Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Chapter 525

#25 BONUS

Thorsten laughed. "You're clever. Maybe you'll be born Into a good family in your next life."

With that, he stood, and I instinctively leaned forward, almost collapsing at his feet. One of his bodyguards moved to grab me, but Thorsten held him back, giving me a cold, disdainful look. "Now that you know everything, what do you want? Beg me to let you go?" Yes, I wanted him to let me go.

I couldn't die here-not like this. That would be too much of a loss.

"I don't believe you. Not unless you let me confront Matthew myself. Or at least call him-I want to hear

what he has to say." My words were both genuine and a desperate attempt to buy time.

If I could just hold him off a little longer, maybe someone would come looking for me.

But who would?

didn't have time to figure that out. I held Thorsten's gaze, praying he'd give

he just signaled to his bodyguard, and the next thing I knew, I was being

his words echoing in my mind. The more I replayed them, the colder

of guilt? Had I really been nothing more than a walking

every single day, for years. It

was lying, trying to manipulate me. But why? Why go through all this just to make me hate the

kill me. So why would he

dusk. Even the guards who'd been watching me seemed to

thought crossed my mind, I heard a sound at the

I'm here to

set me

forced me. He promised if I brought you here, he'd

uncertain, trying to read if

to know the truth straight

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the ropes binding

at the stiffness where the ropes had