Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 46

Effie couldn't help but knit her brows. Was she... kidnapped?

She forced herself to stay calm.

Shifting her aching body, she tried to get her bearings. Her wrists were tied tightly behind her back with coarse rope, her ankles bound so she couldn't move. The air was heavy with a damp, moldy stench, laced with the sharp, chemical bite of ether that made her stomach churn.

"Who... who are you? Why did you bring me here? I don't have any money," Effie croaked, her voice hoarse.

She took a shaky breath, willing herself not to panic.

One of the kidnappers, a bald man, snorted. "Cut the act, sweetheart. We know all about that fat stack of cash you just got your hands on. Think you can trick us? You're not nearly clever enough."

Effie's heart lurched. The only ones who knew about the money from selling her shares were Mitchell and Suzan-or so she thought.

The payment had only come through yesterday, and now here she was, kidnapped the very next day.

was fast.

me-my clothes, my bag-together they're not even worth thirty bucks. I just got fired, too. Do I really look

two men

his cheek-pulled a small knife from his pocket. Its blade gleamed coldly in the

menacing, "Don't play games with us, lady. We've done

her voice steady. "But if there's no money, then I guess my life just isn't worth

not to look away as she

unsatisfied. "What about your family?

a faint, bitter sigh. "I don't have anyone left. My mom's gone, and my dad-well,

point in wasting our time. Maybe we'll just have our fun with you

been a while since we've had a good

down to the neckline of Effie's blouse, lingering on her pale

compromising photos. But now, if there

through her, her blood freezing in her veins. She hadn't expected

and over. Think. What