place at night, not

to mention how vigilant those guards were when carrying out their duties. Johanna was racking her brain to think of

a way to distract those guards when a heaven-sent opportunity presented itself.

It was raining cats and dogs that night, and inexplicably, the main switch of the palace tripped, plunging the whole

place into complete darkness.

Johanna grabbed that chance to change into a housemaid outfit, ran to the first floor to take the car keys from the

designated place, and hurried toward the parking lot in the rain.

After getting into the jeep, Johanna turned on the car engine, floored the accelerator, and the car immediately sped

toward the gates.

Johanna's anxious heart jumped into her throat. She planned to smash directly through the gates with the jeep if

the gatekeeper tried to stop her.

Fortunately, the gatekeeper swiftly unlocked the gates as he was under the assumption that one of the

housekeepers was going out.

After the gates were opened, Johanna stepped on the accelerator impatiently. The jeep streaked out and dashed

toward the foot of the mountain. She glanced behind her through the rearview mirror.

The gates of the palace had disappeared from her vision as she began to descend the mountain. Yet, her hands

continued trembling.

Have I escaped that place? I need to find somewhere with villagers and make a phone call...

At that moment, a car drove up the slope from below with its high beam on. Johanna's grip on the steering wheel

slackened as the bright lights blinded her.

The jeep's wheels skidded, and the vehicle crashed into a tree.

Luckily, Johanna buckled her seatbelt, and she was protected by the airbag that popped out.

Still in shock, Johanna shook her head and saw there were actually two cars heading up the mountain with their

high beams on.

They approached Johanna's jeep and surrounded her.

She shuddered and reached out to touch the car keys in an attempt to reactivate the engine. However, there was

no response from the vehicle as the car seemed to have turned faulty following the collision.

After the two cars came to a halt, the doors to the vehicle were opened, and three to four burly men got out.

They appeared mean and scary, standing before her amidst the rainy night.

One of the men stepped forward and tugged on Johanna's car door. When he realized the door was locked, he

gestured at the man behind him to take some tools to break the car window by force.

Cold sweat covered Johanna's body as she panicked. She tried to turn on the car's engine a few more times in

desperation but to no avail.

There was nothing inside the jeep she could use to defend herself. Soon, those men successfully unlocked the car

door, and one of them pulled Johanna out of the vehicle by her hair, causing her to fall to the ground.

Pain numbed Johanna as her palms hit the surface of the asphalt road.

The next second, the man who dragged her down from the vehicle leaned in and tore her clothes apart.