Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 176

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Alexander sped out of the estate, with his phone in his hand, ringing incessantly. His jaws clenched into a tight set as he ordered the police and private security to surround two important places: Emma’s house and his mother’s estate. Both were very important to him and both were at risk. He wouldn’t take chances on either of them.

His mind was racing as he drove. He did not know precisely what Annie was trying to pull, but he did know this much: Emma had no hand in this so–called kidnapping, if it even was real.

For the first time in years, Alexander began reevaluating everything he thought he knew about Annie. He had been so blinded by her once, captivated by her beauty and the intoxicating pull of her body, that he had ignored all the warning signs.

But now? Every tear she’d cried, every word she had uttered, every action she had taken, all of it was beginning to feel like a carefully constructed lie.

What if Annie wasn’t that sweet, innocent, reasonable woman he thought she was? What if she had been manipulating him

and rage. all along? The thought clenched at his gut, filling him with a mixture of regret

He gritted his teeth, his hands grabbed the steering wheel so tightly that his knuckles turned white. The police were already working on the viral video, combing through every frame to find the truth.

But Alexander didn’t need their result to know that Emma was innocent. He had grown up with her, watched her from the shadows.

She was not capable of such cruelty, she could not even harm an animal, let alone organized such a terrible thing as kidnapping.

Besides, he knew perfectly well where Emma had been within the last twelve hours.

And the memory of her tears, of her trembling voice as she spoke about her mother and her company, fueled his determination.

He hit the accelerator hard, weaving dangerously in and out of traffic with reckless urgency. Halfway to her home, his private security team joined him, several cars surrounded his own.

toward Emma’s home, cutting through the city like a convoy on a mission.

there was complete chaos outside of her house.

their angry voices rising in a

with hateful curses and vile accusations aimed at Emma

He wasn’t mad at them; they were just reacting to what they felt was the truth, but he knew better.

the additional forces already stationed there, Alexander was thus able to drive through the chaos, pulling into the driveway while the securities kept

by Mrs. Walker’s personal nurse, who stood at the door with a small box packed in her hands. She had clearly been

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going on?” Mrs. Walker asked, her wheelchair halfway tuned as she looked from Alexander to her

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his voice soft, yet urgent. “I’ll explain on the way; we have to

but she knew him well enough not to argue. Alexander didn’t give her another chance

Kevin and the security team stood at full alert, scanning the surroundings for any

into the car, Alexander’s

chanting of protesters was thundering through the heavy walls of the estate.

to protect her at all costs as the convoy pulled away from

way to expose her lies and show the world who the

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again, vibrating loudly

alerts, messages, and social media updates, all feeding

this wasn’t one of the feedbacks from the fire she had ignited on the Internet. This

she reached for the phone. The video that she had released was working just as it should. It was doing just what it had been intended to do: ruin

swift and brutal, like watching a towering structure crumble to

society, was being shunned. Her followers turned upon her, spewing hatred from every corner of the internet, and her company’s stock had plummeted toward the edge of irrelevance.

Emma Black had built was crumbling brick by for