Chapter 422

She’d tried so hard not to step on his toes–wasn’t that enough?

Maja kept quiet, her head down.

The kidnapper hung up and kicked her.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, did you hear that? You’re worth nothing to your husband.”

A rough hand grabbed her hair, forcing her to look up.

The man studying her face swallowed hard.

“Damn, she is a looker. How can lan not appreciate such beauty?”

He hoisted her up, shoved a sack over her head, stuffed a rag–into her mouth, and carried her into the factory.

Inside, Carlene was also bagged, but her mouth wasn’t gagged. She was crying.

“Let me go! Let me go!”

“What are you idiots waiting for? Let’s scram! lan’s going to be here any minute; you want to stick around and get killed?” The man carrying Maja shouted. He’d been cocky on the phone with lan, but that was all for the two million ransom.

They’d never seen that much money–enough to make them risk it all, even death.

But given the chance, who would choose to kick the bucket?

Maja was swallowed by the massive sack, which was pitch black inside.

she could tell they were retreating. Besides Carlene’s sobs,

even had a

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was the guy who’d carried Maja. Having seen her beauty, he felt like leaving without doing something was a waste.

sack from Maja’s head and ripped her clothes off.

terror as he leaned in

ready to die for a piece

of Maja cursed and shoved her

you! Lucky you. Otherwise, I would’ve

lit a torch and

was filled with hay, clearly prepared in advance.

touched the hay,

few minutes after the kidnappers left, lan kicked the door open.

“lan, lan!”

was shaking and hid under a sack.

were busy trying to put out the fire, but there was too

swept Carlene into

handprints on her cheeks, collapsed into

face was icy as he carried her

the police had arrived.

Seeing lan, he blurted out

where’s Maja?”

hadn’t seen

in lan’s arms, he was consumed by

him. “My men should have put out the fire.

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