Chapter 594:

She sipped her coffee, trying to mask her discomfort.

The muffled sounds from upstairs changed, evolving into anguished screams and finally into desperate, gut-wrenching pleas.

The harsh, guttural cries were punctuated by the sharp crack of a whip, reverberating through the grand villa. Katrina’s hands shook, the coffee cup trembling against its saucer.

She’d always known Doug had a dark side, but she hadn’t imagined it was this depraved.

A chill of dread coiled around her.

Just as she gathered the courage to leave, the eerie silence upstairs brought her to a halt.

The door creaked open, and Doug emerged at the top of the staircase.

His sharp, narrow eyes locked onto her, a glimmer of amusement flickering within them.

intensity of his gaze sent a wave of unease washing over

but Doug’s voice pinned her

here for

herself to

room upstairs. Go on

Doug pushed open the patio door and strolled into the yard, golf club

frozen, waiting until she was absolutely certain he was out of sight before

faint, metallic

in and emerging moments later with a rumpled quilt. Katrina hesitated

Standing in the doorway, she called out

automatic curtains, which drew back with a mechanical

streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, pooling onto

grasp the scale of the room—an expansive two hundred square meters, barren except

one hand tracing the edge of

her head tilted slightly back, exhaling

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