k at the station, Celine w

every corner of the house was

anniversary gifts, his handwritten letters... one by one,

hed dealing with everything, Adrian stormed throu

the hell did

ffled. "I have no idea w

still pr

rist so hard that bruises bl

thing to Lydia, why woul

t that long-rotten wound inside her

his eyes. Petty. Vicious.

thing clear. I'm a police officer! I would never do anything illegal. If your mistr

ian started

, his pho

n, sav

Lydia's desperate scream

eyes going bloodshot in an in

another man took the phone. "

Celine recognized it almost

tion had grown too large. When he tried to re

r alone, shown up to the meeting by himself,

ice arrived that the tw

way. She had never expected him to co

do you

words out throug

ax, I'm not going to do anything to her. I just didn't expect Mr. Lennox, the man who once r

fore you let her go?" Adrian

s. "I'll give you one chance. If you really want to save her,

all the color draine

anyone how terrifyi

ckless. The first thing we ne

before she could dial, Adria

t you

d eyes, Celine felt her h

y to get out last time. We may

ning. You'll be fine. But Lydia is different. She's still young, and she scares easily. She won't be able to handle this. Don't

s heart. So this was the man s

ightest injury, he would pull her i

was willing to send her straigh

. She was a police officer. She coul

gave a small nod, her

'll go w