Although the two of them were the most prominent figures in Talco City, they rarely had any business interactions with each other. The chances of them collaborating were close to zero too. This was the first time they had met face to face.
Jeremy was stunned for a split second, but regained his composure immediately. He leaned against the wall of marble tiles, narrowed his eyes, and shook his long legs. He sneered, “What? Is there something wrong with your intel? What I heard was that Rosalie kidnapped Dorothy’s daughter. Mr. Scott, are you dragging me down because you’re trying to win your beloved’s heart, yet you are not capable enough?”
“Believe in what you want.” A layer of ebony light faintly lit up in his dark pupils. His eyes were colder than ice. “Just an hour ago, Belle and Germaine had been here. You are secretly in charge of this place, to operate such a place even after countless raids by the police, I believe that you have another set of surveillance systems. Let’s have a look and I’m sure the truth will surface.”
There were deep meanings in his words.
He meant to say that since the people who came here were either high-ranking officials or nobles, he could capture their disgraceful mannerisms. With their secret in his hands, he could naturally get their protection.
Successful people in the business world were not easy to deal with.
Jeremy narrowed his eyes and understood the meaning behind Credence’s words. He said with a faint smile, “Mr. Scott, you want to watch the surveillance? Beg me! I’ll let you have a look when I’m satisfied.”
Apart from showing tenderness towards Dorothy, Credence had never begged anyone, much less someone like him who was cunning and scheming.
He immediately let out a cold sneer. “My only motive is Belle, the child that Rosalie kidnapped. As for Germaine, you can either save her or leave her be.”
After that, he did not care how Jeremy reacted. He turned his straight and slender body around, walked away, and called Marvin immediately.
Marvin shouted from the other side, “Credence, I was just about to call you. Rosalie has a really strong person backing her. She actually mobilized some scoundrels from the military to open checkpoints for her. As of now, my men have found out that she is taking the child and Germaine towards Jenciga to escape.”
“There are three routes to get there, two on water and one on land. All of them are heavily blocked by my men. If she wants to take them away, it will be harder than flying in the skies.”
“This woman has always been cunning and treacherous, she is cruel to others and even more cruel to herself! I am afraid that she will take her men to traverse through the primitive jungles. By that time, it would be like finding a needle in the haystack, no, a needle in the ocean.”
Upon hearing this, Credence narrowed his eyes, and his handsome face glowed faintly with a bloodthirsty dark light. “So, the reason why she is taking Belle and Germaine is to force me to go to Jenciga?”
Marvin analyzed the matter objectively. “Her main objective is Belle. She is using Belle as a weapon against Dorothy. She plans to deal with you two at the same time. As for Germaine, she is probably incidental.”
“No, Rosalie wants to kill one stone with two birds.”
Credence shook his head. He remembered that Jeremy only looked indifferent on the surface about Germaine’s abduction, but he could clearly see the slight shock in his eyes.
So, Rosalie also wanted to deal with Jeremy.
Although he did not know what kind of terrible feud this woman had with Jeremy, it would be better to have one more partner than another enemy at such a crucial time.
After he thought of this, he closed his eyes slightly and sneered in a low voice, “Tell Jonathan to combine all our movable assets and send them to your account. Marvin, transfer those elite soldiers that you have secretly trained to Jenciga immediately. The situation this time is crucial, it may very well be related to the drug lords that we fought against some time ago, and there will be casualties. In short, no matter how expensive the commission is, you have to give it to them. I will go to Mandalay Town, the town closest to Jenciga as fast as I can. Hurry up!”
“Sure, Credence, I will meet you there once I’m done with the deployment.”
After hanging up the phone, Credence looked at Benjamin, who had brought him a change of clothes in a hurry, he said in a low voice, “I have to go far this time, I’ll leave her under your care! Take her to the hidden apartment I usually go to and arrange for bodyguards to guard her all day, every day.”
Benjamin was stunned. “Mr. Scott, are you going to save Mrs. Scott’s daughter?”
“Yes.” Credence smirked cynically. “If I don’t help her find her child, it will be very difficult for her to open her heart to me.”
The little child was just a random child that Dorothy chose from some foreign sperm bank. She had golden hair and blue eyes and had nothing to do with him.
There was probably no one in the world who would rush up to be a stepfather like him!
Benjamin could tell that he wanted to be a stepfather, so there was an indescribable feeling on his face. “Mr. Scott, don’t worry, I will take good care of Mrs. Scott.”
He stretched out his long arms, pushed the door open, and walked to the private room. His gentle eyes naturally fell on Dorothy, who was sleeping on a sofa.
Perhaps because she was too worried about the safety of her daughter and Germaine, she did not sleep well.
Her graceful eyebrows were frowned tightly. Beneath her eyes were dark eyebags, it made her look a lot more haggard.
Her pale little mouth was slightly opened, and she occasionally mumbled. It was hard to hear what she was saying.
Credence walked towards her, bent over, and gently lifted her quilt. He let out a sigh of relief when he carefully examined the wound on her right knee to find a clean bandage and the bleeding had stopped.
He put the quilt down and stretched out his hands to rub her thin, white face. He was reluctant to look away from her as if he wanted to engrave her beautiful face into the depths of his heart little by little.
Benjamin, who was standing by the side, watched as panic poured from his heart.
He had a bad feeling that his boss was about to drop his last words.
Bah!
What the hell was he thinking?
Mr. Scott was wise and heroic, he would never die at such a young age.
There was not much time left for him to stay with her, so Credence did not have time to care about the nonsense in Benjamin’s head. He lowered his head quietly, and slowly pressed his soft and gentle kiss on Dorothy’s face.
It wasn’t until the kiss made her short of breath and she was about to wake up from her sleep that the man let go of her. He softly whispered, “Dorothy, be good and wait for me to come back!”
After that, the man licked his thin lips and straightened his back. He restored his noble and cold posture. Benjamin was stumped by the tenderness of the scene. He also wanted to find a girl to fall in love with. Credence snatched the clothes in his hands and walked into the bathroom.
After a while, Credence came out in a suit and leather shoes. Before he left, he took one long look at Dorothy for the last time and told Benjamin coldly, “Keep her calm. Do not let her have any contact with Juelz before I return.”
“I know what I have to do, Mr. Scott.”
Benjamin understood instantly. This was his boss’s way of expressing his jealousy and claiming his possessions.
Credence strode out of Rawland Lodge and into the driver’s seat. Just as he was about to drive, he saw Jeremy standing on the balcony making calls with a gloomy face. He understood what was going on immediately.
He rolled down the car window, and they looked at each other expressionlessly, he sneered. He stepped the accelerator to the bottom with his long legs, and the Maybach went away like a black lightning.