"Do I look like a three-year-old? That easy to fool?" Sue''s smile suddenly turned


    venomous.


    She lookedpletely gone, so far down the rabbit hole of her own paranoia that nothing could reach her.


    "Then what do I have to do to make you believe me?"


    Sue''s smile was chilling. "I''ll believe you when you''re dead."


    "Because only the dead tell the truth!"


    "You''re insane!" Noreen Gilmore saw the madness in her eyes, and a cold dread crept up her spine.


    At this hour, a party was in full swing on the cruise ship, and most of the guests were there. The rooms were soundproofed, so even if she screamed at the top of her lungs, it was unlikely anyone would hear.


    Otherwise, Sue wouldn''t have dared to kidnap her so openly.


    Plus, Noreen had spent thest two days working and resting in her room. No one would notice if she disappeared for a few hours.


    Panic began to set in.


    Sue seemed to read her mind,ughing manically. "Give up the struggle! This entire cruise ship belongs to the Caldwell family. We''re in international waters now, beyond thew. I can do whatever I want, and no one can save you."


    Noreen''s heart went cold.


    No wonder Sue had been so brazen. The ship belonged to the Caldwell Group. If they were truly in international waters...


    A thick, cold sweat broke out on Noreen''s back.


    If Sue weren''t aplete lunatic, she might have been able to stall for time.


    But she was a lunatic.


    Sue didn''t even give Noreen a moment to think. She simply gestured to the bodyguards waiting nearby, who lifted Noreen by her arms and dragged her onto the balcony.


    In a moment of sheer terror, Noreen instinctively screamed for help.


    Sue followed her out, her red dress whipping in the sea breeze, a vision of eerie madness.


    She mocked Noreen''s naivete. "The other women who tried totch onto my brother-inw screamed for help just like you before they were thrown into the sea. But what good did it do? They all ended up as shark food."


    Asposed as Noreen tried to be, herposure finally shattered.


    She quickly tried to exin, "I really have nothing to do with Mr. Castle Joyner!"


    "I don''t care," Sue replied with a


    smile. "Tob be honest, any woman my brother-inw looks at for more than


    a second, I get rid of I dont give them any chance at all


    A madwoman!


    She was aplete and utter madwoman!


    As Noreen trembled in shock, Sue''s expression hardened. She gave


    ea


    dyguards


    sharpmand to the body


    "Throw her in!"


    Noreen felt her entire body being lifted into the air.


    Two towering men, both easily six-foot-three, hoisted her up effortlessly.


    Before she could even let out a scream, she was ovee by the sickening sensation of falling...


    The roar of the wind was deafening, and the waves crashed violently against the ship''s hull. The endless, all-consuming darkness of the sea at night swallowed her desperate cries for help in an instant content


    Sue curled her red lips into a smirk and poured the remaining half-ss of red wine into the sea.


    As if making a tribute.


    Inside the room, Katy, who had been trembling with fear, witnessed the entire scene and waspletely traumatized.


    She began screaming and biting uncontrobly.


    The bodyguard holding her yelped in pain as she bit his hand, drawing blood, and


    let her go.


    Katy bolted out of the room, screaming, "Help! Help me!"


    Sue''s face darkened. "Quick! Get her back here!"


    The bodyguards had just rushed out the door when they stumbled backward.


    "What are you doing?" Sue shrieked, on the verge of hysteria. "Get that little brat back here now!"


    Just as the words left her mouth, she saw Castle storm into the room, his face a mask of cold fury.


    "C-Castle," Sue stammered, all her previous arrogance and madness gone in an instant.