After five minutes, Lucille and her entourage left the Johnson residence. Inside the car, she looked at the small wooden jewelry case she'd taken from Horace earlier. The jewelry case contained a bracelet, which Jane had mentioned in her diary.Lucille opened the jewelry case and saw a well-kept silver bracelet inside. She took it out and inspected its elaborate engraving, which was hard to discern. Then, she noticed the letters "ZJ" engraved on it. She muttered to herself before quickly associating "J" with Jane's name. But what could "Z" stand for? William's name didn't contain the letter "Z". Could it be Jane's surname? But many names started with "Z". Which one could it be? Jane's life had been shrouded in mystery. She hadn't left many things behind, but each one prompted further investigation, as if someone was guiding Lucille to seek the truth. Lucille also felt like someone was watching her. But it was just a feeling; she had no evidence to prove it. She'd felt li
"Excuse me, but who are you?" William asked the people blocking their path. The man in the lead showed them his ID. "We're from the Crime Investigation Division of Whiteloop City. I'm Commander George Lawton. May I know which one of you is Ms. Sabrina Johnson?" Why would the CID be looking for Sabrina? William and Ivy immediately became horrified. Harold was equally stunned. First, it was the police, and now the CID? Sabrina was even more confused than the others. Harold maintained his composure and replied in Sabrina's stead, "Hello, Commander Lawton. I'm Sabrina's fiancé. May I ask what you need her for?" George glanced at Harold. He naturally knew who Harold was, given that the latter was on TV frequently. "Mr. Quall, it's just a standard procedure. We found a dead body under Pearl River Bridge. We've confirmed that body belonged to Larry Zimmer. "We also found the person he contacted the most before his death was your fiancée, Ms. Johnson." Everyone was shocked af
Lucille left the office at 8:00 pm and took the elevator to the parking lot. She sensed that something was amiss as she was walking to her car. But she brushed it off and continued heading forward. Suddenly, a shadow approached her from behind. They covered her nose with a white towel, knocking her out in just a few seconds. Then, a few more people came and carried her into a gray van before quickly leaving the parking lot. In their panic, they didn't notice Lucille's phone had been left on the ground. …After half an hour, the car drove out of the city. Lucille was lying in the backseat alone with her hands tied behind her back. As they neared their destination, one of the men peeked at the still-unconscious Lucille and asked, "Hey, boss, she hasn't woke up yet. Plus, she looks so hot. Can we delay the delivery until later?" The very next moment, the man was scolded. "Shut up! Don't you dare! We can't afford to offend the buyer. He said we must deliver her to him in one p
Spencer had just secretly returned to Whiteloop City when he received news that Lucille had gone missing. Bethany and the men in black who'd been placed around Lucille trembled in fear when faced with Spencer's intimidating presence. After noticing that Lucille hadn't returned to Sparrow Residence, Bethany had checked the latter's GPS on her phone and realized the location still showed that Lucille was in the parking lot at Star&Ciel Group.She'd grown suspicious and contacted the secret guards protecting Lucille. The secret guards had then gone to the parking lot and only found Lucille's phone. They'd ruled out checking the surveillance cameras since it was a blind spot. However, they found that a gray van had left the building a while after Lucille had come down to the parking lot. Unfortunately, the van had a fake license plate, so the secret guards found the wrong car when they tracked the license plate number. Clearly, the driver was experienced enough to know about count
"Spencer's always valued the third branch, Yves. Aren't you afraid that they'll find out you've attacked the head of the Layton family?" Lucille asked. "If it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have been embarrassed in front of the whole family. And what did Spencer do? He didn't even care about what the third branch had done for him and prohibited me from entering Layton Manor in front of everyone! He's made a mockery of me and the third branch!" Yves had a disturbing expression on his face. "Do you think he merely restricted me from entering Layton Manor? Did you know he gave out the order to cut all my funding?" Yves suddenly leaned closer to Lucille and said through gritted teeth, "Now, do you think it's fair for me to seek revenge from you?" Lucille subconsciously leaned back. Yves noticed it and swiftly grabbed her chin, forcing her to look up at him. Yves had to admit that Lucille was gorgeous. Her features were expressive yet exuded a sophisticated, seductive coldness
Lucille hadn't attacked him the last time they'd been at Layton Manor, so Yves had underestimated her actual strength. It hadn't occurred to him until now that she had high combat skills. At that moment, he was astonished by his revelation.She was particularly swift, and her fists carried immense force. None of the four bodyguards could avoid her attacks. In fact, they couldn't even reach her and only received punches from her.The bodyguards were baffled to see such a petite woman display such immense power. Her movements were fast, and her strength exceeded that of an average woman. At times, she even delivered blows stronger than a man's.They remained cautious of her, but it was futile in the end.In just three minutes, the four bodyguards dropped to the floor and wailed in pain at Yves' feet. Meanwhile, Lucille stood proudly before them, neat and untouched. The five men had conceded defeat to a woman!She slowly walked toward Yves, her body emanating extreme hostility. T
Ethan and Zachary were following Spencer and had also noticed Lucille driving away in the Land Rover. As such, they abruptly stopped on the road as well."My eyes aren't playing tricks, right? Luce was in the car that just passed by, right?" Ethan asked Zachary, who was in the passenger seat. However, they couldn't stop her because she'd raced into the distance."It was her. But why is she driving so fast? It looks like she's heading somewhere urgently," Zachary replied with furrowed brows.Immediately, the two saw Spencer alighting from the black sedan and getting into the driver's seat. Then, the car made a U-turn and fled toward the Land Rover. The duo was baffled and soon caught on that something was awry.Kent, who had hopped out of the car, ran toward Ethan and Zachary's car. "Why is Spence driving the car and not you?" asked Ethan."Hello, Mr. Shaw and Mr. Jonas. We just received news that there's a bomb inside Mr. Yves' car, which Mrs. Layton drove away in just now!" Kent
Seamus found how calm Lucille was unsettling. Despite being faced with such a danger, she was unexpectedly compsed. Had it been any other woman, she would've wailed in panic.Not only did the car have a time bomb, but it was also impossible to stop or slow the car down. They had never expected this scenario. Lucille needed to stop the vehicle to exit safely.The only way to halt a vehicle was to decelerate it using obstacles. However, since they were out in the suburbs, there were rarely any obstacles in sight.Spencer's low voice sounded in Lucille's ears. "Listen to me, Lucy. Mack will set up an obstacle at the intersection in front. You'll…"Knowing what he would say, Lucille interjected him, "No way. That'll involve the innocent. We don't know how strong this bomb is either."Yet, Spencer couldn't care less about that. All he wanted was her safety. "Please listen to me. I need you back safe and sound." He gave her no chance to negotiate. He was frightened from the bottom of hi