Love the Second Time Around

Chapter 77 Out Of The Woods

I darted my eyes around, but all that greeted me were sloping hills and farmland. The place I had been kept in appeared to be an abandoned granary.

Isn’t he afraid that someone will see him?

Shortly after, a rackety van came to a stop before us. A tanned and stocky man proceeded to climb out of the vehicle.

I didn’t recognize him, and I initially thought that he was Julius’ accomplice. But after listening to their conversation, I felt that it wasn’t quite the case. Instead, it sounded like a car service.

Julius didn’t talk much to the man before he carried me into the vehicle. The van promptly started moving again.

After some time, it came to a stop. By then, the sky had already lightened considerably.

When the man driving the van left, Julius carried me into a small bungalow.

While we were on our way in earlier, small bungalows such as this littered both sides of the road. It was exceedingly messy, and an unpleasant stench lingered in the air.

Julius placed me on the bed before binding my hands and legs with the rope once again. Then, he left with the tablet.

Hmm… he’s probably going to fiddle with the recording, but I really wonder how he’s going to send it to Dominic. Jeez, I didn’t expect him to demand five million! I don’t even know whether Dominic can save me.

I wiggled slightly, but my hands and legs were securely bound. If only I could move, I’d get to the door and cry for help even if I had to crawl there on my hands and knees!

Recalling my paralyzed condition then, a bolt of fear suddenly lanced through me. Ugh! What kind of drug did he give me? If I’m to remain like this for the rest of my life, I’d rather he just kill me.

I had no idea what kind of place it was, but I kept hearing noises from outside soon after Julius left.

I was thrilled at first, thinking that someone was coming to my rescue. However, not a single soul appeared though the racket grew all the louder.

Oh wow, he actually left me all alone in a populated place and went off by himself!

bed, I tried my best to keep my eyes open while my gaze remained fixated on the door. I truly

like a burr that I simply can’t shake off when I don’t want to see him. But now that I

then, I heard a click before the room door

bed and patted my face. A jubilant smirk tugged at his lips as he sneered, “I didn’t know that he regards you

a thousand questions promptly popped up in my

gotten the money? Is

I’ll certainly let you go after

reason, I didn’t feel the slightest bit of joy when I heard him saying that he would let me go. Conversely, a

was too bizarre, and the vicious glint in his eyes made

baring his teeth at me. I saw him putting something into the mineral water again, and it was two pills this

my hair and forced my mouth

on me, I slumped back onto the bed

happened, I was still aware although I couldn’t move

growing heavier. I started seeing double, and despite my best efforts to keep my eyes open, I slowly

as though I was dreaming. Many people were calling out to me in the dream, and someone even

and also Shannon. Their voices washed over me in

and again,

mother’s presence right beside me, her voice sounding

right here… Won’t you please wake up,

crying, and that prompted questions to flood my mind. What’s wrong with her? And what happened to me? Why is she asking me to wake

of that, a sigh

could tell that it came from

going on here? Why does he sound

seemed to see a sliver of light and something hovering on the edges of my vision. Is

and I saw that it was indeed my mother who was

several times before I could

my mother’s face, and it was a completely different