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.

tried again. Then

grip on the phone. With a sharp

have a

before his subordinate called

streetlights were down for maintenance, leaving entire stretches in darkness. We pulled footage from nearby cameras-Mrs. Riley was ambushed at an intersection, knocked unconscious, and dragged into a car. We ran the plates. It's her ex-boyfriend, Felix Wells.

like a coiled

"Yes, Mr. Riley!"

eyes burned with defiance. With a sharp breath, she wrenched free from

dodged his lunge.

the chair that had

contorting his face. "You ungrateful wretch! You never

as her gaze locked onto a wine

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neck, ready to

her wrist, twisting viciously until pain shot

slipped from

into something cruel, his eyes gleaming with amusement

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

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