The Billionaire’s Cook
She reached into her handbag, digging around then producing a couple of printed pictures which she tossed onto the coffee table.
My shoulders seized with tension when my gaze shifted to look at them. Benny standing behind me released a grunt of dismay.
The first picture showed Coraline sprawled unconscious on a narrow metal bed, a section of her usually vibrant blonde hair turned rust-colored due to the blood seeping out of a jagged wound somewhere on her head.
The second was of her tied—no, strapped—to a chair, her hands behind her and her ankles bound together. Her hair was matted, her face was bruised, but her gaze remained fierce, glaring into whatever camera had taken the picture.