In any case, there were still too many unanswered questions. Yosef couldn't smooth the lines on his forehead.Right then, Nolan said, "You should get some rest, Mr. Fowler Senior. I'll stay on top of everything and give you a full report first thing in the morning.""How could I possibly sleep after something this serious just happened?" Yosef sighed. "Macie's still on the operating table. Have you contacted the nearest hospital? No matter the cost, no matter what it takes, make sure she survives.""I've already contacted them. Our men are still there," Nolan answered.Yosef inquired, "What about Edward? Was he hurt? Tell him to come back.""Mr. Fowler is fine. He was in his wheelchair the entire time, and our bodyguards kept a close eye on him," Nolan responded. "He followed Ms. Smith to the hospital. I doubt we can pull him away. You know how much he values her. He even had two of his ribs broken for her."Yosef sighed after hearing that. He decided to let it go. As long as Edw
"Shall we take you home first, Mr. Hale?" one of the bodyguards asked.Elias lifted his hand to stop him. "Let's follow that ambulance. I want to go to the hospital."The bodyguard obeyed and led the team after it. Meanwhile, Edward was already a step ahead, trailing after the ambulance.The rescue was a complete success. Macie had been rescued, Luca apprehended, and everything else was now in the hands of the police.Yosef received the update almost immediately. After learning that Macie was safe and Elias was the one who had saved her, he frowned.He wondered if this meant that Elias wasn't involved in Macie's abduction. After all, if he was behind it, why would he step in to save her? Perhaps Elias wasn't on Sharon's side. Sharon had hired the hitmen, and Elias had intervened to save Macie. Yet, his secretary had gone to find Macie around 7:00 pm and lured her out…Yosef couldn't make sense of it. Elias' innocence would only be proven once the criminal confessed.At that
Luca hadn't turned his head back yet, and in that split second, Elias made his move. Slipping into Luca's blind spot, he lunged forward and launched a flying kick.His sudden movement caught everyone off guard. Even Edward's eyes widened in surprise. It was the kind of strike that demanded perfect balance and core strength, but Elias pulled it off. His kick landed squarely on Luca.By the time Luca, who was in the middle of the road, realized what was going on, it was too late. Sensing the sudden shift of wind at his ear, he turned his head, only to see a boot hurtling straight at his face. Every nerve in his body urged him to dodge it, but he knew that he was a dead man that night. So, he pulled the trigger first.However, his thoughts lagged behind his reflexes. Before he could pull the trigger, the kick had already smashed into his face.In the blink of an eye, Luca was sent flying and his body tumbled across the ground. Macie went down with him, and his gun slipped out of his
No one dared to move, and the tension hung in the air. Just then, Edward was wheeled over. The second he saw Macie being held at gunpoint, he almost leaped to his feet to rush over. His bodyguard hurriedly held him back and whispered, "He's armed, Mr. Fowler. We can't act recklessly, or Ms. Smith's life will be in danger.""The hostage is still alive. He's using her to threaten us. Our top priority is to keep her safe," added a nearby officer. Edward clenched his jaw when he heard that. When he noticed Macie was unconscious, her head lolling to the side, worry and fear surged through him.He gripped the armrests of his wheelchair so tightly that he almost looked like he wanted to launch himself at the gunman. However, he was afraid that the man would pull the trigger on Macie.Helpless and frustrated, he spotted Elias standing off to the side. "He's with them! Arrest him too, or he'll buy the man time to get away!"The police officer beside him followed his line of sight and
Elias was still on the phone when he heard his bodyguards report that a pileup at the intersection had blocked the road. They were abandoning their cars and running toward him.Before he could respond, he heard the sound of something being dragged across the ground. He whipped his head around and noticed that the SUV was empty. The man who had taken Macie was attempting to whisk her away."Set her down!" Elias demanded before sprinting around the car. Luca heard him and turned sharply, only to find Elias right beside him. A heavy fist came flying at his face. He dropped Macie and barely dodged it, the punch grazing his right cheek. The moment his fist missed its mark, Elias knew that his opponent could fight, so he immediately followed with a fierce kick. Luca staggered back several steps and dodged the blow before regaining his balance and launching a counterattack.The two of them squared off in a no-holds-barred brawl.Elias had spent three years in a military field camp, tr
Sharon pulled out the SIM card that the Hales knew about and tossed it away, keeping only the one she had used to secretly contact Rico. However, when she tried to call Raymond with that number, he still didn't answer. Gritting her teeth, she cursed him for being a useless piece of shit. He had promised her that everything would go off without a hitch, swearing that their operation was foolproof. Yet, he had thrown her under the bus.Still, that did nothing to change her situation. Sharon had fled in the middle of the night and wasted her money.If she had known how things would turn out, she would have converted all that money into cash and taken it with her. Sharon loathed Raymond with every fiber of her being, wishing that he'd be run over by a car and crushed into a mangled mess. That was the only way to vent a fraction of her anger. …At exactly 8:10 pm, on a stretch of highway, the black SUV that had taken Macie had been rammed several times by a Jeep. If the vehicle hadn'