Chapter 351 Zev's Little Trick

"If we die here today, at least we'll have each other on the way to the afterlife. I'm scared of the dark. Caden burst into tears.

He didn't want to die.

Clang! A metal pipe hit the ground outside, followed by the door swinging open. The flames flared up for a moment, making everyone jump.

"Get out now! Hurry!" Zev shouted from outside.

Kelly scrambled to her feet and ran straight into Zev's arms.

"I'm fine..." Zev muttered, with signs of burns on his neck.

"Go!"

They rushed through the thick smoke and made it to the lobby-only to realize that Julian Sommer was missing.

"Where's Julian?" Zev asked, scanning the room.

"He's still inside!" Kasper panicked.

Julian was the youngest son of a major figure at Horizon Bank. If anything happened to him...

"Zev!"

Before Kelly could react, Zev had already dashed back into the thick smoke. She instinctively tried to run after him, but Charles and Caden held her back.

...

"Kelly, he's not just saving Julian-he's saving himself and you," Caden said in a low voice, gripping her tightly. "From the moment he decided to return to Seaville and take over the company, he's wanted to be your salvation. You're the reason he keeps going."

Caden knew exactly why Zev was so desperate.

He wasn't close to Julian, but he had to save him.

Because saving Julian meant securing the powerful backing behind him.

to surpass Shawn-even if it

stood frozen, listening to the sounds outside-the

collapsing! Get out now!" the firefighters shouted as they

screamed toward

He won't die.

bullets and

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351 Zev's

Zev?" Oscar rushed over, his gaze

pointed toward the

hadn't

hours ago said someone

taken aback. Zev had known someone was following him

tables, but he never expected the other side to be so ruthless, locking them in

arrived in Scaville, his bold moves

couldn't resort to Shawn's underhanded methods, so he had

as to try to kill them all. "Is anyone injured?" Oscar turned to check on the others, then paused as something clicked in his mind and he looked back at Kelly. "We received an alert-someone started the fire. The security footage was cut off, but the

breath quickened as she

all these years, there was finally some progress on

her. "Don't worry. We'll

Caden shouted toward the

around and saw Zev, covered in soot, carrying Julian on his

"Get an ambulance!"

exhaustion, his legs injured, likely because he had

took Julian away, and Zev, looking disheveled, sat down on the steps,

raised his hand to protect his

strike him.

pulled him into a tight embrace.

It hurts," Zev gasped, unable to hold himself up any longer and collapsing

combination of exhaustion and alcohol left him

move.

Finished

Sat, 24 May

351 Zev's

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