A sneer curled the man's lips as he said, "It seems Cathy thinks we're fools. Turns out she also had an affair with Mark. Perhaps she's actually on his side!”

Without delay, the strong man instructed his subordinate to capture Cathy.

After issuing the command, he looked at Cecilia and vented his anger by kicking her.

"Your lover is quite the character. He's surrounded by numerous women. Can he really handle all of them?"

Bound and bewildered, Cecilia listened to their words.

She had heard Mark's voice from the phone, "You believe that kidnapping a girl would force me to reveal information? That's a fool's notion. Impossible.”

The importance of that information they were talking about was evident but did Mark genuinely not care about her?

He simply... hung up the phone.

And Cathy was also his lover?

The revelation left Cecilia so stunned that she forgot to shed tears...

Time passed.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, a group of men brought in a sack, from which emerged a captivating woman.

Her royal blue coat accentuated her grace, and her long dark hair was elegantly tied behind her head.

Her allure differed from Flora's coquettishness; instead, she exuded a more refined charm Cecilia stared at the woman, her lips trembling. It turned out that she was Mark's first love.

How many women did he have in his life?

In the beginning, Cathy feigned innocence but, when confronted with the menacing intentions of these rugged men, her anger flared, leading her to slap the strong man and exclaim, "Son of a bitch! Why did you capture me?"

That man held no timidity within him.

He retaliated with a slap that left Cathy's ears ringing.

Startled, she protested, "What are you doing?"

Undeterred, the man advanced and kicked her, stating, "What are we doing? Damn it! Why didn't you inform me that you had been with Mark? Had you revealed it earlier, we wouldn't have bothered to capture this girl. We could have just restrained you.”

Cathy seethed with rage, gritting her teeth as she inquired, "Whose orders are these?"

“From higher-ups."