Chapter 0234

Hannah

“Hello, Hannah. I see you’re already dressed for a swim”

I didn’t even have a chance to be scared about that statement; I could only stare at Jake in disbelief, my mind reeling from his sudden appearance. This wasn’t the Jake that I knew. Yes, he was a cheater and a liar, but a kidnapper? And a… murderer?

No, this had to be some kind of bizarre nightmare. Maybe I was still back in the hot tub, dozing off and having strange dreams from the heat.

But even then, in my heart, I knew that wasn’t true. If this was indeed a nightmare, then why hadn’t I woken up yet?

“What’s going on, Jake?” I asked, trying to keep my voice steady despite the fear coursing through me and the throbbing pain in my body from being attacked. “Why are you here?”

Jake sneered, his once–friendly face now twisted with malice. “Oh, Hannah. Always so curious, aren’t you? Well, I suppose you deserve to know the truth now. After all, you seem to have worked so hard to uncover

it.”

began. “I never had any interest in women, least of all Amber.” He shuddered a bit just at the mention of her

his tongue.

“Why pretend for so long? Why propose

that sent chills down my spine.

the end: her enormous family fortune. I should have known


her, marry her, then convince her to sign over a sizable chunk of money before I divorced her. That

stomach. “But how could you do that to her? She loved you! She trusted you!” I

has more money than she

to her, manipulated her… She was planning to spend her life with you, you

swiftly raised the butt of his gun. A

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