Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 1695: The power of love

"No, it's not them, sir. It was someone else."

The commander studied the man quietly. "Are you sure?"

"Yes." The staff looked at the photos again, then met the commander's eyes. "I'd know if it was one of them-but it's neither."

"I see." The commander tilted his head, slipping the photos back into his vest.

As he tucked them away, he gave a glance to one of the men standing beside the chair before turning to walk off.

"Sir, I've said everything I know," the staff member said. "Please, just let me go—"

BANG!

The commander stopped mid-step and glanced over his shoulder. All he saw was a thin wisp of smoke rising from a muzzle behind the chair-and the staff's body slumped lifelessly to the floor. Blood crawled out beneath him, forming a growing pool.

No one reacted. They'd seen this kind of thing before. freewebnovel.com

"Jonathan certainly found loyal allies," the commander muttered as he resumed walking out of the vault.

The men followed behind, leaving the corpse without a second glance. This underground space would serve as a tomb-at least until the stench began to rise.

As the commander stepped out of the vault, another man was waiting for him. "Commander," the armed officer said, falling in beside him. "Our team found data on the owner of the club. It appears he fled the country shortly after the incident involving Jonathan Pierson."

The commander's jaw tightened. News of Jonathan's attack hadn't even reached the public yet. Not a single article had surfaced-thanks to the Pierson Family's efforts to shut everything down.

"Any footage of who accessed the vault before us?" he asked.

"All recordings from the relevant time frame were professionally deleted, sir," the officer replied. "Our team tried to recover them, but we were too late."

The commander's expression soured. "That fox... seems he really thought of every angle."

deleting footage normally and having an expert wipe it clean. The latter

the surrounding area. Jonathan's people wouldn't have been able to

on it, sir," the man confirmed, following one

group that followed the secret passage? And the

on our estimates, we've figured out where the secret path

and turned

side. Our men are

The commander nodded and continued walking toward the exit, heading to where the passage

they could still intercept the intruders. The chances were low-but even a one percent chance

commander and his escort stepped into the narrow back alley-where several men were already waiting—another subordinate approached. He whispered something

"Let's go."

pulled into the alleyway. The group boarded and made their way to the building connected to the suspected exit

stopped in front of a

and a karaoke bar. The commander stepped in front of

and

where another team stood in front of

a single

signal, all three teams made their moves. The commander's group marched into the love

same time, in the

CREAK...

crawled up and scanned the area. Without a word, he stepped off

the rest on standby. The space was too cramped for all of them to

instructing the others to pause. Meanwhile, the

the door. His grip on the weapon was firm, muzzle pointed downward.

turned toward the closed

out and tried the handle-it was locked. Quietly, he

keycard and slid it into the narrow gap

Tak...

into place. He looked to the second man, who stepped aside to give him space. Glancing down, he spotted the rest of the team still at the hatch,

up one