Let’s start all over again,shall we?

Chapter 283 The Search

Maggie had lost consciousness. The man swiftly hoisted her over his shoulder and made his way toward a secluded restroom in the corner.

With a ceiling panel already removed, the man stepped onto the toilet seat and passed Maggie up into waiting hands–every move was swift and practiced, as if rehearsed a hundred times over.

Meanwhile, Nathael stool in the dimly lit corridor, awaiting her return. Time seemed to drag on, and after checking his watch, he noted it had been ten minutes.

Lighting a cigarette, Nathael continued to wait, growing increasingly restless.

As five more minutes passed without any sign of Maggie, a crease formed between Nathael’s brows. He tried calling her.

The phone rang for a moment with no answer.

A sense of unease gnawed at him, growing stronger with each passing moment.

Realizing that Maggie had been gone for too long and that the restroom showed no signs of activity, Nathael’s demeanor shifted.

He extinguished his cigarette and stormed into the restroom, calling out for Maggie.

“Maggie?”

To his dismay, the restroom was empty. Nathael’s expression turned grim as he forcefully pushed open several partially closed doors, finding no trace of her.

His eyes instructed, “Lock down the entire venue! Scrutinize everyone coming in and out!”

turned ice–co, 2nd a dangerous shade filled his eyes. He immediately called Nolan and

Recognizing the gravity of the situation, Nolan swiftly mobilized their team.

Since the university’s piano competition being a high–profile event and other programs happening nearby, scaling off the area amidst the dense and chaotic crowd posed a significant challenge.

“Bring the military in and frame it as a routine security check.”

Nolan to conduct a

into thin air after ten

exits of the conference hall; extend the search area from the venue, with a particular focus on the vehicles and suspicious individuals passing

“Understood, Mr. Harris.”

below, a conch pearl

earring. His index finger gently traced the pearl’s surface. His expression turned even more grim,

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specially brought for

He clenched the earring so tightly in his palm that

aside as

to climb up the

After he took the call, he relayed to Nathael, “This passage leads directly to a restroom in a conference room upstairs. There are traces of someone tampering with a window, and there are marks

as night. His face was covered with a layer of frost, a hidden bloodlust flickering dark and deep within his eyes. His icy

you have to turn this place upside

“Yes, Mr. Harris.”

had been unconscious, but when she awoke, she found herself lying on a soft,

the stranger’s face–a mixed–race man–was someone she’d never seen in her past life.

me

number

couldn’t be Vanessa; there had been no recent discord between them significant enough to warrant a kidnapping, nor did she have the resources

this, she would have shown some sign of triumphant anticipation. But there was none–only solid confidence

Beth? Joseph?

just quarreled with her. But to what end would Beth go

the window, Maggie absorbed the scenery outside.

the mountains, embraced by lush greenery and serene surroundings, the villa resembled something out of a painting.

elite foreign mercenaries patrolling the area, they were few in number, yet each moved with the

heart sank a few,

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The

to be Beth’s doing; she was more inclined to inflict misery than provide

treatment.

her through the mud to vent out her rage and make