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.”

call, he directed Nolan to conduct a thorough search

don’t just vanish into thin air

the search area from the venue, with a particular

“Understood, Mr. Harris.”

a conch pearl earring lay there in

lips tightened as he picked up the earring. His index finger gently traced the pearl’s surface. His expression turned even more grim, and

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He clenched the earring so tightly in his palm that the

up. “Mr. Harris.” He stepped aside as Nathael’s

Nolan had already sent someone to climb up the ceilling

took the call, he relayed to Nathael, “This passage leads directly to a restroom in a conference

eyes were as dark as night. His face was covered with a layer of frost, a hidden bloodlust flickering dark and deep within his eyes. His icy and suppressed aura was so intense that it felt like a storm was imminent. No one dares to make any

if you have to turn

“Yes, Mr. Harris.”

awoke, she found herself lying on a soft, expansive bed, unbound and free to

face–a mixed–race man–was someone she’d

abducted me this

a number of potential

recent discord between them significant enough to warrant a kidnapping, nor did she have the resources to hire

met. If Sierra had planned this, she would have shown some sign of triumphant

Beth? Joseph?

just quarreled with

absorbed

among the mountains, embraced by lush greenery and serene surroundings, the villa

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

a few, notches.

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to be Beth’s doing; she was more

treatment.

and envy. Beth would much rather drag her through the mud to vent out her rage and make her as wretched as possible.