Chapter 71

LEVI DEL CAMPA

They say there’s a first time for everything, but getting abducted was not something I was looking forward to. The house made me want to retch. Jaylen’s cries made my heart ache as I could do nothing for him. And most of all, Alejandro’s maniacal laughter whenever he hit me made it a lot worse than it would have been if someone else had kidnapped me.

He’d told me it had been over six hours since he had the contract sent to Zesa. No matter what, I wanted Jaylen to be with her. He needed treatment. He needed to leave here more than I did. It wasn’t as if I did not want my freedom—I craved it—but the life of the child I’d come to see as mine came first. Even if it meant my death. The child was innocent. He had done nothing wrong. Thankfully, what I wanted would happen soon. I was told someone had gone to get the contract Zesa signed. I hated she was signing a contract agreeing to be his, but it was that or losing Jaylen. That she’d signed it only meant she under