Chapter 251 The car screeched to a halt at an abandoned dock, surrounded by tangled weeds and crumbling infrastructure.

A rusted surveillance camera, long defunct, hung crookedly from its post, its lens obscured by a massive wasp nest.

In stark contrast to the decay, a brand-new yacht gleamed along the shore, pristine and out of place.

Elizabeth was yanked out of the car by her captors and dragged onto the yacht.

Compared to the Norris family’s opulent custom vessels, this yacht was modest—small, functional, and likely priced at no more than a million.

It could accommodate ten people for an overnight stay, but it lacked the grandeur she was accustomed to.

Elizabeth had already ruled out one of her suspicions: that this was an act of revenge from the families of the Foxfire County thugs.

As the yacht’s engine roared to life and it began to glide away from the dock, Elizabeth’s heart sank.

The shoreline grew smaller, swallowed by the expanse of open water.

Her mind raced.

Would anyone even know where to find her? Her captors had planned meticulously.

Out here in the vast ocean, rescue seemed like an impossible dream.

She was hauled into the lounge, where Elijah reclined casually on an ostentatious leather sofa.

His bright floral shirt was a jarring contrast to the polished, gentlemanly appearance he’d once presented.

Elijah’s face lit up with a smug smile as he greeted her.

“Elizabeth, we meet again.”

Elizabeth’s expression was stoic, her eyes hard as steel.

Elijah stood and sauntered toward

see me? You’re more clever than

drifted over her sleeveless dress, lingering too

reached out to trace his fingers along her

that clever little brain of yours, how could you

involuntarily, repulsion clawing at her

left by the ropes on her arms, Elijah chuckled

“So delicate.

a loose

fingers pressed into the tender skin, as if

Elizabeth didn’t struggle.

it would be futile against

fixed Elijah with a glacial glare, her silence more defiant than

tilted his

towel from her mouth, letting it fall to the

his thumb over her dry, cracked

“Such a small mouth.

I wonder how you’ll—”

to the side, dodging his touch

lowering his

I see.” His

hope that Oliver will

nothing, her

Elijah smirked.

protect you the moment your name hit the headlines? The Norris family has no shortage of

he doesn’t care about me, for the sake of the Norris family’s reputation and the company’s stock price, he will

stung, but

if Oliver didn’t care about her, the Norris family’s reputation

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