Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 834

Kathleen froze, every muscle locking up as if she'd seen a ghost. Her lips

trembled. "You... you..."

Did she remember?

Did she remember the kidnapping?

No-

Kathleen couldn't let herself think about what came after that.

But Madge saw right through the fear and panic in her eyes, letting out a bitter laugh. “So it's true. You made that noise on purpose. You wanted the kidnappers

to come after me. You- you wanted them to catch me instead!"

Years ago, the two of them had gone out shopping and ended up being kidnapped.

Their wrists and ankles had been bound, and they were taken to the outskirts of the city, dumped in an abandoned factory. It must have been a spur-of-the- moment crime. The men wanted something more than money.

When they went after Kathleen first, Madge had stepped up, desperately revealing her family background to protect her.

She'd pulled out the platinum credit card and a wad of cash from her purse, along with her ID-anything to convince the kidnappers that she was the one worth a fortune.

As for Kathleen...

everything she carries, it's all hand-me-downs from me. She's only here today to carry my bags. What's the point in bothering with her? If you want ransom, call my

as she spoke, her eyes cold, every inch the entitled heiress she'd

The kidnappers bought it.

in Kathleen's eyes from

Madge, she was just a

How laughable.

the men argued over ransom demands, Madge had

a shard of glass she'd

fell and the kidnappers finally

shook Kathleen awake and untied her

slipped out into the darkness, escaping the warehouse and disappearing into

realized they were missing

Kathleen along, running for their lives, and

own phone was long gone,

but Madge remembered

backup. That's why she

hadn't brought

waste time arguing. She just dragged Kathleen with her, heading for

was late,

would anyone have dared to help? The kidnappers were armed, outnumbered them. You couldn't blame

decided their best chance was

hid well enough, a day

it