Chapter 1262

“You’re awake.” Ryan’s low voice rang in her ears like a nightmare.

Madeline looked over and saw Ryan sitting beside her while sipping on his coffee. He was looking at her leisurely.

He did not look like a wanted criminal right now. He looked extremely carefree in this posture.

When Madeline was about to move, she realized that her hands were tied to the sides of the chair.

She looked sideways, catching a glimpse of the clear blue sky and white clouds outside.

Were they in the air?

She was on a plane!

Madeline gritted her teeth and looked at the carefree man with hatred.

“Ryan, where are you taking me?”

“To our house,” Ryan replied without raising his head.

Madeline glanced at him coldly. “Stop the wishful thinking. I never liked you.”

“You can’t erase the fact that you’re my wife on our marriage certificate regardless of whether you like me or not.” Ryan raised his head and smiled from the bottom of his eyes. “We’re lawfully wedded no matter where we go.”

Madeline could not help but face the fact that her marriage with Ryan was indeed legal.

Ryan smiled and looked at Madeline’s sharp gaze. “I can also tell you now that I was the one who initially suggested to the higher-ups of Interpol that I’ll protect you and your family by getting married to you. Of course, they wouldn’t know that I only proposed such a plan for my own selfish reasons.”

“Ryan, you’re despicable.”

Ryan chuckled disapprovingly and raised his hand to pinch Madeline’s chin.

Madeline turned her face to dodge away from him but Ryan forcefully turned her to face him again.

Then, she saw a dark and sinister glint in his eyes.

“Yes, I am despicable. As such, I’m afraid you won’t be able to see Jeremy again for the rest of your life.”

“What are you talking about?” Upon hearing this, Madeline could not continue to confront Ryan calmly.

“Ryan, what are you trying to do?”

Madeline struggled with all her strength.

However, Ryan just smiled and let go of his hand.

In the next second, Adam appeared in front of Madeline again.

He was holding the syringe again. Then, ignoring Madeline’s struggling and resistance, he injected the transparent liquid from the syringe into Madeline’s vein again.

“What is this? Ryan, what did you tell Adam to give me?” Madeline questioned sternly with the last trace of her consciousness.

In her gradually blurring vision that was getting more and more distant, Madeline saw Ryan’s lips curling unhurriedly. In the next moment, she heard his deep and demonic voice saying, “A magical reagent that can make you obedient and sand your sharp edges down at the same time.”

“…”

Madeline certainly did not believe that there was any magic in this world, so it was likely something terrifying that Adam had developed.

She could not guess exactly what it was before she fell unconscious again.

…

Jeremy and his party searched the villa for the entire day and night but they did not find any clues about Ryan’s whereabouts.

On that day, Jeremy did not eat, drink, nor sleep. A patch of dark stubble started growing around his lips, making him look very haggard.

He did not know where Ryan took Madeline.

He could not even guess what Ryan would do to Madeline.

He only knew that he was going crazy.

“Linnie, where the hell are you?”

He felt as if a fire was burning his heart, and this unknown situation caused him to fall into a kind of extreme panic.

He did not dare to think about how Ryan would treat Madeline.

No matter how strong she was, she was still a woman at the end of the day.

‘Linnie, I’ve failed to protect you again.

‘I told you I’d protect you for the rest of my life, but in the end, you’re the one who has to constantly worry about me. At the same time, you’re also putting yourself in harm’s way.’

“Linnie…” Jeremy called out Madeline’s name in distress.

At this moment, a younger colleague from Interpol hurried over to Jeremy. “Jeremy, we’ve found your wife’s whereabouts!”