There were four or five people, resembling local thugs. They wore ck masks, tied her arms, and

threw her into an

alleyway.

Grace looked at them and retreated in fear. “What do you want?”

“Hand over all your valuables!”

an with a

“I don’t have any money… Ah!” Before she could finish speaking, she was pped hard across the

face by a man scar on his forehead

Grace’s ears rang from the beating, and the taste of rust instantly enveloped her mouth.

‘Search her!”

The men came up and searched her all over. The ended up finding only a phone. At that moment, the

phone rang. The ment took a look and cut the call before proceeding to turn off the phone.

“Boss, this woman is a poor peasant. She doesn’t even have a piece of valuable jewelry.”

The scar–faced man seemed to be very angry and spat. “Damn it! Just our luck! Just beat the peasant

up!”

Grace screamed in horror, “No! If money is what you want, I’ll give it to you! Please don’t hit me!”

The few men who were about to beat her looked at the scar–faced man, “Boss, she said she has

money.”

ols! She’s stallin

The scar–faced man kicked her angrily, “You fools! She’s stalling for time to get help! Just beat her up!”

As soon as his words fell, the fists and kicks of the thugs rained down on her like raindrops.

Grace curled up on the ground while guarding her stomach. No matter how they kicked her, she did not

move at all.

It was not until they realized that someone was talking on the other side of the alley that t

alley that the sc

ced man gestured to

them

The thugs stopped their ministrations. The scar–faced man crumpled the ck bag into a ball and

stuffed it into Grace’s mouth before leaving with his men.

Grace felt as if her body was falling apart, in so much pain that she couldn’t straighten her waist, and

even moving her legs seemed to take all her strength.

She looked down at her abdomen, her eyes blurred with tears.

Baby, Mommy will always protect you!

With her hands tied up, Grace could not move or make a sound. All she could do was lean against the

wall while waiting for help to arrive.

In the hotel.

Nancy Patel looked at her phone screen, which indicated that the other party had turned off their

phone. Panicking, she

immediately called Brian Francis without a second thought

With a trembling voice, she recounted the entire incident to Brian. Brian, who was in a meeting on the

other end of the phone, stood up abruptly from his chair.

“Send me your location! I’ll be right there!”

Nancy Patel had never heard such a somber tone in Brian’s voice before. After sending her location to

him, she rushed out of the hotel to look for Grace

She looked around but did not see Grace. She felt panicky and guilty for causing Grace’s

disappearance.

If anything happened to Grace, Mr. Francis might skin her alive!

As time ticked by minute by minute, Grace had been missing for an hour. Knowing that Grace was

pregnant made Nancy even more anxious. She went to the Police, but was told that they wouldn’t file a

case until 48 hours had passed since the

disappearance

Nancy had no choice but to run back to search the hotel’s vicinity to search for Grace by shouting her

name. Upon seeing a pack of sanitary pads lying on the ground, she raced over immediately

There were several roads nearby. Nancy searched them one by one. Finally, she found Grace in the

alleyway.

“Grace”

Seeing the bruises on her face, she couldn’t control her tears and started crying. She looked helplessly

at the injuries on her face feeling overwhelmed and full of self–reproach

Just then, her phone rang It was Brian

Nancy picked up the phone as she tried to untie Grace’s bounds with trembling hands.

Brian was here. Nancy immediately sent a location over