Jared discovered the place had yet to be touched by the crossfire but was heavily guarded.

He then noticed Lawrence's figure standing at the entrance of the house.

Without a second thought, he was certain Nicole was inside.

Just as he was about to proceed, Patricia's voice came from behind.

"Mr. Johnston." Jared glanced at Patricia, his eyes narrowing slightly as he said, " Draw their attention." Believing the chance of a successful distraction was higher with assistance, he wanted to exploit it.

"Understood," Patricia responded, signaling to her squad members.

She then led a group to charge from the left, while another group attacked from the right.

The scene quickly descended into chaos.

Patricia took advantage of the turmoil to launch herself at Lawrence with a flying kick.

strategy: only by pinning down Lawrence and his men could Jared have the opportunity to

watched everything unfold calmly,

sharply as he dodged

crowd and seized the moment to reach the front of

from both sides, forcing him into a

chance, Jared kicked the door open with

of breaking porcelain came from inside, making

care of a

said, "We need to leave now." "Okay," Nicole replied,

still raging, but it was clear Lawrence's side was losing

struggling to

looking worried, came to

jaw and commanded, "Pull back." "Got it." Ian then yelled, "Everyone, retreat!" With that order, Ian and Lawrence were the first to leave, with the rest of

weapon, turned to Nicole and

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