Chapter 1030 A Kidnapping

 

I groaned inwardly. This woman is crazy!

I reluctantly trailed after Hannah. We hadn't proceeded much further, however, when we came to a halt.

K City's underworld was equally as squalid as how vibrant the city was. Beneath streetlamps so dim, there was barely a glow in the oppressive dark sat a few men. Some were leaning against the wall while others perched on top of it. Some looked haggard, skeletal, and barely sustained by the occasional meals from good Samaritans.

Others were dressed in flashy outfits, clutching thick wads of cash in their hands. Revolted by the grimy, seedy appearance of the place,

I grabbed Hannah and yanked at her frantically, indicating that we should leave right away.

Hannah was evidently terrified as well. She took one glance and turned on her heels, ready to leave with me. Before we could escape, we ironically crashed headlong into the one person we'd come here to meet. It was Rebecca! In the flickering light cast by the streetlamps, Rebecca's face looked absolutely ghastly.

Rebecca's eyes widened first in shock, then in recognition. She instinctively recoiled, her eyes darting nervously from side to side.

run, she faced me squarely, her eyes blazing in fury and despair. “Scarlett? Why are

gaze shifted to the object that Rebecca wielded in

mouth curved up into a sinister smile. “What? Do you want

horror and gawped at Rebecca. “Did you use the money from

sounded almost like a shriek. “So it was indeed the two of you I saw just now! I'd thought I was hallucinating,” Rebecca admitted dizzily. She stuck a fingertip into the powder in her hand, then waved it in front of us. “Come on, I got lots of extras today. I can spare you a little. Why don't

if you become

words seemed to trigger something in Rebecca. Scowling. Rebecca snarled, “Mrs. Fuller, you're already married to Ashton, aren't you? What are you doing all the way out here, then? Why are you suddenly so interested

snapped back in return. “You've already been

tell you honestly then, we came here to

up! She's the wife of the president of Fuller Corporation! If you manage to get her, you should be able to easily get a cool

to incite my

crazy? How can you bring yourself to stoop so

say that Rebecca was my nemesis, perhaps, but amongst all the possible endings to our rivalry, I'd never

and the sooner we got away from here, the better. Besides, I wasn't invested enough in her to care. We were merely two individuals whose paths had crossed at one point in time but had diverged

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