Chapter 11 Find Out Where She Is

Daniella extended her hand toward Evan’s phone, ready to pass it to him.

However, as she glanced at the caller ID displaying Caroline’s name, a glimmer of coldness flickered in her eyes. She hesitated briefly, then swiftly ended the call and slipped the phone back into Evan’s coat, feigning nonchalance.

Meanwhile, Caroline remained frozen in place, her mind reeling, as she witnessed the abrupt termination of the call.

Was he too occupied to answer?

With determination, Caroline clenched her teeth and hailed a taxi to make her way to the casino. She desperately hoped Evan would return her call.

*

An hour passed.

Caroline stepped out of the car and stood at the entrance of the opulent casino. Determined, she made her way through the bustling lobby, seeking directions that led her to Room 02.

Taking a deep breath, she gathered her courage and pushed open the door.

As the door creaked open, a pungent combination of smoke and the scent of blood assaulted her senses.

Several menacing-looking men sat inside the private room, and her father knelt on the floor, his face drained of color. His injured hand, missing several fingers, was hastily wrapped in blood-soaked gauze.

At the sound of the door, Bradley weakly lifted his head. His eyes were filled with desperation to survive. “Carol! Save me, please!”

dissipated upon

only to be blocked by an imposing

rush? Pay up first!” sneered a man with a repulsive

lingered on Caroline’s body. The despicable greed in his eyes

and anger welling up inside her, Caroline turned her gaze toward the scar-faced man. “Release my father first, and then I’ll give you the

dismissive wave

toward Caroline, his eyes brimming with gratitude for surviving the ordeal. “Carol! I’ll make my

like that, he left Caroline behind and ran

got there!” mocked the voices around her, accompanied

heartless abandonment by her own father. “At the moment, I only have 7,000 dollars with

face froze in an instant. In the next breath, he

you negotiate with me to release him when you

gather her composure. “I

man bellowed,

as

money, use your body to repay the

took a step back. “I’ll call the police if any

out his phone and throwing it onto

Caroline gulped nervously.

solve her predicament, but she couldn’t allow herself to be caught by them. Otherwise, she would either end up

shutdown button on her phone three times in quick succession. Then, she inched back cautiously, and seizing the moment when their attention

“Get her!”

managed to twist the doorknob open, someone forcefully grabbed her hair and

the room as she was brutally thrown

throbbing ache quickly radiated through her limbs and bones, causing Caroline’s vision to

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