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

not see his features, but his

don’t hurt me. However, I won’t do anything illegal even if you force

a weak little lady

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

to answer my questions truthfully. You won’t get

silent for a moment, then nodded

worry, I

the man, then began the

“Avery Tate.”

the code to the safe before

“No.”

she answered, the man glanced at the machine’s

of the indicators were within the normal parameters,

you at Forrance Villa tonight? Who invited

Avery remained silent.

me?” snapped the man. “Don’t think too much about the

was just worried you’d get shocked by my answer,” Avery

Fosters?”

“Who?”

Elliot Foster?”

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