Chapter 124

Quintessa glanced at the business card; she curled her lips and thought to herself: why wouldn’t she be that kind of person – she Indeed was!

As she tumed to leave, Quintessa’s gaze fell upon Roxanne lurking in the shadows, her eyes dark with malice. A shiver ran down Quintessa’s spine; it was clear that Roxanne was

out for revenge.

Manny, holding Quintessa’s belongings, nudged her, “Quinn, let’s head back.”

Quintessa nodded, “Let’s go.”

She planned to leave Zion City tomorrow for Emberbrook to shoot “Requiem.” Being cautious tonight should keep her out of trouble.

The filming location wasn’t too far from where she was staying, just a 30–hour drive away.

But unexpectedly, halfway there, the car suddenly stalled.

Quintessa sat in the passenger seat, her head heavy and foggy.

Manny checked around the car but couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong. They were close to their destination, at most a fifteen–minute drive. He looked around; there was no one in sight.

Anxiously, Manny said to Quintessa, “The car broke down, I don’t know how to fix it.”

Quintessa opened her eyes, and everything was spinning. Initially, she thought it was just exhaustion, but her instincts, honed by years of evading danger, sensed something was off.

“Damn it,” she muttered, “we’ve been set up.”

She pinched the palm of her hand hard to focus.

confused, “What’s wrong?”

drugged my drink. I bet

hunch that Roxanne was behind this, but Quintessa didn’t expect her to act so

only thing Quintessa had consumed was a sip of beer handed to her by the director; that must have been where the problem lay.

panic; he had never faced such a situation before, But he always did as Quintessa

her tongue to combat the dizziness; the pain, the taste of blood, made her mind

help, Quintessa got

her, “Quinn, there’s a car

grabbed Manny’s hand, “They’re after me. Wear my clothes and lead them away. They’ll let you go

I know. As long as you are fine, that’s all that matters. I am a man; I’ll

saying that, Manny jumped out of the car and

in the car gave chase, not

She was barefoot, not wearing her heels, which would have been cumbersome during her escape. She knew they’d come back for her after catching Manny and realizing he wasn’t her. She couldn’t stay

in the car.

wasn’t Quintessa, they

out his phone, and managed

I’m reporting a kidnapping.

Chapter 125

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