As he spoke, Kendall stared at Mia with ill intent, making her feel disgusted.Hayes glanced at Mia and smiled at Kendall. "Alright, Kendall, if you keep looking at her like that, you might scare her away.""She wouldn't dare! Hahaha..." Kendall laughed wildly and maliciously.Mia clenched her fists at her sides, resisting the urge to eliminate this man right then and there.Kendall booked them into the best hotel in the city. After dropping them off, he took his leave. Hayes sat in their suite, smoking. Apart from Jensen and Mia in the room, the other bodyguards stood guard outside. Mia's expression soured because of Kendall's behavior, but she did not dare say anything.Jensen looked at Hayes and spoke gravely. "I fear that this collaboration might be a trap."Hayes glanced at him and laughed. "Let's hear it.""From Kendall's tone, it's clear he doesn't respect his grandfather. I suspect Curtis may be under house arrest. This so-called 'collaboration' might be under Kendall's
"Hayes, I've always believed that having one man in your heart while being with another is disloyal and unfair. I never refused to be your woman because I disliked you, but because I didn't want to let you down."Hayes gazed at her deeply, a hint of tenderness seeping into his cold eyes.Mia continued. "You may be cold and aloof, but you're a good person."Hayes suddenly seemed to have heard a joke. He tilted his head and said sarcastically, "It's the first time someone's ever called me a good person.""It's because they don't understand you. In my eyes, you are a good person who loves your brother and shoulders the responsibility of your family's honor. You're just burdened with too much and can't be your true self."Hayes felt a tremor in his heart. He looked at her and shook his head with a wry smile. "Do you think by saying these things, you can stop me from giving you away?"Mia shook her head. "If my goal was to please you and dissuade you from giving me away, I wouldn't sa
A sinking feeling gripped Mia's heart, and she looked at him anxiously. "What do you mean? Hayes, what's going on?"Just after asking, she felt a wave of dizziness. The man before her blurred, and a terrible premonition surged within her. She clung to Hayes's clothing with all her strength. "Why? Wh-What did you put in the milk? Are you... are you going to hand me over to Kendall, Hayes?"At the end of her words, Mia's voice trembled with a hint of tears. She clutched his clothes tightly, as if grasping for a lifeline.Hayes gently pulled her into his embrace. "Don't be afraid, you'll be fine after a good night's sleep."Mia's consciousness began to blur, and even as she fell completely unconscious, she still held onto his clothes. Hayes looked down at her hand, and after a moment, he embraced her tightly. Resting his chin on the top of her head, he murmured, "I've done everything to win you over. How could I bear to give you away?"Mia had a dream filled with bloodshed. She saw J
Hayes remained silent, his expression indifferent, as if Jensen's life meant no more to him than a blade of grass.Mia broke down. Suddenly lunging at him, she fiercely grabbed his collar and screamed, "Answer me! What happened? What happened to him?"Hayes looked at her coldly. "Do you know what you're doing right now?""I don't care!" Mia shrieked. With the only light in her life gone, she cared about nothing, not even her own life, let alone respecting authority.Hayes coldly brushed her hands away. Seeing her in such despair, he suddenly laughed darkly."Do you really want to know what happened?"Mia stared at him intensely, waiting for him to continue.Hayes leaned back and said with a light chuckle, "In truth, I knew this collaboration was a trap from the beginning, yet I still came personally. Do you know why?"He looked at Mia and spoke word by word. "Because I wanted to get rid of two people, Kendall and... Jensen."Mia's body stiffened. "Why? Why did you want to get
"Take me to the Burton residence!" Mia demanded emotionlessly.Hayes clenched his fists, and after a long pause, he finally sighed. "Turn around, head to the Burton residence."Within the grounds of the Burton residence, Jensen stood with one foot on Kendall's lifeless body, his cold gaze fixed on the surrounding Burton family guards. All the men who had come with him had been sacrificed, leaving him alone. Jensen was injured in several places, covered in blood, but luckily none of the wounds were fatal. He had found the woman Hayes had sent, but she was not Mia. While angered, Jensen was also secretly relieved.'If Hayes wanted us to eliminate Kendall, he could have directly ordered us. But he deliberately used Mia to make me fight harder and face death.'Jensen had a fairly good idea of the various reasons behind it all. At that moment, he knew there was no escape. Besides anger, his heart was filled with intense regret. He had not returned to the Kooper family to take revenge, n
Hayes was sent flying by the car, his body crashing into a wall before bouncing back.Mia's entire body felt ice-cold as she trembled, yelling, "Hayes!""Kill them all!" A hoarse, aged voice suddenly rang out from the entrance. It was Curtis. He looked at Kendall's lifeless body on the ground, his eyes filled with rage, shouting, "Run them over! I want them to join my grandson in death!""Ah!" Jensen roared, disregarding the guards' swinging knives, and like a madman, charged at Curtis. Curtis's face changed, desperately pulling a nearby guard in front of him as a shield. But it was useless. Jensen, like a crazed beast, attacked anyone in his path. Soon, his knife was held against Curtis's throat.Curtis trembled all over. "Wh-What do you want?"Jensen, covered in blood with splatters on his face, looked like a demon that had emerged from a battleground. He grabbed Curtis and held him hostage in front of him. "Let us go!""Don't even think about it!" Curtis retorted angrily. "You
"What on earth happened?"Jensen did not speak. Mia choked out. "The collaboration between the Burton family and the McCray family was a trap. We were ambushed by the Burton family, and Hayes... he was hit by a car trying to save us.""Damn it!" Kohen cursed under his breath, abruptly pulling a knife from a nearby bodyguard and pointing it at them. "What are your lives worth? Why would my brother save you? Why?"Mia bit her lip, tears streaming down her face. 'It's my fault. I wanted to save Jensen, but I should have gone alone. I shouldn't have dragged Hayes into this. He seemed cold-blooded and heartless, and I never thought that he would risk his life for me. Why was he so good to me?'"Kohen..."Suddenly, a weak cry rang out. Hayes had awakened.Kohen hurriedly moved closer, gripping Hayes's hand. "Bro!"Hayes's face was deathly pale. He did not look at Kohen, but instead turned his gaze to Mia. His eyes were calm. He saw Mia's red-rimmed eyes and the tears lingering there,
Filled with guilt, Mia stepped forward, but Kohen suddenly pulled out a handgun and aimed it at her."Get out!"Jensen pulled Mia back. He looked at the cold man before him. It was this man who had taken him in years ago. At that time, Kohen was young, a carefree and privileged young man. Now, he seemed to have grown up all at once, his eyes colder and more distant.Jensen said with a troubled expression, "If you ever need me in the future, don't hesitate to find me."Kohen sneered coldly; pain etched in his brow. He mocked himself. "I never should have taken you in back then. In the end, it was I who harmed my own brother."Jensen pursed his lips, not knowing what to say, only feeling an unbearable pain in his heart. It was the first time he felt he owed someone. That sense of indebtedness suffocated him."Get out, and don't let me see you two ever again."On that night, Jensen and Mia left the McCray family. As a result of Hayes's ordeal, the McCray family underwent tremendous