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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.

through the city like a convoy on

got there, there was complete chaos outside of her house.

and their angry voices rising in a terrifying way.

one emblazoned with hateful curses

they were just reacting to what they felt was the truth, but he knew better. He knew the real villain wasn’t Emma Black, and she didn’t deserve

there, Alexander was thus able to drive through the chaos, pulling into the driveway

the door with a small box packed in her hands. She had clearly been informed by Emma, her face calm

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her wheelchair halfway tuned as

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explain on the way; we have to go now. Emma and

argue. Alexander didn’t give her another chance to ask him a question. There was so much at stake and he couldn’t waste anymore time.

the security team stood at full alert, scanning the

Mrs. Walker into the car, Alexander’s mind fought a storm of

thundering through

torment, nor did his family. Alexander silently vowed to protect her at all costs

was playing, he was going to find a way to expose her

ΔΑΛΛΑ

again, vibrating loudly against the worn wooden table.

had been a relentless stream of notifications, news alerts, messages, and social media updates,

she had ignited on the Internet. This was an e–mail she

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

swift and brutal, like

shunned. Her followers turned upon her, spewing hatred from every

was

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