How to Destroy a Cheater Without Saying Goodbye novel Chapter 124

"Yes, sir!"

The bodyguards fanned out in all directions, racing toward where Blanche had disappeared.

She hadn't gotten far before a fierce wind howled overhead—a helicopter dropped from the sky, its searchlight locking onto her in an instant.

"There she is! We found the missus!" one of the bodyguards shouted.

A figure leapt from the helicopter, landing hard beside her. Strong arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her close. With no time to react, she was swept upward, clinging to her rescuer as the helicopter soared into the night.

A strangled scream caught in her throat, but no sound came out—her fever had left her voice raw and useless, her throat burning worse with every breath.

The helicopter angled toward Eddy's direction.

Blanche struggled, every muscle resisting. Helplessness pressed in on her, but when she glanced down, she saw Eddy below—his eyes wide with desperate longing, arms open as if he could catch her from the sky. The look on his face, so tender and eager, appeared monstrous in her eyes—like a nightmare come to life.

No!

She screamed it silently, her whole body recoiling.

The moment Eddy's hand brushed her fingertips, the helicopter suddenly shot upward. The swirling downdraft forced everyone below to back away in shock.

"Blanche!"

"Ma'am!"

Shouts erupted from below, panic and disbelief rising up to meet her.

She turned, startled, and found herself staring into Fernando's calm, reassuring gaze.

She almost laughed through her tears. "Fernando?"

"Hold on tight," Fernando said, his midnight eyes shining with determination. His arms tightened protectively around her, as if he feared she might slip away again.

Blanche wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her face into his shoulder. Warm tears soaked through his shirt as she whispered, voice barely a breath, "Thank you for coming for me, Fernando."

In that moment, Fernando felt as if he held the whole world in his arms. His heart hammered uncontrollably, overwhelmed by emotion.

The helicopter vanished into the distance, the entire scene broadcast live across the city.

He grabbed his phone, dialing city officials and several high-level contacts. Within minutes, nearly eighty percent of Novandria's companies announced sudden leave for employees, who, lured by the massive reward, poured into the streets to search for Blanche.

"Twenty million dollars!"

"Whoever finds The Simmons Group CEO's wife gets twenty million!"

On social media, Camilla, the lead anchor, watched her platform's numbers skyrocket. The news of Blanche's airborne abduction shot straight to the top of the trending charts.

The eye-watering reward drove everyone into a frenzy. It seemed as if the entire city was scouring every corner for any sign of Blanche.

Meanwhile, the helicopter slipped away into the mountains.

Beneath the peaks lay a hidden fortress, carved out decades earlier after a disaster—once a secret base for an underground organization, now repurposed as a tourist attraction. But with Novandria on lockdown, no one would be visiting today. It was the perfect place to hide.

Felipa's brow was furrowed with worry. "He's not just locked down the city—he's offering a twenty-million-dollar bounty. Practically everyone in Novandria is out looking for Blanche."

"I refuse to believe he can control an entire city single-handedly!" Hugo Black snapped, anger simmering in his voice.