Chapter 36

“Madam Avery hasn’t come home yet,” said Mrs. Cooper. “I’ve been waiting in the living room the whole time and I haven’t seen her all night.”

Elliot’s eyes turned dark.

If she did not come home, where could she have gone?

Did she lie to him about coming home to write her thesis?

“I’ll give her a call right now,” Mrs. Cooper said as she rushed toward the living room.

Avery had been abducted the moment she had set foot out of Forrance Villa, and now, she was on the other side of the city.

She had been dragged into a car, blindfolded, and her wrists were bound.

The car drove on for about an hour before coming to a halt.

She was taken into a room and thrown into a chair.

When her blindfold was taken off, she heard the unfamiliar voice of a strange man.

“Apologies, Miss Tate. We’re just doing our jobs. We won’t hurt you as long as you cooperate with us.”

glanced around the white room until her eyes fell

see

long as you don’t hurt me. However, I won’t do anything illegal even if you force me to,” she

weak little lady like you would be able to commit a

he said that, he untied Avery’s hands and connected her to a lie

my questions truthfully. You won’t get past this

the machine, stayed silent for

I

man, then began the test.

“Avery Tate.”

tell you the code to the safe

“No.”

the man glanced at the

were within the normal parameters, proving that she was telling the

at Forrance Villa tonight?

Avery remained silent.

“Don’t think too much about the questions,

you’d get shocked by my answer,” Avery said nonchalantly. “Do you

Fosters?”

“Who?”

know Elliot Foster?” Avery

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