Chapter 1343

After that, Suzanne's blindfolds were removed. The sudden glare of light made her flinch and turn her head away. Once her eyes adjusted, she slowly opened them and took in her surroundings. It was an abandoned house, the kind you'd find in a remote village or hidden deep in the mountains. The furnishings were sparse, and years of neglect showed in the broken roof tiles and gaping holes overhead. Clearly, no one had lived here for a long time. Ahead of her stood a tall man with his back turned. He wore a sporty jacket, his silhouette oddly familiar though she couldn't immediately place him. The moment he turned around, Suzanne curved her lips into a faint smile and murmured, "I never expected it to be you." The man before her was clearly someone she knew. She never would have guessed that the one behind all this would be Jackson, Jenson's half-brother. She had hardly spent any time with him and had maybe only seen him a few times at most. Her impression of him had been of someone id