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.
the hooded leader delivered a brutal
mouth, and her
meat!” The hooded man
at that critical moment, Mitchel finally
felt like she had been
Mitchel's arm, but he
completely on the
man stopped what
case, prepare ten million dollars in cash and bring it
He grabbed a dagger and carefully nicked Lauren's wrist, enough for blood
spot, but her time
now," the hooded guy sneered and, without waiting for Mitchel's
Silence enveloped the car.
turned to Raegan with a
to...” Maybe it was because Mitchel had been so kind to Raegan recently that
Raegan cut
not that
was that she thought it would be better to send a professional
intuition told her there was
and have them sort this out,” Raegan
shot down the
involve the
stake." Those outlaws had
assumed he could not gamble with
he would pay off his debt, as long as Lauren
Lauren,
thing might be staged?” Raegan voiced
"What are
video, Lauren's
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
Lauren
kidnapper care whether the guy paying the ransom was
was orchestrating the whole
thus using those words as
pieces of the puzzle were falling
could not shake the feeling that the kidnapping was
more she thought about it, the more she felt
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