She’s Back, and Hell’s Coming with Her novel Chapter 327

Celine glanced around, making sure no one was watching, then hurried into the corner and pressed the answer button.

Before the caller could speak, she unleashed a barrage of complaints.

“How many times have I told you? Don’t call unless it’s urgent—just text me! Do you have any idea how many people are watching me right now?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, guilt crept in. Maybe she’d been too harsh. She softened her voice and tried again, gentler this time. “Sorry, I’m just in a bad mood. Don’t take it personally.”

On the other end, Cliff finally got his chance to speak. He didn’t care about Celine’s attitude—after what he’d been through these past two days, who could blame him? He was desperate not to be cut off.

He rushed out, “Celine, it’s Hester… she… she’s gone. She ran away…”

The world spun around Celine. Her chest tightened.

Her voice trembled as she tried to confirm, “Are you saying Hester escaped?”

Cliff could hear the iciness in her tone and felt his heart sink. But he knew this was his fault—there was no hiding it now. He braced himself and replied, “Yeah, but don’t worry. I’ve already sent people out looking. She’s injured; she couldn’t have gotten far. The place we kept her is pretty remote. I—I’ll get her back as soon as I can.”

Cliff tried to explain, desperate not to ruin the image he’d worked so hard to build in front of Celine. It wasn’t every day he got the chance to impress her, and he didn’t want to blow it.

Hester’s escape meant only one thing. If any member of the Sutton family found her, everything would unravel. The kidnapping would come to light—her parents would find out, everyone would know.

Cliff, that useless idiot. He couldn’t even handle the simplest job. If she’d known it would end like this, she’d have tossed Hester in the river and been done with it.

Cliff listened to her tirade, guilt gnawing at him. If only he hadn’t gotten greedy, if only he hadn’t believed Hester’s lies, none of this would’ve happened. But there was no way he could tell Celine the truth. If she ever found out he’d teamed up with Hester to try to get rid of Marshall, he’d lose her forever.

He’d already come up with an excuse. Trying to sound as remorseful as possible, he said, “I’m sorry, Celine. It’s my fault—I didn’t keep a close enough eye on my guys. One of them got stupid ideas about Hester and tried to take advantage of her.”