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
The smoke made everyone's vision blurry. But they could still make out figures moving.Yvonne could barely see Mark. A few men were protecting him and fleeing the scene.No! She couldn't let him get away!Her hand reacted quicker than her brain. She squinted her eyes and aimed at Mark's leg before firing her gun.Mark stumbled, but soon his men surrounded behind him, protecting him from Yvonne.Yvonne could no longer shoot him anymore. She watched them drag Mark away, leaving a long trail of blood.When the smoke had dissipated, Yvonne ordered her men to track Mark down. "I want to see him, dead or alive.""Yes, boss!" Her men quickly ran out of the factory.Yvonne stood in the same spot, looking at the snowy, dark sky sullenly.Stephen wanted to put his hand on her shoulder, but she swerved and avoided him. She cast him a cold gaze.She slowly came to her senses. Her gaze softened. "I'm sorry. I was a little on edge."She had been gone from Emerald Group for many years. She
A night had passed. Mark was injured and nowhere to be found. Leonard's life was hanging by the thread, and he had been sent to the ICU, while Jane's whereabouts were unknown.Yvonne sent men to do a thorough search for Mark. At the same time, she arranged for another group to head to the city where Leonard's mansion was to check up on Claude's situation.After handling everything, she returned to the hospital to accompany Gwen and wait for Curtis to be out of the emergency room.The surgery was a success. Curtis' life was no longer in danger, but he was still in a coma. He had to be observed in the ICU for a while.Outside the ICU, Yvonne gently placed her arm around Gwen's shoulder, avoiding the gunshot wound."Gwen, don't worry. Curtis will be fine. He surely can't bear to see you like this," Yvonne gently comforted.Gwen looked at Curtis in the bed through the glass window. "Why did he take the bullet for me?""He …"Obviously, because he loves you.Yvonne didn't finish he
Cory didn't know what had happened to Mark, nor did he care.He was standing guard outside a room, thinking about the lady he had saved the night before.His right-hand man, Benji Kent, had brought the woman out of the factory. Benji had said that she looked like his late wife and insisted that he look at her.Back then, all he had done was sweep a glance over her, but he could no longer take his eyes off her.In the night, her blood-covered face looked extremely like the first time he had met his wife, Ashley Webb.He had been so excited that he could hardly hold back. He had told Benji to take her to the car. Initially, after he had made sure that the woman was alright, he had wanted to stay back to help Mark.However, he had looked through the binoculars and seen Stephen …As the doctor opened the door, Cory snapped out of his thoughts. He turned to look at the doctor. "How is she?""She's really worked up. I think she has suffered a huge shock. To prevent her wounds from ge