The Contract Said No Strings Attached (Charlotte) novel Chapter 387

Borg sneered. “You really think we’re going to kill you? Darcy already told us—we’ll just kidnap you and let the Thomson family pay a ransom. If they refuse? Well, we’ll start by chopping off your hand. Then your foot. I don’t believe for a second they’d just let you die without coughing up the cash.”

Chop off her hands and feet?

The words sent a chill down Crystal’s spine. She could barely breathe.

Would the Thomson family really pay to save her?

What if they didn’t care whether she lived or died? What if they just left her crippled and helpless?

She couldn’t take that risk.

Trembling, Crystal lifted her head. “You’re making a mistake. Even if you cut off my hands and feet, the Thomson family won’t pay a dime for me.”

“Why not?” Borg demanded.

Crystal swallowed hard. “Because they’ve already kicked me out. I can’t go back—I don’t even have a home anymore. My adoptive parents told me to get out and fend for myself. They won’t pay a ransom for me, I swear—please, just let me go…”

Tears streamed down Crystal’s face, raw and unstoppable, her sobs echoing in the cold room.

Borg and Cedric exchanged a look, both growing frustrated.

Borg gritted his teeth. “So you’re saying we won’t get a cent for kidnapping you? That there’s no way you can pay back what you owe?”

Cedric frowned. “Borg, don’t listen to her. She’s stalling. Let’s just take a finger and send it to the Thomsons—see what they do then.”

Borg’s eyes narrowed. The idea made sense.

Seeing where this was headed, Crystal shook her head desperately. “No, please—don’t! It won’t work. My finger isn’t worth anything to them—really!”

Borg and Cedric exchanged a skeptical glance.

Crystal pressed on, her voice urgent. “Five million for each kid—four kids, that’s twenty million! I only owe you ten. You’d double your money. Isn’t that worth it?”

The two men fell silent.

It was true—the Thomson children were the family’s pride and joy. If they could pull this off, the payout would be huge.

But…

Borg frowned deeply. “It’s too risky. What if it goes wrong?”

Cedric, however, was tempted. “Borg, I think it could work. Those kids would be easy to grab, and there’s no way the Thomsons wouldn’t pay up.”