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Amber took a deep breath, then wiped away the tear from the corner of her eye.
Just as she was about to shut the door, a hand suddenly appeared and held onto the side of the door.
Through the gap, she noticed a pair of dark and familiar eyes!
“Carl?” Amber felt her chest tighten. She immediately hid the gastric medication behind her back.
“You are still alive, Ms. Altman. Thank heavens!”
Carl forced the door open and stormed into the room, slamming Amber to the wall in the process.
Following behind him were two other subordinates. They entered the room and pulled out their guns silently. The crafty looks on their faces were like those of the special agents in spy movies.
Amber spoke up coldly, “Axel is not here. He’s gone.”
“He’s gone? You didn’t kill him?”
Carl looked shocked. “What were you two doing last night then? Hooking up?”
Amber’s head was heavy and painful. She held her head as she tried to catch her breath. “I’m not sure…
I had too much to drink. I can barely remember what happened afterward.”
“You even had drinks with him? Do you know who he is?”
In his rage, the look in Carl’s eyes turned dark.
He chided, “Ms. Altman, all these years, you have always been cautious whenever you carry out tasks for Mr. Schmidt. You hardly ever make any mistakes. What happened this time? This is so unlike you!”
“What are you trying to say? Are you suspicious of me right now? If there were something between me and him, I wouldn’t have come to him alone last night. I was even wearing…”
Amber weaved her fingers through her dark hair. Her heart stopped.
The hair stick… Her hair stick!
She rushed back into the bedroom. Even after turning over the mattress, the couch, and the drawers, there was no sign of her silver hair stick at all!
Obviously, Carl didn’t have a clue about what was going on with her. He simply went on, “I’m not suspecting you. It’s just that Mr. Schmidt has already learned about how you and Axel went missing last night! Did you think that I had the capability to find you? It was Mr. Schmidt who had a lead!”
Jameson’s vicious gaze flashed across Amber’s mind. Her heart sank.
“You were not able to kill Axel. That aside, you had even spent the entire night with him? What do you have to say about that?
“You said that you blacked out from drinking last night and that nothing happened between you two.
How could you be so sure?”
Carl let out an anxious sigh. He said, “You’d better have a good think about how you’re going to explain yourself to Mr. Schmidt when we get back!”
“There’s nothing to explain.”
Amber blinked. She crushed the medicine box and said, “I have been by Mr. Schmidt’s side for so many years. He should very well know what kind of a person I am. There’s nothing I can do if he doesn’t believe me.”
Amber and Carl left the hotel discreetly.
Right after their car exited the parking lot. Axel came out of hiding.
He had just installed a GPS tracking device at the bottom of that car just now. At that moment, his phone screen was showing a clear indicator of their current location.
Axel followed them through some windy roads and ended up at the foot of Domere Mountain.
It was a quiet and peaceful forest. Little did he expect that there would be a majestic-looking clubhouse hidden deep in there!
Amber and Carl got out of the car. They entered the passcode at the door, and it opened. Then, they walked in.
The sun had set, and there was no one else around.
Axel stood in the forest with a glum look on his face.
He unfurled his fingers, revealing a delicate, silver hair stick in his palm. Under the moonlight, he fumbled with the tip of the hair stick.
There was a click, and the part with the ruby opened. In it, very much to his astonishment, was a deadly poison¡ªchloride!
Axel scoffed. “That sneaky little thing. How dare she play tricks?”
Axel squinted. He had a fearlessly cunning look in his eyes. He curled his lips into an amused smile and said, “Oh, missy. Our meeting was the beginning of your tragedy.”
It had been 24 hours since Jeremy started standing outside Heightsnew Villa.
He was just such a stubborn person. He couldn’t rest in peace until he saw his lover and got his answers.
Last night, Jeremy witnessed the Schmidts’ arrival. He presumed that they were there to find fault in the matter regarding David.
He concealed himself in a corner and observed them. It wasn’t because he was afraid. It was because he didn’t wish to create trouble.
He would bring trouble to Winston if he aggravated Victor by giving him the impression that he was in cahoots with the Taylor family.
Jeremy didn’t mind cleaning up the mess after the Taylors. However, exposing himself now just wasn’t the smartest thing to do.
The sky was dark, and the wind was howling like mad.
The wind blew against his body. The weight of the wind almost felt like the beating that he had taken the previous night.
Jeremy’s eyes were dim and deep. Dark stubble had begun to emerge on his sharp jaw, accentuating his gruffness and the dire situation. It was as if he had returned to the time when he was in the military.
Then, his cell phone, which he left charging in the sports car, rang.
The ringing phone snapped him out of his painful thoughts temporarily.
Jeremy opened the car door and picked up his phone. It was Xavier calling.
“What’s up, Xavier?” Jeremy answered the call in an extraordinarily hoarse tone. He sounded like he had been completely drained of energy.
“Mr. Walsh! You’ve finally answered the phone!”
Xavier was so anxious that he was about to cry. “Mr. Walsh Senior wasn’t feeling very well. He was just sent to the hospital! You should come back and visit him!”
Jeremy’s chest stiffened. His cold sweat drenched his already damp suit once again.
Alyssa’s brothers gathered in the cellar at Heightsnew Villa.
In the past, they always had a good time there. Yet now, with frowns on all of their faces, they were drowning their sorrows with alcohol.
Liam in particular was drinking glass after glass of booze like it was water Silas felt like his stomach was about to burn just by watching him from the side.
“Stop drinking, Liam. It’s not good for you,” Jonah advised as he snatched Liam’s glass from him.
“That’s right. You haven’t even gotten married. Too much alcohol is harmful to your liver,” Silas added.
In his rage, Liam clenched his fist tightly and slammed it on the table.
“You shouldn’t have treated Lyse like that earlier today. You were too harsh.”
Jonah gave Liam a pat on his shoulder. He sighed lightly, “You should know what kind of person Lyse is. She hates it when people force their opinions on her.
“The more you stop her by force, the more she will resist. You also love her very much. I’m sure that you wouldn’t want her to hate you.”
“That’s right. Since we were young, you both have never fought with one another. You’ve gone over the limit this time.” Silas, too, had a face full of concern.
“What do you reckon I should have done then? I can’t allow Lyse to continue getting involved with that bastard!”
Liam rubbed his face with both his hands. Feelings of dejectedness permeated through his croaky voice.
“How I wish that I could be the one who was hurt instead of Lyse. Even if I had to suffer thousands of cuts, I wouldn’t so much as flinch.
“I can’t bear to see her go through so much suffering, too. A miscarriage… It’s a miscarriage that we’re talking about!