“F*ck! How dare he!” Richard cursed and comforted William. “I’ll arrange for someone to go over. Don’t worry, I’ll handle it for you.”
William opened the door and got in the car. When he started the car, he calmly told Richard, “Hardy’s target is me, not Valeria. He’s leading me into the trap. If I don’t go, he will definitely do something to her. In order to prevent her from getting hurt, I have to go even though I know that it’s a trap.”
“Son of a b*tch, I won’t let him off the hook! I’ll kidnap his sister right away so we can exchange hostages,” Richard stomped his feet angrily.
“Well, his sister isn’t that important, I’m more concerned about Valeria right now. It’s important to find her first. You should arrange for men to investigate it immediately. I’ve already found the location to go to, so I’ll go over right away. If something happens to me, please help me manage the company, I’ve left my wills with Michael. In the worst case scenario, you two have to help me manage things in the future.”
“Don’t jinx it! What nonsense are you talking about? Your wife will be safe, and you too!”
“I’m just warning you first, I’m going now. You better hurry up too! Please make sure my wife is safe. Thanks, dude!”
After hanging up the phone, William sped away from the city. Halfway there, he received a call from Marcus, “I’ve located Miss Brown’s phone and car location. They’re in the southeast, more than 100 kilometers away from the city area.”
“Okay, I’ll go and chase down her car right away. Hardy’s men must be keeping an eye on me right now, so I have to act like I’m chasing them. You arrange a few search teams. Since Hardy kidnapped Valeria with such a big fanfare, there must be some evidence left. First, check the traffic flow two hours before Valeria got out of the city, we’ll look for the kidnappers like that.”
“William, Hardy must have arranged someone to deal with you, please be careful!”
“I know, I’ll be careful.”
In the hospital, Hardy’s assistant, Bevan, rushed out of the elevator into the ward. He entered the ward and closed the door while lowering his voice, “Mr. Anthony, William took the bait!”
“Is that so?” A happy smile appeared on Hardy’s face, “Is everything prepared on the other side?”
“Everything’s ready! Mr. Anthony, are you really going to do that?” Bevan was a little worried.
“I have to! William and I have always been hostile to each other. In the future, we will continue being enemies. It’s already very difficult for me to deal with William alone with no possibility of success. If Richard, Michael, the Saunders family, and the Howard family gang up on us, we’ll be defeated. If I don’t do it now, he will get the best of me. There’s nothing else I can do.”
Hardy took a deep breath and said, “Now is the best time, Hayden has full control of William. Otherwise, I won’t have any chance at all. If I miss this opportunity, I won’t be able to do it again, okay?”
“If something happens to William, you’ll be the first suspect. They won’t let it go so easily!” Bevan reminded him.
“It’s okay, Valeria is in my hands, and Raelyn has the medicine. As long as she takes the medicine and only remembers me, things will be different. If I marry her, the Saunders family will ally with me. If I join forces with the Saunders family to deal with Richard, the Howard family, and Michael, it won’t be so difficult anymore.”
Seeing that Hardy was so determined, Bevan could not say anything more. Hardy said earnestly, “This is my last chance, so I have to make it a success. I’ll never have another if I lose this one.”
Bevan nodded and called him again to confirm the arrangement. Then, he hung up and told him, “It’s foolproof, we’ll do it when William gets there!”
“That’s good! I can’t wait!” The smile on Hardy’s face was even brighter. “Where is Valeria now? They didn’t do any harm to her, right?”
“Nope, Miss Brown is only temporarily unconscious, so there won’t be any problems. They’ve already handed her over to another group of people, and they’re arranging to send her out of the city.”
“That’s good, Paisley has already gotten the medicine from Raelyn. Go and find her so that you can give Valeria a pill first. When I’m done dealing with William, I’ll go see her.”
“Okay,” Bevan agreed and turned to leave, but Hardy stopped him again. “Paisley will soon find out about William, but she’s too obsessed with him, so she’ll definitely lose control of her emotions if she finds out about his death. Get someone to keep an eye on her. If anything goes wrong, knock her out!”
“Yes sir!”
Paisley and Talitha were sitting in a pavilion in the mountains, waiting for news. They had been waiting for several hours.
The sun was burning hot, Talitha anxiously took a sip of water and asked, “Paisley, I don’t know what’s going on now, did something go wrong?”
“It won’t. I’ll make a phone call to ask about it.” As she was about to make a phone call, Bevan called, “Miss, it’s almost settled. Ask Talitha to start pretending to be injured, I’ll arrange someone to pick you up right away.”
“Really?” She was very happy.
“Where’s William?” She asked in reply.
“He’s gone after them, and they’re ready to knock him unconscious when they see him. Now, ask Talitha to get everything ready.”
She hung up the phone happily and took out a bottle of fake blood, “Talitha, it’s done, let’s start the act.”
“Where is Valeria? I want to know about her,” she asked bitterly.
“She’s now unconscious and has been sent away.”
“Ask them to mess up her face, okay?” She was extremely vicious, “I want to see how she’ll react when she wakes up and finds out that she became an ugly monster.”
Paisley knew that it was impossible to mess up Valeria’s face, but in order to appease Talitha to cooperate with acting, she went along with it and said, “Don’t worry, they will definitely do as you said.”
Then, they started their act. Paisley poured the fake blood on Talitha’s legs and face and messed up her hair with dirt, she also tore up the clothes on her body. After doing all this, Bevan’s bodyguards came up.
Talitha was escorted down the mountain by them. When she was halfway down the mountain, she saw Natasya, holding a cell phone in her hand and staring down below. Several searches and rescue team members were carrying Raymond, who was unconscious.
Paisley called Natasya on purpose, and she turned towards her head with red eyes. When she saw Talitha pretending to be unconscious on the stretcher, she pretended to cry again.
Paisley hypocritically tried to comfort her, “Talitha will be fine, I will send her to the hospital for treatment with the bodyguards right away. You can stay here and wait for Raymond and go to the hospital with him.”
“Alright, you should get going!”
After watching them leave, Natasya picked up her phone and called Raelyn, “Mom, where are you? Why haven’t you come over yet?”
“I’m already here, and I met your uncle and aunt at the foot of the mountain, we’re about to go up. By the way, your cousin Valeria is missing. What should we do?”