Chapter 315

Death Takes Me, CEO

“It’s not the ocean that’s wrong,” she’d said. “It’s the people who hurt you.” “You shouldn’t hate the ocean. It covers more of Earth than land does. It’s full of life.”

She’d gotten excited then, describing everything I couldn’t see. “When your eyes heal, you’ll see how beautiful it is.”

Now I could see the ocean just fine. But she was gone.

“Mr. Thompson. Still here thinking about your meetup with that woman?”

A voice broke into my thoughts. I started to turn, ready to correct his mistake.

“That woman has been kidnapped by me.”

The words stopped me cold.

“What woman?” I asked, keeping my back to him.

“The one you were with earlier,” he replied, sounding smug. “She’s someplace safe. For now.”

I quickly pulled a mask from my pocket and put it on before facing him.

wearing a mask. Wiry, with

her?” he asked. “If not, she might not make it through the

eyes narrowed. “Wait,

I said. “Can’t be too careful.

me and you’ll

need proof you actually have her,” I said. “Not just going to

out his

looked exactly like her, unconscious, with a

quickened as rage built inside me.

pocketed his phone. “I said, follow

casually. “Call the cops or tip off anyone else, and boom

life’s in your

want –

go, I cut him off.

so quickly. Then he stuck

1/2

Calculating bastard.

handed it over

screen. He circled me like

way. He jerked his head toward the

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