The Billionaire's Mistake

MISTAKE 197

Chapter 107: Tension

Confusion quickly gave way to fear as the severity of the situation became clear. By standing there, the message was clear. No one would be leaving until Stella Grey was recovered.

The team leader, a tall, broad-shouldered man with a clean shaven head and cold eyes, strode to the center of the ballroom.

He pulled a menacing-looking rifle from the holster on his back and pointed it to the floor, before looking around the crowd.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that this event is now on lockdown," he announced in a tone that brokered no argument.

"No one will be permitted to leave these premises until our security team has completed a full sweep and resolved the situation. Do not move around or risk getting shot," he said. The crowd could only nod mutely.

The guests could only stay still. They did not want to get in the way not be implicated.

It was clear this was a large scale operation.

When Maria saw the men, she knew these were James' personal team. She could not help but

frown.

Did James come with them to the hotel? When? From the looks of it, they were always here.

From the corner of her eyes, she spotted Elena looking unperturbed and even looking around with slight glee.

Maria knew that Elena had always loved her son. But James was never interested. Why did she look as though she knew the inside story? That is the look of someone who participated in this fiasco.

A thought suddenly crossed Maria's mind and she paled. Maria knew her godson well, there was no way he did not expect this. Did this mean he knew Stella would be taken? Or did he set it up? She felt like cursing out loud. No, there is no way he would use his wife as bait, right? Maria was really worried now. If James was not really interested in saving his wife, she would die in the hotel.

Maria felt a headache suddenly come over her. What was her son thinking?

Drama like this was easy to

underground communities.

and it was making it's

Chapter 197 Tension

Grey now, they had time on

that the Green family had blocked their own gala, barricading their

their cellphones and some of them were communicating with

Stella slowly regained consciousness, her eyes fluttering open into near total darkness. She blinked rapidly, trying to get her bearings as her head throbbed painfully. Where was she? The last thing she remembered was greeting guests at the Hotel ballroom then going to change her clothes before everything went

senses readjusted, she realized she was tightly bound and lying on a hard

sounds of voices nearby, two people seemingly arguing

whispers.

are bloody surrounded and the communications have been cut off," one

The whole place is on lock down," one

hissed.

voice responded gruffly. "Well of course. Did you think it was going to be easy? Just stay calm and wait for the

on her that she had been abducted from the ball,

and legs, trying to loosen

ran through her head and her

She was bait?

that she had agreed to be useful to him as long as he protects

this from the beginning? He had planned this long before bringing her on the hotel. She had already come to terms with this being her

if she guessed right, some of James's men on the hotel know

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like a

awake!" The

form until she could make out the shadowy silhouettes of two figures towering over

mocking female voice sneered down at her. The assailant's face was covered from her

merchandise. Lock her

"Merchandise?" Stella asked.

leaned down, her face filled with contempt. "You're our bargaining chip now. Let's. see how your husband behaves

she knew, James would probably be able to find her easily. "You'll never get