My Boss's Hidden Heir (Elara and Marcus) novel Chapter 193

Chapter 193

Marcus’s POV

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The email with instructions arrived at 5:47 AM, just as the sun was starting to rise over Manhattan.

Marcus hadn’t slept. None of them had. They’d spent the last hour analyzing the photo Julius had sent, searching for any clue about where the twins were being held. The bare walls, the industrial lighting, the angle of the shadows, anything that might give them a location or a clue.

Dante had run it through every image analysis tool he had access to but there was nothing. The room could have been anywhere in the five boroughs or beyond.

Now Marcus stared at his laptop screen reading Julius’s instructions for the third time.

Pier 76. 2 PM today. Elara comes alone with the money in a black duffel bag. No police, no security, no husband. She gets out of the car, walks to the end of the pier, and leaves the bag. When I have the money, I’ll tell her where to find the children.

Any deviation from these instructions and the twins disappear permanently. I’ll be watching.

“Absolutely not,” Marcus said. “There’s no way in hell you’re going alone.”

Elara looked up from where she was sitting on the couch, her eyes red and swollen from crying. “It’s not up for debate. He said “come alone” or “we will never see them again.”

“It’s a trap, I swear. He’ll take the money and either kill you or take you hostage too. This is exactly what he

wants.”

“I don’t care what he wants. I care about getting our children back.”

Dante closed his laptop and rubbed his eyes. “Marcus is right. This setup is designed to isolate you, make you vulnerable. Pier 76 is exposed, public. He can watch from multiple vantage points and see if you’re really

alone.”

“Then I’ll be really alone.”

“No.” Marcus stood up and started pacing. “We figure out another way. We set up surveillance, put a tracker in the bag, have police positioned nearby-”

“And when Julius sees all of that he kills our babies!” Elara’s voice rose. “Is that what you want? To be right while Alexander and Catherine die?”

The room went silent. Even Mimi stopped her constant pacing to look at them.

Marcus forced himself to breathe, to think rationally instead of from the place of pure terror that had taken up residence in his chest. “I’m trying to keep all three of you alive. You, Alexander, and Catherine. Walking into Julius’s trap alone doesn’t guarantee any of that.”

“It’s the only chance we have.”

17:12 Mon, May 11

Chapter 193

“It’s suncide”

Elara stood up, walked over to Marcus, and took his hands “Listen to me. I know you’re scared I’m terrified too. But those are our babies out there with someone who’s already proven he’ll hurt them to get what he wants. I’m not going to risk their lives because we’re too afraid to follow instructions”

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