Villain On the video call, three burly figures appeared, their faces shrouded in hoods.
Lauren was kneeling on the ground, and her face was shoved toward the phone by one of the men.
Her face, neck, and body were covered in blood.
Moreover, her lips were cracked, and her eyes were so swollen she could hardly keep them open.
She looked utterly defeated.
In a hoarse and feeble voice, Lauren sobbed.
"Mitchel...
Help me...
Please...
Remember that time I saved you? Help me now...” Bringing up old scores was the most effective way to change one's mind.
Sure enough, Mitchel's expression shifted in an instant.
Smack! One of the hooded men slapped Lauren across the face and snarled, "Enough of your nonsense." It was clear Lauren
had been suffering for a while.
The slap forced a mouthful of blood out of her, making her look even more miserable.
Mitchel's expression flipped like a switch.
With his eyes turned as cold as a glacier, he bellowed, "How dare you!” The hooded man chuckled as if he had heard a joke.
His laughter was distorted by a voice changer, which made it sound even more unsettling.
"This woman says you're her husband and that you're loaded.
Is that right?” An unsettling silence fell over both parties.
Raegan impulsively grabbed Mitchel's arm.

She was not quite sure what she was thinking, but something deep down told her he should not admit it.
Mitchel's face turned grim, and he focused on the screen.
Seeing his hesitation, the hooded leader delivered a brutal kick to Lauren's stomach.
Blood splattered from Lauren's mouth, and her face went ghostly white.

"Bitch, how dare you lie to me! You're dead meat!” The hooded man lifted his foot, ready to strike Lauren again.
But at that critical moment, Mitchel finally spoke.
"She's telling the truth.” Raegan felt like she had been slapped.
She quietly loosened her grip on Mitchel's arm, but he did not seem to notice.

dagger and carefully nicked Lauren's wrist, enough for blood to start trickling down. She would not die on the spot, but her time was running out. "It's a race against the clock now," the hooded guy sneered and, without waiting for Mitchel's response, ended the video call. Silence enveloped the car. Mitchel turned to Raegan with a serious expression. "Raegan, I need to...” Maybe it was because Mitchel had been so kind to Raegan recently that he thought she could understand

there was more than meets the eye. “We can call the police and have them sort this out,” Raegan reasoned. Mitchel frowned and shot down the idea immediately. "We can't involve the police. Lauren's safety is at stake." Those outlaws had no conscience. Mitchel assumed he could not gamble with Lauren's life. Besides, he

Seeing Mitchel still siding with Lauren, a bitter taste filled Raegan's mouth.
"Mitchel, have you considered that this whole thing might be staged?” Raegan voiced her suspicions.
Mitchel's expression turned even grimmer, and he asked, "What are you getting at?” Raegan laid out her observations.
"In the video, Lauren's shoes were spotless.
If she was beaten up and held in some rundown warehouse, how could her shoes be so clean?" Unlike Mitchel, she had paid
close attention to the details and noticed something was amiss.
The amount of blood Lauren spat out seemed off.
"And why would a kidnapper care whether the guy paying the ransom was her husband or not?" There could be only one answer
to these questions.
Lauren was orchestrating the whole thing.
Lauren was aware that she was listening, thus using those words as a way to provoke her.

could not shake the feeling that the kidnapping was

to let Lauren leave the country today, and then she gets kidnapped? It sounds like a ploy to make you change your mind." "Enough, Raegan!” Mitchel cut her off, seemingly exasperated. "Are

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