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.

darted around the dimly lit landscape, but in the rapidly descending twilight, not a soul was in sight. The eerie disembodied

his trembling hand clutched Roselynn’s arm so tightly it hurt. Yet, in a brave yet

reassuring, he

I’ll protect

tongue to keep from rolling her eyes. Protect her?

could barely protect himself.

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the Onza Summerton family!”

authority. “We’re here in search of the hidden

followed her words, thick as

of them exchanged anxious glances,

straight into the

Onza Summerton family, you say?” one of the voices

skepticism. “How do you plan to

desperately in his pockets until he retrieved a

glinting faintly in the waning light.

character: ‘Summerton.‘

out, his

Onza Summerton family.

me!”

past, and before Julian could even register what had happened,

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hand.

years of martial training, reacted

out to grab the figure, but

a speed and

pendant, or I’ll shoot!” Ashton growled,

where the

from the darkness. “You think

a child’s

as if speaking to someone else, the

pendant. After all these

has finally come to find

family.” The voices snickered once more,

through the air.

a figure emerged from the shadows–a

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from his oversized head, his small, squat body casting an

was so unsettling that

couldn’t help but flinch.

you doing here instead of making money out in

be providing us with supplies and weapons,

barked, his tone filled with

Julian stammered, struggling to compose himself,

down. We’ve come here seeking

whom? Who would dare?”