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?”

if you let Edward

“Jamie, this is

will have to bear the

Edward anymore if you

find that

still had Lucius and

her tend to

her from the ground and carried her downstairs.

tossed her into the room before departing.

her office. The office was well-equipped, and she found a first aid kit to treat her

gritted her teeth and applied the

her back, so she smeared the ointment onto a bandage and

on her shoulder

threat to kill Maddox tomorrow was no idle

can’t afford to wait any

due to the night’s events, those who brought her

and

asleep but was waiting for her strength to

know how long to recover without taking the medicine today.

three of them as long as

morning, when most people were in their most profound slumber,

under the quilt to create the illusion of someone in bed.

she felt a sense of relief.

correct. Otherwise, Jamie’s men would have stormed

followed the surveillance

corridor, and two people in black suits sat

the person monitoring the surveillance would notice the scene on the camera, so she had to locate the central control room and disable all the villa’s security measures to stand

on the left, swiftly raised her hand, and struck

his head and propped him back on

with the other man similarly, she slung one long gun over her back, held the other in her hand, and ventured onto the third

the third floor, but she knew that Jamie resided there, and his office was

be able to turn off the villa’s

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