Chapter 253

However, Serena coldly swatted her hand away.

"You took the photos and sent them to me. If I choose to keep them, that's my business," she said.

She added, "As for Zach, I've already moved on. If he wants to chase me like a fool, that's his problem. But you... knowing full well that I have something on you, and still daring to come after me?"

This time, Serena was the one closing the distance.

Wendy shrank back in fear, retreating until she slammed into Serena's car with a dull thud. Her back pressed against the hood, and her legs suddenly went weak.

Serena leaned in, her sharp gaze locked onto Wendy.

"You should be terrified of the evidence I hold. If I wanted to, I could make Zach despise you. Without him, you'd be right back in that miserable place you came from. Don't push me—I'm running out of patience."

The mere mention of that miserable place sent a shiver down Wendy's spine.

She didn't want to go back!

She couldn't bear the thought of trudging down those endless, winding mountain roads again. She couldn't marry some rough, dirt-covered man. Above all, she couldn't stand the idea of being trapped in that mountain, unable to escape.

At night, the mountains were pitch black and bone-chillingly cold. No woman ever made it out alive. Even their bodies were always found and dragged back. Their

souls could never escape.

I can't

wide with fear

whatever you want! Name your price!

who pulled me out of that hell. Please, if any

sobs were raw and ragged, as if the darkness of that place was once again closing in, choking the life

for a

was the one who had pulled her out of that nightmare. Then why had she stolen what was never hers to

ungrateful didn't deserve

arm. As she watched the flicker of terror in Wendy's eyes, a soft, almost gentle smile curved

no interest in the millions you squeezed out of Zach, but I do

the words "lose sleep over their sins", as

at her, fingers itching to claw Serena's

didn't dare. She could only stand there, watching as Serena opened the car

the gas, she shot

hesitant steps back, but then, from the corner of her eye,

she took just a

in Wendy's eyes. And then, in one smooth motion,

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