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.

pale, and beads of sweat formed on her

panicked voice

panic, Wanda abandoned the bodyguards

what the boss will do to her?" one

replied, "We should leave too. It's not worth

that, the first guard immediately agreed.

were just hired hands-nothing more than regular

relaxed. She collapsed to the bathroom floor, gasping for breath.

those people had drained her entirely; she had no energy left. About ten minutes later, voices reached her from outside the bathroom. "No one here. This room's

she have

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

out from outside, causing

up," a slightly familiar voice

the

Who could it be?

door's blocked," one of the men outside informed the familiar-sounding figure after trying to push

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