Chapter 36 

“Madam Avery hasn’t come home yet,” said Mrs. Cooper. “I’ve been waiting in the living room the whole time and I haven’t seen her all night.”

Elliot’s eyes turned dark.

If she did not come home, where could she have gone?

Did she lie to him about coming home to write her thesis?

“I’ll give her a call right now,” Mrs. Cooper said as she rushed toward the living room.

Avery had been abducted the moment she had set foot out of Forrance Villa, and now, she was on the other side of the city.

She had been dragged into a car, blindfolded, and her wrists were bound.

The car drove on for about an hour before coming to a halt.

She was taken into a room and thrown into a chair.

When her blindfold was taken off, she heard the unfamiliar voice of a strange man.

“Apologies, Miss Tate. We’re just doing our jobs. We won’t hurt you as long as you cooperate with us.”

Avery glanced around the white room until her eyes fell on the stranger’s face.

see his features, but his voice was

I won’t do

said, “I doubt a weak little lady like you would

he said that, he untied Avery’s hands and

have to answer my questions truthfully. You won’t get past this

at the machine, stayed silent for a moment,

worry, I

then began the test. “What’s

“Avery Tate.”

tell you the code to the

“No.”

man glanced at the

normal parameters, proving that she was

were you at Forrance Villa

Avery remained silent.

trying to lie to me?” snapped the man. “Don’t think too much about the questions, just give me an

I was just worried you’d get shocked by my answer,” Avery said nonchalantly.

Fosters?”

“Who?”

know Elliot Foster?”

you bringing him up? Was he the one who invited

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