After leaving the room, Darnell headed straight for the elevator.
He had no interest in collaborating with Pioneer Properties, so he deliberately set such harsh conditions.
If he really intended to get rich by selling his formulas, he could have made a fortune three years ago. There was no need to wait for this pathetic opportunity today. Besides, he wouldn’t do it behind Areli’s back.
Bang!
As Darnell was lost in thought while standing by the elevator, a girl in white stumbled from the left side and crashed into two small trash cans.
Dust and ashes scattered everywhere. The girl lay on the ground, her face full of fear.
Blood flowed continuously from her mouth, and her dress was torn.
Seven or eight guests who were also waiting for the elevator quickly stepped aside, clearly not wanting to get involved.
“Miss, are you okay?”
Darnell was slightly stunned but took a step forward to help her up. He liked helping beautiful girls after all.
“Over here!”
Before he could touch the girl in white, three men appeared aggressively from around the corner of the hallway.
They reached the girl in white first. After confirming she was still breathing, a man in blue grabbed her hair and lifted her face.
“Damn it! You don’t know what’s good for you!”
The man in blue slapped her twice. The girl in white groaned, blood at the corner of her mouth becoming more apparent, looking miserable.
Darnell frowned at the scene. Although he wasn’t a good person, he had never tormented a woman like this.
He looked at the three men with disdain.
“Take her back. Peter is waiting for the threesome.”
The man in blue then shouted at Darnell and the others watching, “What are you looking at? If you keep staring, I’ll gouge your eyes out!”
“Get lost!”
The onlookers and several service staff quickly avoided them. Two men in black grabbed the girl in white.
“Help… help me…”
The girl in white had regained some strength and looked pitifully at Darnell and the others, pleading, “Help me!”
At that moment, she seemed helpless. She knew that people nowadays tended to mind their own business. But thinking about what awaited her if she was taken back made her tremble and desperately plead for help.
She even felt a bit tragic. Why didn’t she head for the elevator earlier instead of jumping off?
“Help… me…”
Seeing no one stepping forward to help and hearing about Peter’s threesome, Darnell couldn’t hold back any longer.
“Hey, guys, what’s going on? What did this lady do?”
“Mind your own business!”
Before Darnell could finish his sentence, the man in blue snapped, “If you don’t want trouble, stay out of it!”
Darnell chuckled: “What if I say no?”
“Get lost!”
The man in blue shouted again, “Don’t try to be a hero. Our circle isn’t something you can mess with!”
Slap!
Darnell took a big step forward and slapped the man hard across the face.
The man in blue staggered back and spat out a bloody tooth, feeling dizzy.
Darnell stepped forward again and slapped him once more. Five finger marks appeared instantly. “I’ve messed with you now. So what?”
The man in blue spun around twice before spitting out another mouthful of blood.
His two companions were stunned. The man in blue couldn’t believe it either as he looked at Darnell and cursed angrily,
“Damn it! How dare you hit me? Get him! Kill this bastard!”
At his command, one of the men in black released the girl in white and kicked fiercely at Darnell.
Darnell bent down to avoid the kick and swept his left foot hard against the man’s leg.
The man in black screamed as he lost his balance and fell headfirst to the ground. Darnell didn’t stop there. He punched another man’s neck with his backhand.
The other man’s eyes widened instantly with pain all over his face.
He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Darnell then kicked the man in blue’s chin next.
The man in blue’s head tilted as he fainted on the spot.
“So weak, yet acting so arrogant?”
Darnell wiped his shoes on them dismissively before helping up the trembling girl in white.
Feeling her pulse and seeing her expression, Darnell quickly judged that she had been drugged. He pressed several acupoints on her body and gave her some water.
“Miss, are you okay?”
He then shouted at the service staff, “Call an ambulance now!”
“Jolie… Jolie… those bastards…”
Regaining some consciousness, the girl in white felt relieved as she saw three men lying on the ground, but then she quickly remembered something. “Save Jolie…”
“Jolie?”
Darnell was stunned for a moment before recalling that Jolie was nearby delivering documents. His expression changed dramatically. “Where is Jolie?”
The girl weakly uttered two words, “Room 1…”
Darnell picked up the girl and rushed towards Room One.
At that moment, Room One was witnessing an assault.
