Chapter 131

Chapter 131

From that moment until her breath stopped completely, Rosalyn kept clutching at his clothes.

He had been strangling her while pushing her back over the bridge railing, so he'd assumed she was only struggling to keep from toppling over.

And when Rosalyn's eyes rolled back and her body went limp, Jacob dropped her into the Timber River.

'Even then, she never let go of that bag on her arm. Greedy woman.'

The bag surely held the pocket change Rosie's side had handed over along with their threats.

'To think she was such a coward that she'd run off for a few measly coins. If I'd known, I never would have brought her here in the first place.'

He regretted it, but there was nothing to be done.

As he watched Rosalyn's body being carried off by the current, he heard voices from the opposite bank and hurriedly turned…