The screech of tires cut through the night.

"Bang!"

Russell slammed his fist onto the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on the brightly lit villa in the distance where Aveline was being held. He was so close, just a step away.

But if he abandoned the contract now, all the effort he had put into securing his position in the Skyler family would be for nothing.

His hands gripped the steering wheel tightly, veins bulging across his knuckles, his jaw clenched as he stared intensely at the villa one last time.

Then, with a deep breath, he restarted the engine, spinning the wheel, and sped toward the airport.

...

"Hurry up and open the door! They're really coming!" Wanda's panicked voice echoed from outside the bathroom.

The two bodyguards were pushing against the door with all their might, but Aveline had barricaded it with a cabinet and was doing everything she could to hold it in place. However, she was struggling.

Fighting off two grown men was taking its toll.

was pale, and beads of sweat formed

panicked voice broke through just as

Wanda abandoned the bodyguards and ran through

She just left like that? Isn't she afraid of what the boss will do to her?" one of the

It's not worth it. If Lucas' people show up,

guard immediately agreed.

hired hands-nothing more than regular bodyguards. They had no deep

the commotion outside, Aveline's tense body finally relaxed. She collapsed to the bathroom floor, gasping for

had no energy left. About ten minutes later, voices reached her from outside the

she have

outside were unfamiliar, and Aveline's brow furrowed. These weren't Lucas' men. She had seen his usual bodyguards before, but these voices didn't belong

someone called out

it up," a

brain, recognizing the

Who could it be?

informed the familiar-sounding figure after

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