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.”

daughter?” Bryan’s gaze locked onto the figure, unwavering even under the harsh glare of

a wave and

his last cigarette, trying twice to

the sight of a

Coen Padilla, whose veins

story starts here:

had shaped the powerful and arrogant

pocketed his phone and walked slowly

followed by numerous men in black. The men were

his hand as he approached.

scanned the area, but Gabriela and Ruby were nowhere to be seen. He turned back to Coen. “Before we discuss your terms, I need to know they’re

“How did you know

the effort to kidnap them otherwise.” Bryan’s