Rebirth of Billionaire's Wife (Eveline)

Chapter 396 396: They brought her back

"She's waking up."

A faint voice reverberated through Sherlyn's foggy mind as her eyelids fluttered open. Slowly, the blurred shapes around her began to take form. She was no longer in that dark room—she was home, in her father's house.

She blinked, confused, her gaze scanning the room until it landed on two familiar faces—her father, Jeremy, and Kaden, standing beside her bed.

"Thank God she's okay," Jeremy exhaled, his voice thick with relief. But Sherlyn just stared at him, dazed and silent.

It took her a moment to truly understand—she was safe. Those men were gone. That nightmare... was over.

Then something clicked in her mind, and her eyes widened as they locked onto her father's.

"I'll call the doctor," Jeremy said quickly, as if avoiding her gaze. Before she could find her voice, he turned and left the room, leaving her alone with Kaden.

"Kaden, I—"

"Shh… Don't talk," he said gently, stepping closer. "The doctor's on the way. You need to rest."

She tried to sit up, but a wave of dizziness swept over her, and she collapsed back onto the pillows with a soft groan.

"T-Those people… they—" Sherlyn's voice cracked, her throat dry and raw from dehydration. She struggled to continue, but the words stuck.

Her lashes fluttered again, exhaustion pulling her under. Before she could say another word, darkness claimed her once more.

While the doctor was busy examining Sherlyn, Kaden stepped outside the room, phone pressed to his ear.

"She's back. She's safe," he informed Eveline quietly.

on the other end before Eveline responded, her voice laced with

How did

unconscious at her father's house. There was no one around. It

with her, Uncle Kaden. She must be terrified," Eveline

the phone, Kaden exhaled

to Gabriel

she said, a mix of

we were right. They kidnapped her for a reason—and never intended to harm her," Gabriel said, his

But now that she had been returned unharmed, one thing was clear: the purpose behind her abduction had been

is planning, but it's time we put an

shake the

Jedrick head-on. But the weight of it settled heavily on him now, leaving

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she felt the care that surrounded her—her wrists and ankles, once raw and bruised, were now carefully wrapped in

shouldn't have struggled so much," a familiar voice said gently. "Look what you did to

head toward Kaden, who sat at her bedside, watching her

then exhaled slowly, closing her eyes for a moment. Her mind was still haunted by the time she spent in that dark room—those endless, terrifying moments when

scared… that they would kill—" Her voice broke, the rest of the words caught

strand of hair from her face. The warmth of

would've happened to you," he said

touch, finding a flicker of solace she hadn't known she'd been missing. The warmth, the steadiness—it grounded her in a way nothing

moment she was living her life, and the next, she had been ripped away—kidnapped, drugged, and left to fear for her life. And just when she thought it was all over… she was

didn't make sense. Her rational mind was struggling to process

taken her... only to drop her back