OH, IT'S SO THRILLING!

"Just that?" Hugo raises a brow. He had thought Brooks will ask for something outrageous. But he only asked for Brianna.

Is that even a request?!

All he cares about is that Lucien pays for killing his son.

Brianna was just used to get him over here. He has no interest in her at all! Hah, such a request is nothing to him!

"Yes, Mr. Douglas. She's very important to me."

"That will be no issue at all! You can have her once Lucien's head is off his neck. But there's a problem though!"

"What problem, Mr. Douglas?" He furrows his brows.

"My boy is yet to inform me if the operation went successful, or not. I am promising you blindly, so I hope you won't hold it against me!"

"Is that the problem?" Brooks laughs. "Mr. Douglas, that's not a problem at all! Didn't I say the moment I walked in here that the mission was successful? Did you think I was joking?

"Well, I was not! See, the punk, Lucien, called me himself to ask if I was the one who kidnapped Brianna.

"He couldn't have asked me that