All four pairs of eyes in the elevator turned toward Alex and Linda's phones.
A terrible gut feeling struck them, and they wasted no time answering the calls.
The next second, their faces paled simultaneously. Linda nearly collapsed as she dropped to Alex. Her voice was sharp and panicked.
"What did you say? Eva's been kidnapped?"
Adam's expression darkened at hearing her words. Despite his disdain for Linda, Eva was part of the Jensens. Her kidnapping wouldn't just affect Alex's family.
He quickly pulled out his phone without further questions and sent a series of texts.
Shannon hadn't expected an accident in such a short time though she'd anticipated trouble. It confirmed how deep Linda's misfortune was.
As she thought about Eva's recent change in attitude and how the latter had taken care of Marshmallow, she sighed. This favor would be in return for the five-million-dollar diamond crown Eva had given her.
With that thought, Shannon pulled out a blank talisman and intended to trace Eva's presence but her actions seemed to have provoked Linda.
As Linda recalled Shannon's earlier "warning", she suddenly lunged at the latter and screamed, "Was it you? You're the one who harmed Eva!"
It had to be Shannon. Otherwise, why would she say those things earlier? The little bitch was exacting revenge on her and trying to take her place.
Linda's outburst came so suddenly that both Alex and Adam, who were preoccupied with trying to contact people to search for Eva, were caught off guard.
Seeing Linda still struggling to throw another fit, Alex's face darkened.
He grabbed her firmly and shouted in a harsh voice, "Idiot! Do you want to get Eva killed?"
Infuriated from Shannon's push and overwhelmed by panic from Eva's kidnapping, Linda had lost all sense of reason.
She couldn't listen to what others had to say and continued to scream to accuse Shannon of being the real culprit, "Alex, don't let her deceive you! She's cold-hearted, and she couldn't care less about saving Eva! She's the one who caused Eva's kid…"
Before she could finish, a slap was heard in the elevator.
Linda's face was whipped to the side, and she was utterly stunned. Even Alex who'd been holding onto her seemed momentarily taken aback.
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