Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

Chapter 823

She'd been quietly keeping tabs on the case from the start. The word was that Claire's kidnappers were Jeffery's sworn enemies. They weren't after money. Nope, this was a vendetta, and they gave Jeffery just a week to find her. If he failed, they'd kill her.

Jeffery scrambled, pulling every string he could, both on the right and wrong side of the law. Finally, they tracked Claire down to a remote cabin deep in the mountains. With a lot of help, they managed to rescue her. Out of the seven kidnappers, six were shot dead on the But Claire's partner, Paul White, hadn't been so lucky. He'd been dead for a while, his head brutally severed with a sword-a truly horrific sight. The one kidnapper who survived spilled the beans on what went down.

spot, and one was left barely hanging on.

Turns out, Claire and Paul had been held in separate rooms next to each other. The kidnappers made Paul cook for them, knowing his background as an actor, and even forced him to perform to keep them entertained. Then, these lowlifes turned their ugly intentions towards Claire.

Paul fought with everything he had, but they nearly beat him to death. Paul, known for his striking looks that even outshone many women, caught their twisted interest too. They threatened him, claiming they'd spare Claire if he complied. Reluctantly, Paul agreed to their demands, enduring everything to protect her.

Claire, promising that Paul would be let go if she played along. In the end, both thought that by enduring the worst,

ruthless thugs

with them. They had orders

Claire under a bed in Paul's room and made her watch as they murdered him. Paul's dying wish was simple: he wanted to make Claire a bowl of his special chicken noodle soup, her favorite But they wouldn't even allow him that

This very sword was

forced to watch, powerless, as Paul died right in front of her. Afterwards, they dumped Paul's body in the nearby woods. When the rescuers finally arrived, seven of the kidnappers were dragging her out,

were to

as they were about to act on them, the rescue team burst in Claire was saved, but Raul was gone. His body was found two days later, his head

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