Janet lay on the ground, her hands tied to her back, her mouth clogged. Her sister Harper was right next to her, sobbing lowly in fear.
Earlier today, they encountered a group of rogues in the forest on their picnic trip.
These rogues kidnapped them and were now calling their parents for ransom.
“Hello Mr. and Mrs. Diaz, I have your two daughters here.”
A rogue smirked dangerously while looking down at Janet and Harper.
“If you want them back safe and sound, I’ll need 200 million!”
Janet held her breath in excitement.
She heard her mother Hellen’s anxious voice from the speaker:
“—Oh my god! Harper, where are you? Are you OK?!”
The rogue put the phone next to Harper, who immediately let out a muffled cry.
Their father Paul’s shrill voice popped up on the phone:
“My sweet darling Harper! Please don’t hurt Harper!”
Janet widened her eyes as tears streamed down her cheek.
Her parents didn’t even mention a single word about her.
All they cared about was Harper.
“But we don’t have 200 million…” she heard her father say, “How about I give you 100 million and you just give my Harper back?”
Even the rogue sounded surprised now:
“What are you talking about? You just want one daughter back?”
“Yes, we just need Harper!” Their youngest brother Owen cried. “We won’t pay a penny for that loser Janet.”
“Yes. From now on, we’ll have only one sister. And that is Harper,” their middle brother John added to that.
Janet closed her eyes in despair.
Her body and heart were turning cold.
Everyone loved Harper more than her.
In fact, since her childhood, Janet had been trying super hard to please everyone in her family.
She cooked for the entire household, she did Owen’s homework, she let John use her like a punching bag and she polished Paul’s shoes every day.
Janet lived like a servant.
But all that hard work was still not enough to make them like her.
The Diaz were common citizens, but they were filthy rich.
They spend hundreds of millions on jewelry every year.
But they were unwilling to spare a 100 million on her.
The rogue got off the phone and gestured to his accomplices to escort Harper out.
Harper’s eyes were filled with tears of joy. She didn’t even spare a single glance at Janet before she left.
“…So—”
The rogue crouched down by Janet and removed the clog in her mouth.
“—You are useless now,” he crackled an evil laugh. “Any last words?”
Janet gulped down and stared at the sharp blade in his hands.
“C—Call my husband!” she said urgently. “He is Daran Albright, Riverside Pack’s Alpha. He’ll be more than willing to pay my ransom!”
The rogue raised an eyebrow and did what she said, calling Daran.
Janet stared at the phone nervously.
Her heart almost jumped out of her throat when the call was connected, and then she heard Daran’s familiar s*xy voice:
“…Hello?”
“Daran! It’s me, Janet!” She blurted out sobbing. “I’m kidnapped by a group of rogues, and they want a 100 million—”
“I heard what happened.”
Daran’s voice was so cold that it almost sounded indifferent. As though it was a stranger, not his own wife who was kidnapped.
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