Chapter 1341:

One of the men—tall, with hawk-like eyes—spotted her instantly. “Ms. Brooks, is that you?”

“It’s not me!” she blurted, her voice high with panic. Her legs kicked into motion like a sprinter’s, pounding against the sand as she tore toward the shoreline. “It’s her!” the man confirmed, already signaling the others. “Ms. Brooks is over there—stop her!”

The rest surged after her in a wave of black suits.

But Linsey had little strength left. After everything—after what she had just endured—her legs were shaky, her breaths shallow.

She barely made it a hundred yards before her lungs burned and she fell short of pace.

The men closed in, surrounding her in a wall of solid muscle.

Her eyes darted for an opening—none. Heart hammering, she bent, snatched a fistful of coarse sand, and clenched it tight. “I’m warning you—come closer and you’ll regret it!”

held up both hands, looking oddly earnest. “Ms. Brooks, please, you’ve got it wrong. We’re not here to hurt you. We’re

anger. “If it weren’t for you people, I wouldn’t have been humiliated like

bodyguards exchanged baffled

were they being blamed for? They had only been ordered to find her, nothing more.

saw their guard slip, she hurled the sand straight into their faces. They

crashed headlong into a


from her lungs—and from the man’s. He grunted softly, stumbling slightly, but his arms instinctively caught

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it was, the pain

low and breathless with relief

she looked up at him, eyes

gentle smile softened his eyes. “You disappeared without a word. I was worried, so I sent them to

gaze flicked over her shoulder to the black-suited men, still brushing sand from

they’re yours?” she

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