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.

messages and it was making it's round

Chapter 197 Tension

of James Grey now, they had time

to spread outside the hotel, that the Green family had blocked their own gala,

their cellphones and some of them were

throbbed painfully. Where was she? The last thing she remembered

readjusted, she realized she was tightly bound and lying on a hard floor. Her heart started racing

could make out the faint sounds of voices nearby, two people seemingly arguing in

whispers.

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

know she's missing! The whole place is

hissed.

"Well of course. Did you think it was going

that she had been abducted from the ball, and her captors

legs, trying to loosen them she recalled

thought ran through her head and

She was bait?

him as long as he protects her, but after all this while, she

the beginning? He had planned this long before bringing her on the hotel. She had already come to terms with this being her only use, but why did it still

knew and if she guessed right, some of James's men on the hotel know too. How far did

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like a

awake!" The

could make out the shadowy silhouettes of

Sleeping Beauty," a mocking female voice sneered down at her. The assailant's face was

goad the merchandise. Lock her

"Merchandise?" Stella asked.

our bargaining chip now. Let's. see how your husband behaves when the person he cares most about

trying to make sense of this nightmare, but one thing she knew, James would probably be able to find her easily. "You'll never get