Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 422 Hurt

She'd tried so hard to not be a nuisance, to stay out of his way. Wasn't that enough?

Intimidated, she remained silent, letting her lashes cast shadows on her tear-streaked cheeks.

The call ended with a kick to her side. "Hear that, Miss Fair? To your dear husband, you're not worth a dime."

As they yanked her up by her hair, forcing her to look at them, the man's Adam's apple bobbed with a mix of pity and disgust. "Damn, you're pretty. Hard to believe Raymond's not into you."

He slung Selena over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, covering her head in burlap and stuffing cloth in her mouth before hauling her into the factory.

Inside, Olivia was similarly shrouded, her mouth free, her sobs piercing the murky air. "Let me go! Please, let me go!"

"Snap out of it, guys! Time to hightail it out of here!" shouted the man carrying Selena. "Raymond's minutes away."

Their demands to Raymond were a charade, powered by the lure of $20 million they had never dreamt of money worth dying for. Such was the cost of desperation.

had the choice, who

sack, devoid of light and air. Yet, she could sense the kidnappers retreating, the only sounds piercing the silence were Olivia's sobs and the unmistakable thrum of helicopter blades above. These kidnappers clearly meant business,

man to leave was the very one who had hauled Selena around. After catching a glimpse of her striking appearance, he felt compelled to do something more before departing, as though it would be a loss not to. Untying the sack, he ripped

his breath and shoved

space was laden with straw,

a few minutes, Raymond forced the door open with a kick. Olivia's cries had guided

Raymond swept Olivia into his arms. Her cheeks bore the marks of violent hands as she buried her face in his chest. With a cold

few steps, caught

Upon seeing Olivia in

Raymond didn't acknowledge him, leaving only the words, "My team will handle the fire. If anyone's inside,

watching Olivia cling to Raymond, weeping. Leaning on his cane, he moved as if to enter the inferno. "If

had ever entertained the thought

own helicopters-a show of force that

wanted a divorce for quite some time now. If anyone in the Fair family had courageous spirit, they would've made it clear to

into his car, rolling down the window to reveal a jaw set hard with

daughter is really