Chapter 424 Long Time No See and Never Again

Freya leaned in Radley’s arms, and Connor was all smiles in the front passenger seat.

“You know, Miss Kaufmann, Mr. Monaghan hasn’t had a proper meal since you disappeared. Finally, things are looking up now,” Connor remarked.

Freya furrowed her brow as she looked at Radley. His already stern face now appeared even more gaunt, with sharper angles.

His deep-set eyes and untamed short hair gave him a somewhat disheveled appearance.

Freya smiled and gently touched his face. “Looks like it’ll take some time to plump you back. up.”

Radley reached out to caress her face, his voice slightly hoarse. “You’ll have to do your best then.”

Freya chuckled but soon thought about her plans to leave the next day.

Fortunately, since Matthew had mentioned that he knew some authoritative institutions, it should be a quick process to break free and return to Radley’s side.

The night had grown late, and after a long journey, Freya lay in Radley’s arms, gradually closing her eyes.

In the northern part of Kundin, inside a Floravalean-style villa, Edward opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling for a moment before sitting up abruptly.

As he tried to get out of bed, he realized that his feet were shackled with two padded ankle.

cuffs.

The cuffs were not designed to harm, but they limited his movement to the confines of the

room.

Edward furrowed his brow and called out, his voice hoarse, “Someone, come in!”

There was soon a commotion outside, and two maids hastily entered the room, pushing the door open.

“You called, Mr. Edward?”

Edward looked at them coldly. These two had previously addressed him as ‘Mr. Fraser.'”

It seemed that after the discovery, Jamie had no intention of continuing the charade.

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Jamie? I want to

exchanged a glance. “Mr. Jamie is not here, Mr. Edward. But he said you can request anything from us except for removing the shackles from your feet.”

Jamie’s not here?

skipped a beat. “Did he go after Freya?”

tell us where he went; he

fell on the shackles on

that I might try something, doesn’t

words that he

the two maids and said, “Go and prepare

obliged

shackles on his feet. After a few minutes, he gave up;

Jamie’s highly on guard against

a bitter laugh. After waiting for about

we assist you with your meal?”

expression remained cold. “No, you may leave.”

a bit, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach, accompanied by a strong

to vomit.

luckily, the length of the chain on his shackles. allowed him to lean

on the tap and cleaned up what he had expelled before rinsing his

again, noticing

if it had been scratched by food, and

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recent vomiting, his stomach began

the bathroom wall, looking through the open

outside.

away earlier, or he truly wouldn’t have known if he had the strength to do

while and waited until the pain gradually subsided before he returned to the bed,

mirror-a gaunt figure that had already lost its former

been proud, and he didn’t want to die

looking at his wrists that had become as thin as twigs,

been removed. Even the vase that had originally been on the bedside

seconds, then opened the bedside cabinet and, after searching through the clutter, found a pen. The pen was a plastic marker, not

within, he retrieved a pillbox, opened it, and unfolded a piece of

bedside cabinet, and began writing slowly, line by

line.

my dearest brother, Jamie…’

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