His friends

I was still extremely pissed at Jack and Chris for treating me this way, but apparently, my glaring daggers at them only brought them more amusement. Luckily, the tape Chris used wasn’t too strong, and I finally managed to glue off the piece that was gagging me.

“Seriously guys?!” I yelled. “You could have told me what you were planning, not kidnap me!”

Chris, who was driving the car, snorted. “Really? Do you want us to believe that you would willingly leave your husband even if you haven’t left the clinic for the last eight days?”

I wanted to protest, but when I opened my mouth I realized that there was no way I would have left Aren. I already felt anxious, as I had left his room nearly ten minutes ago, wondering if he had started to wake up while I was away from him.

“I don’t want him to see that I’m not there when he wakes up…” I mumbled.

Jack, who was sitting in the passenger’s front seat, turned around and looked at me with a frown. “Cora, you must be aware that this is insane. He would never have blamed you for going away, sleeping, resting… or drinking with us.”

“Although I wouldn’t be so sure about that last one,” Chris added, smirking.

bed as well. Then I spent hours talking to her every day, but after a while, I had to move on and live my life just to keep my sanity. With Aren, I was doing the exact opposite- I was losing

my place,” Chris replied, taking

changed today was the fact that he wore jeans instead of those combat pants… which didn’t bring me any closer to finding out anything more about him. I knew that Aren trusted him, and that made me trust him as well, but that didn’t change the fact that I wanted to punch him for using such methods on me. Once we’d arrived at the spot, I finally got untied. As I got out of the car, I realized that we had stopped in front of one of the fancy apartment buildings. That only made me raise my eyebrows, wondering if it truly was the place Chris lived. Five minutes later, it turned out that

“Get yourself comfortable on the sofas near the balcony. Food and drinks are coming in just a moment,” he said, pointing

deeper

grabbed my hand and pulled me into the apartment. “Come on, Cora!” He

cream sofas standing at the corner of the hall that opened to a big kitchen. He sat on the other sofa in front of mine. My eyes directed at the kitchen quickly widened

a soldier, so I guess that his fighting abilities are from him, but his Italian

as he chopped the onion at an incredible speed and then threw it into a frying pan. The mouthwatering smell of food instantly reminded me of how empty my stomach was. I bet that I must have resembled a lost puppy as I watched him finally put the pasta on the plates. I guessed that they enjoyed watching me eat a bit too much. The wide grins on their faces couldn’t be a more obvious

tastes better with the wine.” Chris poured me a glass of Sauvignon Blanc, observing in amusement

me, barely stifling their laughter. I could remember the last time I enjoyed eating that much. I hardly recalled

and reluctant to admit that they did something good. “You’re welcome,” Chris said, pouring me more wine. I was more than eager to shift the attention away from me and my condition and finally asked, “So Chris… what is it that you do for a living exactly? Are you from a wealthy family or

planet when it comes to money and investment.” He crossed his

a smart guy who was planning to start his own business. I ended up investing all of my money in him.. And now, I am a wealthy man who owns fifteen percent of Lan Diamond Corporation.” My jaw literally dropped. Once I recovered from the shock, I smiled nervously. “I’m sorry…

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