Chapter 477
The flight from Cabinda touched down without a hitch. Jesse slid on his sunglasses and rolled his suitcase behind him, but the moment he stepped out of the airport, his vision went blurry and his legs felt like jelly.
He figured it was just the exhaustion from flying for over ten hours, so he shrugged it off and pulled out his phone to check in with Elizabeth.
“Yeah, things are fine here,” he said, keeping his voice low. “Don’t worry, Elizabeth. Actually, you shouldn’t try to contact me for the next few days. If Charlotte finds out, it’ll just make things messier.”
Charlotte had changed after coming back from the countryside. She was a whole different person now, and not someone you wanted to cross.
“Okay,” Elizabeth replied quietly. Jesse ended the call, ready to order a ride to his hotel. Just then, a pair of shiny black dress shoes stopped in front of him. He looked up slowly and met the cold, unfamiliar gaze of a stranger.
“Are you the one here to pick me up?” Jesse asked, his confusion obvious.
“Jesse?” The man’s voice was flat and emotionless. Adonis.
“Yeah, you’re with ”
“Take him.”
Without any warning, Adonis gave the order. The men behind him moved fast, yanking a rough sack over Jesse’s head and tossing him into a van.
“Who are you people? What do you want from me?” Jesse struggled and shouted, panic rising in his chest. “If it’s money, I’ve got plenty. I’ll give you whatever you want!”
No one responded. The van sped through traffic, weaving expertly on its way to a private dock.
“Adonis, the helicopter’s ready,” someone in the front passenger seat announced. “The plane to Cabinda is prepped too.”
Cabinda? That’s when it finally hit Jesse just how bad this was. Charlotte’s cold, ruthless face flashed through his mind, and a chill shot up his spine. Sweat broke out across his back.
“Let me go! Do you even know who I am?” Jesse twisted and fought to break free. “My brother-in-law is the CEO of The Main Group, and my sister—”
Before he could finish, a hard kick landed on his head. Everything went black.
…
Vanguard High School
Everyone was sure Charlotte
wouldn’t dare show up at schoole again. So when she walked
wearing her uniform and looking pale with a strange, almost ghostlý catm, the whole class went silent.
“Charlotte.”
“Charlotte.”
“Charlotte.”
Andrew, Parrish, and Shirley all jumped to their feet, hurrying over with worry written all over their faces.
With all the drama online and parents calling for her expulsion, what was Charlotte doing here before anything had been settled?
She just gave a slight nod, sat down, and pulled a carton of milk from her bag. She poked in a straw and started sipping, looking totally unbothered.
The internet was exploding over this scandal, but Charlotte acted like none of it mattered. Maybe there was more to the story. The guy in the video was honestly kind of awful-hard to believe Charlotte would ever go for someone like that.
“Charlotte Andrew hovered beside her, voice soft. “Are you really okay?”
“I’m fine,” Charlotte said, chewing
lightly on her straw. She turned her
head, her eyes distant. “I need to
step out for a bit. If Eleanor asks
just tell her for me fo
She got up and walked out, leaving the whole class staring after her in shock.
“Is she really okay?” Shirley whispered, looking anxious.
Andrew wasn’t sure at all. He checked his watch. There were still two hours until Anthony’s flight landed.
If Anthony found out about this just thinking about how furious he’d be made Andrew shiver.
Someone had messed with his precious girl. Cabinda was about to get turned upside down.