Her face flushed with surprise, especially with someone else just outside the car.


    Resting his chin on her hair, he murmured, “If you weren’t so busy, I would’ve taken you with me.


    I can’t stand being apart from you for even a minute.


    ”


    Ste smiled, her voice soft.


    “Work is the most important.


    ”


    “We are about to be separated for three days; how could I not spend more time with you before I leave?” Looking into her eyes, Matthew teased, “Now, won’t you do something?”


    Ste blushed a deeper red and ki*sed him on the lips.


    “Is that okay?”


    “That’s not enough,” Matthew replied with a sly grin.


    He deepened the ki*s, the atmosphere in the car turning tender and intimate.From N?velDrama.Org.


    Ste gently pushed against his chest, yful yet earnest.


    “Don’t miss your flight.


    ”


    Their embrace lingered until Fernando, growing anxious outside, whispered, “Mr.


    rk, it’s time for us to go.


    ”


    Reluctantly, Matthew released his hold on her waist.


    Ste stepped out of the car and waved goodbye.


    Matthew smiled at her and then said to Fernando, “Let’s go.


    ”


    After watching his car disappear into the distance, Ste returned to her bustling studio, immersed in her work until the evening shadows grew long.


    As she left the studio, she checked the time, contemting sending a message to Matthew.


    But before she could, her phone vibrated with an iing message from him.


    She smiled as she read his words, her fingers poised to reply, when suddenly, an ominous all-ck car with dark, one-way filmed windows pulled up abruptly beside her.


    The anonymity of the vehicle sent a shiver down her spine, prompting her to turn away, intent on leaving.


    But her escape was cut short.


    The car doors swung open and two shadowy figures reached out, dragging her inside with a terrifying efficiency.


    Ste screamed, her voice filled with panic.


    “Who are you? Help!”


    Before she could scream again, a hand mped over her mouth, and a cloth soaked in chemicals stifled her cries.


    Her struggles weakened as the potent fumes invaded her senses, pulling her into darkness.


    As she slipped into unconsciousness, her phone ttered to the ground outside the car, buzzing with Matthew’s name.


    After kidnapping Ste, the people in the car sped away and took a hidden road.


    They changed cars several times to throw off any trackers and finally drove down a deserted path.


    On the other hand, the Lowell family butler had taken the blood sample to the hospital and started the tests.