Barbara yelled and swung her arms around frantically. The man raised his hand, slapped her twice, and cursed, “You f*cking b*tch! Do you want to end up like him?”Two to three men stepped forward and pressed her against the floor, and Barbara was trapped under them, crying in despair.The veins on the back of Helios’ clenched fist bulged, and he exhausted all his remaining strength to break free of his captors and rush toward those three men.He knocked down those men. But before he could adjust his posture and regain balance, he was immediately punched in the cheek by the opponent.However, as he was falling to the floor, he propped his hands on Barbara’s sides and covered her with his body. Even though he was being hit on the back multiple times, he would not budge in order to protect her.“You’re quite a tenacious and stubborn one, aren’t you? Do you still want to play the hero?”Several men kicked him vigorously and repetitively. Helios took the beating without making any noi
Barbara followed. “Who are you? Why did you save me?”The man in black answered, “Mr. Summer sent me to stay close to Mr. Grant. He was the one who asked me to save you.”He was an undercover agent tasked to stay close to Tony Grant.Tony had sent a few of them to get rid of Barbara, but they had other plans.He was trying hard to play along so that they didn’t suspect anything.He was the one who had suggested bringing Barbara to the warehouse because there was a hidden passage there.“Who is Mr. Summer?” She didn’t know a Mr. Summer. “You don’t need to know that just yet. We need to get out of here.”Barbara held him back. “But they still have Helios.”“Ms. Chase, Mr. Grant isn’t going to do anything to Mr. Boucher. He was planning to make you an example.”The man pulled her by the wrist and looked serious. “They’ll realize you’re gone if we don’t leave.”The two of them walked through the hidden passage, but soon after they got out, a few cars immediately blocked the end
The gun was pointed at Barbara’s head. She held her breath, and her blood froze while she closed her eyes tight.Tony was going to give the order when Leon said, “Kill me first.”Tony looked at him. “Haha, do you think you’re going to buy her some time? You’ll go together. Do it.”Two bodyguards cocked their guns and pointed them at the same time. “Mr. Grant!”Mr. Sanchez’s voice came from not too far away. Then he appeared, running. “Don’t shoot!”Leon took the chance when the people were distracted and tackled them. The sound of a gunshot echoed through the woods. Barbara saw Leon getting shot and collapsing to the ground, and her throat started drying up.Tony immediately looked back and noticed Mr. Sanchez had turned pale. “No…”Tony reacted quickly and yelled, “Run!”The police followed the sound of the gunshot and surrounded them when a few men in black covered Tony so he could escape.“Save the hostage!” One of the officers noticed Barbara and rushed toward her.
Nolan walked out of the room and noticed them. “Why don’t you go in?”Maisie held his arm. “We’re just coming to take a look.”Helios noticed them. Yael looked toward the door and said to Christina, “Let’s go home and let Helios rest.”Christina nodded.They walked out of the room, and Yael looked at Barbara, “I’ve spoken to your father about your situation. Don’t worry.”Barbara was surprised but nodded, “Thank you.”After they left, Maisie nudged Barbara, “Go in.”Barbara thought that she should thank Helios, so she walked into the room. Maisie gently closed the door, and Nolan looked at her and smiled. “What are you up to?”Maisie looked at him and lowered her voice. “Nothing, I just want them to have a talk.”He chuckled. “Are you sure you’re not trying to get them closer?”Maisie opened her mouth but didn’t speak. Barbara and Helios had been kidnapped together, and he had tried to save her while sacrificing his own safety. It wouldn’t be too bad if they became a coup
“Helios,” Ryleigh walked toward him, “You’re getting discharged too?”Helios paused, turned to look at Barbara and Maisie, then turned around again. “I wasn’t too badly hurt, and I have work to finish.”Maisie looked at Barbara, who was quiet, bowed, and nudged her with her shoulder, “What’s wrong?”Barbara was curious. “What do you mean?”“Aren’t you going to say hi?” Maisie squinted. Why did they become distant after being in the hospital together?Barbara’s eyes moved around. She had never gone to see Helios again after that day. She appreciated Helios’ attempt at saving her while disregarding his own safety. She was definitely moved. If someone had protected her when the incident with Eric happened, she might just have married that person.But after what Helios had said, she didn’t know how to face him. The man was willing to sacrifice himself to save her and wanted to take responsibility because he thought she had been assaulted because of him. All that did touch her hea
Maizie sent the message to Officer Zaleski and happily looked at her phone screen.“Do you think you can send me to jail just by providing some voice recording, Maisie?”Hah, didn't she get out in the end? She was going to remember this. That night…Barbara went to see the manager and the owner of the Glitz Club but was told that neither of them was there.She left the club, but it suddenly started pouring. It was a cold, rainy night, and she stood under the roof outside, staring at the cars passing by on the streets.The red and green lights stood lonelily in the rain, and the light was reflected in the puddles on the floor.A black car parked not far away with the back window rolled halfway down. A bespectacled man was hidden in the shadows.The driver looked at him. “Sir, isn’t that Ms. Chase?”Ian looked back. “Call someone to hand her an umbrella, but don’t say it’s from me.”Barbara wanted to leave when the rain stopped, but a server walked over to her with a black umb
Maisie placed her hands on Barbara’s shoulders and said, “Let’s go upstairs and talk.”It was only then Barbara came around to her senses and followed Maisie and Saydie into the elevator.The decoration and items in the office on the fifth level remained the same. It seemed as if nothing had happened before.Barbara stood in front of the office and only snapped out of her trance when Maisie called her. She stepped into the office and sat on the couch.Saydie closed the door and waited outside with the bodyguards.Maisie took the cup from the table and said, “When you went missing that day, I came to look for you at the club. Mr. Summer received me. He gave me a clue, and he wanted me to do him a favor.”Barbara’s hands on her lap clutched tightly. “Why didn’t you tell me at the hospital?”“I’m sorry, Barbara. I promised Mr. Summer that I would only tell you after taking over Glitz,” Maisie replied as she lowered her head. “Mr. Summer knows that you might not want to see him.”“
At that time, she had felt her world had crumbled, and she had had a hard time breathing.That night, no one had come to her rescue. She had become a “sinner” and had fallen from heaven to hell.Maisie sighed. “He knew something had happened to you, but it was only on the second day that he found it was you in the private room that night. So… He doesn’t dare to show up in front of you. He knows how you see him, and he knows you probably hate him.”Barbara sat on the couch in a trance. She felt as if there was a hole in her heart. “He couldn’t bring himself to appear before you, so he could only contact you through phones. He knew you wanted to get revenge, so he guided you against Katrina. He gave you help as a stranger, and that's all he could do for you.”Maisie turned her head around to look at her. “He had been on an undercover mission back then. He had long been aware of the deal between Tony and Peter. He had approached you to investigate Tony through Eric since Tony was hi