His Wicked Obsession (Archer and Virginia) novel Chapter 452

A knock sounded at the front doors. After the housekeeper pulled them open, Liam Kendrick rushed inside.

"Did you find him?" Chloe immediately hurried over, her fresh French manicure digging fiercely into Liam's arm, her panicked voice sharp and grating.

Liam's face was terrifyingly grim.

He shook his head. "No. I checked all his usual underground casinos and hideouts. He vanished into thin air."

Chloe's face instantly drained of color, a violent wave of dread shooting from the soles of her feet straight to her brain.

"Do you think... he went to Archer?" she asked, her voice trembling.

Liam remained silent, but his tightly clenched fists betrayed the panic gnawing at him.

If Blackie had really fallen into Archer's hands, then they were... completely finished.

...

Two days later, on the second floor of the Caldwell Estate.

Liam didn't even bother to knock, shoving Chloe's bedroom door wide open. The burgundy silk shirt he wore was completely soaked in sweat, clinging uncomfortably to his back.

"Pack your bags, we are leaving right now!" He stormed over, grabbing Chloe's wrist with shocking force.

Chloe had been sitting at her vanity, admiring her fresh manicure. The sudden pull made her stumble, and she nearly hit the floor.

"Are you out of your mind? You're hurting me!" She yanked her hand away, rubbing her wrist with a look of intense irritation.

Liam's Adam's apple bobbed rapidly, his expression impossibly dark. "I just got word that Blackie is in police custody! They have the transfer records and the audio recordings of us hiring him for the crash and the kidnapping. They're on their way to arrest us right now!"

She tossed her long hair over her shoulder, straightened her spine, and walked right past Liam to face Madeline. Her usual fragile, pitiful facade was completely gone, replaced by a horrifyingly vicious cruelty.

"That's right, I did it," Chloe answered bluntly, throwing caution to the wind with no intention of hiding it anymore.

Madeline's pupils shrank as if she'd been struck by lightning. She raised her hand to slap her. "You animal! Virginia is your sister!"

Chloe grabbed Madeline's descending wrist and violently shoved it away.

"My sister?!" she shrieked, her brightly painted red fingernails practically jabbing Madeline in the face. "From the moment that DNA test came back, from the second I found out I wasn't your biological daughter, everything changed!"

"You always claimed you loved me, that I would always be the second daughter of this family. But what was the reality? The way you looked at me became filled with pity and charity! You couldn't wait to bring her back and divide the love that was supposed to be entirely mine!"

Madeline stumbled backward, staring in absolute disbelief at the daughter she had raised with her own two hands.