For some reason, Rosalie had sent her a voice message.
Looking at the 35-second-long voice message, Dorothy deleted it without hesitation.
Nothing good ever happened when Rosalie was involved. Dorothy was really afraid.
However, it was as if Rosalie knew Dorothy was online, looking at their messages. Rosalie continued to send her voice messages one after another non-stop.
Seeing Rosalie’s persistence, Dorothy finally listened to the messages.
“Dorothy, go to this location tomorrow. Credence will be there too. Let’s finally clear up everything that has happened between the three of us! Also, Credence has signed the divorce certificate. He has agreed to let you go.”
Dorothy sat in the café, hesitating for a long time. In the end, she decided to show up where Rosalie had mentioned.
It was because Rosalie had brought up the divorce certificate.
Another reason was that the address of the location belonged to the place where she had first met Credence when she was 16, when she had been in her most desperate moments.
Dorothy thought to herself that she would end it where it all began!
Before leaving, Dorothy bought a ticket for three days later to Starovilla. There was ample time for her to go to Talco City to settle her affairs.
On the taxi ride to Palm City, Dorothy thought about it for a while and decided to call Juelz, who was receiving treatment in the capital’s hospital. She said, “Juelz, I have an urgent matter to attend to. I need to go back to Talco City immediately. I’m sorry, I can’t go to the hospital to accompany you these few days. Hire a caretaker if you need one; take good care of yourself.”
Juelz was furious and he nearly exploded in anger. In a rage, he asked, “Dory, aren’t you going to Starovilla? Why are you going back to Talco City now? Did Credence threaten you using my life again? Dory, listen to me, don’t go back there!”
“I’m not with you, and Germaine has been caught by my grandfather to be sent back to Monticello. If anything happens to you, no one will be able to help you by then!”
“Hey! Hey! Dory, do you hear me?”
“Juelz… I heard you.”
Dorothy was deep in thought. She had loved Credence for a decade, but she had never received any affection from him. On the other hand, Juelz had always ignored his own safety for her and would even risk his life to protect her. Her eyes began to sting with tears and she choked out, “Juelz, thank you, but don’t worry, I will take care of myself. I won’t let Credence or Rosalie get any chances to hurt me.”
“With your IQ, how are you going to defeat them? Dory, where are you? Give me your location. I’m going to meet you there right now, I’ll accompany you to Talco City! Hurry up, send me the address!”
“No! I won’t give you that! Juelz, I’ve consulted your doctor. Your internal injuries are very serious. If you don’t cooperate and get treatment, you will very likely be paralyzed for the rest of your life! If you don’t want me to live with guilt all my life, and if you don’t want me to ignore you in the future, you should stay in the hospital and take your treatment seriously. Alright, that’s it. I’ll call you as soon as I arrive at Talco City!”
After finishing her words, Dorothy immediately hung up and even switched her phone off completely.
She could vividly imagine Juelz throwing a temper tantrum in the ward. She could not help but smile slightly, even though tears streamed down her face.
How wonderful!
Although her family and love life had dealt harsh blows to her, she felt fortunate to have Juelz and Germaine as her friends to share her burden with her.
After half an hour, Dorothy boarded a flight to Talco City. She leaned back into her seat, put on an eye mask that covered half of her face, and then closed her eyes to quietly rest.
Shortly after Dorothy left, a figure stood and knocked on the door of the suite she had booked. After not receiving any response, even after a long time, they immediately called the front desk and explained the situation. A staff member used their keys to open the door.
The man hurriedly ran in and scanned the clean room. When he saw that Dorothy’s private belongings were all gone, he was so shocked that his legs nearly gave out on the spot. He anxiously dialed a number on his phone.
…
Ever since Credence’s secret flight to Palm City and back to Talco City, for the past two days, all the workers of Scott Group suffered the brunt of their boss’ temper.
In the conference room, a group of senior executives who had just been given a hard time by Credence, strolled out one by one with pale faces.
Credence stood up from the main seat in the middle and looked at Benjamin icily, “What’s the matter?”
“Mr. Scott, Mr. Stanton has been calling you. It seems urgent. He has made over a dozen consecutive calls.”
Benjamin had come back with Credence that night. Had the company’s stock price not suffered such a drastic change, Credence might still be coaxing his wife in Palm City to change her mind at the time.
To be more accurate…
Mr. Scott would not coax her, but he would force his wife to change her mind with a poker face.
After that, Marvin needed to rush back to the army for a mission to ambush a drug den. After much discussion, they decided that Jonathan, who was free for the moment, was to stay in Palm City to observe Dorothy’s every move, especially all her interactions with Juelz. He had to report every little detail to Credence.
Since Jonathan was the one calling, the matter naturally had something to do with Dorothy.
Benjamin originally thought that Credence would be in a rush to answer the call, but to his surprise… Credence just nodded his head slightly, picked the phone up from Benjamin’s hand, and walked out with a calm expression!
Benjamin was speechless.
Credence was clearly extremely anxious, but he was still showing a stoic demeanor. Benjamin wondered if Credence’s wife knew how pretentious he was.
…
Credence returned to the office, lit a cigarette and took a long drag. Then, he laid his eyes on the screen. His long fingers slid across the screen and he asked, “Speak. What’s going on?”
At the other end of the phone, Jonathan was in a fit of anxiety and he was nearly crying out loud with regret.
“Credence, I’ve lost Dorothy. She left the hotel! All her clothes and cosmetics have disappeared! I had just gone out to hook up with some beautiful girls when it happened.”
“Credence, you know that I don’t have that much stamina. I finish quick, so… how could Dorothy disappear so quickly in just that three minutes?”
“I couldn’t even handle this small matter well. Credence, I can’t bear to show up in front of you anymore. I know, I’ll cut my abdomen and broadcast it live for you as an apology. Wait for a moment, I’ll find a fruit knife…”
Credence scolded, “Shut up!”
Frowning, he could not hold his temper and he shouted, “Go to Palm City’s hospital in the capital and check if Juelz is there. If he isn’t there, go back to Talco City immediately. If he is, force Juelz to say Dorothy’s whereabouts. Keep this in mind, the sooner you get this done, the better!”