Chapter 140

The driver returned to the hotel, and upon arrival, Manuel gave him 2,000 dollars. The driver was overjoyed and couldn’t stop smiling.

Back at the hotel on the upper floor, they prepared to pack their luggage and check out. The hotel staff was cleaning the rooms and, upon seeing them enter, hastily handed each of them a bottle of water.

Manuel was thirsty, and he opened the bottle and drank it all in one go.

Wayne and Simon also finished their water quickly. Oliver only drank half a bottle before proceeding to pack his luggage.

Wayne and Simon offered to help pack, but as they rushed to the room, Wayne suddenly had a bad feeling. He turned to look at the female staff member cleaning the room and stammered, “You… you…”

Then, Wayne, Simon, Manuel and Oliver fell down one after another.

It was uncertain how much time had passed when Oliver slowly regained consciousness. He opened his eyes, still feeling a bit dizzy.

After a while, Oliver’s mind gradually cleared. He smelled a faint fragrance and realized that the room was unfamiliar

Where was he?

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It took Oliver a while to piece together his memory. He remembered that they were in the hotel, packing their luggage, and then…

Then there was nothing more, as if Oliver’s memory had been cut off.

Did Oliver’s memory really have a gap?

Oliver tried hard to recall and only remembered that they drank a bottle of mineral water in the hotel room, and then..

Suddenly, it dawned on Oliver. All four of them had drunk a bottle of mineral water given by the hotel staff, and then they had all collapsed.

involved in something

day, even the lowest-tier hotels were generally safe. Such occurrences as drugging customers were rare. Yet, why had they all passed out

the reason for their fainting was indeed the water provided

room, he found it peculiar. The room exuded an understated yet luxurious atmosphere. There were large floor-to-ceiling windows, and as

1,000. square feet outside, adorned with a

was…

Oliver found a walk-in closet to the left, and on the right, an array of storage/compartments. As he moved around, his footsteps triggered LED lights within

items, including bags from brands like Louis

Oliver cast his gaze further, he spotted an entire row of jewelry storage compartments, all

widened as

worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single piece, and they were all

side of the walk-in closet, behind the glass doors, Oliver

value of these items, Oliver realized that the jewelry, fashion, and accessories in both sides of the closet and storage compartments were worth at least 1 million dollars, if not

household, and it appeared to

these fashions and accessories here are for a

skipped a beat, and he suddenly recalled the lady who had pursued him on their way

behind

wasn’t a high-rise building below but an intricate three-story villa estate with mountains, water, and forests. The entire estate spanned an area of at least 30,000 to

terms of size, design, and opulence, this mansion

a place that

door opened, and someone walked

“Jenifer… Who are you?

instinctively thought that Jenifer had entered, but the person who walked in was not Jenifer. Instead, it was a lady in her late twenties, beautiful in appearance,

are Oliver, right? What do you do? I heard you are highly

but asked calmly, “Who are you?” Why am I here? Where is

asked, “I asked you first. Don’t think just because my little sister is interested in you, you can be one of

realized that Jenifer was behind

he no longer felt the need to be polite. He said coldly to the lady, “I think you’ve misunderstood. No matter how rich your Woods family is, I have no intention of becoming one of it. I don’t need money. Even if I were penniless, I still wouldn’t enter your Woods family, even if

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