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 kick to Lauren's
splattered from Lauren's mouth, and
you lie to me! You're dead meat!” The
critical moment, Mitchel
truth.” Raegan felt like
loosened her grip on Mitchel's arm, but he
completely on the
hearing Mitchel's admission, the hooded man
dollars in cash and bring it to the
grabbed a dagger and carefully nicked Lauren's wrist, enough for blood to start
not die on the spot,
against the clock now," the hooded guy sneered and, without waiting for Mitchel's response, ended the video
Silence enveloped the car.
turned to Raegan with
to Raegan recently that he thought she could understand him
cut
It was not that
she thought it would be better to send a
her intuition told her there was more
the police and have them sort this
frowned and shot down
can't involve
at stake." Those
assumed he could not gamble
as long as Lauren arrived in Swynborough
Mitchel still siding with Lauren, a bitter taste
you considered that this whole thing might be staged?” Raegan voiced
expression turned even grimmer, and he asked, "What are you
video, Lauren's
in some rundown warehouse, how could her shoes be so clean?" Unlike Mitchel,
Lauren spat
kidnapper care whether the guy paying the ransom was her husband or not?" There could be
orchestrating the
was listening, thus using those words as
pieces of the puzzle
not shake the feeling that the kidnapping was Lauren's
thought about it, the more she felt something was
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