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

gas pedal to the floor, Ophelia plowed through the group of bodyguards in

the car, and for the first time, Ophelia truly understood what it meant to be in

down the passenger window. "Get in she yelled. If she hadn't been driving

eyes. He wiped the blood from his mouth with the

out a gun tucked inside. She unbuckled her seatbelt and jumped over to the passenger seat,

blood was streaming down Eric's pant leg, and more was

drag Eric into the car when the group of bodyguards surrounded

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with both hands, but just as fast,

car rolled up, its blinding headlights making it

bodyguards parted, clearing a path as a figure slowly walked toward Ophelia, backlit by

voice was rough, like someone who'd had his throat cut during puberty and never fully recovered, carrying a gritty

saw the man before her. He was a middle-aged man with a thick beard, around forty years old. His sharp, hawk-like eyes fixed

the gun in her left hand as her right

moment, the bearded man paused as his gaze landed on the ring on Ophelia's ring finger. He then took a closer look at the gun she was holding and

in. The mafia is this easygoing? she thought. She was a bit stunned, unsure if he was being serious. She kept her gun raised, not

ordered coldly. His men exchanged confused looks

leave, he commanded again. Only then did

started the engine, and sped off without a second thought, as if afraid they might change their

woman? The guy she took just injured a bunch of our men And just like that, they let her go! "Shut up." Ray snapped, pulling out his phone. His expression softened slightly, but a hint of menace remained. "Mr. Sinclair, we've got a situation

frowned slightly. A second later, his low, icy

the car. When I got closer, I

Next time, let her feel a

listening to the dial tone, suddenly full of self-doubt. He thought, "What did I

SUV sped down the empty

over at Eric in the passenger seat. His face was pale, his lips drained of any color, and his hand, soaked in blood, was pressed tightly against his abdomen. His chest was

say something, but the words wouldn't come All she could do was lower the window, letting the cold. wind rush