Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 314

Tears streamed down my face as I shook my head, my heart aching for Colin.

"Do you know why... Henry bailed you out but refuses to let you near the Langley Group?" Colin's laughter was cold, tinged with a trace of bitterness.

His arms were restrained, the blood at the corner of his mouth a stark contrast to his pallid complexion.

"Because... aside from you, he has another son, a shining star in finance from Sea City State University, the real... clean, unblemished heir," Colin said, his laughter taking on a carnivorous edge.

From the start, Julian was just a pawn Henry was prepared to sacrifice.

I wasn't fully clued in on the Langley family dynamics, but Julian's sudden breakdown, his aggression towards me and Colin, must have been sparked by something.

If Henry's people were behind this, they would have just killed us in the car crash, not gone to the trouble of kidnapping us.

"So the old man's sacrificing his pawn to save his king, huh... Thinks he can pin all the sins on me?" Julian sneered.

he had realized he was just a

pushing us to take out Samuel Langley, to take out Brendan Langley... Then sitting back as father and son tore each

he actually afraid of

Colin was a drifter all

with fear as he gripped his bat tighter. "All I have to do is kill

my hands working the ropes behind my back. "Julian! What are you thinking? Colin's been drifting; he couldn't possibly have plotted against you! The Langley family has reaped what

yanked my hair. "Since he's a madman, I'm

as he struggled violently. "Julian! It's me you want. I masterminded this, and I targeted the

he was cornered. Without the Langley Group to launder his image, he'd always remain Henry's dark pawn, forever in service to Henry's

live on the edge of a

don't you?" Julian's bat hovered over my

caught in terror at

like a cornered beast on a fierce surge of adrenaline. "Julian... touch her and I swear, I swear I'll make you

an eyebrow. "Show me what you've

high and brought it