NovelOnlineChapter 317
The kidnapper had clearly given her an aphrodisiac. There could be cameras recording us. | wouldn't let anything
happen to her
here.
The formal address seemed to break through the fog. Something in her eyes cleared momentarily.
“You... why are you here?” she asked, more coherent now.
‘I cto rescue you.” | said.
Even drugged, when | called her Mrs. Knox, she'd broken free momentarily. Was Adrian Knox's wife really such an
important identity to her?
Felix’s POV
| sat near the front of the ballroom, smiling as | received gifts for my grandfather. When the Knox family
approached, | immediately noticed something wrong. Adrian walked up with little Emma, but no Audrey.
My forehead throbbed. Hadn't she returned long ago? She'd said she needed to get back to Emma, worried
Adrian couldn't properly care for her alone. Yet I'd been here for hours, and still no her.
As Adrian offered birthday wishes, I leaned forward. “Mr. Knox, where is Audrey?”
Adrian maintained his polite smile while responding quietly, “She went to find you earlier and never cback.
Her phone is off. Where have you hidden her?”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHis accusation shocked me. “I was going to ask you the sthing. Audrey said goodbye and returned to you
long ago.”
The implications suddenly hit me. “Could it be...”
Adrian’s gaze immediately darted toward Blake's seat. Instead of Blake, Rachel sat there with Astrid Wilson and
Ethan Davies. Michael stood nearby, making phone calls.
“That's Astrid Wilson,” | explained. “She’s my friend, but has no connection to my grandfather. Looks like she
cwith Rachel
Hayes.”
Blake's earlier words clicked. He’d mentioned Rachel was picking up two friends. So was he actually mentioning
Astrid and Ethan?
| looked at Adrian anxiously. “They’re both Audrey’s former best friends. Blake wants to test whether Evelyn is
actually Audrey through them.”
“He still won't give up,” Adrian said, eyes narrowing. “He's still trying to prove Evelyn is Audrey.”
“What should we do? Astrid and Ethan know Audrey too well. They'll see Evelyn is actually Audrey!”
“It doesn’t matter, Adrian cutoff. “If Audrey passes this test, no one will ever doubt her again.”
His expression darkened. “However, she has been gone too long, and so has Blake Parker.”
“Are you saying Blake took Audrey?”
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Yes Adrian handed over his gift. “If you can contact Blake, tell him to bring her back immediately. If | can’t find
her within ten minutes, I'm calling police.”
He took Emma’s hand and left after brief birthday wishes.
| handed over my duties to security guards and hurried to the second-floor balcony where Blake and | had
smoked earlier.
No sign of Blake. As | was leaving, my foot hit something small. | bent down, finding a diamond-encrusted
cufflink.
“Mr. Thompson.” Michael rushed over. “Have you seen - His eyes widened at what | was holding. “That's my
boss's cufflink!*
“Mr. Parker is in trouble. He'd never carelessly lose something this expensive. Something must have happened.”
Audrey's POV
The truck had been driving through city streets forever.
Blake hadn't let go ofonce. “Just a little longer. The drug will wear off soon.”
Through the haze, | focused on his face. The softness in his eyes was obvious.
I'd seen that look before. Many times, actually. But never aimed atthat gentleness had always been reserved
for Laurel.
Now here he was, using that svoice with me, watchingwith that sexpression.
| laughed. “Must be dreaming.”
Blake Parker wouldn't waste such tenderness on me. Five years loving him, and I'd barely earned a smile, let
alone this.
Blake's arms tightened around me. “What dream?”
Audrey, you're not dreaming.”
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