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 get concern

had to find Faye

was, after all, Lucas’s

found many of her actions

into the darkness, her voice echoing

and silence. She couldn’t understand how Faye had dared to come here alone. She had to

flickering her flashlight across the gnarled trees and twisted vines, wholly unaware that danger

others. But in that moment of distraction, a sudden, powerful shove struck

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her flashlight and phone flying

the slope, her body came to a violent halt. Her forehead collided with a jagged stone. Everything

that moment, Lucas, far away, felt a