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At the same time, Lucas–who had just left the villa–also received a text. Of course he had Morgan’s number.
“If you won’t show mercy, don’t blame me for being ruthless. This daughter of mine is no longer a tool I can use at will anyway. If you all force me into a corner, I’ll use her to make a big score.
“You care about her so much, right? Then she stays as my bargaining chip. Try to kill me, and I’ll drag her down with me! Lucas, you drove me into this. No one will have it easy now. Either meet all my demands, or I take her and disappear.”
Lucas crumpled the cigarette between his fingers. He didn’t even notice the burn.
How dare that bastard threaten him with Ariel? Something had obviously gone wrong. But Morgan hadn’t told him his location.
Lucas‘ face was drained of color. He ran straight for the garage.
Wendy walked in with a reserved card just as Lucas was heading out. She couldn’t think of anyone else who could make him look that tense.
She had come to plead with him to take her back. Now, seeing him possibly leaving for someone else, she hurried over and clutched him tightly. “Lucas, I can explain everything. Please, just hear me out. We’ve been together so long. I’ll do whatever you say.”
She started to cry and lifted onto tiptoe to kiss him, but Lucas shoved her off with a dark scowl. “Get out.”
“Lucas! If you go after her, I’ll kill myself!” Wendy had lost all reason. She trembled all over.
Lucas didn’t even glance back. His words were harsh. “Do whatever you want. Don’t expect me to attend your funeral.” Get full chapters from.net
The engine roared to life, and he sped away.
Wendy collapsed to the floor.
She had resorted to extreme measures to get close to him once, all because she had loved him too much.
She had schemed and planned for so long and still lost. After all these years, she still couldn’t beat Ariel for the place in his heart.
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Ariel felt dizzy. When she opened her eyes, she realized she was dangling from the edge of an unfinished building.
A coarse rope had been tied around her waist and abdomen, cutting so tight that she thought the blood might stop. She could barely breathe.
When she looked down, cold sweat broke out all over her.
The abandoned structure had no guardrails. The rope hung from a rusted rebar overhead. The night wind made
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her body swing, and the fear of falling tightened around her like a vise.
She turned and saw Morgan’s terrifying face.
“Ari, don’t look at me like that. I don’t want to do this, but Lucas and Jayson won’t give me a way out. I have no choice.”
His gaze was hard and cruel when he said that. The mask of a doting father had been ripped away.
If Lucas hadn’t told him, Morgan might never have known Jayson was the one who had orchestrated Sanderson Group’s downfall.
With Sanderson Group ruined, Morgan had lost his leverage, and he knew Lucas wouldn’t go easy on him. With no way out, he had chosen Ariel as his lifeline.
Ariel’s forehead beaded with cold sweat. She tried to steady him. “Tell me what you want. We can talk this out. You don’t have to go down this road.”
Morgan stared at her. “Don’t play that with me. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be in this mess. But I should thank you. Because of you, I still have something to bargain with. Your mother gave birth to a useful chip.”
Ariel had always known Morgan was cold–blooded, but now she saw it in its full extent. Her birth father could really be this monstrously cruel.
Down below, a car screeched to a sudden stop.
Ariel’s head snapped toward the noise. A cloud of dust rose from the Cullinan as it pulled up. A familiar figure had already stepped out.
Her throat tightened. “Jay…”
Footsteps came at speed from behind. When she turned, Morgan was gone.
Jayson looked up like he had felt it.
The night was dark, and the area had almost no lights, but he could see Ariel suspended on the third floor, like she was going to fall at any moment.
His pupils contracted, and his heart skipped a beat.
In that instant, his sanity almost unraveled. “Don’t be scared! I’m coming up!”
He only wanted to get to her. A delay could mean she would fall.
Ariel heard his voice. Using all her strength, she cried out, “Jayson, watch out! Don’t come up!”
The stairwell was pitch black, but Jayson ignored everything. Watching Ariel teeter, he stopped caring about what kind of danger might be waiting inside.
Just as he charged for the stairs, a gust of cold wind slammed into him from behind.
He was still getting used to the darkness and couldn’t see clearly. Before he could react, an ambush struck. A blade sank into the right side of his back.
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Pain swallowed him whole at once. But he reacted instantly, kicking backward with all his strength and sending the attacker sprawling.