At Bollinger Gardens, the doorbell for Unit 1002 of Block 3B kept ringing, but no one was answering the
door. Alexander checked the time. She’s yet to return home at such a late hour? he thought.
Immediately, he took out his cell phone and called Elise. “Sorry, the number you’ve dialed is not
reachable…” Alexander knitted his brows as he dialed another phone number. “Is Elise still at the
studio?” Brendan had just arrived home and was changing into his slippers on the porch when he got a
phone call from Alexander.
Recalling that Elise’s office was brightly lit when he left the studio, he replied, “She was still in the
studio when I left, but she’s supposed to have gone back at this hour. Why not give her a call if you’re
looking for her?” “Her cell phone is switched off,” Alexander said before hanging up. Brendan was left
confused. Elise’s cell phone is switched off? Well, it’s probably run out of juice, he thought. The next
second, however, he recalled something and had a bad feeling.
As he couldn’t be bothered to put on his shoes, he ran out right away in his slippers. Meanwhile,
Alexander drove to the studio, but there was nobody in the spacious studio at this very moment. When
Alexander found the security guard at the entrance, he asked, “Did you see a lady coming out of here?”
The security guard thought for a moment before he answered, “Are you talking about the lady in the
studio opposite? Come to think of it, it’s strange that I didn’t see her today, but she’s probably still
inside. Usually, she’d be gone by this hour.” Alexander looked back at the studio. For some reason, he
panicked a little deep down inside.
When he walked to the studio, he found that the door was locked. He then called out to Elise, but there
was no answer. Just then, Brendan arrived in a hurry. “Did you find Elise, Alexander?” Alexander
asked, “Did you see her?” Brendan shook his head repeatedly. Then, he said, “Could something have
happened to her?” Alexander was astounded. He asked, “What happened?” Brendan then told him
about what had happened that morning regarding Maeve. “I should’ve stopped her from clashing with
Maeve’s manager. Maeve’s got connections in the underworld.
Could they have abducted Elise?” Alexander’s hands quietly clenched into fists. “Let’s hurry up and
look for her. It’d be best if that woman had nothing to do with this. Otherwise… I’d never let her off.” His
words reeked of such murderous intent that even Brendan couldn’t help but shudder in fear. As he
couldn’t care less about everything else, he turned around and started making phone calls to search for
Elise. … Elise was being tossed up and down when she regained consciousness. She sensed that her
hands and feet were tied, and she couldn’t move at all.
Not only that, but she couldn’t stretch her legs as there was a vague hint of numbness in them. With
the benefit of hindsight, she realized that she probably had been kidnapped. But who kidnapped
me? she wondered. She tried to struggle, but she couldn’t summon up her strength at all. Just then, a
creepy male voice sounded. “That b*tch’s awake.” Elise immediately stopped what she was doing, and
she dared not even breathe.
“It’s even better that she’s awake. After all, I don’t wanna do that kind of thing to a dead woman. At
least it’s more fun to have our way with her like this…” “Haha… You’re right. How much time’s left
before we reach our destination?” “Calm down, will you? We’ll arrive in a few more minutes. Are you
that impatient already?” “Oh, you bet I am. This lady’s a stunner. Well, we’re lucky to be able to have
our way with her today…” The few men laughed as they looked at each other.
Elise trembled with rage when she heard the men’s unbearably lewd remarks. However, she was
gagged with a piece of fabric, so she couldn’t make a sound even if she wanted to. Therefore, she
could only try to untie the rope around her hands. Just then, the car jolted, causing Elise to bump her
head against the trunk lid. As she gasped in pain, she sensed that the car seemed to be headed for
somewhere increasingly remote, and her heart instantly sank. Now I can only try to save myself. The
car slowly drove up to the entrance of an abandoned factory and stopped.
“Drag her out of the car and get her inside.” The few men opened the trunk lid and took off the sack on
Elise’s head, revealing her horrified face at once. “What are you looking at? We’re gonna give you a
good time later.” The few men guffawed frivolously and wantonly at the remark, whereas Elise
struggled with all her might as she kept mumbling in a muffled voice. Seeing that she couldn’t run
away, one of the men took off the piece of fabric from her mouth. “Just say whatever you want to say.
You’re not gonna have the opportunity to say anything later, anyway.”
Elise’s eyes darkened at once. She said right away, “Just name your price. How much do you want? I
can give however much money you want as long as you guys let go of me.” However, the men burst
out laughing upon hearing her words. “You’re still clueless at this point, huh? We’re not doing this for
money. It’s just that you offended someone, so we’re just carrying out that person’s order to make sure
that you won’t live to see the next day.” They’re not doing this for money? Elise was somewhat nervous
deep down inside. Nevertheless, she asked, “Are you gonna kill me then? It’s against the law to commit
murder, you know?” The man replied arrogantly, “Haha! Against the law? Could the law punish us?
Why didn’t you ask around about us? We’ve done such a thing many times, but I’m still alive and
kicking, don’t you see?” Just then, the man next to him reminded him, “Alright, let’s not waste our time
talking to her anymore. Hurry up and get her inside… I can’t wait any longer.” “Alright. Don’t tell on us
when you go to hell, lady,” said the first man. With that, the men dragged her into the old and
abandoned factory right away. Elise kept struggling, but she couldn’t break free of their grasp. After
they entered the factory, the men threw her onto the haystack right away.
“Untie the ropes for her. I’m gonna be the first to have my way with such a stunner.” “No way! Didn’t we
agree that I’ll be the first to do so. Go line up behind me.” “How dare you argue with me?” The situation
got somewhat out of hand as the two men were instantly locked in a face-off. Just then, another man
ran inside and said, “That’s enough! What are you arguing for? All of us are gonna get to have our way
with her anyway, so be quick.
That person has told us to do it as quickly as possible and kill all the loose ends. It’ll be bad if you guys
mess things up by procrastinating.” Upon hearing his words, the two men stopped confronting each
other and turned to look at Elise. Then, the two men came forward at the same time, taking off their
clothes as they closed in on her. “Don’t be afraid, sweetie. We’ll be gentle…” one of the men said while
pouncing on Elise.
Seeing that the man was closing in on her, Elise steeled herself and kicked the man fiercely in the groin
without the slightest hesitation the instant he pounced on her. There was a loud cry of pain as the man
instantly covered his private parts while wailing in pain continuously. Even at this moment, Elise was
cool-headed enough to warn, “Behave yourselves and stay away from me, or I’m gonna be very
unpleasant with you.”
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