“Teddy… My teddy bear…”
In the suffocating darkness, Carrie leaned closely against the cold wall, her body trembling. She curled up with her arms around her knees.
The man had taken her teddy bear. It was as if he had shattered her soul and stripped away her spine.
Her mind was blank, with cold sweat dripping down her pale, beautiful face.
“Ryan… Where are you? Please come and save me…”
Suddenly, all the lights in the room turned on.
Numerous cold, incandescent beams struck Carrie’s pallid face like the harsh glare of an interrogation lamp, further pushing her already fragile mind to the brink.
“Ryan… I’m so scared... Ryan…” Tears streamed incessantly from her tightly shut eyes.
Carrie could not think of anything.
Even the tender, loving moments she had shared with Ryan began to blur, distort, and fade in her memory.
Suddenly, a gigantic screen on the wall flickered to life.
Carrie painfully opened her swollen and reddened eyes, tears filling her vision.
She saw the woman on the screen covered in wounds, tightly bound and blindfolded. It was unmistakably Yasmin.
Her mental state shattered completely.
…
In the Hoffman Group boardroom, the board meeting proceeded as scheduled.
He was not sure what was causing his anxiety, but his heart pounded restlessly in his chest.
All eyes were on Ryan.
Sitting directly across from Ryan, Liam stared at him with a gaze as cold and sharp as a winter’s shard. His expression brimmed with anger and resentment.
However, a few seconds later, his lips curled into a barely noticeable, sinister smile.
“Now, I announce that my grandson, Ryan, will be the new CEO of the Hoffman Group. He will officially join the board of directors!”
Old Master Hoffman announced it with a commanding voice.
Just as the attendees were about to applaud and congratulate Ryan, Liam suddenly stood up. “I object to this!”
The room fell into a tense silence.
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Enjoying this story very much. Seems to be at a standstill or I am just anxious to continue to the end....