Chapter <b>11</b>Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
Pain engulfed ire. Her body became numb as she expressionlessly stared at nowhere in the air.
She didn’t know what day it was or how long she had been asleep in a hospital bed, but she knew that not eating proper food for ten days <b>caused </b>huge damage to her body.
She could feel her bones trembling. Her body felt paper light while hershes weighed down with exhaustion.
All of this she did was for what? Her husband didn’t even care to spare her a nce when he saw her.
It was after ten days they met. But still, he left hurriedly as if she was not in a hospital bed with a bandage on
The screeching sound of parting <b>door </b>made her lift her eyes. ire noticed Cole standing on the doorstep with a frown. “What’s up with your husband? He left <b>like </b><b>a </b>hurricane. He came inside
the bod
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“Something to do with Zara ire spoke in a voicecking emotions.
It still oozed with pain.
<b>Cole’s </b>back stiffened. He gritted his <b>teeth </b>as he shook his head.
“Zara!” He huffed while turning around to leave the ward.
He met ire’s best friend outside, Penelope Baker. A brte <b>beauty </b>with lush–hued gaze, little nose and pouty lips. She was out of the country when <b>ire’s </b>anniversary was there. As a fashion designer by profession, she often left Bloomcrest to conduct fashion weeks that featured her designs.
It was only in the afternoon <b>that </b>she returned… Only to get the news of ire bring admitted to hospital <bst </b>night. “Can I meet her?” Penelope asked. But seeing Cole’s <b>facial </b>features she furrowed her brows, “Is ire alright?”
“Penelope, c can you stay here please? I have an errand to run and it’s important Cole held her hands expectantly,
Penelope nodded and before she said anything. Cole murmured a thank you <b>and </b>caught the elevator.
He came down in the lobby, Luckily, Hunter was still there. He was waiting for his car toe. However, he appeared very pale and concerned. “Hunter, <b>what </b>you did upstairs is pathetic! You left your sick wife. Why?
Cole yelled, not caring about the onlookers. He cared for his best friend’s future. And clearly, Hunter was destroying his future for a woman who shouldn’t be his priority
“Hunter, I’m talking to you” Cole grabbed his wrist,
Nevertheless, Hunter jerked his hand away and eyed him so intensely that Cole numbed in his spot
“Do <b>you </b>even know what’s going on with Zarat She’s fucking kidnapped, Cole. Someone kidnapped her right from the front of my hotel Hunter’s words made Cole’s jaw drop.
“Kidnapped‘ Zara! Fuck…” He blinked his eyes shockingly
He <b>cared </b>for ire as <b>a </b><b>friend</b>. But he used to be close with Zara too when she was dating Hunter.
He might be supporting ire during theseplicated circumstances, he couldn’t ignore <b>what </b>Hunter just mentioned.
Without further dy, both of them got inside Hunter’s car. While they were on their way to his hotel, Hunter disclosed what he has been keeping to himself about Zara.
“She didn’t deserve the life she lived in the <bst </b>two years, Cole. Zara <b>was </b>tormented by her Inws and husband for something she didn’t do.”
Hunter passed his phone to Cole with the gallery of his phone open. He presented some gruesome images of a woman’s backden with dark and dirty <b>scars</b>.
Cole’s mouth twisted as he <b>saw </b>them.
<b>“</b>Clifford’s business began to fall with time after his marriage. He and his parents med Zara for being a jinx in their lives. She would be beaten up
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daily. She suffered in that hell with those monsters for two years. Cole. And even after Clifford died with <b>a </b>heart <b>attack</b>, her inws med her”
“Zara would have been dead that night on my marriage anniversary had I not dragged her into my car with me. Her Inws hate her.” He <b>said </b>with panic and angercing his voice.
“Why didn’t she report it to the <b>cops </b>or tell her parents anything about this?” Cole asked, feeling pitiful for Zara.
“With Clifford’s family being powerful since his uncle was a politician, she couldn’t turn to anyone. She quietly endured their torture.”
“Her parents died a while ago. <b>Zara </b>had nowhere to go. If she opened her mouth to tell the cops, she may have to go through worse. Henceforth, she did any helpless woman in her position would–stay quiet and bare everything Hunter informed
Although Cole’s heart bled for <b>Zara</b>, he kept quiet. As someone who was in support of ire against this woman Hunter and him was going to search for, it would look weird if <b>he </b>said anything.
They came to the hotel and straight to his penthouse. They met a brawny <b>guard </b>inside, who had worried lines on his forehead.
Hunter asked him what happened, “Miss Levine left after you to catch some <b>fresh </b>air, sir. When she didn’t return even though it’s been more than thirty minutes, I went to check after her. She wasn’t there anywhere. Then I checked the CCTV footage and found out a pair of masked men forcing <b>her </b>inside a ck van.”
He showed them some footage. Cole <b>was </b><b>at </b>a loss for words. He didn’t know what toment. He just stared at Hunter and was annused by his tranquil <b>features</b>.
‘How could he be so calm?! He asked himself.
While Hunter’s legally wedded wife was in the hospital with a head injury, <b>his </b>old lover was kidnapped. In either <b>case</b><b>, </b>a man in his <b>ce </b>would feel
<b>clueless </b>and sweat.
As for Hunter, his <b>eyes </b>were Hawk–like sharp as he perused the footage. His fingers <b>danced </b>expertly on the keyboard as he zoomed in and out of the footage to collect clues. There was no line of apprehension on his <b>face </b>at all.
But still, at this moment he looked less concerned than yesterday when he came to the hospital to meet ire. Yesterday, he appeared worried and jittery. His <b>face </b>was pale and some sweat <b>beads </b>had covered his forehead.
“Found them! They’re in a warehouse behind the White Lake.
Cole flickered hisshes. When heposed himself and nced at theptop, he saw a red dot on a map. While he was busy studying Hunter, he dug out her location <b>effortlessly</b>.
“Did you breach into the CCTV f
footage around the <b>city</b>? Cole asked, <b>curious </b>to know how he could do it so quickly
Getting up, Hunter <b>loaded </b>his licensed gun and <b>said</b>, “I presumed her Inws will try to get <b>back </b>at her any time. So I gifted her a ring with a tracker installed in it
Cole’s eyes flew open.
“He gave her a ring! ire will be so hurt if she hears that.
He thought because in their elite society, a man only gave a woman a ring to promise her a marriage.
If his motive <b>was </b>to protect her, he could give her a ne<b>, </b>or an anklet, or <b>a </b>bracelet, or something else with the tracker hidden in it. Why <b>a </b>ring!
Cole wished to knock some senses in his best friend’s head. But just then, “Want toe with me? Hunter <b>asked</b>, causing his mouth to drop. They were best friends. They vowed to stand by each other’s side and take each other’s back during times of difficulties.
However, with what was going <b>on </b>currently in one of their lives, they havee to <b>a </b>point where a friend <b>had </b>to literally ask another friend whether he was willing to join him on a <b>mission </b>that meant a lot to him.
“Have I ever left you alone in such <b>a </b>situation before?” Cole said with a small smile.
It brought <b>a </b>smile of gratitude on Hunter’s lips too before they patted each other’s back and entered the elevator.
The warehouse wasn’t far away from Hunter’s hotel. They <b>got </b>there in ten minutes. The outside of the warehouse was clear so they tiptoed inside without meeting any problem.
However, when they came a little deeper inside, they could hear a woman cry for help, “Please, no, don’t hurt me! I’m a widow, Please have mercy”
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<b>Toc</b>
This <b>is </b>shocking, isn’t this? What do you think it is<b>… </b>Zara’s game or real kidnapping!
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