The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2362

Time had become a hazy concept as they finally reached their destination. Balfour and Victoria found themselves thrown into a room.

The kidnappers, having delivered their captives, seemed to forget about them as quickly as they had appeared, leaving them bound and confined.

Balfour was not one to resign to fate.

When the surrounding silence assured him of their captors’ absence, he began to cautiously wriggle against his restraints, but the ropes binding his wrists and ankles were wound tight.

The more he struggled, the more the coarse fibers of the ropes bit into his skin, refusing to give way.

Meanwhile, Victoria, feeling the weight of their grim situation, had begun to sob quietly in the darkness.

strained. He wasn’t sure if Victoria could hear him over

and Balfour instantly ceased all movement,

one of the kidnappers suggested with a sense of urgency. “They’re loaded. We tell ’em to cough up a cool million, and we can live the

eager. The idea of never having to worry about their next meal

calling the cops, we’ll just

These men were desperate, ready to risk everything for

chattering audibly-a sound that didn’t

was only one boy.” one of them

was with the boy, so I had them both brought in. If it adds to the ransom, great. If not, we can always ‘take care’ of her later.”

Balfour was acutely aware that if they found out Victoria wasn’t worth anything to them,

the tape from their mouths with such