Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 533

Chapter 533:

Autumn leaves crunched under Bryan’s shoes as he navigated the overgrown path. Smoke curled from his lips as he puffed on one cigarette after another, flicking the butts aside.

Each discarded cigarette butt was a ticking time bomb, its ember igniting the tinder-dry undergrowth.

Smoke soon began to rise, carried by the breeze through the silent woods.

In the heart of the forest stood an abandoned chemical factory. A sheer cliff face loomed behind it. The air there had once carried a faint, acrid tang of untreated wastewater that had poisoned the land.

The factory had been deserted for years, and while the air had cleared, the lingering scent of chemicals still remained inside.

Bryan reached the entrance of the factory, his gaze fixed on the menacing helicopter perched on the rooftop.

A hulking figure emerged from the helicopter, his booming voice echoing from the rooftop. “You’re a tough act to follow, just like they said. Coming alone? Now that shows guts. Makes me think I made the right choice.”

locked onto the figure,

with a wave and descended from the

lit his last cigarette, trying twice to get

his pupils narrowed at the

contained detailed information about the man, Coen Padilla, whose veins pulsed with the blood of various

story

of wickedness had shaped the powerful and arrogant Coen

pocketed his phone and walked

upstairs, followed by numerous men in

at Bryan and extended his hand as he approached.

be seen. He turned back to Coen. “Before we discuss your terms, I need to know they’re

you know I had conditions to discuss with

to kidnap