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”
got out of the car. The driver kindly helped her with her suitcase and then drove off.
gate was Riverside Park With its lush vegetation and scarce traffic at night, it always gave off an eerie vibe
the street when a van sped by, forcing her to retreat
before her. Two men wearing
out before a calloused hand covered her mouth, and her phone clattered to the
from the phone, but
the van, the hand covering Cornelia’s mouth was removed and replaced with duct tape. “Just
with her eyes, three men in the van, one driving, two holding her. Their
any thugs, so this was likely someone’s revenge
could it
Courtney Kamp–Hartley?
this possibility. Marcus himself had said that Courtney wouldn’t bother her again, and she trusted
could it be?
had she pissed off during
bold enough to go to these lengths to harm
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