Chapter 99

Chapter 99 You're Sharper Than I Thought

Meanwhile, over at Vista Villa, Collin waited patiently for Linsey's return.

The thought of finally coming clean to her made him unusually anxious.

His heart pounded, each beat growing more insistent-like a drumline echoing his unease.

He had lost count of how many times he had checked his watch.

Time had never dragged this painfully before.

Yet as the seconds crawled by, Linsey was still nowhere in sight.

A nagging unease crept in, tightening around his chest.

Collin knew exactly where Linsey worked, and Vista Villa wasn't far. Even by bus, the trip should take no more than thirty

minutes. There was no reason for her to be this late.

Frowning, he pulled out his phone and dialed her number, wondering if something had come up.

If she was in trouble, maybe he could help.

He tried again. Then a

frustration tightening his grip on the phone. With a sharp exhale,

I have a bad feeling something's

before his subordinate

intersection, knocked unconscious, and dragged into a car. We ran the plates. It's her ex-boyfriend, Felix Wells. A team is already on his tail. We should

presence taut like a coiled spring. "Get the car.

"Yes, Mr. Riley!"

Linsey's eyes burned with defiance. With a sharp breath, she wrenched

dodged his lunge.

balance, he crashed into the chair that had held her captive.

upright, rage contorting his face. "You ungrateful wretch! You never know when

her gaze locked onto a wine

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neck, ready to

Felix was faster. His hand clamped around her wrist, twisting viciously until

Linsey cried out as the bottle slipped from her grasp and shattered against the

cruel, his eyes gleaming with

thought," he mused aloud. "Trying to escape? Clever.

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