The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

89 A Race Against Time

Chapter 389 A Race Against Time

Then came Lily’s voice–shaky, panicked, unmistakably terrified. “James, call the police, L

“Lily!”

James’s expression changed instantly.

The man with her clearly meant harm.

If he could grow wings and fly straight to her, he would. He wanted nothing more than to shield her, to make sure no one laid a finger on her.

But he couldn’t cross a thousand kilometers in an instant. All he could do was shout through the phone, his voice raw with urgency. “Don’t touch her! I-”

The call cut out.

He redialed immediately, over and over. No answer.

They’d either taken her phone–or already destroyed it.

The next commercial flight wasn’t for another two hours. He couldn’t wait that long.

He called Ashton without hesitation, ordered him to handle everything, and arranged to take a private jet.

The watch he’d given Lily wasn’t just jewelry. It had a miniature camera and a highly sensitive GPS tracker built into it.

He’d installed it for her safety–and she knew.

But now, he worried. What if they noticed and threw it away? What if she’d taken it off after the divorce?

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he pulled up the last known location from

take him about three hours

first. They’d be

contacted the local police, shared the location from the tracker, and explained

urgency.

nearest station was still nearly thirty minutes from

also tried calling the

first call got through. But the moment he identified

that, the front

at the hotel. If he could have gotten through to staff, they might have

faster.

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the front desk refused to

people look up the hotel’s owner and tried calling them directly–but it was late, and no one

pray the police reached

enough for

vibrant, living person could

not

light

being trapped in pitch black inside a sack, even this

flinched at the sudden glare. As her vision adjusted, she saw two tall, lanky men with

obvious. The traffickers had sold her to

this place… had to be a

a remote mountain village was already a near–hopeless situation. Now locked in a basement, her chances of escape were