Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 1266 You Oppose the Smith Family for Her

As Lawrence drove frantically to the Montague Group, he was informed that Raymond had left just ten minutes earlier to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for one of their new subsidiaries.

Lawrence immediately redirected his car, racing across town, but when he arrived, Raymond was nowhere to be found. The realization dawned on him—he'd been played. His expression darkened as a text from Raymond lit up his phone:

His expression darkened as a text from Raymond lit up his phone: [The winner gets Tessa. I've announced this across all of Vistalia. The betting pool has reached $30 billion. Her opponent? The 'Orangutan King' you know his reputation in the ring. With his size, Tessa wouldn't survive two nights in his hands.]

The Orangutan King was aptly named-standing nearly nine feet tall, built like a mountain. Someone as delicate as Tessa wouldn't survive a single night if he claimed his prize.

Lawrence slumped in his seat, quickly booking a flight to Vistalia. The acquisition battle with Raymond suddenly seemed trivial-he needed to stop this madness.

His heart pounded as he called Raymond, wondering who had emboldened him to such recklessness. This move would make enemies of the entire Smith family. Even with the underground fighting circuit's considerable influence, a war with the Smiths would benefit no one.

answered with cold indifference. "What

you understand the consequences of

in his lap, cigarette between his fingers, surrounded by associates. He laughed. "Mr. Smith, if I cared about consequences, I wouldn't be doing this. You thought I didn't know about your collaboration with Christopher? He's my brother-I still have some

putting yourself in the crosshairs throughout Vistalia. Release Tessa now, and we can pretend this never happened." "Mr. Smith, if you're trying to talk me out of this, don't bother." Raymond hung up. Lawrence stared at his phone in disbelief, realizing Raymond was deadly serious. He tried calling the Smith family, but couldn't get through-as long as he remained in Silver Bay City, Raymond could monitor his every

in Silver Bay City, the acquisition of Smith family subsidiaries proceeded smoothly

targeted Luminary Holdings Ltd- Abigail's family

to Silver Bay City to host Christopher's welcome party, expecting him to take the CEO position and for Raymond to be cast aside. Instead, Raymond had boldly moved

the entire

sought Abigail's intervention. She called Raymond,

how she'd nearly killed

descended on

need to bring Raymond back to the table," they urged Abigail. "We can work through any misunderstandings before this