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.

shorter than I expected, wearing a mask. Wiry, with something unstable in

he asked. “If not, she might not

“Wait,

I said. “Can’t be too careful. Where

with me

I said. “Not just going

out his phone. “Will this

exactly like her, unconscious, with a bright red handprint on her pale

built inside me. “Where is

his phone. “I said, follow me and find

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

at me. “Her life’s in

want –

I cut him off.

expecting me to cave so quickly. Then he stuck his hand out. “Your phone,

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Calculating bastard.

handed it over without

he said after checking my screen. He circled

jerked his head toward the

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