Chapter 929

The grand living room was filled with dozens of heavy briefcases. Layne looked at his mother.

"Did they give you a time for the drop?"

Seeing the cash finally secured, Mrs. Everhart breathed a sigh of relief, but she shook her head blankly.

"They told me to wait for their call. I haven't heard anything yet."

Mr. Everhart looked at his son.

"We'll keep you posted. Head back to the office for now, and I'll call you if anything happens."

With no other choice, Layne left. After comforting his wife, Mr. Everhart slipped upstairs to his study to secretly make a phone call.

Downstairs, Mrs. Everhart paced anxiously until an unknown number flashed on her screen.

She picked it up immediately. A man's gruff voice spoke on the other end.

"Follow my instructions. Bring all the cash. We have a team waiting for you. You come alone. No one else."

Realizing her husband was still upstairs, she quickly rounded up dozens of family bodyguards and loaded the briefcases into a fleet of SUVs.

Without saying a word to Mr. Everhart, she sped off toward the location the man provided. When Mr. Everhart came downstairs and saw the briefcases and his wife gone, he instantly knew what had happened.

Without a second thought, he called the police and ordered them to the Everhart estate immediately.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Everhart's massive convoy arrived at the drop point. The kidnappers ordered her to put all her drivers and guards into a single vehicle and wait alone. She complied perfectly.

Back in the basement, Felicia's guards yanked Leonie to her feet and shoved a black hood over her head.

She heard Felicia's voice and asked shakily, "Where are you taking me?"

Felicia laughed lightly. "You should be thanking your lucky stars you have a good mother. She brought the cash to save you, and she's buying your little boyfriend's life too.

"But the guy is practically dead. Are you sure you still want him? Buying him back is a waste of money. He's just a breathing corpse now. Why bother?"

Leonie ignored the mockery. Her only thought was of her mother.

Her mother had actually come for her. But Felicia was dangerously unpredictable. She was nothing like the loyal, fiercely protective woman Dorian had described.

To Leonie, Felicia was nothing more than a cartel boss. There was no loyalty in her blood.

The guards yanked the hood off Leonie's head and threw a clean shirt over Dorian. But after days of torture, he looked less than human.

When Leonie saw him, tears spilled over her lashes. Was this even Dorian anymore?

His face had been beaten beyond recognition. His bones were shattered in several places, and the horrifying stench of necrosis clung to him.

Just as Felicia had said, he was a dead man walking.

Seeing him hovering on the edge of death, Leonie was too devastated to even cry.

She regretted everything. If she had known she would destroy him, ske never would have convinced him to leave Felicia. But this woman was a monster. There was no guarantee he would have survived her anyway.

If they made it out alive today, Leonie swore she would find the best doctors in the world to put him back together.

"Alright, enough small talk. I'm a woman of my word. You're going home. And I'm giving you Dorian as a parting gift. Have a nice life together."

Walking away with $150 million was the ultimate victory for Felicia. Selling a broken

toy for that much cash was incredibly satisfying.

With that kind of money, she could

buy a hundred new boy toys. She had already destroyed Dorian's face. er with eye

If he couldn't provide

Candy aremotional validation, validation, he

was entirely worthless to her.

Her heart had long since turned cold. The world was just a playground; there was no

point in getting attached.

Leonie was blindfolded again and

shoved into the back of a vehicle

The ride was agonizingly rough Dorian was tossed in next to her but

is body was too shattered to stay upright.

The moment the car moved, he slumped over limply. The metallic scent of blood

and rotting flesh filled the tight space, making Leonie gag.

But knowing he had endured this nightmare because of her, she swallowed her nausea. Tears soaked into her blindfold the entire ride.