Serena's body went rigid as a board. After being kidnapped so many times, she actually felt a strange sense of resignation this time. Seriously, at this point she could've won the lottery with how often she got snatched by different people with different excuses.
"Miss Mann, there must be some misunderstanding. I had dinner with Katia tonight—Mr. Ivanov was just being courteous by dropping me off."
Unlike her previous panicked reactions, Serena now negotiated with Amanda with eerie calm, her voice dripping with sarcasm as if she'd long made peace with dying tonight.
"So what?" Amanda sneered, her manicured nails loosening from Serena's throat, leaving crescent-shaped marks where they'd drawn blood. "Boris has never let another woman into his car. You're the first. Does that make you wan
