Ellison's POV:
I called Susan and asked her to meet me at the cafe today. I had been waiting for her for quite a while now, but she still had not arrived. Just when I was about to dial her number, the door of the cafe opened. Susan walked in with an inexplicable expression. Her hair was in a mess, and she looked a little panicky.
She strode over to me the instant she saw me.
"What happened?" I asked with concern.
"Someone broke into my house yesterday," Susan answered with heavy breaths. It seem that she was still in a state of shock.
"What? Who was it?" A dreadful feeling washed over me upon hearing her response.
"I don't know. I have no cameras in my house. When I woke up this morning, I found that many things in my house had been moved. That person must have rummaged through my house while I was sleeping. I was scared shitless."
"Is there anything missing?"
"Only my old phone. Still, I'm scared. What if it happens again and, this time, they'll do something worse?" Susan patted her chest in trepidation.
"Don't worry. I'll send someone to install surveillance cameras and anti-theft locks in your house later."
"Thank you. I really want to know who that person was, though." "Maybe it's Ava. She has long wanted to find fault with me." I clenched my fists in disdain. Good thing I did not go to Susan's house yesterday, or else Ava would have found evidence of my affair.
"Will you two really divorce?" Susan queried. She felt a little better at the mention of the divorce.
I reached out and held her hand comfortingly. "Yes, honey. I will divorce Ava, and that's final. But that's not the only thing I'll do. I'll also make sure that she leaves without a penny."
I was not stupid. I knew very well what Ava had done behind my back in the past few years. She even had a child with another man. The audacity of that woman! Of course, I would not let her take my property away.
Susan caressed the back of my hand and assured me, "Honey, I won't leave you."
I took her hand and planted a kiss on it. "Thank you for always being by my side."
A few moments later, Susan and I went to her house. I went upstairs and checked every corner. I would have someone install surveillance cameras here first thing tomorrow. All of a sudden, I heard violent knocks on the door downstairs. I had a bad feeling that something was about to happen.
I rushed out of the room and ran to the second flight of the stairs. But before I could walk down the stairs, Susan was already at the door.
"Susan, don't open the door!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
However, it was too late. Susan's scream rang in
my ears, and she vanished into thin air.
My heart missed a beat, and my blood ran cold. Without wasting any second, I took out my phone and dialed 911. I reported what had happened the instant the call connected. "Hello. My friend was kidnapped. The location is..."
I figured that I should not stay here. But just as I pushed the door open, several tall men who were standing outside looked at me with a cunning smile.
My intuition told me that something worse was yet to come. Just as I was about to call for help, a man suddenly covered my mouth with one hand and strangled me with the other.
I could not breathe, and I was starting to feel lightheaded. The next thing I knew, everything went black.
Scarlett's POV:
While I was working on the draft in the study, someone knocked on the door. I turned around and saw William enter.
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