"Judging from your current condition, you should head to the hospital, Mr. Fletcher!" Taylor and Jamie ran after Ned.…Meanwhile, on his way home, Brayden pulled out a cigarette from the glove compartment. After biting on it, he'd yet to light it when Angeline said, "This car's an enclosed space. I'm not interested in inhaling secondhand smoke.""What a bother." He frowned. Despite his words, he removed the cigarette and threw it into the ashtray.She said sincerely, "Thanks for today."To be honest, if Brayden hadn't shown up there, she would've only been left with two choices. One would've been to put up a struggle to the death, while the other would've been to give herself to Bart."Promise me something if you really wanna thank me." Brayden was unsure if Angeline would agree to his request. "I hope you won't tell Shane about this. He'll be up against someone powerful in the future, so we need Bart's help."Bart shares the same enemy as us, and he's a desperado. As long as h
Brayden walked out of the elevator when it stopped at his floor. Ultimately, he still couldn't stop himself from asking, "Did Bart… did he do anything to you?"Seemingly afraid of Angeline's answer, he continued, "It's fine if he didn't do anything. But if he did, I'll castrate him to avenge you once we've gotten what we need from him!""No, he didn't do anything. You came in the nick of time," Angeline said truthfully. "I just kicked him in the groin when you arrived."Brayden nodded and released the elevator door he'd been holding back. He stood there and waited until the elevator reached the top floor, then returned to his apartment.When Angeline arrived home, she called Asher and calmly told him about the abduction. She also asked him to send her the details of the team arranged for her so she could put them to use the following day.Soon, she received a call from Robert. She said soothingly, "Everything's fine now, Granddad. I told Mr. Millstone about the abduction because I
Danny was taken aback. "I've heard of Bart. He's infamous in Southeast Aciana for being a gangster. He's supposed to be the largest drug dealer and manufacturer there, but I don't know whether he's the guy you want, mainly because there aren't any photos of him anywhere."Angeline couldn't help feeling scared after hearing him talk about drugs. If the Bart that had abducted her was indeed the drug dealer and manufacturer Danny knew of, she could've been administered drugs while struggling for all she knew."Don't tell me you want to get into drugs, boss." Danny's tone turned severe. "We can't touch that!""No, I just wanted to find out more after hearing about him. It's getting late, so you should go to bed. Goodnight." Angeline hung up with a deep frown.Judging from Brayden and Bart's earlier conversation, they seemed to know each other well. If she added the Night Palace to the equation…Her scalp tingled. Was Brayden involved in drugs?With that thought in mind, she decided t
Angeline was rendered speechless. Brayden made something as evil as drug trafficking sound somewhat patriotic. As long as he wasn't trafficking drugs within Lonla, she didn't really care.Besides, it was as Brayden had mentioned—drugs had already been legalized in Irigon. It seemed other states in Marvonia were also pushing for the legalization of drugs.Angeline wasn't a Marvonian. As a Lonla citizen, she could only respect Marvonia's decisions and wish its people the best.Lonla had once suffered from the torment of drugs. In the past, opium had destroyed the people of Lonla. That was why Lonla was now the strongest advocate of banning drugs.Angeline pulled her coat tighter around herself. "I hope you won't ever touch drugs."With that, she turned to leave."Wait, did you come down here just to ask me that? If I were to traffick drugs in Lonla…" Brayden suddenly thought about her calling the cops. "Would you have called the cops on me?""Of course!" She didn't even hesitate.
"Let's play by ear. I'll go for it if I have nothing planned by then." Angeline paused, then continued, "I want you to look into Lenny's girlfriend and her parents. Ned mentioned something about celebrities from his company being in a film. Find out who his current boss is."She couldn't sleep after hanging up, so she got out of bed and turned on her laptop to attend to the work that had been delayed because of Bart's abduction.…Angeline was taken aback when she opened the door the next morning to head to work. Lenny wasn't alone in waiting for her—four other professionally trained bodyguards were with him.When she showed up, the bodyguard in the lead stepped forward. "Good morning, Ms. Lawson. Mr. Millstone arranged for us to protect you from today onward.""Oh. Thanks for your hard work, then," Angeline said.Lenny bowed his head more. His guilt over what had happened the day before grew. He shouldn't have abandoned Angeline during his working hours because of Celia's parent
Once Lenny realized Celia could do anything for money, he would appreciate Brayden's efforts in helping him mature."C'mon, don't let it bother you! You're still getting paid, anyway. Go spend time with your girlfriend and her parents!" Brayden said."But Mr. Lawson told me to protect Ms. Angeline," Lenny said."It's fine. You saw those four bodyguards with her, didn't you? It doesn't look like you can take them down. Go on!" Brayden patted his arm and strode out of the elevator.Despite Brayden's words, Lenny still felt beyond guilty. If he couldn't follow Angeline into Lawson Global's building, he would wait outside for her. He made up his mind to secretly protect her even if she no longer wanted him to follow her around.…The announcement on the guest list and filming method of "Survival Island" went viral online. The invited celebrities were all A-listers, and they had strong fanbases.The official live-streaming platform, Silent Voice, recorded a huge increase in daily vie
Those brands were left with no choice. Micah had run into trouble, so he called Taylor to try and reach Angeline. However, Taylor cut him off with a smile. "Mr. Quilton, Ms. Lawson is very busy every day. If you can't deal with a small matter like this, I might ask her if we can send someone to help you out."As soon as Micah heard this, he stopped complaining. "Things aren't going to turn out smoothly. If you need money, Ms. Lawson will give you money. And you need manpower, then she'll send you people. You can't keep asking her for solutions whenever you run into problems. After all, what are we getting paid for? Isn't finding solutions to problems our job? If you can't solve a problem, then you'll end up being the problem. Don't you think?"Micah broke out into a cold sweat. He felt the intimidating demeanor of Sean still lingered, even though he was now gone.Angeline always spoke nicely to them, which had given Micah the impression that she was very easy to deal with. "Ms
"I won't be attending the wedding. There are a lot of things I need to do for the company. Please send my best wishes to Zachary," Angeline said, smiling. Vanessa immediately understood what Angeline was implying. She laughed and hung up."So what if she got adopted by the Lawsons? What right does she have to be so snooty!" Mallory's chest heaved with anger. "If she isn't even going to attend my wedding with Zachary, she should at least call to give us her well wishes! How could she send her wishes through you!""It means that she no longer wants to have anything to do with you two. Don't you get it?" Vanessa found her sister-in-law very difficult to deal with."Mallory, Angie is managing Lawson Global, which is a very large corporation. She doesn't have time to target Locke Group. Don't believe everything you heard.""If she isn't targeting Locke Group, then why won't she work with us?" Mallory questioned.Vanessa was at a loss for words. When she saw Vanessa's expression, Ma