Chapter 424 Long Time No See and Never Again

Freya leaned in Radley’s arms, and Connor was all smiles in the front pa*senger seat.

“You know, Miss Kaufmann, Mr. Monaghan hasn’t had a proper meal since you disappeared. Finally, things are looking up now,” Connor remarked.

Freya furrowed her brow as she looked at Radley. His already stern face now appeared even more gaunt, with sharper angles.

His deep-set eyes and untamed short hair gave him a somewhat disheveled appearance.

Freya smiled and gently touched his face. “Looks like it’ll take some time to plump you back. up.”

Radley reached out to caress her face, his voice slightly hoarse. “You’ll have to do your best then.”

Freya chuckled but soon thought about her plans to leave the next day.

Fortunately, since Matthew had mentioned that he knew some authoritative institutions, it should be a quick process to break free and return to Radley’s side.

The night had grown late, and after a long journey, Freya lay in Radley’s arms, gradually closing her eyes.

In the northern part of Kundin, inside a Floravalean-style villa, Edward opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling for a moment before sitting up abruptly.

As he tried to get out of bed, he realized that his feet were shackled with two padded ankle.

cuffs.

The cuffs were not designed to harm, but they limited his movement to the confines of the

room.

Edward furrowed his brow and called out, his voice hoarse, “Someone, come in!”

There was soon a commotion outside, and two maids hastily entered the room, pushing the door open.

“You called, Mr. Edward?”

Edward looked at them coldly. These two had previously addressed him as ‘Mr. Fraser.'”

It seemed that after the discovery, Jamie had no intention of continuing the charade.

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to see him,”

not here, Mr. Edward. But he said you can request anything from us except for removing

Jamie’s not here?

skipped a beat. “Did he go after

didn’t tell us where he went; he only instructed.

gaze fell on the shackles on

might try something, doesn’t he?

breath, recalling Freya’s words that he needed to

and said, “Go and prepare some food for

obliged

on the bed, attempting to undo the shackles on his feet. After a few

Jamie’s highly on guard against me.

about

with your meal?” one of the

cold. “No, you

sharp pain in his stomach,

to vomit.

the chain on his shackles. allowed him to lean over the sink and

on the tap and cleaned up what he had expelled before rinsing

again, noticing red streaks in the

had been scratched by

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to the recent vomiting, his

against the bathroom wall, looking through the open

outside.

her away earlier, or he truly wouldn’t have known if he had the strength to do it a few days later.

until the pain gradually subsided before he

lip. He saw himself in the bathroom mirror-a gaunt figure that had already lost

been proud, and he didn’t want to die

arm, looking at his wrists that had become as thin as

been removed. Even the vase that had originally been on the bedside

the bedside cabinet and, after searching through the clutter, found a pen. The pen

he retrieved a pillbox, opened it, and

floor, leaning against the bedside cabinet, and began writing slowly, line

line.

dearest brother, Jamie…’

pale and cruel, and as Edward wrote

that no one

face again,

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