Please Take Me Home Daddy (by Mona Surrey) novel Chapter 273

Chapter 273

Laura stood quietly in the corner, her gaze fixed intently on Xander.

Chad, buzzing with impatience, suggested, “Go with the old plan. Let’s lure him to my room!”

Laura pressed him down. “No way. Do you think he’d believe that?”

Chad paused, puzzled. “Why wouldn’t he? Even I believed it, so Xander will too.”

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But Laura didn’t agree. “But you just said it yourself that the plan was Xander’s idea in the first place, and you’ve already been eliminated. If you show up now, he’ll definitely be suspicious!”

Sean. eyes gleaming, chimed in, “Lala’s right!”

Halsey, anxious, added, “What do we do then? Our zombie squad has to eliminate all humans to truly win! If we can’t catch him, we can’t win!”

Laura bit her lower lip. “We need to lower his guard.”

Sean exclaimed. “Lala’s right!”

Chad was speechless. “Is that the only line you know?”

Sean shrugged. “But Lala is indeed right. She’s gorgeous, so that makes everything she says right.”

Laura had a brainwave. “I have an idea. Wait here, I’ll go and distract him.”

With that, she headed upstairs from the other side, standing at the corner of the third floor and began to sob softly.

Xander, hearing the sound, pricked up his ears and cautiously moved towards the source.

Laura hid in the corner, crying quietly, her eyes craftily peeking in Xander’s direction.

[Here it comes! The clash of the two captains.]

(From the looks of it, Lala is also a strategist, huh? She might not have seen Xander’s plans, but coming up with this trick is pretty brilliant!)

[Let’s see what Xander has to say about this!)

Xander, wary, stood at the comer and called out, “Laura”

Laura looked up, overjoyed. “Xander!”

She opened her arms to run towards him.

But Xander raised a hand. “Stay there.”

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Laura choked up, tears blurring her vision as she looked at him.

They were only ten steps apart.

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Xander squinted as he looked at Laura. “Why are you here? Did you see my teammates?”

Laura nodded. “I saw them. They went into a room full of zombies and never came out.”

Behind the screen, Everett exclaimed, “Man, Laura can lie without blinking. She should be an actress instead! Even I almost believed her.”

Jasper nodded. “It seems Lala is also quite cunning!”

Zayn was pleased. “She’s doing the right thing.”

However, Halsey, who was peeking in the corner, looked concerned. “I think given how smart Xander is, Laura might not succeed.”

Chad agreed with a nod. “Definitely, Xander is too cunning. Laura can’t outplay him.”

As expected, Xander, still on alert, scrutinized Laura, not letting his guard down. “But you’ve been fine all this time. Why?”

Laura sobbed. “I was hiding because I heard them being eliminated one by one and dismembered. It was terrifying.”

Xander paused. “Dismembered?”

Laura nodded earnestly. “Yes, dismembered! Didn’t you hear? Zayn and the others, they were all dismembered, and it was horrifying.”

Xander’s expression deepened. “But when my teammates were eliminated just now, no one mentioned dismemberment. They only said they were out. And if dismemberment signifies death, then what does being out signify?”

Laura paused, caught off guard.

Everyone, including Halsey and the rest, was momentarily stunned.

The chat froze for a second.

Zayn’s expression slowly turned grave.

Xander’s eyes flashed coldly as he noticed the hand Laura had tucked in her pants, and he soon figured it out. “Laura, all my teammates have been assimilated by you, haven’t they?”

Laura froze and was rendered speechless.

He saw right through her. “You’re the Zombie King, right?”

Laura’s pupils dilated in shock, thinking to herself, ‘How did he know?”

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The chat erupted with confusion: [What? How did Xander notice such a detail!]

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[I didn’t even notice until he mentioned it. When Zayn died, it was notified as ‘dismemberment‘, while for Halsey and the others, it was notified as ‘elimination, proving that they switched sides!]

[Oh no, she’s been exposed.]

Laura looked at Xander in disbelief.

Xander, seeing her struggle to maintain her composure, smiled wryly. “Laura, you’re still too green. Although your strategy was good, you missed some crucial details.”

Laura furrowed her brows.

Xander mockingly said, “I know the Zombie King must eliminate all humans to win. If you kill me, I’d be just another loser like Zayn. But if I manage to escape, I alone will be the victor, since all my teammates have been assimilated by you.

“At that time, all the rewards will be mine alone, and all you could do is watch.”

Xander leaned forward to look at her. “So, Laura, between you and your zombie teammates winning or me alone, who do you think I’d choose?”

Laura was struck dumb, unable to speak.

Xander smiled slyly and began to walk downstairs.

Suddenly coming to her senses, Laura leaped after him. “Don’t run! I have to catch you.”

Halsey and others finally reacted. “Quick! Catch him, or we lose!”

Laura, even more desperate, called out, “Wait for me.”

In her haste, her foot slipped, and she flew right off the stairs.

Seeing the scene as Halsey arrived at the stairwell, she called out at the top of her lungs, “Ah! Lala!”

Sean exclaimed, “Oh no! Laura just took flight.”

Chad corrected him. “She’s not flying! She’s going to tumble down!!”

Xander turned around at the noise, shocked to see Laura falling down the stairs.

Instinctively, he rushed forward, reaching out to catch her.

The momentum caused him to fall on her.

Xander closed his eyes, one hand cradling the back of Laura’s head as they crashed to the ground!

The chat erupted in screams: [Ahhhh! Are they okay?]

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[Oh no!]

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The director, Brandon, shocked, shouted, “Quick! Go check on them! See if the kids are hurt!”

Zayn, too, rushed out of his room towards Laura.

Laura, curled up in Xander’s arms, gasping for breath, looked up to see Xander’s pale face as he still protected the back of her head. “Were you cheating, Laura?” said Xander coldly.

Laura paused, puzzled by his question.

Xander sighed in resignation, wincing. “You bit me just now, right here on my neck.”

Laura was startled, her eyes wide, as she noticed a mark on his neck.

Reacting instinctively, she sat up. “No, I just lost my balance. Sorry, Xander, are you alright?”

Xander, in pain, collapsed on the floor with eyes closed to gather breath. “I’m not alright.”

Laura panicked. “What’s wrong?”

He brushed his hair aside, took off his glasses with a resigned gesture, and pinched the bridge of his nose. “I had a winning game, and you, the Zombie King, just ruined it.”

Putting his glasses back on, he looked at her and couldn’t help but laugh. “You’ve successfully assimilated me. I’m your subordinate now. So, congratulations, you won, Laura.”

Laura was dumbfounded.

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