At the same time, Christopher yelped, “Ah!”Jo was standing close to Christopher, so he turned his head to check what had happened. He noticed that one of Christopher’s palms had gotten stabbed by a knife. The gun he had in his hand was now on the ground. Jo immediately paled as he noticed that Christopher’s ear was also slightly slit by the knife thrown from the back. He could almost feel the sting just from looking at his bleeding ear. He was thankful that he was not the target.Christopher had used his uninjured hand to aim the gun at Lily. However, Lily had injured both his hands now. “I’ll kill you!” He was incessantly cursing as Lily had severely injured both his hands, and the gun was on the floor. He could only instruct Jo, frozen next to him, to carry out his bidding, “Jo, kill her! Kill her now!” “B-But I…” Jo’s mind went blank after seeing what Lily was capable of. He dared not even think of what he had in mind a few minutes ago. Jo had never seen a woman so stron
There was no way for Leonel to learn what was happening downstairs, but he was sure that if he did not try to leave now, he never would. Upon more consideration, Leonel got to his feet and went to the window. He felt his knees go weak at the sight of the number of people. Why were there so many people there?However, he did not have the leisure to hesitate. He adjusted his belt and found a less crowded opening. While he was planning to make his move, an icy voice came from behind, “If you dare run, I’ll break your leg.” Leonel’s legs gave way, and he fell from the ledge. He knew that she was serious about it. The witch was capable of anything! However, he was confused by her intentions. She knocked him out, yet she did not hurt or allow him to escape. Then, what exactly were her intentions? “What do you want with me?” He was almost on his knees begging her.“You should just stay put and stare at me!” Lily instructed coldly as her eyes narrowed on him. Leonel feared for his l
The kidnappers were the ones who had suffered, but no one in the room would believe him.“Shut up and stand still!” Lily did not even have to glare at him as a police officer had already kicked him from the back. Leonel wanted to cry badly and had never felt so humiliated. “Let’s leave. It’s so scary here. I don’t want to stay any longer.” Lily tilted her head at Alexander and spoke to him softly. “All right, let’s leave!” He agreed. Alexander was able to come along with the police because he had lost contact with Lily and immediately sought the help of the police department in Westwood. The moment Lily called the police, they contacted him right away. Now that she was rescued, the police would just need Lily to answer some standard questions about the kidnapping, and then she was good to go. However, Alexander was worried that Lily needed time and was tired, so he spoke to the team captain, saying he would bring Lily in another day for the standard procedures. Afte
”Okay…” Lily mumbled. She was fine, perfectly fine. …Melanie was restless. She was worried about the theme for the finals. Frank was not able to reveal any information to her. According to him, he could not obtain information about the finals as it was decided personally by the specific judge, and it was most likely Mr. Parker. The organizers did not release this piece of information, so Frank was not sure who exactly was the judge for this round. Thus, he could not use his connections to get the theme beforehand. Without this key information, Melanie had no confidence in winning the round. More accurately, she was just like a student who would flunk an exam if she could not cheat. Soon enough, she would only embarrass herself in front of the whole country. She needed to look for Frank to discuss their next plan. Even if she could not win the championship, she would not allow Lily, that b*tch, to win. However, she had been knocking on Frank’s door for a while, yet no one
“Truly, I’m okay,” Lily said helplessly, “Do you want me to get out of bed and turn around so you can see that I’m all right?” She was about to lift the blanket and get up when Alexander pressed her down onto the bed.He said disapprovingly, “Don’t be naughty.”The word naughty was supposed to be for a child. Lily nodded, “Don’t worry. I’m genuinely fine, but you don’t believe me.”“I was at ease before this, but now I can’t help but worry about you,” Alexander sighed and continued, “How did you provoke them?”After some thought, Lily said, “I don’t know who they were. Only when Frank appeared later did I realize this was all because of him.”“That name sounds familiar.” Alexander had never met Frank before. He heard Lily mention him a few times but felt that he was unimportant and did not take it to heart. He felt a little familiarity when he heard Lily mention him again.“Mel and Nate invited him to help them once, but he wasn’t a company employee, and I don’t know their relati
If she were to tell Alexander that Frank had planned to inject her with drugs, it was likely she would be unable to stop Alexander from killing Frank. Lily said, after some thought, “I heard the kidnappers talking about it when I woke up. Oh, right, they seem to have somewhere they held me hostage. The police should have confiscated them as evidence.”Alexander listened to her quietly. Although he did not say anything, his hand holding her clenched tighter over time, showing his nervousness.‘The kidnappers had drugs there? What if she accidentally touched it, or worse, what if they used it on her?!’ He dared not think further!“Let’s go home,” Alexander emphasized. He wanted to take her home since he could no longer allow Lily to stay in such a dangerous place. When he thought of the consequences if the rescue was late or if he had not flown over and rushed to her side, he would likely blame himself for everything.Lily obediently leaned on his shoulder but sat straight when she h
Alexander had suppressed the news about Lily’s kidnapping as much as possible. The domestic media had not reported it, but there was news in Westwood. The people in the industry, especially those who participated in the perfume sampling conference, knew about it.Lisa was distraught. She would have run over to see Lily, but it was already late at night, and her father stopped her from going.Giselle was the most confused person in the whole event. She was one of the kidnapped people but slept throughout the whole incident. She did not know what had happened and only learned about the situation after the doctor examined her.She was still very uncertain about it after watching the news. She asked Lily repeatedly, “Is what the news says true? Is it true? I—no, I mean, we got kidnapped?” She gasped when she saw Lily nodding affirmatively. Her mouth was so wide open that a whole apple could fit inside. “How come I don’t know about it at all?!”“You got drugged and were unconscious the
Lily turned to look out the window, unable to continue the conversation. A while later, they arrived at the venue where the final round of the competition would be held. Lily wore a tailored suit, so it would be easier for her to move around.Lily was not nervous about the competition anymore. Maybe the sudden kidnapping had relieved her of her tension. Compared to the competition, she was more worried about her health now.Recently, she realized that her body was becoming different, like something hidden inside her had been unlocked. That hidden power within her threatened to break free, especially after being kidnapped. She wondered if it was because her mind was not focused on her work these days or if it happened because she left Nathaniel and MN Inc. She grew up with the influence of the Lodge family, and she learned some combat skills from them. Although she was not considered exceptionally talented back there, her abilities were enough to fight off those who had never receiv