His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius by Derk Blaylock

Chapter 1573:

“Belinda!” Lucas called after her, frustration and worry mingling in his voice. He instinctively took a step to follow, but she spun around and fixed him with a fierce glare. “Don’t even think about following me. We’ll cover more ground if we split up. Go another way and stop wasting time!”

Cornered by her determination, Lucas halted, his brows furrowed in helpless concern. “Be careful,” he said.

“All right!” she replied, waving the flashlight dismissively as she disappeared into the woods.

Lucas didn’t linger. With grim resolve, he turned and began searching in the opposite direction.

Belinda had a hunch about why Faye had ventured into the woods.

Lucas had spoken with Faye earlier that evening, and later, he had recounted the conversation to Belinda.

Something in his words, Belinda suspected, had stirred Faye’s emotions deeply enough to drive her to this desolate, shadow-cloaked place in the dead of night.

come here to clear her head or to

had to find

after all,

even if Belinda found many of her actions annoying, she didn’t wish harm

called into the darkness, her voice echoing faintly

She couldn’t

Belinda forged ahead, scanning the underbrush and flickering her flashlight across the gnarled trees and twisted vines,

others. But in

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world turned sideways. Disoriented and helpless, Belinda tumbled down a steep slope, her flashlight and phone flying

slope, her body came to a violent halt. Her

away, felt a sudden jolt of