Ch32: Traitor!

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Natalie could not tell how much she had stayed on the ceiling. She could still remember the commotion in the house, as her dad and brother denied knowing where she was.

She almost exposed herself when they took them away. But her dad's last words, telling her that they would be safe as long as they did not find her, made her stop.

She knew she could not act recklessly, she wanted them to be fine.

She had cried, and the whole of her body was numb. She wanted to look for help, but she did not know who to turn to.

Ivan had betrayed her, he had played with her feelings. She did not want to imagine that she was just so stupid not to have seen him through.

And they had just broken up with Luca. There was no way she would ask him or his family for help.

She took her phone that she had put on silent to see if she could find someone else to help her.

However, she was shocked when she found almost a hundred missed calls from 'Carter'.

Wait! Was he looking for her so that he could force her