“Therefore, you’ve got no choice but to obey me.”

“Great, just great! It looks like you won this round, Mr. Fairchild.” Winnie wore a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.

Xavier threw her a frosty glare. “Watch your tongue. I don’t want to hear you uttering a single word about my wife.”

Conversely, Winnie couldn’t be bothered to entertain him. Who’s his wife? Dream on!

In no time, Xavier gave Louis a call. “Withdraw twenty million from my personal account and change them into gold bars. Do it now, right this instant!”

After quickly ending the call, he immediately made another call. “Order all the bodyguards in Teams 1 and 2 to be on standby.”

By then, the man finally finished giving out instructions.

Winnie had also successfully sent out the message she had typed to Christopher.

Having turned off her phone screen, she eyed Xavier. “Are you sure you don’t want to lodge a police report?”

“Lodging a police report will easily anger the kidnappers, making it more likely that the hostage will be killed. I don’t like such a possibility.”

Winnie snickered derisively. “That’s true. How could you possibly bear to see Ms. White die when she’s as pretty as a picture? How ironic that you just declared having a wife a while ago, Mr. Fairchild.”

“What are you trying to say? Get one thing clear—even if it’s a dog belonging to me, I won’t allow it to be harmed by someone else!”

“Yeah, not to mention your first love,” Winnie added with a smirk.

That had Xavier flying into a rage. “You’d best stop while you’re ahead!”

Winnie was utterly amused. He isn’t even allowing me to speak the truth now?

Just when she was about to riposte, her phone dinged.

It was Christopher having replied to her message.

Sweeping a gaze over her phone screen, Xavier glimpsed Christopher’s name.

you texting? You didn’t lodge a police report, did you?”

someone lodging a police report by texting, Mr. Fairchild? Never, yes? I’m just chatting with my husband about trivial stuff. Do you

your private life. I don’t care what

told, Yulissa’s

she said in the video that she went to the bar to

the bar that night. Instead, she went back to her place after throwing a

her from the bar. Despite being the victim, her testimony aligned with the kidnapper’s statement. It was as though they had gotten their stories straight

if they were co-conspirators and colluded to blackmail him, twenty million was a pittance. Furthermore, she even

That didn’t make sense.

idea of the perplexity within and merely texted Christopher about the

be careful. That aside, he promised to make

half hours later, Louis appeared with a massive suitcase

bars, weighing more than a

Mr. Xavier. The bodyguards in Teams 1 and 2 are ready to set out anytime. Here’s a bulletproof

the least, for he

up, the kidnapper also called

mechanical voice that had been processed through a voice

license plate of XXXX. Drive our car over. There’s a walkie-talkie in the car. After getting into the car, we’ll contact you through the

the first person who dares speak to me in

kidnapper, he said to Winnie beside him, “Let’s

he hung up the

rendered speechless,

cases around me, but he’s probably the first person in the world to

reached the underground parking lot and found the car mentioned by

into the car, Winnie checked the car over. Soon,

and electronic jammers in the car. We probably won’t be

had been specially modified, however, so that pathetic interference had no effect on

He merely

professional, Ms. Houghton. I’m all the more curious as to who exactly you are. Are you a police

Mr. Fairchild.

Winnie circled over and climbed into the driver’s seat. Meanwhile, Xavier sat in the

the car drove out of

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