Chapter 134

Chapter 134

"You shouldn't have played this game with me, handsome," she said, malice dripping in her voice. Look at you now, You don't look so good. Where are they?"

Jim's swollen eyes flickered open; he breathed laboriously. Though he was in pain, he was able to force a faint, pitiful smile. "I don't know," he croaked. "He doesn't tell me anything"

Annie's jaw tightened, her fury simmering just beneath the surface. She leaned closer, her lips brushing his ear as the whispered, "Wrong answer, darling."

he straightened and slapped him hard across the face, the sound echoing through the empty warehouse, Jim groaned, his Read snapping to the side, fresh blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"Please," he rasped, his voice trembling with desperation. "Let me live. I'm sorry."

His words infuriated Annie even further. She raised her hand, ready to strike him again. But before she could strike him, though, a deafening roar sounded in the distance. The ground around her feet trembled, and wave of heat and dust swept through the warehouse. The men shouted in panic, stumbling as the tremor knocked them off balance.

Annie stared around in shock and confusion. Panic set into her heart.

"What the hell was that?" she muttered.

her daze and hollered orders at her

scurried towards the door. Annie didn't move for a second, her mind whirling.

chair, semi-conscious. She grabbed her bag from a nearby

in and out of traffic like a madman. Cars Blurred around him, their horns blaring in protest as he pushed his vehicle to its

Not like

anything he'd ever felt before regular situation; this was Emma,

the mistakes he'd made, not when he hadn't had the chance to make things right. "Hold on, Emma," he muttered through gritted teeth, his voice

drivers ducked

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danger.

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hands gripped on the wheel tighter and his breath hitched. Searing hot tears streamed uncontrollably down his face. Tears rolled from his eyes as the realization hit

her up, he'd shown up

"Emma!" he choked, shaking.

terror in her eyes, the desperation in her voice. The thought of her all alone,

explosion wears off. The cars start to move, and pedestrians slowly emerge from their hiding

it. His eyes remained glued to the towering structure,

as he approached. Crowds of onlookers had gathered; their faces filled

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