The Wrong Woman

Chapter 456

The familiar melody of her ringtone danced through the air.

Mila gradually calmed her emotions as she lifted her head from her knees. She wiped away the tears from her eyes and retrieved the phone from her pocket.

It was a call from Phoebe.

Mila took a deep breath, adjusting her emotions once more before answering the phone.

“Phoebe,” Mila spoke softly.

Phoebe’s voice trembled with nervousness. “Mila, where are you?”

Pushing herself up from the floor, Mila brushed off the dust from her pants. “I’m at Sudvilla.”

“Please, come quickly. I’ll send you the address,” Phoebe urged urgently, a hint of panic

seeping into her tone.

hurriedly left Sudvilla, questioning as she ran, What’s wrong?

found your grandmother,”

quickening even more. “Where

but brace yourself,”

over her. Hailing a taxi, she followed Phoebe’s directions to a secluded area on the outskirts, finally stopping

the sight of several police cars and the police tape cordoning off the area made her uneasiness deepen. Two

She rushed over with

slightly. “Where’s she?” she asked, her voice quivering with anxiety.

upward to the

up. Her heart seemed to stop instantly at the sight, overwhelmed by a surge of

she beheld Loretta suspended in mid–air. Her heart felt as if it were being torn apart by a sharp blade, the agony threatening to engulf her sanity. Loretta was bound by ropes, with a package resembling explosives strapped to her body, dangling in the air. Hoisting Loretta up was a massive

toward the police officers, her fingers tightening around theirs, her heart pulsating with urgency. “Why aren’t you rescuing my grandmother? Why

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her granddaughter?” the officer inquired.

nodded tearfully, her worried gaze darting back to

were controlled remotely. The crane’s control room is also

by hidden explosives before they could approach. Fortunately, their protective gear saved them from

bombs surrounding the crane as well?” Mila’s breaths became shallow, her fists. clenched tightly and her complexion