Bound by love: Marrying my Disabled Husband by Devocean

Chapter 1621:

Chloe scrambled to follow, her earlier stupor forgotten.

They’d barely ventured beyond the hotel’s sanctuary when unease prickled along Chloe’s spine. She leaned close, her breath ghosting against Elyse’s ear. “Tell me I’m imagining the shadows trailing us.”

Elyse remained composed. “Your instincts ring true again. Rebecca’s watchdogs ensure we don’t slip away.”

Horror widened Chloe’s eyes. “Is she some kind of psycho? Why would she have us followed?”

Elyse maintained her neutral expression. “Pay them no mind. We’re just two friends enjoying some shopping and dining. We pose no threat.”

Chloe swallowed her nerves and forced herself to play along, even as the invisible eyes burned into her back.

Their afternoon melted into evening, lost in a whirl of boutiques and laughter. Chloe eventually noticed Elyse’s conspicuous silence about practice. “Has your performance…?”

hint of irony. “Quite the opposite. The fear

furrowed Chloe’s brow.

Elyse’s lips. “Rebecca needs to believe I’m here for pleasure, not

dawned in Chloe’s eyes. “To lower

car materialized beside them, its window descending to reveal

“How did you track

edge. “This is my domain.

suppressed her eye-roll, knowing full well they’d been

drinks,” Rebecca

“We were

in stories on

me with one drink. It’s rare to have friends visit, and I pride myself on hospitality.”

spoils were efficiently transferred to another vehicle before

warning. “We’ll need our belongings returned when you drop us