The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

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Chapter 387 No Such Thing as a Safe Haven

Chapter 387 No Such Thing as a Safe Haven

Lily had searched online for nearby housing options.

Not far from the hotel, there were apartment buildings and even a few stand–alone villas.

She could buy a little villa, learn to grow vegetables, tend to flowers and plants. Ideally, there’d be a small stream next to it–so on quiet days, she could catch fish and make fresh fish soup.

The beautiful scenery was truly healing.

Surrounded by nature, Lily felt hopeful about the future.

She strolled around the hotel grounds for quite a while before finally checking in.

First class had been comfortable.

But she was pregnant. After hours on a plane and then more–time in a cab, she still felt drained.

She swiped her keycard and opened the door, tossed her luggage aside, and headed for the bathroom to shower and rest.

She grabbed her pajamas, still fully clothed, and hummed a cheerful tune as she walked toward the bathroom.

Just before reaching the door, she remembered she hadn’t turned her phone back on. She powered it up.

To her surprise, she had several missed calls from James.

Worried that something might’ve happened, she called him back as she pushed open the bathroom door.

“Lily, we’ve been waiting for you.”

hideous men with twisted, evil

They knew her name.

never crossed paths–clearly, someone had sent them. This was premeditated. They’d been hiding in

didn’t have high

preassigned a

men had been waiting in her

clerk must have

to such lengths to destroy

likely hired them–either together

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Such Thing as a

call the police,

call had

for James to report to the

expected that inside the wardrobe, two

that direction made it

woman lunged forward, snatched the phone from her hand, and flung it out

stronger, slammed a heavy

novels and seen on TV that a strike to the back of the neck usually knocked someone

reality, a blow like that didn’t knock people

but her vision went dark and

chance against the

the front desk clerk had already been bought,

only hope was to escape the

If she could make it there, she might reach the security guards and use their phone to call

the blinding pain in her

the two men

down, while the two women expertly tied her hands and feet with thick rope. One of

Let me go!

inside her