to the twilight hour, with an eerie and tense atmosphere, Vesperate the man besale her hat become a stranger possessed by some demon.
“can I know where we are going?” she asked cautiously
“Ton’t know,”
That made Vespera speechless.
Five minutes el suffocating silence passed before the spoke again, “You know, we don’t really have any deep hatred between each other. You made a mistake that many men would make, and I’ma þast a stubbam woman.
“We had a beautiful love once. It just faded with tite, that’s all I don’t blame you, and you shouldn’t blame me either?”
Luke bimed to look at her “You really are afraid of death, huh?”
Vesperagripped the seat belt tighter.
What did he mean by that?
Was he raged because she insisted on the divorce!
was it that she had threatened to take han to court and expose the recordings of him and Tina, which sparked this murderous intent in him?
who could she call for help?
How could she even ask for?
The first person
that came to mind was not
ther
police but Dominic, the man who seemed capable of anything
Btwhyshould he abans come to her rescue?
Luke noticed her distraction and felt a surge of inexplicable anger. “Who are you thinking about?”
It was not just women who had ashth sense; men had such instincts too.
Vespera glanced at him and replied, “I was wondering when you would stop the car. If you keep driving like this, won’t we run out of gas? How are we going back, then?”
the deliberately switched the conversation toward mundane matters.
Luke, however, didn’t respond.
Vesper quietly reached into her bag. The phone Luke had taken was newly purchased, and she had kept important things on her old phone, so she hadn’t tried to get it back.
she sell had a backup phone in her pocket.
Instead of seeking Dominic’s help, she shared her location every five minutes to Rebecca, who was pinned to the top of her contact list. She also managed to send a message, though she wasn’t sure what kind of nonsense autocorrect might turn it into
The last time she had meant to send “help” to Raymond, she ended up sending“mwah” instead.
Rebecca was initially confused by the strange orchard location she received. However, after seeing a few disconnected words like “L North, Luke Brad Away”
I was garbled mess
But she caught onto it quite well she understood that Vespera needed to be rescued.
Without hesitation, she jumped into her car and sped ott
Thinking about it, Rebecca Figured that Lake wouldn’t harm Vespera, he just wanted some time alone with her, so she never called the police.
The car drove out of the orchard and continued along a highway for another hour, passing through beuburban area and a small town.
The further they went, the mork remote the area became. Vespera had no idea where they were.
Shechecked the tumor to see that it had passed 9:00pm. She then realized they had been driving for almost three hours.
At this point, all she could do was wait for his car to run out of gas.
The car tully did us out of gas, and they came to ahah at the foot of a desolate mountain..
The warmth of spring had stirred the night alive with de calls of frogs and insects.
The landscape beyond the window was pitch black, with only a few specks of light in the far distance. The lights were so far, they looked like scattered gliner on a vast canvas
Could be ally be planning to kill her?
“It’s just the two of us here. Like rolled down bin window and lit a cigarette. The dickering orange glow illuminated his chiseled, handsome face.
He took a drag from his cigette while loosening his tie with another hand. His dark hair was then casually swept to the back, framing his face in a way that exuded a thuggish
in the eyes of other women, the current him was the embodiment of desire. He was handsome, wealthy, and effortlessly commanding. Even the simple act of loosening his
Yet, the first time Vespera met him, he had been the opposite of what he was now. He was a fresh and sweet young man, and ew holding hands would make him blush.
Shemsed version of Luke, the our who seemed to have “died” longes
Taking a deep breath, she signed hensel to fare. “Bar What do you wadh
Luke pulled a swirled snuke as his gaze locked onto her
In the dim light of the surroundings, her face was still mesmerizing. Her slender figure was wrapped in a fitted murde dress, and that delicate waist could be encircled with ease meleword closca, file smoky breath hushing across here as liesaid, “I think the reason you’re so heatless toward inets because we’ve never had a child.”
