Chapter 629:
Looking into the leader’s eyes, she saw his fury and humiliation—he had taken her words as a threat.
Enraged, the leader said, “You think you can scare us? We’ll have our fun with you, then leave your body where no one will find it. Who will stop us then?”
His words provoked the other members. “You’re going to regret your words,” they taunted.
As they advanced, terror flashed in Linsey’s eyes.
She thought desperately of Collin.
Suddenly, the sound of the door breaking open resounded through the room.
“Linsey!”
Linsey’s eyes, once dazed, slowly began to regain focus.
As her senses returned, the only sound that reached her ears was the chaos of fighting and shouting surrounding her.
Amid the noise, the loudest sound was the screams of the men.
Someone then scooped her up.
Subconsciously, Linsey murmured, “Collin?”
The person carrying her tensed for a moment. From above, a familiar voice reassured her.
“Linsey, it’s me.”
Confused, Linsey looked up to see Gorman’s concerned face.
“Gorman?” she uttered in disbelief. “How come it’s you?”
With a fleeting sadness in his gaze, Gorman replied, “I was at your office earlier. When your colleagues mentioned they couldn’t contact you, I feared something was wrong. I sent people to find you, and that led me here…”
He paused to survey the men, now battered and bruised, a shadow crossing his features.
“Uh, Gorman.” Linsey’s voice was faint.
𝒯ℎ𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝒻𝓮𝑅𝒽𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒𝒻𝒾𝒆𝓃𝓒𝑒: 𝑔𝓪𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝓈.𝒸𝓂
Looking down with unexpected tenderness, Gorman asked, “Are you okay? Did they hurt you?”
A trace of discomfort crossed Linsey’s pale face. “Let me down, I can stand on my own,” she insisted.
Gorman hesitated, then complied without further objection, carefully setting Linsey on her feet.
“Please, stop! We admit our mistake!” The men who had seemed so arrogant just moments before now knelt, pleading for mercy. They turned their desperate eyes to Linsey. “We realize our error. Please forgive us!”
Their cries grew louder when they saw Gorman standing tall beside Linsey, mistaking him for the founder of CR Corporation.
“We won’t do it again! It was Carol Lawson who forced us! We never intended to hurt your wife!” they shouted.
Linsey stood frozen, sorrow returning to her gaze.
