She knew every inch of her wheelchair’s mechanics like an extension of her own body. Her fingers scrambled for the lock button, pressed it decisively, and the wheelchair mechanism seized, transforming into an immovable fortress.
Eric’s brows furrowed, his lips compressing into a tight line as his jaw locked with tension. “You honestly believe this pathetic trick will stop me?” He shook his head, a cold smile spreading across his face. “Today, you’re coming with me, even if I have to carry you kicking and screaming the entire way.”
In one fluid motion, he bent down and hoisted Linda from her wheelchair, his muscles straining beneath his shirt. “Let’s go—now!”
“No!” The cry tore from her throat, primal and desperate.
Linda thrashed wildly in his arms, terror and rage fueling her resistance. The thought of kneeling before Hadley, confessing her faults, and begging for forgiveness was utterly repulsive. It felt like he might as well have demanded her very life—she would rather die than submit.
“Let me go this instant!” she demanded, her voice shrill with desperation.
Linda writhed with unexpected strength, breaking free from Eric’s grip. Her body crashed to the hardwood floor with a sickening thud.
“Ugh!” The impact forced the air from her lungs. Pain radiated through her limbs, quickly morphing into white-hot fury. She shot daggers at Eric with narrowed eyes. “I refuse to go anywhere with you! I’ve done nothing to apologize for! You’re the deluded one here!”
“Get up!” Eric commanded, his voice booming through the room.
Beyond the point of rational discussion, he lunged forward and clamped his fingers around her slender wrist, his grip unforgiving.
“I won’t!” she spat defiantly.
Linda twisted away, her free hand grabbing hold of the wheelchair frame with surprising strength. “If you’re such a big man, try dragging both me and this chair out together!”
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She assessed the situation—despite his obvious strength, the awkward weight of her resisting body and the heavy medical-grade wheelchair would present a formidable challenge.
Eric’s rage erupted like a dormant volcano, his eyes cold and determined. “You’ve thrown down the gauntlet! Fine.”
He seized her wrist with renewed force, his fingers digging into her flesh as he began dragging her across the floor with brutal determination.
“Ah!” Pain shot up Linda’s arm as she grimaced, her teeth grinding together. “Eric, stop it! You’re hurting me, you brute! Ah!”
“It hurts?” Eric’s voice dropped dangerously low.
His eyelids fluttered shut, dark lashes quivering against his cheeks as unshed tears glistened beneath them.
“So you can feel pain after all, Linda. You’ve become unrecognizable—a shadow of the brave girl who once risked everything to pull me from death’s grip!” Each word seemed to rip itself from a place deep within him, raw and bleeding with disappointment. “You’ve transformed beyond recognition! The Flynn family fortune has corrupted your soul, twisted you into this selfish, calculating monster!” Find the newest release on Find~Novel.net
With that devastating accusation hanging in the air, he crouched down, both hands reaching decisively toward her.
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