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 would truly seek out

in a vast burlap 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

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 Selena's clothes with a ravenous urgency. Selena's pupils dilated in shock, and just as she saw the man leaning

in front of Selena cursed under his breath and shoved her aside roughly, saying, "Damn, your luck's

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

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

Olivia into his arms. Her cheeks bore

few steps, caught sight of Raymond

Upon seeing Olivia in Raymond's arms, James

leaving only the words, "My team will handle the fire. If anyone's inside, they'll

moved as if to enter

time James had

his car, surrounded by his own helicopters-a show of force that

anyone in the Fair family

rolling down the window to reveal a jaw set hard with

daughter is really like