There was some emotion between Cynthia's eyebrows and eyes. She wondered if she could lie.Riley saw her pondering and took another bite of dessert. "Now you know that Captain planned it from the beginning, right? With his previous status, he was a person who was scrambling for other positions when he changed jobs. Why did he choose to retire?""To go home and inherit the family property," Cynthia said."The family property is there and it will not run away. Is it worth retiring on purpose? Is career certainty not good?"This made sense.She could not even refute."In my opinion, he is just trying to trick you. Although having career certainty is good, he had to spend most of the time in the organization, it is like a dream to want to be with you every day," Riley said very directly. "Captain is not an emotional person," Cynthia defended."You are not him, how would you know? Before this, can you imagine that he would specifically recommend himself to work in your company in
Seeing that he was not throwing a tantrum, Cynthia agreed, "Okay.""Do not tell anyone.""Okay."After getting Cynthia's promise, Joshua opened the door and went out. He walked decisively, leaving Cynthia with a back view full of distance.At this moment, Cynthia felt an extreme uneasiness.She did not know why she had such a feeling in her heart, let alone where this uneasiness came from.Joshua, who had left, had already gotten into Yoel's car. He was sitting in the back seat. His eyes were much colder than before, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.Yoel only felt that the air pressure inside the car was very low.It was so low that he did not dare to take the initiative to speak."Have you found Nadia's information?" Joshua asked."I found it. This is her information." Yoel was still very reliable in handling things, took out the information from the passenger seat, and handed it over.The only thing he never managed to find out was about Ms. Yates.As f
Yoel had already installed the new surveillance camera. Then, he hesitated before finally asking, "Would you like to check if the last surveillance video is damaged?""No," Cynthia replied with confidence. She had already recovered it and knew everything that had happened.However, Yoel persisted, "Let's take a look, just in case."Cynthia glanced at Yoel before turning her focus back to the laptop. Eventually, she agreed to his request and opened the last surveillance video, which happened to be from the day Joshua had come to see Yoel.With Yoel's prompting, Cynthia watched the video attentively, and her gaze deepened as she listened to their conversation. "I know he's fully recovered. He confessed to me," Cynthia said as she closed the video.If Cynthia had seen this before Joshua had told her the truth, she might have been angry. However, she could not care less. Instead, she was more curious about the game Joshua wanted to play with her. After exchanging a few words with
Sean was puzzled. He had not anticipated it and struggled to keep his composure. "K, you're not the type to hack into someone's base and systems. Didn't you say that such behavior was bad?""It's bad. That's why I'm giving you a heads-up," Cynthia replied seriously.Sean did not know how to respond. After all, this was K. Even if he deleted certain information now, it would be easy for her to find out if she investigated. What should he do?Sean finally decided to come clean after some thought. "I admit I lied about some of Joshua's conditions, but I can't tell you the specifics right now. Can I talk to you about it once I'm back and have stabilized him?"He would not have to be so cautious if she was not K.Cynthia felt a sinking feeling, growing worried. "Tell me at least which aspects of his condition are affected." "Don't you think he's drastically different now compared to before?" Sean knew Cynthia's personality and shared a partial explanation.Cynthia paused, frown
The men knew exactly what kind of person the President of the Neal Group was, and there was no way they would discuss business with him. Something fishy must be going on!"What's the matter? Don't you believe me?" Joshua raised an eyebrow slightly."Mr. Neal, please stop joking with us. You know very well who we are, and if word gets out that you're doing business with us, it will damage your reputation," the head of the group spoke up."I sought you out precisely because I know who you are," Joshua said calmly.The men were puzzled. Joshua continued, "If you disagree, I wouldn't mind sending you all to the police station right now. I have evidence of everything you've done."The men instantly panicked upon hearing that. "We agree! We'll do whatever you say!"Joshua spoke slowly, enunciating each word clearly, "A girl will come here tomorrow. When she arrives, I'll confess my feelings to her. If she rejects me, you will kill me."The group was dumbfounded.Was he in his r
"I already told you what needed to be said, but there's one more thing I want to emphasize," Joshua reminded."Go ahead.""No matter what happens tomorrow, you must not harm that girl.""No problem, we promise," they all agreed. Joshua nodded and did not say anything else. He had them wait in another abandoned warehouse. After making sure the bodyguards were in place, he found the leader of the security team and gave him some instructions."Those people are all fugitives from major crimes. After tomorrow's events, hand them all over to the police.""Understood," the team leader, a slim and energetic man, replied."They are dangerous individuals, after all. When Cynthia arrives tomorrow, you must secretly ensure her safety. She must not encounter any accidents," Joshua said, placing his trust in no one else.The team leader confirmed, "Got it."After discussing everything, Joshua let them get to work. These bodyguards had no knowledge of Joshua's conversation with those people
With all these doubts in her mind, Cynthia quickened her pace. After a while, she saw an abandoned warehouse not far away. Checking that there was no one around, she headed toward the warehouse.Various bad scenarios started to cross her mind. Was Joshua trying to kidnap her, or was he planning to force her to do something? With these suspicions, Cynthia entered through the open warehouse gate. The interior was messy and covered in dust, with spider webs hanging from discarded items scattered on the floor.Cynthia frowned as she took a few steps inside. It was then she noticed Joshua tied to a chair, with several men standing nearby. Those men seemed strangely familiar to her."You're here." Joshua smiled as if he had been waiting for her.Cynthia took in the situation, then asked, "What's going on here?"Kidnapping?It did not seem like it, considering he had messaged her earlier, and it was his bodyguard who brought her here."As you can see, I've been kidnapped," Jo
"Stop messing around," Cynthia warned."Four.""Joshua!""Three.""Stop joking around; nothing is worth that.""Two."Ignoring her pleas, Joshua kept counting.Cynthia realized that she could not persuade Joshua as he already made up his mind. Then, she looked at the four men. With a swift movement of her right hand, a custom-made poker card appeared in her palm.Joshua persisted, "One."As expected, Cynthia refused to agree. Suddenly, he wondered if she would mourn him or feel any regret when these people inevitably killed him.The criminals saw Cynthia's silence as approval and, according to their agreement, the one with the knife lunged at Joshua's chest.Swoosh!In an instant, a powerful force swept toward them, and the assailant's wrist was cut open as the knife clattered to the ground.Seizing the opportunity, Cynthia charged forward.The criminals, now enraged and forgetting Joshua's warning, were desperate to capture her."Fuck! Grab that woman!" the leader curse