Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 11-2

The phone rang, interrupting Danielle’s attempts to piece together the night.

"Sweetie, coming home for breakfast? Your Dad and I are waiting." Vivian’s warm voice came through.

"No need to wait for me, Mom. I’ll grab something here at my friend’s place before heading back," Danielle replied sweetly.

"Alright honey. Drive safe."

"Will do."

After hanging up, Danielle turned to Juniper with growing dread. "Who was the person last night?"

"Oh, just David Charrington, CEO of Charrington Group and possibly the most dangerous man in the business world. You treated him like a high-end escort. It was quite a show, but he still drove you back,"

Juniper replied.

Danielle vanished

on last night’s woman. And

Waywood Club auction is tomorrow-they’ve got the Crimson Lily listed," Nathan Ross

to Emery: [Need everything on my kidnapping

Emery: [Suspecting something specific?]

Danielle:

[Yes.]

kidnapper dodge all the security cameras and snatch her from a crowded party? Why

it felt like an inside job-someone close

If someone orchestrated this,

with theatrical precision. "Mom, where’s Danielle? Don’t tell me she didn’t come home last night! Where

that you’re worried about your sister," Vivian replied with a

anything, but... I worry about her lifestyle choices, being so new here. I’m sorry, Mom, I just want her to resist temptation." Audrey’s face was a masterclass in calculated