No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 828

He'd really do it!

But how am I supposed to take something I don't have?

"Well, then stop wasting time and just bury me here," I said without a hint of fear.

Perhaps it was because I'd been through so much that I'd developed a resistance to being scared.

"Allen, you see it yourself, there's nothing here. Ernest told me he'd left it here. That's why I didn't spill the beans when you guys asked. Turns out, he played me too," I said with a self-deprecating chuckle.

I was trying to make him think Ernest had deceived me, so they wouldn't trace it back to Yolande.

"Don't try to pull a fast one on me. You and your partner are slippery as fish, always up to something. You're definitely hiding something," Allen retorted, still skeptical.

Then one of his goons chimed in, "Mr. Clark, maybe we should dig a bit more? It might be buried deeper."

Seriously...

"Then what are you standing around for? Dig!" Allen barked, dragging me over to the pit as his men started digging furiously.

They dug until they hit rock bottom, but found nothing.

"Mr. Clark, there really isn't anything..." the goon said cautiously.

a kick, sending the guy tumbling into the

nothing. You can just stay

he turned his gaze to me.

nodded slightly, then laughed derisively, "So you're not talking, huh? Can't find it, huh? Well then... you're

a hostage flashed before my eyes. "Ernest? Funny business? He's already on your side. He kidnapped my best friend,

laughed, a sound that was eerily

thought you two shared

but

you can

mistake your

me pause. Then I

It was Phipps.

me Phipps was in trouble.

I knew.

wasn't Ernest was

meant Ernest wasn't in their clutches, and he hadn't kidnapped Fanny. Otherwise, I'd never

is my

the goods, and he'll show

bother responding. He nodded at

to stumble, "Let me go.