Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 429

The second the order was given, the whole city seemed to wake up like a beast baring its teeth.

At the airport, several international flights screeched to a halt just before takeoff. Passengers stared in shock as squads of armed SWAT officers stormed the planes with police dogs, searching every seat, every overhead bin—nothing was left unchecked.

Over at the train station, every train was delayed. The electronic boards flashed the word “LOCKDOWN” in angry red letters. People packed together, pressed up against police tape strung across the entrances, nobody sure what was happening.

Down by the docks, ship horns blared nonstop. Every cargo ship and cruise liner that was supposed to leave got ordered back to the port. Coast Guard officers swarmed the decks, checking every corner.

Above it all, the rumble of police helicopters filled the sky, while dozens of drones hovered low, watching every street from above.

And right then, Emmy was sprawled in the trunk of a van, totally out cold. Her wrists and ankles were tied up, a strip of tape stuck over her mouth. She hadn’t even started to wake up from whatever they’d given her.

The van suddenly slammed to a stop, stuck in a crawl of traffic winding up a mountain road.

Up front, a tall, thin woman everyone called Black Mamba narrowed her eyes at the endless line of cars and the flashing blue-red lights up ahead.

Drivers were already getting out of their cars, craning their necks to stare at the sky, voices full of panic and gossip.

“What on earth is happening? Why are there so many helicopters and drones up there?”

“I just saw online, the airport and train station are both shut down! Is this a war or something?”

“War? Get real. No one’s bringing war to the capital. I heard it’s a citywide manhunt—they’re looking for someone big!”

“Yeah, right. Who could be that important? Unless a prince went missing or something!”

“I heard on the radio they’ve closed every way out of the city, even checking the sewers! This is nuts!”

Black Mamba listened, her face going hard as stone.

She’d only kidnapped some rich heiress. How had things blown up so badly that even the military was involved?

She spun around, her voice low and sharp as she glared at the man in the back seat.

“Who is this woman, really? She got some kind of political connections I should know about?”

The guy in the back—Tim—looked like he wanted to disappear.

“Political connections? No way. She’s just a useless heiress! Her bodyguards probably noticed she was gone and called the cops, that’s all!”

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