Freya was sprawled in a pool of blood five minutes later.

Monkey stood nearby and glanced at her. “Mr. Strategist, should we proceed?”

Jamie rose, strolled to Freya with his phone, and began to record the scene.

He held his phone in one hand to capture the gruesome sight while brandishing a pen in his other hand. Then, a sinister smile played on his lips.

The pen’s tip traced a path from her face to her shoulder blade before he violently plunged it down.

A pained groan escaped her lips.

His gaze lingered on her, sprawled in the pool of blood, and her back marred by the lashings from Monkey’s whip.

“Freya, I’lFetch a constellation onto your face with this pen if you ever entertain the thought of escaping again,” he threatened.

She turned her face to the side, her complexion pale, and her jet-black hair tips immersed in the blood on the floor.

Jamie found the sight before him both beautiful and heart-wrenching.

Then, he reached out while caressing her face.

In the next instant, Freya bit him hard.

He quickly pulled back his hand and said, “That really pricked my hand.”

“You crazy pervert!” She spat out while coughing and cursing.

He ceased recording, showed her the video, and forwarded it to Radley’s number..

She glared at him, and her eyes ablaze with hatred.

“Your little lover has been quite a nuisance lately. If he continues to make my life difficult, I’ll ensure his life isn’t a bed of roses either.”

He held her head with one hand, immobilizing her, and gently patted her face with the other.

“Edward mustn’t know, do you understand?”

seeing Maddox tomorrow. And if you let Edward in on this,

“Jamie, this is my business!”

else will have to

won’t treat Edward anymore if you harm Maddox!” she

confidently. “Really? I find that hard to

Lucius and Russell.

the wounds, let her tend to them herself.” He turned around and resumed

the ground and

and Monkey tossed

to her office. The office was well-equipped, and she found a

gritted her teeth and

so she smeared the ointment onto a bandage and wrapped

the wound on her shoulder

threat to kill Maddox tomorrow was no

afford to wait any longer.

to the night’s events, those who brought

and lay

asleep but was waiting for her strength to return.

recover without

would risk her life to free the three of them as long as

most profound slumber, she quietly opened her eyes and glanced at the surveillance camera

pillow under the quilt to create the illusion of someone

was in place, she felt

Otherwise, Jamie’s men would have stormed in by

followed the surveillance line, and ascended to the

people in black suits sat on them, already asleep

camera, so she had to locate the central control room and disable all the

left, swiftly raised her hand,

she caught his head and propped him back on the

long gun over her back, held the other in her hand, and ventured onto

the central control room was on the third floor, but she knew that Jamie resided there, and his office was

turn off the villa’s defense system.

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