At that moment, in a dark, windowless room, Gwen was tied to a chair. She had bloody scars on her wrist from her attempts to break free.Blood has seeped into the rope, dying it black.Suddenly, the door to the room opened. Sunlight streamed in, illuminating half of the room.Gwen felt the sting in her eyes, and she instinctively looked away.Mark entered the room and slowly approached her with his rosary beads in his hand.Gwen could recognize Mark even by his footsteps. She glared at him.Mark's back was facing the light. His face was in the dark, yet Gwen could vaguely see the smirk on his face."Gwen," Mark called out to her. "You've been with me for such a long time. I really can't bear to do anything to you."Gwen snickered. "You're crueler than anyone on this planet. You can stop with the pleasantries. Just kill me already. After all, I should have been dead a long time ago."Mark went forward and grabbed Gwen by the chin. He pulled her up.Gwen was forced to look at M
As night came, all the lights turned on. The bar that was tucked away in the middle of the city seemed very out of place with the bustling city.Suddenly, a shrill voice rang out from the door. "Are you nuts? What time is it now? Why are you still not open?"The bodyguard stopped Jane. "I'm sorry, miss. We only open at midnight. You either wait or look for another bar!"Jane snickered. "Are you trying to chase away potential customers? Everyone wants business. I can pay double! Open right now and let me in!""No." The bodyguard refused once more. "This isn't a matter of money. It's the rule.""You …" Jane had gotten bored of sticking with Leonard. She had thought of coming out to have some fun to soothe her nerves.On the way there, she had passed by many exotic bars. This bar had piqued her interest, but she had never thought that she would meet such a dense bouncer, who only caused her more trouble.Jane was furious. She took a step back and raised her hand, signaling for her
Kendrick was reorganizing his men when a sudden cold breeze blew by. He had goosebumps all over.He looked up at the night sky and furrowed his brows. He felt a little uneasy."Who is it?"Kendrick was pulled back to reality. He turned to look at his men on guard. He looked past them to see Otto slowly coming into view.His expression darkened immediately. He went up to him and asked sternly, "How did you find me here?""I have my ways." Otto swept his gaze over Kendrick's men. "Don't worry. I'm not here to stop you. I plan to go with you. You're reckless. You need someone to help you. No matter what—""No need." Kendrick grabbed Otto's arm and pulled him aside. "Leave right away. I don't need anyone.""Can you stop trying to be a hero?" Otto used all his might to shrug Kendrick off. "Since I'm already here, I'm not planning to go back. Even if you're not going to take me along, I'll just follow you. I have legs, you know.""You …" Kendrick was furious. "Do you think the de
As the sky darkened, snow fell.One SUV after the other drove over the snow, creating a path.The SUVs stopped right outside the factory. The men got out of the cars and formed a line, while Jane helped Leonard out of the car.Leonard stepped onto the snow. He looked up at the rusted sign of the factory. His eyes gleamed ambitiously.If the deal went smoothly tonight, he would no longer need to be afraid of Mark.Then, the entire Emerald Group would be in his hands sooner or later.At that thought, Leonard's heart beat fast, as if he had suddenly become young once more. He was even a little impatient."Grandpa Leonard, are we not going in?" Jane asked."Let's go," Leonard replied, heading in.Only the drivers were made to stay by the gates, while the other men followed Leonard into the factory.What came to view was a pile of boxes stacked in the middle of the empty space, covered in a green rain tarp, looking like a little hill.Seeing that there was no one around, Leonard
Jane was appalled. She looked at Mark stiffly. "W-What did you say?""I have the footage of the night this woman snuck into the hotel. She first took down Leonard's men guarding outside the door, then she snuck into the room and killed Claude."Mark grabbed Gwen's face by the chin and forcefully turned her face toward Jane. "She's one of Yvonne's subordinates. Yvonne had gotten her to spy on Leonard and Claude. "Other than that night's footage, you can also check the footage of the roads near the hotel as well as the apartment building opposite Leonard's mansion. She has been staying there this whole time."Gwen's mouth was gagged with a piece of white cloth, so she couldn't speak. But, even if she could, she had no way of explaining herself.This was Mark's setup. She had long fallen for it, yet she hadn't realized it at all.At that moment, she finally understood that Mark hadn't exposed Leonard for his actions because he had wanted to frame her for everything.As for the so-
Jane had gotten herself a small dagger out of nowhere and had charged Yvonne with it.Luckily, Yvonne had quick reflexes. She immediately grabbed Jane's hand and pressed it hard.The dagger fell to the floor with a clang.Jane seemed to have gone berserk. She raised her other hand, wanting to slap Yvonne, but Stephen caught it instead.Tears streamed down Jane's face. She yelled hysterically, "Yvonne! Why did you kill Grandpa? Return him to me! Give my grandpa back!"Yvonne furrowed her brows. "I didn't touch Claude.""You must have hated him! He was just standing up for me. H-How dare you … you kill him! Yvonne, you're a monster!"Jane was sobbing and trembling. She kept repeating, "You killed Grandpa, you killed Grandpa …" She wouldn't listen to a single word anyone said. Stephen was worried she would attack once more, so he turned to give his subordinate a look.His subordinate immediately understood and went up to apprehend Jane. He pulled Jane aside, letting her sob all
The metallic smell of blood tinged the air. It immediately aroused everybody's survival instincts.Leonard ordered, "If we don't fight our way out, we'll be dead!"Since one side had started the fight, the other would surely not just sit and do nothing!In an instant, chaos ensued. Bullets rained down, mixed with a cacophony of wails.Stephen protected Yvonne and retreated. Yvonne tried her best to break free. "Curtis and Gwen are still there!""My men will protect them." Stephen protected Yvonne with one hand while holding a gun with the other, forcing the men in black approaching them to step backward.In such a situation, Stephen didn't care about anything else. All that mattered to him was Yvonne's safety.Luckily, Kendrick's men also started taking action. They cooperated with Stephen to take Yvonne to the balcony upstairs. They also took down the sniper, who had been hiding on higher ground.The moment she was upstairs, Kendrick pulled Yvonne over."Do you know how dange
In the factory, the gunshots stopped.Only Kendrick's men and Mark's men were at a standoff. They had run out of ammo, so no one dared to do anything reckless.Leonard was lying on the ground, badly injured. Mark was also covered in blood, standing by the side.He had one hand on his wound. Blood constantly seeped between his fingers. Gwen's stab into his abdomen was quite deep. After a battle, his wound was bleeding quite a lot. More than half of his shirt was drenched.If it hadn't been for his strong determination, he would have long passed out.Mark took a cold glance at Leonard before looking at Kendrick upstairs. "Do you now see clearly who you should make a deal with?"Kendrick sneered. "Does it even matter if I make a deal with you? You still have something up your sleeves. Why is that bastard, Cory Sloan, not here yet?"As if right on cue, the sounds of cars stopping rang out from outside the factory once more.Mark let out a sigh of relief. Thank goodness. His backu