Chapter 182
Just as she sent the message, Marcus’s call came through. Cornelia hurriedly answered, President Hartley”
Where are you?” Marcus’s voice carried a hint of resignation
Cornelia checked her GPS, “I be home in two or three kilometers”
“Alright, hang up when you get home. Then his voice disappeared from the earpiece
If it werent for the call duration ticking away on her phone screen, she would have thought he had hung up.
The 3–kilometer journey didn’t take long. The taxi driver stopped the car across the street from the northern gate of her neighborhood, “Miss, they’re doing roadwork ahead I can’t turn the car around. You’ll have to go by yourself”
driver kindly helped her with her
Park With its lush vegetation and
a van sped by, forcing her to retreat to the curb, She decided to wait for the van
van screeched to a halt before her. Two men wearing baseball caps and masks jumped out
out before a calloused hand covered her mouth, and her phone clattered to the ground.
the phone, but the kidnapped Cornelia couldn’t hear him anymore
van, the hand covering Cornelia’s mouth was removed and replaced with duct tape. “Just behave. No one’s saving you tonight.”
van, one driving, two holding her. Their actions were too practiced, they must
crossed any thugs, so this was likely
it be?
Courtney Kamp–Hartley?
dismissed this possibility. Marcus himself had said that Courtney wouldn’t bother her again,
could it
pissed off during her time
be bold enough to go
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