Chapter 371

I backed up fearfully. I didn't expect so many people to still be here. It did seem like I no longer had a way out. I was surrounded by all these people, so I had no choice but to accept my fate. He walked toward me slowly, his steps seemed to be unusually heavy as he tensed up the air around him with every step. The fruit knife in my hand trembled slightly. Hopelessness and unwillingness filled my gaze. However, in the heat of the moment, he stopped in his tracks. He didn't come any closer. "Interesting. I didn't expect you to be acquainted with the Graysons. This time, I won't do anything to you solely because of them." Amusement colored his tone, and the air around him relaxed a little. I was stunned. The Graysons? That was a strange yet familiar term to me. It seemed to have opened the seal of a certain box in my memory, but I didn't have time to think more about it at that moment. "But…" His tone took a sharp turn as his gaze turned steely. "You won't be able to escape. O