Revenge Of The Jilted Bride

Jilted Bride 108

Chapter 108

In the night, Ophelia arrived at Avalon Port Dock. It was Dellands largest shipping dock, which was filled with containers and transport trucks. Though there weren't many cargo ships docked this season, finding someone here was task Ophelia had called Eric several more times, but his phone was dill off.

no easy

z but

Chloe had sent Ophelia the surveillance footage. According to the timestamp, Eric had been here early this morning I might have already left by now.

Ophelia wasn't driving fast. She carefully matched the locations in the footage with the scenes in front of her.

Up ahead was the checkpoint. Two security guards stopped Ophelia. "Sorry, Miss, you can't drive any further. This is the unloading area, and you can't enter without a work permit."

"Oh" Ophelia nodded, glancing ahead one more time. She felt the place in the surveillance footage was just beyond. What was Eric doing here she thought

Just then, the lights on the dock suddenly flared up. A cargo ship was slowly docking and six or seven luxury cars sped past Ophelia raring through the checkpoint and stopping in the open space in front of the containers. Ophelia lingered a few more minutes, pretending it was difficult to turn around while keeping an eye on the situation ahead

After the cars parked, about twenty or thirty bodyguards dressed in black stepped out, making quite the scene.

Initially, Ophelia was just curious, but then she looked upward and saw a lean figure standing atop a container.

The young man, dressed in black, had his long hair tied up, blowing in the seaside breeze. In one swift move, he leaped down

Suddenly, the sounds of fighting erupted

Gunshots echoed across the open dock, sharp and unmistakable in the empty space.

The two guards who had stopped Ophelia quickly ducked for cover.

"Damn it!" Ophelia cursed, tossing her phone aside as she floored the gas pedal, crashing through the barrier.

as Ophelia frantically searched

plowed through the group of bodyguards in

for the first time, Ophelia truly understood what it meant to be in a hail of

window. "Get in she yelled. If she

with the back of his hand, trying to push himself up with one knee, only to collapse again. "W-watch out." he

out a gun tucked inside. She unbuckled her

streaming down Eric's pant leg, and

barely managed to drag Eric into the

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the gun with both hands, but just as fast, countless guns were aimed

rolled up, its blinding headlights

walked toward Ophelia, backlit by the harsh light. All she could make out

over, and we won't hurt you," the man said. His voice was rough, like someone who'd had his throat cut during puberty

He was a middle-aged man with a thick beard, around forty years

left hand as her right slammed the car door shut, keeping

on the ring on Ophelia's ring finger. He then took a closer look at the gun she was holding and the car she was driving.

thought. She was a bit stunned, unsure if he was being serious. She kept her gun raised, not daring to lower

His men exchanged confused looks and wondered

them leave, he commanded again. Only then did the bodyguards reluctantly lower

the driver's side, jumped into the car, started the engine, and sped off without a second thought, as if afraid they might change

took just injured a bunch of our men And just like that, they let her go! "Shut up." Ray snapped, pulling out his phone.

Kenneth frowned slightly. A second later,

closer, I saw the ring on her hand. It's

feel

the dial tone, suddenly full of self-doubt.

SUV sped down the

pale, his lips drained of any color, and his

wouldn't come All she could do was lower