In the hospital, Hayden woke up. The sofa was empty and William was nowhere to be seen.
He shouted angrily, “Where is he? Where is William?”
“He had some business to attend to,” Lucas immediately answered him.
“Who agreed to let him go out? That b*stard sneaked out while I was asleep! I’m so mad right now. Call him back immediately!”
Lucas rubbed his hands together and said, “There’s no way to call him back… His phone is in your hands…”
“Can’t you call his assistant? Tell him to come back right away! I can’t believe him!” Lucas laughed bitterly, “Sir Hayden, William won’t be coming back right now, so calling him won’t do anything.”
“Why? Did he go to see Valeria again?”
“No… In fact, something bad happened. Miss Brown was kidnapped, and when William received the news, he immediately left to chase after her. Now he’s hundreds of kilometers away from here.”
“Valeria was kidnapped? Is it confirmed?” He couldn’t believe it, “This must be William’s trick, he’s just trying to trap me.”
“It’s true, she was really kidnapped. Raymond was also injured. The Saunders family is now arranging men to search for her everywhere. It’s a huge mess.”
“Heh heh!” He laughed coldly. “I knew that b*stard was lying to me. What break up? He is just putting on a show and tricking me to look like a fool! If Valeria hadn’t been in trouble, I would’ve been kept in the dark by him. Isn’t she just a woman? Why is he acting like this?”
As Hayden was scolding him angrily, Lucas lowered his head and stayed silent. The more Hayden thought about it, the angrier he became. “No, I can’t let him do as he wishes, I have to think of a way to deal with him. What do you think I should do?”
Lucas remained silent, and he frowned, “Don’t you usually have many ideas? Why are you not saying anything now?”
Of course, Lucas had some tricks up his sleeves. However, William was different and would see through his tricks all the time. Seeing that Hayden was waiting for an answer, he said clumsily, “Why don’t you leave the country for a while and ask him to go with you?”
“That’s a good idea. When he comes back, I’ll tell him that I need to go abroad for treatment so he’ll come with me. I don’t see how Valeria would come along.”
In the ward at the other end of the corridor, Hardy got out of bed and stood in front of the window to answer the phone. He frowned as his subordinate was reporting, “Mr. Anthony, the Saunders family, Richard, and the Wolf Group have all sent men out to search for Valeria. The people we arranged for may not be able to go according to the plan. What should we do now?”
“Didn’t I ask them to leave immediately after taking her? Why haven’t they left Juxemburg after so many hours?” He asked sharply.
“They can’t get out!” The subordinate shouted, “The four high-speed exits in the east, west, north, and south have all been blocked, and the police have been checking one car after another. Our men have all been blocked on the road, if we ask them to send people out now, we’re basically sending them to their graves!”
“What about the path down there?” His heart sank as he asked.
“Those roads below have been blocked as well. Basically, all the roads out of the city have been blocked.”
Hardy was furious, “Is the waterway blocked?”
“Now there’s that left, but we don’t dare to use it, the goal is too big to be reached.” The other side gasped, “Mr. Anthony, she is still in the kidnappers’ hands, and they have been asking to exchange money for the hostage. Why don’t we bring her back and hide her in the city? Juxemburg is big, I don’t believe that anyone will find her.”
“No, we can’t bring her back. She would be safer in their hamds. Before we confirm William’s death, we can’t act rashly.” Hardy rubbed the bridge of his nose, “What about Bevan? Did he join you?”
“No.”
Hardy cursed in a low voice. After he hung up the phone, he called Bevan, “Have you found Paisley? Did you get the medicine?”
“She didn’t give it to me, and she said that there was only one portion, so I can only force her to give it to me through physical means. I have already arranged for someone to send it to you later.”
Things were different from his original plan, Hardy rubbed his forehead and realized that he couldn’t calm down at all.
He suppressed the irritation in his heart and said, “I see. Our target in the southeast hasn’t appeared yet?”
“No, they’re still waiting in the same spot.”
“How come? Judging by the time, he should almost be there already. Did something happen on the way?” He became more and more impatient.
The people he had arranged for had been waiting near the gas station, and it was the location that he picked after careful calculations.
According to his calculations made on William’s car, he would run out of gas near the gas station, so there was only one choice for him: stoping the car for gas.
There were already people waiting for him in the gas station. To prevent accidents, he made extra preparations.
Even if William did not stop for gas, it would not be a problem. He had arranged for another group of people to wait for him further down the road. It didn’t matter if William stopped for gas or not, because he would not be able to escape the traps.
Hardy was extremely impatient, and Bevan called him again. He happily reported to Hardy, “Mr. Anthony, William has appeared.”
“Start the plan! For the sake of safety, we should have a backup plan. Remember, I don’t want to hear any news that he’s alive!”
William used the big trucks to hide his car, but the car that followed closely behind still appeared in his rearview mirror.
He cut into another path and shook off the car that was tailing him. The map showed that the gas station was only five kilometers away, so he decided to stop for gas.
Just as he made up his mind, the two cars behind caught up to him.
William frowned and thought, “They are following me tightly. There’re probably at least three people in each of the cars. I’m not sure if I can win against six people.”
He was in big trouble!
As he thought about it, he saw three familiar vehicles appear in his rearview mirror, one after another. Help was here! He was delighted. His cell phone rang and Lamont called him, “William, I see you! Let’s meet up at the gas station!”
“Okay!” He drove into the gas station without any worries.
William changed paths when he saw Lamont’s car. Natasya’s people who were following him also saw the three vehicles in their rearview mirrors.
If they were asked to deal with William alone, they had a slight chance of winning. However, the circumstances were different now that he had reinforcements.
William’s men were all well-skilled people. If they fought them head-on, they would only end up dead. The bodyguards watched helplessly as William entered the gas station and reported to Natasya, “He entered the gas station, the reinforcements are here too, we can’t do anything about it.”
“B*stard!” Natasya cursed and suddenly remembered something, “Wait, he entered the gas station? Are you sure?”
“I’m sure!”
“Oh no! Hardy’s men are there! D*mn it!” She scolded.