Bianca rushed back to Waterfront Apartments, still shaken. As soon as she closed the door, she ran to her study and turned on her computer.

She had looked calm earlier, but now fear crept in. If the secret bodyguards hadn’t come just in time, and if Dave hadn’t sent them in the first place, Rupert would have taken her.

Knowing how cruel Rupert was, she doubted she would’ve made it out unharmed. He was the one behind the plane crash. He didn’t care about anyone’s life.

But reality doesn’t work with “what ifs.” The whole thing still made her body tremble.

She plugged the recorder into her computer, saved the...