Mistaken Match: Marrying the Enigmatic CEO by Ruby Fennimore

Chapter 1925 Hidden in the Mountains

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Just as doubt began to creep in, Julian’s eyes lit up, and he suddenly pointed

toward the horizon, his voice sharp with excitement. “Look! There’s smoke

ahead!”

Roselynn and Ashton whipped their heads in the direction he was pointing,

and sure enough, wisps of white smoke curled lazily into the dusky sky. It was

undeniable proof that someone–or something–was there.

“Let’s go check it out,” Ashton said firmly, her tone leaving no room for

hesitation. As a seasoned police officer, bravery came naturally to her.

Roselynn, though not easily rattled, maintained her composure, yet the only

man in their trio, Julian, was visibly shaken. His heart raced, fear clinging to

him like a shadow. If it weren’t for the relentless pursuit that had driven them

into these deep, ominous woods, no sane person would have ventured into

this desolate wilderness.

“Heh, heh, it’s been ages since anyone dared to come this far. Who might you

be?” A chilling voice echoed from somewhere in the distance, followed by

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more voices that seemed to come from all directions.

“Oh, what a treat–two beauties with bodies to die for!” another voice jeered,

dripping with malice.

“Cackle, cackle, we’ve truly hit the jackpot today!”

Suddenly, disembodied voices filled the air around them, sinister and

mocking. It was immediately clear that they weren’t dealing with just one

person.

but in the rapidly descending

better of him; his trembling hand clutched Roselynn’s

to sound reassuring, he stammered,

I’ll

bite her tongue to keep

could barely protect himself.

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from the Onza Summerton family!” Ashton declared,

here in search of the

sudden, oppressive silence followed her words,

the three of them exchanged anxious

straight into the

the Onza Summerton family, you say?”

with skepticism. “How do

his pockets

waning light. Etched into

character: ‘Summerton.‘

our proof!” Julian called out, his

Onza Summerton family. Someone here

me!”

shadow shot past, and before Julian could even register what had happened, the pendant had been snatched right

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hand.

senses sharpened by years of martial training,

to grab the figure, but her efforts were in vain–the

a speed and

pendant, or I’ll shoot!” Ashton

toward where the

heh,” a voice sneered from the darkness. “You

a child’s toy to

if speaking to someone else, the voice muttered,

Summerton family’s pendant. After all

finally come to find

voices

through the air.

the shadows–a man with long

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head, his small, squat

His appearance was so unsettling that the

couldn’t help but flinch.

of making money out in

providing us with supplies and weapons, not skulking around

large–headed man barked, his tone filled with

stammered, struggling

hunted down. We’ve come here

whom? Who would dare?” The large–headed