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Chapter-27: Tick-Tock
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Chapter-27: Tick-Tock
Aria Anastasia
I opened my eyes, feeling the force of someone tying something on me. My eyes felt heavy, yet I had to see the face of the person who kidnapped me.
My mouth wasn't closed with a gag, so I could clearly speak. The person who stopped tying something on me, and I couldn't protest since my hands were handcuffed, looked at me straight into my eyes.
A gasp escaped my lips seeing the blue eyes. He was the same familiar person I had met in the grocery store—the man who was in his mid-forties. Why did he kidnap me?
"Why did you kidnap me?" I couldn't help but ask.
This old man who was like a father figure was the last person I hoped to be my kidnapper. He seemed like a nice person when he h
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