Chapter 174
~ Hailey ~
Marcus had received Navine’s phone number from Derek and he was calling him now.
My heart kept racing as I watched him dial, each tap of his thumb on the cracked screen sending fresh spikes of adrenaline through my veins.
The fear wasn’t just about the kidnapping anymore — the ropes biting into my wrists, the damp chill of the abandoned room, the way the single bare bulb overhead flickered like it might die any second. It was about what Navine would say. How he would react. Whether this call would confirm everything I’d spent days convincing myself of: that I was nothing to him.
Part of me felt like Navine might not even care if he discovered I was kidnapped. He’d probably be happy that I wouldn’t be in his company anymore. Happy to be rid of the complic
