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.

beads of sweat formed on her

this anymore... I'm leaving!" Wanda's panicked voice broke through just as Aveline felt

Wanda abandoned the bodyguards and ran through another

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

other one replied, "We should leave too. It's not worth it. If Lucas' people show up, we'll be worse than

guard immediately

regular bodyguards. They had no

collapsed to the

left. About ten minutes

she have

These weren't Lucas' men. She had seen his usual bodyguards before, but these

open!" someone called out from

it up," a slightly familiar

brain, recognizing the voice, but couldn't immediately place

Who could it be?

blocked," one of the men outside informed the familiar-sounding figure after

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