Back in the conference room at Thompson Group, Shane was in the middle of a meeting when Silas entered the room. He walked towards Shane and bent down, speaking softly, “Mr. Shane, you have a call from Ms. Smith.”

“What's the matter?” Shane called for a pause in the meeting as he turned his attention to Silas.

Silas shook his head, replying, “I don't know. I haven't picked up.”

“Here, give it to me.” Shane took the phone from Silas.

Shane announced that the meeting would be postponed before he stepped out of the conference room to answer the call.

He placed the phone at his ear as he answered the call. “Hey, what's up?”

Natalie's voice drifted through the phone, but she appeared to be asking someone a question instead of talking to him. “Who sent you here? What are you trying to do?”

Her fear was evident in her tone; Shane could tell she was in trouble as his grip tightened on the phone. His expression had turned murderous and cold.

Now he realized that she was calling for help. Biting back his tongue, he suppressed his anger and concern as he listened quietly to the situation.

As long as I know where she is, I can go and save her.

Natalie didn't know if anyone had answered her call. She watched the thugs cautiously, her shoulders taut with tension.

back. They smiled at her sinisterly. “What are we doing? Of course, we're here to stop you from

court?” Natalie's

expect you to get it right on your first guess. In that case, there's no point in hiding it from you. You're right; he

were talking, the thugs stepped forward, making a grabbing motion at

lifted her hands to

the

calling someone for help! Quick, grab

end of the phone, Shane realized Natalie's call had been discovered, and his heart sank. In a last-ditch attempt to discover her whereabouts, he asked hurriedly, “Natalie, where are

Shane's voice, Natalie's eyes began to fill

of her hands. As she looked on in alarm, one of the thugs hurled her

widened as she shouted, rushing forward to

threw her phone on the ground stepped

slapped Natalie as he barked ferociously, “You b*tch! How dare you call

fell from the sheer force of the slap. Her cheek immediately began to swell, while her

her injured state, they covered her mouth and nose and tied up her limbs. They quickly fled the

towards the operations department with a dark

what's going on?” Silas huffed as he rushed

arms bulged. Working hard to keep his worry from spiraling out of control, he answered simply,

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