The group was very quiet, looking at each other.
“Why aren’t you checking?” Mr. Wilkie shouted, raising his hand to press down on his eyelids, which had jumped up again.
This omen made him feel uneasy. Obviously, Paige had already been forced into the room by them, and the doors and windows had been sealed shut, so there was no way out.
“Yes,”
one of the bodyguards answered after taking out his phone and making a call. A few seconds later, he replied, “Mr. Cruise, Mr. Wilkie, the elevators in the building have broken down.”
“Why would they break down all of a sudden?” Mr. Wilkie asked immediately.
“I don’t know, maybe there’s a problem with the circuit. I’ll send someone to fix it right away,” the bodyguard said.
“Are there problems with all the elevators?”
Mr. Cruise stood aside, his skinny fingers stroked the tap on his cane, his tone adding a touch of gravity.
“Yes,” the bodyguard replied.
“Then Mr. Cruise, why don’t we wait?”
said a chaebol, 68th floor, it’s going to kill someone to walk down.
This building was the place they had carefully selected. They had cleared everyone out early in the morning, and this place was high up in the sky and in the middle of the city. Even if someone wanted to rescue Paige, they would have enough reaction time. As long as Paige set foot in here, there would be no way for her to get out, and she would only become a trump card in their hands.
Unexpectedly, the choice of the 68th floor became a stumbling block for them.
“Where is the surveillance room monitoring Paige?” Mr. Cruise asked with a grave expression.
“It’s in the car downstairs,”
someone replied immediately, and it was a well-thought-out plan, one that took into account every possible worst-case scenario.
Paige’s performance was something they had to make sure Enrico saw, and the car was always in motion, making the security room particularly safe and free.
Downstairs…
That meant they couldn’t go and watch now.
Mr. Cruise thought about it for a moment, then put his cane down and started walking back.
Mr. Wilkie hurriedly followed him, “Did Mr. Cruise think of something?”
Hearing this, Mr. Cruise turned around and looked in the direction of the elevator, which was still stopping at every floor in a strange way.
He said word by word, “I have lived most of my life and seen everything. For anything that can succeed, there is no lack of the right time, place, and people. It has its own aura, and any minor accidents will be blocked outside the aura.”
On the contrary, if the minor accident is not blocked, it still occurs.
That means… the aura has not formed at all.
It’s like an ant falling into a pot of cooked soup. It seems insignificant, but if the pot of soup is ruined, it is ruined.
If the elevator breaks down, is it really just a simple elevator breakdown?
The people on the scene all changed expression when they heard this.
Mr. Wilkie gritted his teeth and, ignoring all propriety, walked straight in front of Mr. Cruise and said, “Go and see if Paige is still in her room.”
They had already thrown everything into this, and they couldn’t afford to lose!
…
“Bang, bang.”
The loud sound of a door slamming came from the quiet room.
Paige had just had a fierce fight, and she was exhausted. As soon as she entered the room, she weakly leaned against the wall and sat down on the floor.
She looked at her hands, which were covered in blood, so red that her vision was distorted.
She was so tired.
She tried to rub the blood off her hands, but no matter how hard she rubbed, she couldn’t get it off. Suddenly, a white suit jacket was handed to her.
Paige looked up, and Bryan was standing in front of her. Perhaps because he had been shot, his stance was a bit unsteady, and his shoulders were uneven.
“Use this to wipe it off,”
Seeing her look, Bryan’s gaze was a little guilty and dispirited. After a pause, he still said, “It seems like this encounter of yours is because of me again. It was me who inadvertently told my father that you had been set up before, and I never thought…”
“This time it really has nothing to do with you. It was forced by the situation, and sooner or later there would have to be this encounter,” Paige said indifferently, without picking up his suit.
It’s fine to be dirty.
It’s better than Enrico knowing and getting mad and jealous.
“Paige…”
Bryan wanted to say something, but in the end he remained silent.
He felt so much remorse towards her.
Thinking of something, Bryan turned his head and looked at the wrinkled old man. He walked up to him, pushed him onto the bed, crossed his arms behind his back, and tied him up with his own suit.
The old man was lying on the bed, not much of a fight back, but still unwilling, a sinister smile on his face, “the Smiths family’s boy, don’t think I can’t deal with you now that I’m old, I’m telling you, in a while the medicine will kick in, and you’ll have to beg me to teach you.”
Back then, Paige was sent to his bed by the Clarkes family, and he had thought he would get to play with a new toy, but he never expected to have his manhood destroyed.
He spent the rest of his life in great shame, and he never forgot that grudge.
“…”
“Paige, I’m telling you, you’ll be on your knees in a moment begging me, hahaha… I’m going to have a good time, and make up for all the fun I didn’t have back then… ah!”
A scream, and the old man’s face twisted.
Bryan swung an angry punch, “Scum!”
“…”
Paige sat on the ground, looking on with indifferent eyes.
Bryan rolled the old man in a quilt and threw him on the bed, then got off the bed and unbuckled the belt around his waist.
Paige stared at him, and Bryan blushed. He hurriedly said, “Don’t be afraid, I want you to tie up my hands as well, so you won’t have to worry about it later.”
“…”
Looking at Bryan like this, Paige finally saw a little bit of the dashing figure from back then.
She shook her head, “No need.”
“So many plutocrats joining forces, they will definitely hit hard, and the medicine must be potent. You should be on your guard.”
Bryan insisted on handing her the belt.
“Really, no need,” Paige said indifferently, her eyes clear.
It didn’t matter how strong the medicine the plutocrats had put in the wine was, because it had been replaced before the wine was poured into the decanter.
Rafael had been hiding in his room for several nights, secretly learning magic tricks, and the invisible wine exchange trick would always come in handy.
By now, Carrie should have already sabotaged the elevator system.
It was no surprise that the plutocrats were now debating whether to walk down 68 floors or be trapped in the building.
Now, it depends on Enrico’s side, whether they can find the large group of chaebols gathered together. Once they control that side, the predicament on her side will also be solved.
Thinking about this, Paige looked down at the bloodstains on her body and had a headache.
What should she do after this?
Sooner or later, Enrico will find out that she and Rafael played a trick on a trick, and used herself as a target to attract firepower. At that time, how will she explain it?
Paige bit her lip, her thoughts drifting back to a while ago.
That day, Mr. Cruise paid a visit, pointing out the Gangnam Hall incident, and explaining that Gangnam Hall, or the people at the Presidential Palace, obviously had the eyes and ears of the chaebols and big families.
Although this was an unspoken matter, among the big shots, it was normal for me to have someone in your place and you in mine. Even if you can’t reach the core, you are still considered a pawn.
But this time, Enrico and Rafael had the idea to get rid of them.