Husband With Benefits
Chapter 774: Ransomed

Chapter 774: Ransomed

Dora was fuming, her anger burning at her own stupidity. How could she have been so careless? She twisted her wrists against the rope, glaring as the material dug into her wrist but the physical discomfort was nothing compared to the anger cuhurning in her mind. She couldn’t even remember who this person might be. After all, there weren’t many people whose lives she had meddled in directly—or at least not many who would come after her like this. So, who could it be? And why could she not remember anyone? Only one suspect would make her feel better.

Her thoughts turned to Anna, the most recent person she had dealt with. But Anna? Dora hadn’t done anything to her? She’d confronted Lord Rupert-Anna’s father, but surely that couldn’t have led to this. Unless Anna blamed her for having to reveal herself or being forced to marry Rafe...Or maybe being with Kael. The thought seemed far-fetched, but doubt started creeping in, making her question and revisit the entire conversations they’d held.

Then there was the foreign minister. He had tried to force her to resign because of those rumors of an afffair between her and Rafe, but she had dealt with him fairly. As far as she knew, he didn’t have a wife, daughter, or sister who would come after her just because she stood her ground. Yet here she was, gagged and bound, unable to figure out who would hold such a grudge against her.

The room around her was dim, the only sound coming from a fan humming somewhere above. Dust floated in the faint light seeping through a dirty window so that she could not even see anything outside. The place smelled also like an old warehouse or storage facility. But despite all this, she could not think of a way to escape.

Whoever her kidnapper was, they were, unfortunaately too smart. They had her tied up and they’d even not deigned to speak again, giving her a chance to guess who could the person be.

She looked around the room, searching for anything she could use to escape—a rusty nail, a piece of glass, anything to cut the ropes. But the room was empty, with only the chair she was sitting on the piece of furniture.

Dora narrowed her eyes, glaring at the window as she weighed her limited options. Her legs were bound tightly, and if she wanted to escape, her only choice seemed to be hurling herself against the window. But that would likely just injure her further, offering little hope of freedom.

Suddenly, a faint sound broke the silence—a creaking noise, like a door opening somewhere behind her. Dora froze, her heart skipping a beat as footsteps echoed through the room. The door creaked shut, and then she heard someone approaching.

A shadow fell over her, and a man came into view, his face hidden by the dark. Without a word, he leaned down and removed the gag from her mouth. the sudden release caused her jaw to ache as she breathed in desperately, trying to feel her tongue again. Before she could speak, he pressed a phone to her ear.

"Your boyfriend wants to talk to you," the voice was muffled and she knew then that he was also probably wearing a mast. His hands that pressed the phone to her ear were also gloved. So, these people were probably experienced, leaving nothing to chance.

"Hello?" she managed to croak out, her voice hoarse from the gag.

But before she could say anything else, the phone was pulled away, the man ending the call without another word before she could even make sure that it really was Kael on the other line.

Once again she heard the sound of the door opening and closing as her eyes returned to the camera light that was blinking up there. She frowned. At least they’d left her mouth uncovered, but she didn’t know who was watching still.

After breathing softly for a few minutes, she closed her eyes and started to talk in a soft almost taunting voice," Who are you? Are you so scared that I will find you that you are not even going to talk to me?"

The answer to her questions was silence. Dora waited for a few minutes but continued," It doesn’t matter you know. Even if you don’t talk to me, even if you hide in the furthest corner of the world, I will find you. And make sure you get your just punishment."

"The thing is," she continued, her voice low but clear, "this isn’t my first time dealing with someone like you. I was kidnapped once before, you know. A long time ago, when I was just a girl. They thought they could use me for gains too. But you know what happened to them? They were caught. And the punishment they received... it wasn’t pretty."

Dora smiled then, a smile so ruthless that it would have sent shivers down anyone’s spine if they saw it and continued, "So you can hide behind your masks and gloves, but it won’t protect you. I will find you, no matter where you run. And when I do... you will regret trying to exact revenge from me..."

As she paused, she was sure she heard a sound from the loud-speaker in the room. A hint of triumph came over in her eyes. She knew just how to goad someone. But before the other person would say anything, the crackling stopped and suddenly there was silence again.

The silence was deafening, but she sensed that her words were had an effect, so that was good too. She imagined her captor, sitting somewhere in front of a screen, watching her with clenched fists, seething with frustration that she wasn’t crumbling under their control. And then reacting to the taunting. But now she knew one more thing. There were two or more people involved in this. And whoever was observing her, keeping a watch on her was not alone.. One of them was sensitive to her taunting while the other was not. Time to goad some more.

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