Too Late, Mr. Billionaire: You Can't Afford Me by Thedora Birnir

Chapter 614:

“Mmm, mmm…”

Muffled by the gag, her cries were silent.

Darkness soon overtook her, and she lost consciousness.

As Hadley regained consciousness, a wave of pain washed over her. Blinking open her sweat-drenched eyes, she felt the dampness of her clothing clinging to her skin.

Where had they taken her?

A musty smell of dust mingled with the tang of seawater filled the air. Dim light seeped into the space, revealing what appeared to be a cargo hold—a setting she recognized from countless films and television dramas.

“Finally awake now.”

Before her, a pair of women’s shoes came into view.

The earlier woman—or more precisely, a girl barely in her twenties—crouched before her.

Curiously, the girl studied Hadley’s face, an unusual tactic for a kidnapper. Typically, wouldn’t they conceal their identities? Yet, these two had been brazen, their faces exposed throughout, hardly the behavior of skilled criminals.

identities wasn’t

you?” Hadley managed to utter, her gaze locked on the young

“Oh…”

a light chuckle, her smile

taken aback by

Hadley? It’s been years, but I recognized you right

be someone

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the familiarity she felt suddenly

“Are you…”

eyes meticulously traced the girl’s

hit her. “Is

smirk broadened as she propped her chin on her hands. “Finally figured it out?

It was Astrid Jenkins!

frown

hadn’t she connected the dots earlier? Who else could it be but the Jenkins family, whom she had

to donate part

tried bribing and