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.”

men with

They knew her name.

crossed paths–clearly, someone had sent them. This was premeditated. They’d been

hotel didn’t have

have preassigned a specific room. Staff

had

front desk clerk must

only ones who would go to such

most likely hired them–either together or

18.

Such Thing

the

had

shouted for James to report to the police

that inside the wardrobe, two more

sound from that direction made it

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

taller and stronger, slammed a heavy stick

a strike

reality, a blow like

vision

chance against

the front desk clerk had already been bought, even running

to

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

her neck, she

the two

hands and feet with thick rope. One of them slapped duct tape

Let me go!

inside her