Rebirth In Divorce My New Mr. Perfect (by Summer Knowles) novel Chapter 455

In this blood-red world, she could almost smell the thick scent of iron, mingled with the lingering stench of something burning in the air.

Amid this suffocating despair, a gentle hand rested on her shoulder.

"Mia?"

Who was calling her?

Mia’s gaze was lost in a haze of confusion and agony. She could no longer see the world clearly, only the overwhelming, suffocating red that consumed everything. But that voice—it was warm and familiar.

It was someone she trusted. Someone she relied on even more than her own brother.

No, that wasn't right.

This wasn’t just trust. It was an instinctive dependence, forged in the depths of terror. A reliance born from being trapped in the same abyss.

Sarah?

She turned her dazed eyes in the direction of the voice.

And in the midst of the blood-drenched world, a figure appeared. A real, living person. Someone who wasn’t red. Someone who looked… normal.

"Sarah…" she murmured.

Sarah Sanders seemed to sense the weight of Mia’s turmoil. She clasped Mia’s hand firmly, her voice a soft whisper by her ear.

"I'm here, Mia. Don’t be scared. I'm right here with you."

Sarah didn't know exactly what Mia had been through. But she knew that if Mia could find the strength to speak—to reach out even in a whisper—then the moment she was ready to fully open up wouldn't be far away.

Because when someone has lost all trust in the world, the presence of even one person to hold onto can mean everything.

Mia didn’t know what it would be like if she had no one to trust.

And she didn’t want to know.

Her unfocused gaze slowly settled on Sarah, as though she had finally found an anchor in the storm.

"Sarah… I'm so scared."

And with that, she threw herself into Sarah’s embrace.

The warmth of another human being—the fleeting sense of safety—was like a balm against the madness threatening to consume her.

What concerned her more was what could have happened in those brief three hours of Mia's disappearance to reduce her to this state?

Perhaps she wouldn't get any answers today.

Sarah opened her phone and checked the latest news, which didn't disappoint her.

"Miss Reynolds has another episode at A University entrance. School counsellor Sarah's professional competence questioned... Second incident involving Sarah following the Tina Mendes case..."

In the video, Mrs. Mendes and Mia were crying together, looking very much like two victims comforting each other.

She opened a livestream, catching Mrs. Mendes speaking with Dean Larson.

She heard Mrs. Mendes’s demand: “One million! I want one million!"

Hah! Such an ugly display of greed.

The door opened and Melvin entered.

“Melvin?” She glanced at Mia.