Ryan asked directly in an extremely cold tone. He was obviously dissatisfied with what happened last night. "Don't ask nonsense," Madeline replied impatiently."if that's the case, why did you act stupidly?" Ryan asked in a cold voice, his dissatisfaction apparent. "You only needed to be Mrs. Jones last night. Didn’t you understand?” "I didn't violate the agreement between me and you. I didn't know that Jeremy would come," Madeline emphasized, "Ryan, I've tried my best to do everything you asked for, but I’m just an ordinary person. Some variables are beyond my control."After Madeline said that, Ryan no longer said anything. He frowned slightly and seemed to be pondering something."Ryan, what are you trying to do? What's your relationship with Adam?" Madeline broke the silence and asked.Ryan looked up, his space gray pupils surging with obscure colors."You should stop asking because you'll never get the answer,” Ryan replied faintly before picking up a box next to him. He
After he listened to Jeremy's warning, Ryan's face was no longer calm and composed.His face fell. His handsome and gentle features clouded with thick darkness.He picked up his phone and called Adam. "Get Lana's location and update me immediately."Adam was obedient and immediately called Lana according to Ryan's instructions.Since Lana needed Adam’s anti-toxoid reagent to live, she had set a special ringtone for Adam’s calls.Coincidentally, Lana had just run out of the anti-toxoid test reagents yesterday. When she received the call from Adam, she was very excited. "Adam, give me the anti-toxoid test reagent!" she said in a commanding tone."At eight o'clock tonight, you’ll go to the presidential suite of Glendale Hotel and wait. Someone will send you the bottles of anti-toxoid test reagent," Adam answered unhurriedly.Lana gritted her teeth in dissatisfaction. "Adam, you traitor! Have you forgotten who gave you the resources and asked you to do the research? Once my brother
When she saw Ryan's ominous gaze, Lana realized that Ryan was not joking with her.She was worried and uneasy when she looked at the man who appeared to be such a gentleman but gave off an aura of darkness and horror."Ryan, w-why do you want to kill me? I didn’t do anything to you. You—""An idiot like you doesn’t deserve to live in this world," Ryan said coldly.“...”"Lana, remember what I asked you the other day? I asked you if you knew why you got to come back to Glendale alive. Well, I’ll tell you now. It was because of me.""W-What?" Shocked, Lana looked at the man who was speaking slowly. "It was you? How could it be you? You and Jeremy teamed up to catch me just to let me go again? Heh! Do you really think I would believe in such an absurd thing?!"Lana was full of doubts. She did not believe that such a thing would happen. When she remembered that Ryan was a part of Interpol, she suddenly was not afraid anymore. Instead, she raised her hand and pushed the gun that Ryan
’No wonder... No wonder…’Lana finally figured everything out!It was no wonder that every time she troubled Madeline, Yorick always scolded her. It turned out that the order had come from Ryan himself!Ryan liked Madeline, so he did not want her to trouble Madeline again and again!It could also be that her troubling Madeline would ruin Ryan's plan, so Ryan had asked Yorick to warn her again and again!"Heh! Hehe, hahaha..." Lana laughed wildly. "It turns out it was because of this!”She looked up abruptly at Ryan who was loading the bullets in the gun."Ryan, you’re way too good at hiding!”"You guys are the ones who are too stupid to see it." Ryan chuckled nonchalantly, lifting Lana’s chin with the gun. "Did you think that Adam was working for you? I mean, just look at yourself and your siblings. Did you really think that the Stygian Johnson Gang could have gotten to where they were without any help?”As she listened to Ryan's humiliating words, Lana gritted her teeth fie
Jeremy strode over and avoided stepping on the blood as much as possible.However, his calm heartbeat told him that the woman was not Linnie.He could always tell if it was Madeline even if it was just from her back view.Upon walking closer, he saw Lana’s scarily pale face in his pupils.He was not as frightened as he was confused.Lana was serving her sentence in a prison in F Country, so why was she found dead in a hotel in Glendale? He checked for a pulse in Lana's jugular vein but it was clear that there had not been a pulse for a long time.She was already dead.Jeremy remembered Ryan's call, and sure enough, it was a set-up. He did not stay long and walked toward the door. When he passed by the bathroom, Jeremy made sure to check it. The worry in his heart surged up again.‘Linnie, where are you? Why can't I get through your phone?’Just when Jeremy wanted to leave, the door was suddenly opened as a female hotel attendant came in with a set meal. She stood face to
"Are you alright? Are you alone right now?" Jeremy pestered, feeling worried.Madeline quickly answered, "Yeah, I'm about to drive back home."Jeremy was relieved after obtaining her answer. "Alright, then hurry back home. I'll wait for you."Madeline hung up the call, but she felt that something was off.'Did something just happen? Why is he so worried about me?'While she was deep in her thoughts, some news popped up on her phone’s news feed. Before she could even look at the news, Ava called her.Ava's tone was even more anxious compared to Jeremy’s. "Maddie, is this for real?! Jeremy killed Lana?!"Madeline felt a wave of shock coursing through her as she stood absent-minded. A moment later, she asked, "Ava, why are you asking such a thing?""Haven’t you seen the news on the net? It's spreading like wildfire!" Ava said in an exaggerated manner, "I thought that Lana was imprisoned in F Country. I didn't think she’d be released so soon. Yeah, she's cruel and she deserves to b
Jeremy's comment comforted Madeline.She was no longer feeling anxious, but she was more puzzled.When she was still trying to decipher what Jeremy was trying to say, the police came bursting into the house to look for Jeremy."Mr. Whitman, you're found to be related to a murder case. Please follow us back to the police station for further investigation." The police officer who led the group had a serious look on his face. As he explained, he tried to place the handcuffs over Jeremy's hands."I can follow you guys back for further investigation, but since there's no evidence to prove me guilty, no one is allowed to use such a method to bring me away." Jeremy looked at the handcuffs, and with much cooperation given, he walked to the doorway on his own accord."Jeremy!" Madeline caught up to him, and so did Jackson as well as Lillian.Jeremy's footsteps came to a halt when he saw the two little kids catching up to him.He smiled gently at Madeline. "Linnie, wait for me at home wit
Madeline glared at Ryan. "Were you the one who exposed all the so-called truth on the net?""I'm just stating the fact." Ryan acted matter-of-factly. "Jeremy used to be all lovey-dovey with Lana, am I wrong?""Shut up!" Madeline roared. "Ryan, you and I know why my husband was so close with Lana back then! He was making a huge sacrifice for Interpol, but you’re claiming that they were both a couple? How rotten can your heart be?!"Ryan was not bothered with Madeline's reprimanding and spoke in a way as if he was giving a kind reminder, "Instead of scolding me right here, why not go hire Jeremy a good lawyer?"He smiled while looking at Madeline who was still glaring at him. "Just wait till they compare the fingerprints on the gun left at the scene. Jeremy will never be able to shake the crime off him. Murdering costs one's life. Even if I give you all the doses of anti-toxoid test reagent needed to complete the course of treatment, you'll still be unable to save Jeremy."Under the