Enrico leaned back against the sofa behind him, raised his hand and rubbed the back of her head, his tone lazy, “He said to keep an eye on you.”
“?”
Paige was confused.
“He said you were using me to get back at me.”
Enrico continued to brush her hair.
“?”
Paige looked at him blankly, then laughed.
Okay, I can see it. Alonso is afraid that Enrico-Annie’s child-will get hurt.
She sat there, turned her head to look at the sky outside, and said, “I can’t sleep anyway, so let’s leave early and go back to The Capital.”
Flights are tight these days, and tickets are not easy to book.
She spoke up, and naturally no one present objected.
Paige stood up and prepared to go back to her room to pack up a little. Her phone suddenly vibrated, and when she picked it up to see who was calling, it was Carrie.
“Hello.”
She put the phone to her ear.
“Paige, I just got news that the Smiths family has fled,” Carrie said anxiously.
The Smiths family.
It had been a long time since she had heard of this family. Bryan’s father, Jason, had always gone with the flow and jumped from one side to the other. At the big finance summit, Jason had chosen to stand on their side, so she had not paid much attention to it.
Unexpectedly, they were now running away from the country’s crisis. She had to say that this was a refined egoist.
“Is the news true?”
Paige asked.
It’s not that easy for a family that big to run away. Leaving at this time is abandoning the country. How can you leave without taking your family fortune with you? But the industry… is under the watchful eyes of the Presidential Palace and the Gustin Group.
“I just sent someone to investigate, and there are signs of short selling in the Smiths family’s accounts. They even deliberately left two distant nephews here, while the rest of the family is gone.”
Carrie’s tone was unusually urgent, “Paige, we can’t let them go. Right now, all the plutocrats are watching. If the Smiths family succeeds in escaping, the rest will follow suit, and chaos will accelerate in the country.”
The so-called plutocrats are those who have almost monopolized one or several industries in the country. If they all run away like this, what will happen?
Upon hearing this, Paige’s face paled. “You told me this news because…”
“It is said that the Smiths family is heading west.”
Carrie didn’t need to say much, and Paige understood what she meant. It was very likely that the Smiths family was on their side.
Paige hung up the phone and searched for a map of Country A. There was no sea at the westernmost part of Country A, but it was connected to a very small country. Because the country was small and weak, the border was not strictly guarded, and several areas could easily… leave the country.
So that was the idea.
Paige was thinking about it when a slender hand appeared in front of her eyes, the map zoomed in, and Enrico’s index finger drew a circle on it. “Here, the road is the best, and you can cross the small country as quickly as possible to reach one of the Smiths family’s overseas markets.”
He had just heard her phone call.
Paige naturally believed in his guess, looked up at him, and said, “We can’t let the Smiths family go.”
Enrico stood aside, reached out and put his hand on her shoulder, and easily hooked her into his arms. Then he turned his head and said, “Jaden, prepare the car and the gun.”
“Tell everyone to get protection,”
Paige added.
The Smiths family were preparing to run with everything they had, and naturally they wouldn’t lose anything in their hands. It was feared that there would be a fierce battle tonight.
“Yes,”
Jaden knew that tonight would not be peaceful when he heard this, and nodded with a grave face, taking big strides out of the room.
“We’re going too,”
said Brangelina and Blanca, getting up at the same time.
…
Some borders in the world are guarded more strictly than others, while some borders… are just like child’s play.
For example, this border.
A very wide road, with a wide red line down the middle, marks the border between the two countries.
It was currently the darkest period before dawn.
Several rows of cars were parked silently on the road, waiting for their prey in silence.
The car in the center was surrounded by closed windows, and the breath inside was a little heavy. Jaden sat in the driver’s seat, looking at the endless darkness ahead, and took out his pistol to check the bullets.
Paige was sitting in the back seat, embraced by Enrico. Hearing the sound of Jaden moving the gun, she said, “Give me a submachine gun.”
The submachine gun is more suitable for close-range combat.
“Yes.”
Jaden put away the pistol and opened the case next to him.
“There are quite a lot of stars in the sky,”
Enrico said with a lazy voice, looking out of the open skylight window, resting one hand on her waist and idly drawing circles.
It’s almost time to fight, but he’s still quite carefree.
Paige looked up in agreement, “Well, the stars are pretty.”
After that, Jaden handed the submachine gun back, and Paige leaned over to catch it.
Enrico sat in an extremely casual posture, continuing to draw circles on her waist. His deep eyes calmly watched the two of them hand over and catch the gun. He gave a sexy smile, with his thin lips curled up, “If you dare to get out of the car today, I dare to release the members of the Smiths family.”
“…”
Upon hearing this, Paige’s movements paused, and the gun she had just taken in her hand was quickly snatched back by Jaden, who had reacted extremely quickly.
Jaden quickly pushed the submachine gun back into the box, closed it firmly, sat upright in the driver’s seat, and pretended that nothing had happened.
“…”
Paige silently turned her head, and Enrico was sitting there, still smiling, and she saw that he was still evil and raised his eyebrows.
She knew what he was worried about, so she said, “I’m almost recovered now.”
She can fight.
“Oh.” Enrico nodded his head, indicating that he understood, and smiled gently, “So, guess, how would I let the Smiths family go?”
“…”
OK.
Paige knew that she would not be able to touch a gun tonight, so she could only sit back angrily, lean on his arm, and then pat away a hand that was drawing circles on her waist.
Seeing this, Enrico was satisfied, “That’s obedient. It’s just the Smiths family, I’ll have them all kneeling at your feet in a moment.”
“Hm,”
Paige could do nothing but nod.
“Mr. Gustin, you were right,”
Jaden’s voice suddenly became nervous.
Paige looked up and saw several high beams of light shining diagonally in her direction.
Under the silent night, the two car convoys faced off against each other.
The rows of cars hidden in the darkness were clearly waiting, but the cars on the opposite side only stopped for a moment before speeding up crazily, because they had no choice but to cross the border tonight.
Seeing this, Jaden pushed open the car door and jumped out, then opened the door for Enrico.
Paige was sitting in the car with two earplugs in her ears, and then she got a random handful of hair.
“Be good, count the stars for me in the car, and I’ll test you when we get back.”
With that, Enrico bent down and got out of the car. As soon as he got out, the smile on his lips disappeared, and only a cold and solemn look remained in his eyes. His thin lips slowly opened-
“Do it!”
“Bang…”
The harsh sound of gunfire pierced the sky.
Soon, it turned into a chaotic sound of gunfire, deafening and almost capable of overturning the car roof.