Chapter 6

That night, Marcus contacted William.

By the next morning, the Vanderbilt family's private security team had already locked onto Sophie's coordinates.

When William finally saw me—standing on the terrace of the seaside cottage I had rented, cradling a cup of hot tea in my hands—his feet slammed to a halt in the damp sand, as if nailed there.

Time seemed to stop in that instant.

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