When Patrick realized that Jane hadn’t come home or sent him a message, he knew something was wrong. He rushed to the parking lot and found Jane’s bloodstains not far away.
Patrick went to the highway surveillance room and tracked down the vehicle’s whereabouts, leading him here. He signaled to a few people behind him, and they quietly approached and took down the attackers when they weren’t paying attention.
As he watched them fall one by one, Patrick felt relieved. He walked into the small dark room where he found two people arguing.
Just as things were heating up between them, the door suddenly burst open. Jane closed her eyes for a moment as she adjusted to the bright light she hadn’t seen in so long.
Isabella and Fernando were dumbfounded, “Patrick!”
Jane’s eyes sparkled with joy as she used all her strength to stand up and run towards Patrick while Isabella and Fernando stood frozen in place.
Thankfully, Patrick reacted quickly; he embraced Jane tightly while Isabella and Fernando panicked even more now that their hostage was gone.
“You! Stop right there!”
As Jane was about to be taken away by Patrick, Fernando couldn’t accept it and stopped them. But the next moment, he received a cold look from Patrick.
This scared Fernando into silence, and he could only swallow his saliva as he watched Jane being taken away by Patrick.
To prevent Fernando and Isabella from escaping, Patrick had already stationed his men here in advance.
After taking Jane to a safe place, Patrick called the police.
“Stay here obediently, I’ll be back.”
Patrick affectionately stroked Jane’s cheek, comforting her. Jane felt somewhat relieved.
As Patrick was about to turn and leave, Jane grabbed his hand.
“Don’t go…” Jane hugged Patrick from behind, her voice choked with a hint of sobbing. “I want to be with you.”
This scene touched Patrick’s heart, and he held Jane’s hand, smiling. “Okay.”
Then, Jane and Patrick followed the police into the small shack, where Isabella was collapsed on the ground.
“Officer, officer, I’m innocent. It was all him, it has nothing to do with me.”
Isabella grabbed the police officer’s leg and pointed at Fernando beside her, trying to shift the blame away from herself.
“You wretched woman, if it wasn’t for you, would I have brought Jane here?” Fernando panicked too. He didn’t expect Isabella to betray him so directly, so he wouldn’t show her any mercy.
Jane looked at the two people in front of her and couldn’t help but find it ridiculous.
“Let go!”
The police officer reprimanded, pulling Isabella’s hand away from his leg. Then he thanked Patrick, saying, “Thank you for your assistance, sir. I’ll take him away first. As for that woman, she didn’t participate in the entire crime, so it might be difficult to hold her accountable.”
“Thank you, thank you, officer.”
Isabella seemed to have gone mad, kneeling on the ground, staring blankly.
“No, why! Fernando is the mastermind, I was only coerced by him!”
“Shut up!” The police officer reprimanded again, pointing at the two of them. “Both of you will have to come to the station.”
Jane felt a bit dissatisfied, but since the police had spoken, she couldn’t continue questioning.
“Okay.”
Patrick nodded and watched as the police led the two away.
“It’s over.”
Patrick held Jane around her waist, signaling her not to worry.
Just as the police were taking Fernando away, a scream suddenly came from outside the door.
“Ah, Fernando, Fernando ran away!”
Isabella shouted loudly, catching everyone’s attention.
If Fernando escaped, then there would only be her left in the station, and she couldn’t bear such a blow.
Fernando had just managed to evade the police’s sight and was betrayed by Isabella. Although he felt resentful, he didn’t turn back and ran desperately forward.
“That wretched woman, I’ll teach her a lesson when I come back!”
Fernando muttered under his breath, his pace getting faster and faster.
The police chased after him, but Fernando ran too fast. The area was also quite remote, so for a while, nobody knew where Fernando had gone.
“He got away just like that?”
Jane frowned as she watched the gradually disappearing figure. She wasn’t a saint, and since Fernando had done such a thing, she naturally felt resentful.
“I’m sorry, sir. We have issued a warrant, so you don’t have to worry. There won’t be such a thing happening again.”
Just then, a police officer came with a report, comforting Jane and assuring her that she shouldn’t worry. However, Jane’s heart remained unsettled.
“We have dispatched our personnel to search with full force. You don’t have to worry, we believe there will be results soon.”
After the police officer left, Jane’s body weakened.
Having gone through the kidnapping ordeal, Jane had been pushing herself, just to avoid revealing any weakness in front of the two.
Patrick felt deeply distressed and held Jane tightly in his arms. What Jane didn’t know was how agonized Patrick had been when he found out she was missing.
“It’s alright, don’t be afraid.”
Patrick’s calm voice reached her ears, easing her worries to some extent.
She had been mentally strong all afternoon, but with so much happening in the past few days, her body was exhausted.
“Fernando will be found, and the law will punish him. I’ll assign more people to protect you in the future, so don’t be afraid.”
With closed eyes, Patrick continued to comfort Jane.
“Mmm…” Jane nodded, feeling the comforting presence of a man, which put her at ease. “Thank you, Patrick.”
If it weren’t for Patrick, Jane wouldn’t know what to do now. She would probably have lost her life long ago.
She was well aware of this now and felt fortunate to have met him!
If the two had realized it earlier, she didn’t know what kind of torment she would have endured.
Thinking about this, Jane couldn’t help but tremble, but with Patrick by her side, she felt somewhat reassured.
“Fool, no need to thank me.” Patrick looked at Jane, and his once cold eyes were filled with tenderness. “You are my wife, and protecting you is what I, as a man, should do.”
The two embraced tightly, unable to part with each other for a moment.