Chapter 168

I heard Mark’s gentle voice coming through my headphones. Jane, have you thought about that thing we talked about?”

I found myself smiling a little. “Not qu

quite yet.”

Then, a sleek black SUV rounded the corner, heading straight for me. Instinctively, I stepped back, but the vehicle suddenly sped up, stopping beside me.

Screech! The tires grated against the pavement in a jarring symphony.

Frowning, I was about to sidestep when a young man sporting a baseball cap swung the car door open and strode toward me. Before I knew it, he had clamped his hand over my mouth and nose.

“What are you…” It took no more than five seconds. I didn’t even finish my words or have a moment to resist, let alone run.

The strong scent of chloroform overwhelmed me. In just a few seconds, darkness. claimed me. My headphones dropped in their rough handling

Barely able to pry my eyes open, I surveyed my surroundings. I was still in the

outskirts of the city. Four people were in the

was awake, and his voice sounded raspy, “Finally awake, hu “I told you, this girl looked frail. She didn’t need that much, but you had to overdo it. Luckily, she woke up, or it’d be on you, the driver, a

hindsight expert!” snapped

muster my energy, I spoke with caution, “What…

trouble, and I’d never had any dealings with their alone any conflict. Why would they kidnap

kind, let

voice scoffed, “Go ask your dear uncle. Don’t worry. We won’t make it hard for you. Just have your husband clear your uncle’s gambling debts, and we’ll

confused “My

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man stared at me. “Stop playing dumb. Allen,

tried to bluff my way through.

with the raspy voice eyed me,

our homework since our boss sent me to grab you. Don’t games make this

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