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

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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

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

Ophelia truly understood what it meant to be

rolled down the passenger window. "Get in she yelled. If she

eyes. He wiped the blood from his mouth with the back of his hand, trying to push himself up with one knee,

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

Eric's pant leg, and more was gushing from

drag Eric into the

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Chapter 108

with both hands, but just as fast, countless guns were aimed back at

blinding headlights making

a figure slowly walked toward Ophelia, backlit by the harsh light. All she could make out were the man's

rough, like someone who'd had his

she finally saw the man before her. He was a middle-aged man with a thick beard,

in her left hand as her right slammed the car door

He then took a closer look at the gun she was holding and the car

she thought. She was a bit stunned, unsure if he was being serious.

ordered coldly. His men exchanged confused looks and wondered what was going

he commanded again. Only then did the bodyguards reluctantly lower

Ophelia wasted no time. She quickly darted to the driver's side, jumped into the car, started the engine, and sped off without a second thought, as if

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 here. The cargo's fine. A few of our guys got hurt, but the one who attacked was rescued. And the person who did

A second later, his low, icy voice cut

the car. When I got closer, I saw the ring on her hand. It's yours. So, I let them

time, let her feel

call ended abruptly, leaving Ray listening to the dial tone, suddenly full of self-doubt.

black SUV sped down the

pale, his lips drained of any color, and his hand, soaked in blood, was pressed tightly

but the words wouldn't come All she could do was lower the

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