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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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?

beat. “Did he

bewildered. “Mr. Jamie didn’t tell us where he went; he

grew cold, and his gaze fell on the shackles on his

worried that I might try

a deep breath, recalling Freya’s words that he needed to eat something no

at the two maids and

two maids immediately obliged and left

on the bed, attempting to undo the shackles on his feet. After a few minutes, he gave up; the

highly on

about

we assist you with your meal?” one of the maids

remained cold. “No,

a sharp pain in his stomach, accompanied

to vomit.

the bathroom, and luckily, the length of the chain on his shackles. allowed him to lean over the sink and retch

tap and cleaned up what he

vomited again, noticing red streaks in the expelled

throat felt as if it had been scratched by food, and it was painful

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vomiting, his stomach began to

looking through the open door at the moonlight

outside.

till this point. Thankfully, he had sent her away earlier, or he truly wouldn’t have known if he had the strength to do it a few

place for a while and waited until the pain gradually subsided before he returned to the bed, leaning against the wall.

bathroom mirror-a gaunt figure that had already

proud, and he didn’t want to die like this.

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

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

cabinet and, after searching through the clutter, found a pen. The pen was a plastic marker, not considered

pillbox, opened it, and

on the floor, leaning against the bedside cabinet, and began writing slowly, line

line.

my dearest brother,

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