When Love Comes Late
Chapter 2009

Panic flooded her.

The window gave way in seconds.

The man reached in, unlatched the door, and yanked Elizabeth out roughly.

“What do you think you’re doing? Who the hell are you?” Elizabeth clung to the car door, struggling.

“If you harm me, my father will make you regret it!”

The man, clad in black and wearing sunglasses, was in no mood for conversation.

He barked, “Shut up and move!”

With a rougher tug, he dragged the protesting Elizabeth to his car.

“Let me go! Let go! Who the hell are you? What do you want?”

Elizabeth demanded, panic rising.

She was hurled onto the back seat of the front car.

Desperately, she tried to bolt, but the man blocked her exit.

The door slammed shut.

The car sped away.

A black cloth soon covered her eyes.

Terror surged through her.

She kept screaming questions but she was met with silence.

Eventually, exhaustion silenced her, but the fear intensified.

Her hands, clasped tightly, were drenched in sweat.

A million possibilities raced through her mind.

Was it Kristian? Did the bast

ard pretend to arrange for her return to Dorburn, only to send these men to catch her so that he could take all of Bella’s assets?

But it was unnecessary and reckless.

They’d been seen on the open road.

Kristian wouldn’t risk such a brazen move.

But if not Kristian, then who?

The car came to a stop.

A pair of rough hands dragged her out.

Although blindfolded, her other senses heightened.

A door creaked open, and cold air washed over her.

Goosebumps erupted as she was pushed into a room.

“What’s this place? Why am I here?” Elizabeth demanded, her voice rising with each question.

But she heard no response.

Roughly, she was hauled to a towering chair, her feet dangling helplessly above the floor.

As her wrists were bound behind the chair back, she lost all her composure.

“Bastard!” she screamed, struggling against her restraints.

“Let me go! What do you want? Money? I can give you anything!”

Her threats and pleas fell on deaf ears.

Desperation surged through her as she thrashed, her feet searching for solid ground.

Instead, they found only a cold, wet substance.

“Ah!” A blood-curdling scream tore from her lips.

Cold sweat beaded on her brow as terror consumed her.

“What is this? You’ll pay for this! I swear!”

Her body shook uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face.