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...

let her clothes fool you-she's just the help. Everything she's wearing, everything she carries, it's all hand-me-downs from me. She's only here today to carry my

eyes cold, every inch the entitled heiress she'd been raised

The kidnappers bought it.

the shame and fury flickering in Kathleen's eyes from her place in the corner, clothes torn, pride shredded. The

was

How laughable.

the men argued over ransom demands, Madge had already started

of

kidnappers finally nodded off,

shook Kathleen awake and

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

kidnappers realized they were missing before long and gave

and asked her for

was long gone,

too, but Madge remembered she

That's

Kathleen said she hadn't

She just dragged Kathleen with

was late, the middle

main road. Even if they found someone, would anyone have dared to help? The kidnappers were armed, outnumbered

chance was

enough kidnappers to search the whole forest. If they hid well enough,

it