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Chapter 406

Chapter 406

Audrey’s POV

Blood on marble. That’s what registered first – Blake’s blood dripping onto the polished Parker Group lobby floor. Medical personnel rushed his stretcher through the entrance from the parking garage, their movements urgent.

What’s happening?

Didn’t Michael just tell me Blake was resting?

Why is he being carried out covered in blood?

How did he get injured?

My brain couldn’t process what my eyes were seeing. Blake Parker – covered in blood, unconscious, his face ghostly pale against the crimson stains. I ran forward without thinking.

“What happened?” I grabbed the nearest paramedic’s arm. “What’s wrong with him?”

The medical personnel barely looked up, focused on moving. “We don’t know.”

His colleague glanced at my panicked face. “You family?”

“I… I am.” The lie came easy when it mattered. My voice betrayed more worry than I wanted to show.

“Good. Come with us then. We might need someone to sign for blood transfusions or emergency surgery.”

I followed them out to the waiting ambulance, my stomach in knots, mind racing with possibilities.

Inside the ambulance, I pressed myself against the wall, watching them work on Blake. They hooked him up to monitors and slipped an oxygen mask over his face. His skin looked ghostly under the harsh ambulance lights, his breathing irregular and shallow.

What caught my eye was the burlap sack clutched against his chest. Even unconscious, his arms locked around it like a vise, protecting whatever was inside despite his injuries.

“What’s with the death grip?” A paramedic tugged at Blake’s arms. “He won’t let go of whatever’s in there.”

They tried to move his hands, but his grip only tightened. After a few attempts, they worked around it, finding ways to connect equipment without disturbing his hold on the mysterious sack.

“It’s a little girl.”

I jumped at the voice behind me. A blood-covered man stood at the ambulance entrance – Blake’s bodyguard, the one I’d seen in the hotel security footage.

“Look at the shape,” he said, like he was discussing the weather instead of standing there covered in blood. “That’s a kid in there.”

“Emma…” I tried to push past the paramedic toward him, panic rising in my chest.

“She’s right there.” He nodded at the sack. “In his arms.”

1 stared at the burlap bundle, now seeing the unmistakable outline of a small body. My heart slammed against my ribs as realization hit me.

“A kid?” The paramedic’s eyes widened.

i lunged forward, grabbing the sack. “Blake, let go!” I shouted, not caring how desperate I sounded.

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Like magic, his arms relaxed. The paramedics jaws dropped as they watched his grip loosen at just the sound of my voice.

I tore open the sack and nearly collapsed. Emma lay inside, sleeping peacefully like she was taking a nap at home. I checked her quickly for injuries but found none. Despite all the blood on Blake and his bodyguard, not a single drop had touched her. She’d been perfectly protected.

“Damn,” the paramedic muttered, watching Blake’s now-slack arms. “Guy’s out cold but still does what you say. You must be special to him.”

He gave me a curious look. ‘Wife?”

‘Ex,’ I said, with a bitter half-smile that felt like it might crack my face.

cheek, her skin warm

small

into the ambulance while pressing a cloth against a nasty knife wound on his

seat and examined the wound. “Jesus. What

bodyguard’s laugh was empty, his eyes cold. “Not

as the ambulance doors closed and we pulled away from the curb. The sirens wailed overhead while I tried to make sense of everything. Emma’s small weight in my

finally asked, barely audible over the

cleaned his cut. “You

holding Emma tight. “You’re the guy Blake hired to follow me. I saw you in the hotel security footage

surprised. “You knew

‘For a while now.”

security for about ten years. He talked like he was giving a job interview while getting stitched up. “Blake paid me crazy money last month to keep an eye on you without being

switched my assignment. Said you

his arm. “This kidnapping wasn’t random. They’d

their game. Then your kid wanted garden

was farther back, looked dangerous, so they left me alone. Followed them straight to Parker

– they

through like they belonged there.” Jett frowned. “I told Blake in real-time. He swore they weren’t his

protecting Emma, why would he arrange a kidnapping? And if those cars

weren’t many people who could command Parker Group

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paramedic pulled it

said. “Might be

the phone, my blood turning to ice when I saw the caller ID: Rachel

person besides Blake who could order staff around or use company

call connected before I

“Why aren’t you answering my texts? Michael said

Audrey’s POV

have to do with me? Your daughter –

switched to a concerned tone. “Your daughter was kidnapped? What

slip told me everything I needed to know.

had access to Parker Group vehicles? Who could get past company security without questions? Who knew exactly when

–

perfectly – intercepting us on the street to create a public scene while her hired

Her voice shot up defensively. “When your daughter was kidnapped, I was arguing with you and Adrian in the middle of the

do with any kidnapping or

bitterly. “Miss Hayes, why

I? How are you so certain you

quiet except for her heavy

friend who’d been through so much. I would’ve done anything to prevent her

a deep breath. “Miss Hayes. Out

to the bottom of Emma’s

you can forget your wedding. You’ll be too busy dealing with charges from me, Adrian, Blake, and Henry

hung up before she

back. Jett frowned, took the phone from my hand, and

were vicious,” he said coldly. “They started out just wanting ransom for the girl, but once they recognized Mr. Parker was there to

even

death after getting paid. If

arranging people to kill

cutting her off

Rachel’s POV

at my silent phone, stunned. “How

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kidnappers hurt Blake? This

my phone and rushed downstairs from the second floor

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