Chapter 1045

Chapter 1045

Thinking it through, Johanna felt a sliver of calm. Jamie was a survivor; he wouldn’t charge blindly into an

obvious trap. Her job was just to stay alive.

Playing along, she said, “Alright. Let me talk to my brother.”

The man dialed a number. “Mr. Walton, your sister has something to tell you.”

He held the phone to Johanna’s ear.

Jamie’s voice was sharp on the other end. “Johanna? What’s happening? Who’s with you?”

“Jamie, I’ve been kidnapped!” she cried out. “He says you have thirty minutes to come, or he’ll-”

The call cut off before she could finish.

Johanna stared in stunned silence. “I wasn’t done! Why did you hang up?!”

“Leaving it unfinished is more effective. What if he decides your… purity isn’t worth the

tremor ran through her. He had a point. That

only reason Johanna was still a virgin was simple: no one had ever been worthy. The toads who

known his background, yet she hadn’t felt her usual resistance. Once she saw him as her equal, she decided she wanted him to be her first-her only. Before that happened, she couldn’t let any other

He

cool. “Rest now, Johanna. I’ll be back in thirty

man

of Johanna had never truly believed Jamie would abandon her. But the moment she

tone almost

went pale. “No. That’s a lie! Jamie would never abandon me! You’re lying to me!

reached out

blinking rapidly

a tall, broad-shouldered man in an impeccably tailored suit, his face hidden behind a grotesque bronze

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common thug.

she still had no idea

held up his phone, showing her the call log. “See for yourself, Johanna. The thirty minutes

the screen. The timestamp confirmed it. Still, she refused to believe it. “This is a trick! Jamie is already here, and you’re just not

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