Chapter 244
Robert widened his eyes in surprise when he saw them marching toward him.
“Sir… Mr. Sinclair… Why are you asking them to beat—” His words faded as the mighty fist of one of the large men standing beside him landed on his cheek, causing his head to tilt at a ninety-degree angle.
He let out a loud howl—as the nameless pain could be felt on his face—echoing throughout the room.
Before Robert raised his head, the other man’s fist hit the other side of his cheek with the same force. A roar of pain sounded once again, this time louder than before.
“Arghh p>
The more Robert screamed in agony because of the pain he felt, the stronger the punch landed on his cheeks. It was as if these two men were punching him as punishment for the noise he created.
Gradually, Robert no longer had the energy to cry and scream in pain. Instead, he tasted metal in his mouth, and warm liquid slowly dripped down the edge of his lips and onto the white floor.
’Blood!?’ Robert whispered while wiping the warm liquid in the corner of his lips and was surprised to see so much fresh blood on his palm.
Robert looked up to see Tristan with teary eyes.
“S-Sir, Mr. Sinclair, I will answer you… But please ask your men to stop punching me. ARGHHH He howled while crying in pain as the two men continued to hit him.
Robert can’t do anything now. He can only try to endure the torture they give him. The howls continued to tear the silence of the room.
After a few seconds, he coughed heavily.
“Coughs p>
He vomited blood several times, and his eyes started to shed tears again; he couldn’t stand this torture. He would rather die than endure this.
“Please just kill me… Sir… Please… I can’t hold this pain anymore Robert said between sobs. A few seconds later, his loud cry echoed again when he saw that several of his teeth had now fallen to the floor.
Tristan didn’t make any sounds; his eyes were still fixed on Robert, but he ignored his miserable plea.
“Mr. Sinclair, Sir…please stop Robert raised both hands to protect his face from their punches.
“Speak!” Tristan said, and at the same time, his men stopped throwing punches at Robert’s face.
Robert’s huge body shook as he saw Tristan. “La-Laura Kiels, who asked me to do it p>
“I need evidence! If you don’t have one, then it’s useless p>
“Sir, I can provide proof. I have Laura Kiels’ voice recording when she asks me to pay several internet buzzers and social media influencers to slander Stellar Entertainment.” Robert was no longer trying to hide anything; he didn’t care about Laura anymore.
Tristan chuckled inwardly when he saw Robert’s unrecognizable face. Fresh blood dripped from his nose, and his eyes looked red. His cheeks started to look blue and swollen.
“You should have answered me like this from the start. If you had, my people would not have beaten you Tristan said coldly. “I need the recording voice. You can tell my man where you saved it p>
“Yes, sir. I will Robert answered quickly, nodding.
Tristan didn’t say anything. He left the room without looking at Robert again. In front of the room, he met Reid. After giving Reid some instructions, he left the dungeon with Dylan, heading to his office.
He had many things to do, especially arranging plans for his short honeymoon with his wife.
Meanwhile, at Quantum Capital, around the same time,
Bella was meeting with Leo in her office.
However, before Bella opened the meeting to discuss work, Leo spoke first.
And he was not talking about work. Leo barrages her with several questions that are not related to office matters.
Instead, he wanted to know everything she knew about the people who had tried to kidnap her and who had hired and sent them.
Leo has been curious since yesterday, but Bella hasn’t revealed anything about it. When he asked Sam, the big guy admitted that he was as clueless as him.
All night, Leo lacked sleep because his mind didn’t stop making him curious about these matters.
His eyes narrowed at Bella before he spoke in a serious tone.
“Don’t try to hide anything from me, Bella. I am your trusted person in the company; you have to tell me who your enemy is so that I can prepare for the worst if something like yesterday happens again in the future p>
Bella silently took a deep sigh, hearing his words.
After yesterday’s incident in the park, Bella feels even more trust in Leo. This man throws his life to protect her, something she never expected to happen.
Seeing Leo’s expression slowly change from calm to tense, she decides to tell him everything.
“The mastermind behind all that was my first uncle. He plotted with the Dawson Group owner p>
Bella tells him how her father received the marriage proposal from his friend, Bradley Caville, the Dawson Group owner. That person actually sent a gangster to capture her and plan to bring her back to the East to finalize the marriage.
Later,
Bella finished explaining what had happened in her family and how it was related to her kidnap attempt.
She was expecting Leo to come up with several more questions afterward.
But Leo didn’t say anything. He stared blankly at her with a deadpan expression as if lost in his perplexed thoughts.
She chuckled before loudly saying, “What the hell with your expression, Leo Smith? Did someone or something suddenly possess your soul p>
Leo took a few seconds to understand Bella’s whole story. After a while, he shook his head, not believing what he heard. It sounded absurd for him to know that Bella’s family, or some of her family, was actually evil and thought very little about her rights!
“Bella, I feel sorry for you. How could you have such evil people in your family? And, did your uncle court death… to send a gangster to capture you?” Leo asked, confused.