ログインCHAPTER 53Into the DarknessBradley didn’t remember how he walked back to his car.His mind was blank.His heart was pounding.His palms were damp, trembling uncontrollably as he gripped the steering wheel.The old man’s final stare.Rebecca’s brother calling after him.The weight of the address in his pocket.The echo of Rebecca’s fragile voice on the phone the night before.Everything swirled inside him like a storm ripping through his chest.He sat in the car for a moment, breath unsteady, staring ahead without really seeing. He couldn’t shake off the fear in the uncle’s voice, the warning, the plea:"Bring Rebecca home by tomorrow morning… or something terrible has happened."Bradley swallowed hard.He didn’t have tomorrow morning.He didn’t have tonight.He didn’t even have the next hour.Every second that passed dragged Rebecca closer to danger — to death.He started the engine.His hands were shaking so badly he missed the ignition twice before it roared to life. He backed out
CHAPTER 52MCMicheal MansionThe house fell into a strange, heavy silence the moment Bradley drove away — a silence so thick it felt as if the walls themselves were holding their breath.Rebecca’s uncle didn’t move for a long time.He stood at the doorway, aged hands gripping the wooden frame, his eyes watching Bradley’s car disappear down the quiet street.His expression wasn’t calm.It wasn’t relieved.It wasn’t even neutral.It was troubled.Deeply, painfully troubled.He didn’t turn away until the vehicle was completely gone. When he finally stepped back into the house, his legs felt heavier than usual — as though something inside him was warning him, dragging him down with the weight of fear he couldn’t yet name.Rebecca’s brother closed the door slowly behind him and exhaled sharply.“Uncle… why did you give him the address?” he asked, his voice clipped with frustration. “After everything Rebecca went through because of him, why would you—”The old man lifted one hand, cutting h
CHAPTER fifty oneThe Next StepMorning light crept slowly across the master bedroom, settling softly on Bradley’s face. It should have been a peaceful dawn — the kind that nudged a man awake with calm, not chaos — but the moment Bradley’s eyes fluttered open, there was nothing peaceful about him.His heart was already racing. His mind, already spiraling. His soul, already sprinting far ahead of his body, chasing the single thought that had tormented him throughout the entire night:Rebecca.Her midnight call was still echoing in his head, the tremor in her voice haunting him like a ghost that refused to fade. She hadn’t said much — she didn’t even give an explanation — she only whispered an address before the line went dead.An address he had waited years to hear.An address that burned in his mind like fire.He had barely slept. Every time he shut his eyes, he saw her face — pale, fragile, broken — the way she looked before she vanished. It stabbed him from the inside, slicing throu
Chapter FiftyThe Midnight CallThe mansion was filled with silence as Bradley lay on his bed, staring up at the dark ceiling. Claudia had gone to bed hours earlier, he had tried to sleep but it wasn't coming. His mind was a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts that wouldn't let him rest. His heart was heavy with the weight of the secrets he had uncovered about their families.gis though was also filled with Gabriel advised it echo in his mind*you can fight for your freedom*It felt as though the world around him was trembling, every certainty shattered into a thousand irreparable pieces. Just as he closed his eyes, willing himself to sleep,he looked at Claudia, a beautiful lady, modeling and with good complexion,his phone buzzed on the nightstand. His heart skipped a beat. He checked the time on his phone, it was 1:57a.m.No one had ever called him by this time, it's late.ever called at this hour. He hesitated for a moment, staring at the screen. The number was an unknown number ,but
Chapter Fifty The Midnight Call The mansion was filled with silence as Bradley lay on his bed, staring up at the dark ceiling. Claudia had gone to bed hours earlier, he had tried to sleep but it wasn't coming. His mind was a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts that wouldn't let him rest. His heart was heavy with the weight of the secrets he had uncovered about their families.gis though was also filled with Gabriel advised it echo in his mind*you can fight for your freedom*It felt as though the world around him was trembling, every certainty shattered into a thousand irreparable pieces. Just as he closed his eyes, willing himself to sleep,he looked at Claudia, a beautiful lady, modeling and with good complexion,his phone buzzed on the nightstand. His heart skipped a beat. He checked the time on his phone, it was 1:57a.m. No one had ever called him by this time, it's late.ever called at this hour. He hesitated for a moment, staring at the screen. The number was an unknown numb
Chapter Forty-NineA Lifetime Of Debt And Gratitude: The Pact That Bound The Family Vince waited for Claudia to leave before he continued, his voice was so low that Bradley barely heard him as if the memories were heavy for him to talk louder, Bradley sat there looking at his father, recollecting what Gabriel had told him with what his father has said, his heart felt bad and guilt , he knows his father is trying to show appreciation and gratitude to Samuel and Grace but on the other hands he could not help but the weight of what he had decided had been made in his decision, Decision that had made him choose Claudia right from childhood until she traveled and come back when she heard about the arranged marriage about him and Rebecca..Vince looked at his son deeply, rubbing his temples as if trying to push back the weight of the past. His eyes shone with feelings and emotions. and Bradley could see that his father was struggling. "Bradley, I owe them everything," Vince said, his voi
Chapter Thirty NineThe Wedding Day The atmosphere inthe McMichael estate was bubbling, casting a soft golden glow across the sprawling lawns where the wedding was to take place. It was the day Claudia's parents and the city had been waiting for and talking of the town. The McMichael-Claudia union
Chapter Forty Five Claudia's Ultimatum Claudia rushed back to the room to find out what made him feel bad and upset. She entered the room and gave the wine to him. Bradley drank it slowly, he felt the weight of everything pressing on him and for the first time since the wedding, he couldn't h
Chapter Forty The Night After The WeddingThe sun had long set and it's down, everyone had gone to their house,and the McMichael estate was cloaked in the quiet stillness of night. The wedding day had finally ended, the grand celebration that had brought together the country's elite was now just
Chapter Fourth OneA Cry in the NightAs Vince left,the McMichael mansion was shrouded in an eerie silence that night,the echoes of the day's grand celebrations lingering like a ghost in the vast halls. The wedding was the talk of the town. The wedding that had been meant to seal Bradley's fate had







