Ashley was nowhere to be seen. Lucas hurried back and told William, “William, Ashley is missing. Is there something wrong with her?”
“There must be, but it doesn’t matter. If she stayed here, it might have saved her life. Now that she left, it would be her fault if she died.”
Lucas was very surprised to hear that. He thought that Savannah died by attempting to commit suicide herself. However, William’s words hinted otherwise. He asked, “Is there someone else behind this?”
“More or less.”
“Who is it?” Lucas asked angrily.
“I don’t know.” He shook his head since he didn’t have any evidence to say that it was Raelyn.
If Ashley didn’t escape, they might have been able to get something out of her under the bodyguards’ watch. However, she had already left, so there was no point in making assumptions.
Raelyn had been so eager to kill Savannah, so she must have been worried that her secret would be leaked.
However, William didn’t expect that a vicious person like Savannah would fall into her trap. Now, only Charles was left. Would he know of Savannah and Raelyn’s secrets?
Savannah and Charles regarded him as their enemy, so he knew that they would rather die than tell him the truth.
He clearly knew that some people were salvageable and some were not, and Savannah was one of the people who were unsalvageable.
There had been many ups and downs along the way, and he was not invincible either.
He assumed that Raelyn would do something. As for when and where she would do it, he didn’t know since he was not a god.
Without any evidence, Savannah and Charles would definitely not believe him if he accused Raelyn, and they would probably think that he had bad intentions.
Even Hayden, his own father, didn’t believe him. Not to mention Savannah and Charles who hated him to the core.
Furthermore, Savannah murdered his mother, so he did not have the obligation to save her. Her death was something that would happen sooner or later.
After Ashley ran away from the Howard family’s house, she turned at a corner, and a black car stopped beside her. The man who was driving rolled down the window and said, “Miss Evans, Madam asked me to pick you up. Get in.”
She got in the car, and it sped away.
After driving for a while with no one following them, she let out a sigh of relief. The fear and tension in her slowly subsided. She asked the driver, “Where is madam?”
“I’m taking you to her right now.” He stepped on the gas pedal, and the car sped away from the city.
At first, she was quite relaxed as she thought about her plans on going abroad. She checked the card Raelyn gave her, and there were tens of millions of dollars in it, which was enough for her to spend.
After going abroad, she would enjoy a beautiful life with a new beginning.
Suddenly, she realized that they were driving in the wrong direction. She immediately asked, “Aren’t you taking me to madam? Aren’t we going the wrong way?”
“I’m taking you away from the city to settle down first. If you stay in the city now, you’re just making it easy for the Howard family to find you.”
She thought about it and agreed. It was definitely unsafe for her to stay in the city now, so this was the best decision for her.
The man drove very fast, and they soon stopped by a reservoir outside the city.
After the car was parked beside the reservoir, she was a little nervous. “Why are you parking here?”
“I’ll smoke a cigarette and make a phone call before leaving. You can wait in the car for a while.”
He got out of the car and went to the side to start smoking. After making a phone call, he put on some gloves that he took from his pocket and opened the car door on Ashely’s side.
She was scared by his sudden actions, so she asked, “What are you doing?”
“I’m sending you to the afterlife!”
She wanted to cry for help, but her mouth was covered.
There was a strange substance smeared on the man’s gloves, and she instantly went limp. Without a trace of resistance, the man dragged her to the side of the reservoir.
The man said while walking, “This place has good scenery. It took me a while to choose this place, so it should be a pleasure for you to die here. People like you are really stupid. You shouldn’t trust bad people so easily even if you are one yourself. Hopefully, you’ll be a good person when you reincarnate.”
She could not physically resist the force dragging her, but her consciousness was clear. She already knew what was waiting for her, but she could not speak or call for help.
At this moment, she felt extremely regretful in her heart. She had never felt this way before.
In her short life, she actually had countless choices.
If she had not been so greedy at the beginning and tried to seduce Mason, she could have lived in peace with Valeria forever. Valeria was so kind and soft-hearted, and they would have gotten along well.
If that was the case, she would be a designer now and maybe fell in love with a man, then get married, have children, and live a carefree life…
Even if she was at odds against Valeria, if she had let go and accepted that Valeria was someone who would not fall for her schemes, then she might have had a chance to turn the tables.
As long as she was far away from Savannah and Charles, she was willing to be an ordinary person. Although she could not be described as carefree, she had no problem living.
However, greed occupied her mind. She wanted power and position to be rich and noble. She chose this road herself, so she couldn’t blame anyone else.
The man dragged her to the side of the reservoir and threw her down as if he were throwing a piece of trash.
After falling into the water, Ashley, who had lost her consciousness, did not struggle and sank.
The man stood by the water and waited for a while. He looked at his watch for the time and made sure that she had no chance to survive. Then, he got in the car and left.
Philip and Charles took care of Savannah’s funeral. Not many people showed up since death by suicide was not a glorious thing, and she was buried hastily after being cremated.
The evidence for Charles’ participation in the murder was found. When the news spread out, the Howard Group’s stock value fell tremendously.
The Wolf Group International, Saunders Enterprise, and Hattelo Group announced a collaboration with the Howard Group, which successfully stopped their stock value from falling even further.
Even so, Hayden was still negatively impacted by the news. On the day of Charles’ judgment, he had a sudden fever and was sent to the hospital.
Since he was hospitalized, William didn’t leave his side and stayed in the hospital the whole time.
Hayden’s fever lasted for three days and three nights. During these three days, William stayed in the ward the whole time and even grew thinner.
He felt bad every time he saw Hayden, and he had been reflecting on what he had done wrong.
Savannah was vicious and shameless, and she was also an accomplice in his mother’s murder, so he had all the reasons to not help her.
Charles was not a good man either. William could ignore the times he was schemed against by him. However, he killed his own wife, so Andrew would not let him go and he had no reason to let him go either.
In the criteria of reason, justice and law, Savannah and Charles were unforgivable for their crimes.
On the bed, Hayden’s lips were dry and cracked, so William dipped a cotton swab in water to dab at his chapped lips. Footsteps came from outside the door, and Marcus came in. “Sir, the police found Ashley’s corpse in the reservoir in the countryside. It’s already rotting.”