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.

anyone had the choice, who

piercing the silence were Olivia's sobs and the unmistakable thrum of helicopter blades above. These kidnappers clearly meant business, coming prepared with a helicopter for

not to. Untying the sack, he ripped Selena's clothes with a ravenous urgency. Selena's pupils dilated in shock, and just as she saw the

and shoved her

laden with straw, unmistakably pre-arranged kindling. As soon as the flame touched the dry

door open with a kick. Olivia's cries had guided him. "Raymond,

swept Olivia into his arms. Her cheeks

caught sight

brows knit together-inside, he hadn't found any sign of her. Upon seeing

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

his cane, he moved as if to enter the inferno. "If you care so little for her well-being, Mr. Montague, you might as well

only time James had ever

own helicopters-a show of force that dwarfed the

some time now. If anyone in the Fair family had courageous spirit, they would've

car, rolling down the window to reveal

your daughter is really like better than