“You’re Ian?” he asked the underling in a deep tone.

Ian jumped and stared at him dumbly.

“Help me drag your boss back if you don’t want anything to happen to him. I know a way that won’t attract attention!”

The police and crowd gradually dispersed from the hallway, and everything went back to peace.

Cordelia was still worried when a thud sounded at the door before the sound of the keycard accessing it was heard.

She was alarmed but quickly pulled the safety latch open, knowing that it was her husband. However, the scene that greeted her nearly made her scream!

Zephyr carried Nicholas in and put him on the bed swiftly. He then tore the sheets to bandage him so the bleeding could be stopped for the time being.

Cordelia’s limbs went weak as beads of cold sweat drenched her. She shook and could not make a word.

“Honey…”

“I can’t explain too much now,” Zephyr said barely above a whisper. “He’s severely injured. He needs to go to the hospital!”

“But how are we sending him there?” Cordelia recalled the hotel manager mentioning some gangs just now and could more or less guess it connecting the dots to Nicholas’ identity.

“Darling, we can’t call an ambulance, but if we want to get him out… It’s not quite peaceful out there, is it?”

met eyes with her and

not help doing

paused and went to her side to say softly, “The police’s outside right now. It’s safe. Stay here. I’ll be

people in the hallway. Not only were there the police, but the men he had asked Robert to send and protect

to be careful. She checked the lock carefully after he left and latched

the hotel’s interior. He easily avoided the crowd and went to the rooftop through a quiet passage. As expected, he

his pace and kept

heard soft cries for

is it?” Zephyr was

moving around the nearby shielded area. He chased after it and was surprised to discover Nicholas lying there in blood. He had a man with him who was

man’s wrist and hit his dagger

back!” growled

keeping his distance. His gaze was deep

“What happened?”

while

“I’ll send you

in the hotel, and those men must

men?” Zephyr’s gaze

old gang’s

a negotiation last night, but they didn’t keep their word. We got tricked the moment

death on the floor. His face was growing pale from how much blood he

Although he had some beef with Nicholas, the latter used to target Marcus—not him. Books

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