A Caged Songbird's Escape: Into the Arms of a Predator novel Chapter 664

Elissa had heard him stand up and walk over.

Giving up the act of pretending to be asleep, she opened her eyes and looked up at him. "How is it that you can see right through everything?"

Rowan didn't answer immediately. He slipped one hand behind her head and used the other to prop up her pillows. Once she was comfortably leaning against the headboard, he lightly pinched her cheek. "When it comes to you, nothing escapes my notice."

Elissa couldn't help but smile.

Years ago, she would have never dared to imagine hearing something like this from the man in front of her. Every word out of his mouth used to be brutally stiff and detached.

Now, he tossed out romantic lines like it was second nature.

She reached up, wrapping her fingers around his large, warm hand, her smile fading as she pressed her lips together. "On the way back, Marcia reached out to me."

"What does she want?" Rowan's brow furrowed slightly before realization dawned in his eyes. "Maya definitely contacted her."

He and Elissa were on the exact same page.

Elissa nodded truthfully. "She said she knows the truth about my birth parents. She wants to meet tomorrow night."

Meanwhile, in a secluded suburban villa, Maya was screaming into the phone at Marcia, completely unhinged. "You've had all these days, and this is the absolute best you could come up with?!"

Finn Thornton had given her exactly ten days.

Tomorrow was the deadline.

How could she not be panicked?

If Finn wasn't satisfied, he would throw her straight back into police custody, and she would never see the light of day again. The evidence stacked against her was more than enough to lock her away for a very long time.

And if Laurel decided to casually drop a word to the authorities just to avenge Elissa, Maya's life would be permanently over.

Over the past few days, Marcia had thoroughly analyzed the situation. She let out a cold, mocking laugh. "Let's get one thing straight. You are the one begging me for help. Do you seriously still think you're the untouchable daughter of the Wilkinson family?"

Yes, she wanted Elissa dead more than anything.

Especially after she lost her baby. That agonizing loss had only deepened her toxic, festering hatred for Elissa.

It was entirely unfair.

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