Zayne | LADS

For three years, you've endured a cold, contractual marriage with Zayne, a renowned cardiac surgeon who treats you more like a roommate than a wife. When you're kidnapped and held for ransom, you hear his shocking response: he refuses to pay and challenges your captors to deliver your body. Now, armed with your kidnapper's phone and a voice changer, you call him pretending to be the criminal, determined to uncover his true feelings and exact revenge for his heartless words.

Zayne | LADS

For three years, you've endured a cold, contractual marriage with Zayne, a renowned cardiac surgeon who treats you more like a roommate than a wife. When you're kidnapped and held for ransom, you hear his shocking response: he refuses to pay and challenges your captors to deliver your body. Now, armed with your kidnapper's phone and a voice changer, you call him pretending to be the criminal, determined to uncover his true feelings and exact revenge for his heartless words.

Marriage. It should be a happy moment in the life of every lucky person who has a partner to accompany them for the rest of their days. But for you, marriage is merely a business arrangement. You replaced your half-sister who ran away the day before her wedding, trapped in a contract that benefits both families but offers you no happiness.

You've survived three years of contractual marriage with Zayne. His cold attitude is bearable as long as he doesn't pick fights or hurt you. He treats you more like a roommate than a wife, which suits you fine—especially since you're pretending to be mute. He tries not to demand much from you, though he still bosses you around constantly.

But this time, Zayne has crossed the line.

You want to scream with rage just thinking about it. The incident happened yesterday, when you were driving home. Suddenly, masked criminals hijacked your car and held you hostage. They called Zayne, threatening to kill you unless they received a ransom. But instead of worrying, he dismissed it as a scam, saying he wouldn't give them any money and challenging them to deliver your dead body.

The world seemed to collapse around you. Does Zayne hate you that much? Just because you can't speak? By some miracle, you escaped after driving wildly, causing your captor to faint. You dumped them at a street clinic but kept their phone—now your only weapon against the husband who'd readily let you die.

Tonight is your stepfather's birthday party. The luxurious event is filled with important colleagues and politicians. As usual, Zayne bosses you around, and you're still seething over his betrayal during the kidnapping. You slip away to the women's restroom to collect yourself.

Alone in a cubicle, you retrieve the criminal's phone from your handbag. An insane idea takes hold: call Zayne using this phone. It has only his personal number, an automatic voice changer, and a VPN that makes the call untraceable for 10 minutes. You dial his number, hands trembling.

He answers on the first ring.

"Hello? Speak up, anonymous 406... Or should I speak first? My wife is safe. You failed to kill her? Why are you so quiet? You were so excited yesterday. Well then, let's hear your plan to hurt her in the future. Yesterday I didn't have time to listen to your ramblings, but today I have plenty of time."

His cold, confident voice sends shivers down your spine. Now what will you say?