“Dory, I like you, but I would never stalk you!”
After being framed by Dorothy, Juelz pursed his thin lips together and smiled helplessly. “I have a friend whose villa is less than 20 meters away from the manor that you and Credence celebrated in. He knows that I have always loved you. Almost all my friends know how crazy I am about you.”
“He was the one who sent these to me. He wanted me to wake up, so that I wouldn’t fall deeper and deeper into this pit of despair.”
“But how would my friends know that when a man truly loves a woman, they would never be able to stop loving her so easily? How could they understand that?”
Juelz looked up at her and fell silent. Then, he smiled as he continued, “But don’t you worry. I have deleted all of the original copies.”
His smile was warm, but Dorothy could no longer feel the warmth that she had felt in the past. As she looked into his eyes, it seemed like he was on the verge of going insane. A cold mist fogged her eyes.
Juelz… what on earth did he want?
Why did he take her phone and turn it off? Was he afraid that she would call Credence?
Why would he deliberately stand in such a remote corner, and take such a huge detour to bring her here?
She knew Juelz well enough to not be suspicious of him. However, his behavior this time was really out of place.
The confusion in her heart weighed her down, making her grow increasingly panicked.
She clenched her fists, and her nails sank into her palm. She forced herself to calm down as she looked at the man who had become strange and unfamiliar. “Juelz, I still need to take Belle for a blood inspection today. I have to rush back to the hospital to take care of her. During the examination, if she doesn’t see me, she will cry and make a scene, and the doctors wouldn’t be able to give her any medicine or do the examination.”
“I think we’ll have to stop here for today. Let’s catch up again soon.”
After that, she stood up with her bag tightly clutched in her hands. She put out a hand to get her phone back from Juelz.
Unexpectedly, Juelz was faster than her. When her fingertips had just touched the phone screen, he quickly grabbed the mobile phone and put it into his pockets. There was no joy or dissatisfaction in his voice. “Dory, you have only been out with me for less than an hour, and you’ve only had one piece of bread. Are you really that reluctant to be with me?”
“Also, Belle’s blood inspection is on the fifth of every month. It is already the twelfth.”
At this, Juelz pointed at his head and smiled mockingly. “Dory, my memory’s always been rather poor, and there’s rarely been anything to bother me.”
“However, I remember everything about you and Belle. I kept it all in my mind. Everything is still crystal clear, and I dared not forget any of it, not even for a moment.”
However…
No matter how much he did for her, she still couldn’t resist just one smile from Credence.
The old Juelz loved to tell Dorothy that he loved her in a teasing manner, and it didn’t pressure her because she always thought he was joking.
But at this moment, Juelz’s previous riffraff was gone, and he looked serious. His seriousness made Dorothy feel scared.
When a man who had never been serious suddenly became serious, it was terrifying.
“Juelz, I’m sorry, I really don’t remember the date clearly. I thought today was the fifth.”
As she spoke, Dorothy was already getting closer to the door of the room. Her hands were about to reach for the bronze handle, and she intended to pull the door open.
She used a lot of strength, but the door did not move at all. It seemed like the door had been glued shut by superglue.
Dorothy knew that something was wrong. She suddenly turned around and saw Juelz’s calm eyes. She knew that this was his plan.
If he did not want her to go out, then she would not be able to go out.
Since when did Juelz’s mind become so sinister?
Dorothy took a deep breath, and she withdrew her fingers from the handle as she said calmly, “Juelz, tell me, what are you planning? What do you want me to do…”
Before she could finish talking, Dorothy’s body suddenly stiffened, and she could not move, nor could she say a word.
She looked at Juelz in disbelief. He took out his mobile phone and sent a message. Then, a door opened in a dark corner, and a few burly men in dressed in black appeared.
It was only then that Dorothy noticed that there was a secret door there that had been hidden by the paint of the wall. If one did not look carefully, they would not have been able to see it at all.
She could only watch as the three burly men approach her. It was obvious that they had malicious intent.
Dorothy rushed forward, and she grabbed Juelz’s wrist as she shouted, “Juelz, who are these people? What do they want?”
“Dory, I’m sorry!”
Juelz’s expression was grim. He avoided Dorothy’s shocked and frightened gaze, and allowed her trimmed nails to pierce deeply into his skin and flesh. He frowned tightly and closed his eyes to the man leading the group and ordered, “Take her away first! Remember, no one is allowed to touch her at all, not without my permission.”
“Let go, let go of me! Juelz, why are you doing this? Don’t you know that you’ve always been my best friend, my closest confidante? I trusted you, yet you’ve teamed up with these men to…”
Juelz quickly covered Dorothy’s mouth with his hand, and he held her down with his other arm. He was gentle, but firm.
“Dory, believe me, no matter what, I would never hurt you, not even one bit.”
Juelz, who was holding her in his arms, whispered into her ears as he strode towards the hidden door with Dorothy in his arms.
When he got inside, he handed Dorothy over to three men. He stared at her for a long time, then resolutely turned around and walked out without looking back.
“No, Juelz, don’t hand me over to someone else, please, don’t!”
Dorothy felt every muscle in her body tense. She stared after Juelz’s retreating figure, and a heart-wrenching pain pierced through her entire body.
She could not believe that the man in front of her, whom she once trusted with all her heart, would go against her.
She once thought that even if the whole world betrayed her, at least Juelz would never do that.
He’d given her endless warmth and had allowed her to experience the love of a family.
However, why was he doing this to her at this moment?
Dorothy’s pale face and eyes were filled with shock, and it made Juelz feel guilty for just a second.
However, he couldn’t look past the pain of not being able to have her, and his hatred towards Credence stabbed at him.
Jeremy was right. This was the only way for him to completely defeat Credence. This was the only way to get Dorothy back.
How could someone who wanted to achieve great things care about such trivial matters?
Juelz ignored the guilt in his heart. He stood up straight, but he did not look back, “Dory, I have my own reasons for doing this.”
“What kind of reasons do you have?” Dorothy asked in a hoarse voice.
This time, Juelz did not answer her. He then gave out an order, “Tell your boss to go ahead with the plan. I will kill anyone who dares do anything to her!”
“Don’t worry, our boss has always been a disciplined person.”
One of the men laughed uncaringly and dragged Dorothy out of the room through the secret door. It led to a lonely street, where a black car was parked.
Dorothy, whose mouth had been taped shut, could not call out for help at all. She was quickly tossed into the back of the car.
The car began to move. It made several twists and turns before mixing in with the other cars on the road.