Chapter 900:

And then, twice more.

“Ms. Briggs, you may remove the blindfold now.” A bodyguard stepped out and opened the door for her, adding, “It’s just about three hundred yards ahead. Mr. Shaw is waiting for you there.”

“Okay.” Freya took off the blindfold and stepped out of the car, scanning her surroundings. The terrain was mostly barren, with distant mountains looming against the sky.

“At two o’clock sharp, someone will come pick you and Mr. Shaw up,” the bodyguard added.

Freya nodded. She didn’t ask anything else. Even if she did, the bodyguard probably wouldn’t say much. After taking another glance around, she started walking in the direction he’d pointed.

The car pulled away behind her.

She still couldn’t figure out why Kristian would choose a place like this for one of his stunts. Was this hide-and-seek? Or had he decided to go full recluse here?

and doubts spiraling fast, Freya quickened her pace. After only a few steps, her eyes caught sight of an old,

the area a cautious sweep, checking to make sure no one was lurking nearby, then made her way toward the looming

each one darker than the last. Was Kristian setting her up for something vile, maybe even kidnapping? Or had he crafted a plot more sinister,

scene inside was pure disarray—dust lay thick

𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇

brows furrowed with unease, then cautiously

when she saw him—Kristian—bound to a chair, encircled by

something hauntingly familiar about

serene smile, like he’d

and asked him, “What

It didn’t quite

her that message, and

been kidnapped,” Kristian

real kidnapping, your bodyguard wouldn’t be the one bringing me in,” Freya said, her eyes narrowing with suspicion. “It would’ve been the

tie me up,” Kristian confessed, not bothering to veil the

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