Chapter 555: Chapter 555

Chapter 555:

And with the dark, sinister barrel of the gun pointed directly at her, she had no doubt he meant every word.

“I’ll pay… anything, anything at all!”

Her voice wavered as she stumbled towards Colton, clutching onto him in desperation.

“Colton, please, you have to help me… I’m so scared. I only wanted to play, but I never imagined Allison would set the stakes so high.”

Tears gathered in her eyes as she clung to his shoulder, her expression one of helplessness and anguish.

“What should I do? I don’t have that kind of money.”

She looked up at him, her eyes glistening with a desperate plea.

“Colton, I hate to drag you into this. So if they do kill me, I just want you to promise me one thing: take care of my parents.” She spoke as if resigned to her fate.

Colton’s arm slipped around her waist, drawing her against his chest as he rested his hand gently on her arm.

“Don’t be afraid, Melany. No one will touch you while I’m here.” He patted her back reassuringly, his voice steady.

But within, he was anything but certain.

He understood all too well — Allison meant business this time. She would not relent until she got the money she demanded, and that kind of money couldn’t be summoned at the snap of a finger.

Most of the Stevens Group shares were under Keanu’s control, and forfeiting that crucial 15% stake would mean Colton would forever lose his foothold within the company.

“I’ll do what I can to gather the money first. If I can’t… then the shares go.”

He cast a wary glance in Allison’s direction, noting her icy, detached stance as she barely spared them a second look. Three years ago, she’d been considerate, always taking his needs to heart.

But now, she was like a blade honed to lethal precision. The change was staggering, as if she were an entirely different person.

Then a voice, dripping with scorn, rang out from the stage. “Too scared to play a round of Russian Roulette? What a spineless coward to have shown up at Muisvedo at all.”

Amor stepped forward, her silhouette stark under the lights.

The crimson glow highlighted her fiery curls, finally settling on the grotesque sight of her severed fingers, sending an unsettling chill through the room.

Originally, she’d intended to use Melany as her pawn against Allison, but this dimwit had proven completely worthless.

“You!” Melany’s face turned an ashen shade of rage.

But she clenched her fists tightly, unable to speak in Kylo’s presence.

Amor was nothing but a disgraced woman with two missing fingers!

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