In the center of the hall stood over ten men and women from Baycliff. They reeked of alcohol, laughing wildly like invaders from a movie scene.
In a corner, Jolie clutched a wine bottle like a trembling lamb but maintained a determined look as if ready to fight to death.
“A wild cat indeed,” Peter said as he stood among them with an ice pack on his swollen forehead. He sneered at Jolie,
“You humiliated me by the elevator and had someone beat me up earlier. Now you’re fighting back after saving your friend.”
Peter slowly approached Jolie with a sinister smile. “But tonight, you’re not going anywhere.”
He turned to look at several men by the door, who included the big-nosed man from the Axe sitting in a wheelchair with bandaged hands.
As Peter spoke, he turned his head to glance at the men by the door. Among them was the big-nosed man from the Axe, who was seated in a wheelchair with his right hand bandaged and a splint on his lower leg.
The battle at Vantage had left the big-nosed man significantly injured, temporarily unable to do heavy work, so he was in charge of entertaining the guests.
Hearing Peter’s shout, the big-nosed man replied, “Mr. Hinton, go ahead and enjoy yourself. With the Axe here, you have nothing to worry about.”
“Mr. Stewart said to measure the resources of the Axe and to win your favor, so you can let loose and have fun.”
“After you’ve vented on this woman, I’ll arrange for someone to find the ones who beat you up and hand him over to you to deal with, Mr. Hinton.”
“I’m the host, you’re the guest, and I’ll make sure you leave satisfied.”
Upon hearing this, Peter laughed heartily and gave the big-nosed man a thumbs-up. “Great. When I get back to Baycliff, I’ll definitely have my father form an alliance with the Axe.”
The big-nosed man respectfully replied, “Thank you, Mr. Hinton.”
“Peter, stop wasting time. Let’s get to the main event and take care of the beauty,” someone interjected.
At that moment, a young man stood up from the sofa, exclaiming, “Kole and I are tired from holding the cameras.”
“If we can’t capture top-notch photos, don’t blame us. And you’ll have to explain to Victoria that it’s not because we’re slacking off, but because you’re taking too long.”
Jett, Kole, and Reece were also in the crowd, each holding a high-definition DV, eagerly waiting to film.
“Damn it! I’m trying to build up the mood!”
Peter, clearly on familiar terms with the three, spoke without any reservations, “And I’m waiting for the girl in white to come back. A threesome would make for a better show.”
“But since you guys can’t wait, I can start with some foreplay.”
Peter covered his head and slowly approached Jolie, whose face was pale with fear, his smile nasty. “Miss Beavis, why be so stubborn? It’s pointless.”
“You insulted me, hit me, and provoked me. Letting me have my way with you. What’s the big deal?”
His gaze was invasive as it lingered on Jolie’s legs. “Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you enjoy it. You’ll be on cloud nine.”
“Bastard! Stay away from me!”
Jolie clutched the wine bottle tightly, her pretty face growing more and more desperate. “Let me out, or I’ll make you pay.”
“I’ll go to the police and the embassy and expose your beastly behavior.”
She came tonight to deliver some documents, never expecting to get involved in something like this.
When she arrived at the room her colleague had arranged, she didn’t see a proper signing and discussion scene as she had expected. Instead, she saw her colleague Raelynn Francis being constantly plied with alcohol by this group of people. She rushed over to stop it but was pushed away.
When she tried to call the police and get Raelynn out of there, Peter stumbled in, the main character of the room, and he recognized her.
So a group of them pushed the two of them into a corner and let Peter take out his frustrations with a forced advance.
Jolie grabbed a fruit knife and fought desperately to squeeze out a path.
Just as she managed to push Raelynn out the door, she was kicked back into the room by the Axe, and the fruit knife was taken away.
All she could do was hold onto a wine bottle, tears streaming down her face as she clung to her last bit of dignity.
“Expose me?”
Peter sneered, “Do you really think you can get out of here tonight? After we’ve had our way with you, we’ll stuff some Ecstasy in your mouth, pour half a bottle of alcohol down your throat, and push you out the window.”
“Do you think the police will consider it murder or suicide? I believe the Axe will handle it well.”
“If you submit to me, you might have a chance to survive tonight. If not, you’ll suffer and lose your life.”
Jolie’s pretty face changed drastically. “Beast!”
This move was too ruthless.