Chapter 182

Just as she sent the message, Marcus’s call came through. Cornelia hurriedly answered, President Hartley”

Where are you?” Marcus’s voice carried a hint of resignation

Cornelia checked her GPS, “I be home in two or three kilometers”

“Alright, hang up when you get home. Then his voice disappeared from the earpiece

If it werent for the call duration ticking away on her phone screen, she would have thought he had hung up.

The 3–kilometer journey didn’t take long. The taxi driver stopped the car across the street from the northern gate of her neighborhood, “Miss, they’re doing roadwork ahead I can’t turn the car around. You’ll have to go by yourself”

Cornelia got out of the car. The driver kindly helped her with her

lush vegetation and

street when a van sped by, forcing her to retreat to the curb, She decided to wait for the van to pass before

to a halt before her. Two men wearing baseball

before a calloused hand covered her mouth, and

“Marcus’s anxious voice rang from the phone,

mouth was removed and replaced with duct tape. “Just behave.

men in the van, one driving, two holding her. Their actions were too practiced, they

so this was likely someone’s revenge

it

Courtney Kamp–Hartley?

this possibility. Marcus himself had said that Courtney wouldn’t bother her again, and she trusted

else could it be?

she pissed off during her

to go to these lengths to

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