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
That night, a scream rang out from the room.Benji was afraid that Cory would hear the scream. He quickly rushed into the room and opened the woman's mouth.Luckily, he had gotten her limbs tied up beforehand, so he could easily subdue her."Stop screaming. If my boss comes over, you'll be thrown out!"However, the woman didn't seem to hear him. She squirmed with all her might and glared at him with reddened eyes."I'm not lying. My boss is a monster who doesn't bat an eye at murder. If you make him angry, it won't end well for you. "I was the one who rescued you from the factory last night. Seeing how I saved your life, could you cooperate with me? Stop screaming. I don't want to get into trouble because of you too."The woman finally stopped struggling after Benji rambled on.Benji let out a sigh of relief. "I'm Benji. I don't really know who you are. I just rescued you out of impulse. I don't need you to pay me back. I just need you to listen to me right now."Seeing her q
The next morning, Benji put Jane in a car and got the chauffeur to take her to the airport.After waking up the night before, Jane has been in a daze.Benji asked hesitantly, "Can you find your way home?"Jane looked at Benji in a daze for quite a while before nodding gently.She had to quickly understand what was going on with Claude and Emerald Group.When Benji saw Jane nodding, he took a step back. He was just about to close the car door when Jane reached out to grab him."Can you give me your contact?" Jane asked.Benji was suspicious. "What do you want it for?""If …" Jane asked tentatively, "If I need help, can I come to you?" Although her mind was a mess, from the moment she left the room, she had been secretly observing her surroundings.None of the men there looked like they were good people. They had a murderous look about them. From that alone, Jane could speculate that Benji's boss wasn't any ordinary simpleton.Although she wasn't sure what was going to happen i
Then, Otto found an excuse to leave. When he turned around, he saw Stephen standing nearby. Their hostile gazes met for a moment before vanishing. Otto nodded a little at Stephen, retracted his gaze, and left.Yvonne seemed to have noticed it. She turned to see Stephen walking over to her.The sun shining through the window on the hospital corridors seemed to make him look even more regal and arrogant.She couldn't help but think back to the night when Stephen had shielded her while retreating. After a moment, she realized that her heart was beating wildly.Stephen stopped right in front of Yvonne. He glanced at the document in her hand. "When are you planning to take over Leonard and Claude's businesses?"Yvonne came to her senses. "I'll have to go and see Claude first. Then, I have to hold a funeral for him. I could take the chance to meet all the executives of Emerald Group.""Okay. I'll come with you." Stephen added seriously, "Julian can stay here and watch over Curtis. I'
The next day, the plane landed safely. Yvonne and Stephen rushed to the hospital's mortuary to see Claude's body.Yvonne did a simple check-up and found a tiny needle scar on his arm, which could have been easily overlooked."He must have been injected with something to cause a heart attack." Yvonne furrowed her brows. "It's too bad I can't go past the family's consent to do an autopsy. If not, I could find out if his heart attack had been caused by his sickness or drugs."If she could get an accurate autopsy report, it would help her weave her story better and shut the mouths of the executives in Emerald Group.However, at that moment, the right to explain was in her hands. The autopsy report wasn't important anymore.Yvonne pushed the corpse back into the mortuary fridge and instructed, "We'll hold a funeral for Claude in three days. Spread the news immediately.""Yes, Ms. Miller!" her subordinate responded before leaving the mortuary.Stephen went up to her and asked, "Have
Stephen was about to get up when Yvonne gently pushed him back down.She calmly approached Jane. "Ms. Ford. Even now, are you still trying to blame me for Claude's death? "How did Claude die? Don't tell me you don't know. Let me ask you—when Claude was imprisoned, where were you?"Yvonne deliberately raised her voice. She said painfully, "You were with Leonard! "Because Leonard was willing to take you with him to make the firearms deal. You abandoned your grandfather just because of a deal!"She continued, "After the accident at the site of the deal, you went missing. I sent men to search for you for a few days to bring you back so you could send Claude off."Yvonne shook her head. "Ms. Ford, I didn't want to put things out so explicitly, yet you insist on blaming me. I can't side with you anymore.""Y-You're lying!" Jane's eyes widened in bafflement. She never thought that Yvonne would be so good at acting!"You can get people to look into this and see whether I'm lying or n