Chapter 173 Her People Were Shaken Off

    Chapter 173 Her People Were Shaken Off

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    Sloane gripped her phone tightly, her eyes locked on the message as a storm of emotions churned inside her. She wasn’t the Rivers family’s daughter, the realization blindsided her, and once it took hold, it wouldn’t let go.

    She felt a strange surge of excitement, even a hint of unspeakable relief. iNo /iwonder the Rivers ifamily /iitreated /iime /iiso /iicoldly/i. iNo /iiwonder /iiI /iinever /iifelt any /iiwarmth /iifrom /iithem/ii. /iIt turned out, she had never been their real daughter. All the neglect, the indifference, even sending her to that asylum, it all finally made sense. iBut /iiif /iiI /iwasn’t ithe /iiRivers /iifamily’s /iidaughter/ii, /iithen /iiwho /iiare /iimy /iireal /iiparents/i? iAre /iithey /iistill /iialive/ii? /iiWhat /iihad /iihappened /iiback /iithen/i? iAnd /iiwhat /iiabout /iiSamantha/ii? /i

    It seemed the only way to get answers was to meet Helen face to face.

    “Sloane agreed to meet,” Helen informed Conrad. “You take care of the rest. Just make sure she doesn’t get away this time.”

    A glint of malice shed in Conrad’s eyes as a cold smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth. “Don’t worry, Mom. Everything’s set. As long as Sloane dares to show up, there’s no way she’s escaping again.”

    Helen nodded, her voiceced with harsh determination. “Once we get her back, we’re not letting her go again.”

    Conrad sneered, his tone full of disdain. “That ungrateful brat really thought she’d be safe hiding in ckhawk? What a joke. This time, I’m going to teach her a lesson she won’t forget.”

    After seeing Helen off, Conrad immediately dialed a secret number. “Sloane agreed to the meeting. Are your people ready?”

    A low male voice answered from the other end. “Don’t worry. Everything’s in ce. As soon as she shows up, we’ll move in. She won’t have a chance to slip away,”

    Conrad gave a satisfied nod. “I don’t care what kind of beef you have with her. But I want her alive when it’s over. Sloane is ourst bargaining chip–she’s useless to us dead.”

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    Chapter 173 Her People Were Shaken Off

    “Got it,” the man replied curtly before hanging up.

    As soon as Sloane stepped out of the school gates, her phone buzzed.

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    She nced down to see a message from an unknown number: “Ms. Rivers, the meeting location has changed. Head to the old warehouse in the east side of the city.”

    She frowned but still told the driver to turn around and head to the old warehouse. However, when she arrived, the ce waspletely empty. Then another message came through: “Location change. Come to the abandoned factory in the north part of the city immediately.”

    Sloane sneered inwardly. iThey’re /iitrying /iito /iithrow /iioff /iianyone /iiI /iimight’ve /iibrought /iwith ime/i. issic /iimisdirection/i.

    As soon as she got into a cab, she sensed something wasn’t right. The driver wore a face mask and a cap, his entire face covered. Her instincts on high alert, she quietly reached into her bag and wrapped her fingers around her stun gun.

    When they reached a major intersection, the car should’ve stopped for the red light—but instead, the driver suddenly hit the gas, swerved sharply, and ran the light, driving the wrong way into a narrow, deserted road.

    The jolt threw Sloane’s body to the side, but she quickly stabilized herself. ncing back toward the intersection, she saw a major ident unfolding behind them–her people hadn’t made it through.

    “Who are you?” Sloane asked, her voice eerily calm.

    The driver answered coldly, “If Ms. Rivers wants the truth, then sit still and behavei.” /i

    The stiff ent in his voice gave him away immediately.

    She noted, growing even more alert. iForeigner /i

    Sure enough, the car drove just a short distance before pulling into a remote area -where several other vehicles were already waiting.

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    Chapter 174 Kidnapped

    Chapter 174 Kidnapped