Chapter 642:
On the other end, Myla shared a complex situation involving Collin. Hearing Linsey’s voice stirred a deep pain within Collin. He wondered what Linsey had discovered that kept her from reaching out.
Collin inhaled deeply and gave Myla a confirming nod.
With slight tension in her voice, Myla asked softly, “Linsey, do you have a moment right now?”
Feeling concern rise, Linsey sat up straighter. “Is everything alright? Please, feel free to speak openly.”
Myla felt a wave of guilt hearing the kindness in Linsey’s voice. It was difficult to deceive her.
With a fleeting glance at Collin, Myla hurriedly said, “Linsey, the founder of CR Corporation has come to our house demanding that we hand you over…”
Before she could explain further, one of Collin’s men intervened, grabbing the phone from her hand.
“Enough!” he snapped at Myla.
Linsey’s demeanor shifted to one of urgency. “What’s going on, Myla?”
The demand from the founder of CR Corporation to surrender her? The moment the thought crossed her mind, Linsey’s expression sharpened, and she suddenly understood: Collin was the founder of CR Corporation.
She was still grappling with this revelation.
As the call was abruptly cut off, Linsey’s gaze hardened, and her voice was cold.
“Collin, what are you planning to do?”
A heavy silence hung on the line, thick with tension. Though Linsey was desperate to end the call, the thought of Myla possibly being cornered by Collin made her resist the urge.
“If calling you Collin doesn’t provoke a response, perhaps I should address you as the mysterious founder of CR Corporation instead?”
At once, a shaky breath escaped through the speaker, tense and unmistakably familiar. It felt odd; she had barely spent a year truly knowing Collin. Yet his subtle breaths, pauses, and silences were etched in her memory, clear as day.
gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.k𝗈𝗺 – 𝓐𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝒶𝓽 𝖠𝖳
Right then, Linsey knew without a doubt that Collin was silently listening on the other side. A rush of emotion welled inside her chest, tightening her throat painfully. She tried to speak but found herself unable to make a sound. She struggled against her own silence, feeling choked by what she couldn’t express.
After an unbearably long pause, Collin’s low, strained voice broke through. “Baby.”
Hearing that endearment instantly reignited Linsey’s anger, and she retorted coldly, “Don’t call me that.”
Even uttering those words drained Linsey, leaving her nearly breathless. Fighting tears, she managed to speak, her voice trembling with suppressed pain. “Tell me, Collin, why exactly did you visit the Lawson family? Why did you threaten Myla? I’m warning you—”
Collin cut her off, saying firmly, “Linsey, I would never intentionally hurt you. The only reason I visited the Lawson family was to ask Carol about your whereabouts.”
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