Villain On the video call, three burly figures appeared, their faces shrouded in hoods.
Lauren was kneeling on the ground, and her face was shoved toward the phone by one of the men.
Her face, neck, and body were covered in blood.
Moreover, her lips were cracked, and her eyes were so swollen she could hardly keep them open.
She looked utterly defeated.
In a hoarse and feeble voice, Lauren sobbed.
"Mitchel...
Help me...
Please...
Remember that time I saved you? Help me now...” Bringing up old scores was the most effective way to change one's mind.
Sure enough, Mitchel's expression shifted in an instant.
Smack! One of the hooded men slapped Lauren across the face and snarled, "Enough of your nonsense." It was clear Lauren had been suffering for a while.
The slap forced a mouthful of blood out of her, making her look even more miserable.
Mitchel's expression flipped like a switch.
With his eyes turned as cold as a glacier, he bellowed, "How dare you!” The hooded man chuckled as if he had heard a joke.
His laughter was distorted by a voice changer, which made it sound even more unsettling.
"This woman says you're her husband and that you're loaded.
Is that right?” An unsettling silence fell over both parties.
Raegan impulsively grabbed Mitchel's arm.
She was not quite sure what she was thinking, but something deep down told her he should not admit it.
Mitchel's face turned grim, and he focused on the screen.
leader delivered a brutal kick
splattered from Lauren's mouth, and her face went
lie to me! You're dead meat!” The hooded man lifted
that critical moment, Mitchel
truth.” Raegan felt like
her grip on Mitchel's arm, but he did not seem to
attention was completely on the
hearing Mitchel's admission, the hooded man stopped
in cash and bring it to
a dagger and carefully nicked Lauren's wrist, enough for blood
die on the spot, but
clock now," the hooded guy sneered and, without waiting for Mitchel's response, ended
Silence enveloped the car.
to Raegan with
kind to Raegan recently
Raegan cut
was not that Raegan
was that she thought it would be better
intuition told her there
the police and have them sort this out,” Raegan
frowned and shot down the idea
involve
is at stake."
not
would pay off his debt, as long as Lauren arrived in
with Lauren,
this whole thing might be staged?” Raegan voiced
expression turned even grimmer, and he asked, "What are you getting at?” Raegan laid out
Lauren's
she was beaten up and held in some rundown warehouse, how could her shoes be so clean?" Unlike Mitchel, she had paid close attention to the details and noticed something was
amount of blood Lauren spat
guy paying the ransom was her husband or not?" There could be only
was orchestrating
using those words as a way to
the puzzle were falling into
not shake the feeling that the kidnapping was
more she thought about it, the more she felt something
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