Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 656

Hearing that, Tristan took the phone and glanced at the screen before tossing it onto the coffee table. Impatience flickered in his cold, sharp eyes.

"Are you two idiots, or do you think I am?" He looked down at her.

"Even if Sydney wants to go, do you think Julian and the Huttons are fools? Do you think they would let her walk into that meeting alone?"

He had already received word about Sydney's visit to Seraph Villa earlier that day. But Julian had locked everything down so tightly that Tristan found no opening at all.

Julian would remain on high alert for the foreseeable future.

That made the plan Megan and Penelope devised useless. Megan's heart clenched. "Then what am I supposed to do?"

She could not exactly sneak into Delta Mansion, drug Sydney, and carry her out. That would be no different from walking straight into a trap.

"Either way, tomorrow is your final deadline." Tristan curved his lips. His tone stayed calm, almost casual. "If you have the means, make her go alone. If not, prepare to go back to prison."

He did not wait for her response. He turned and walked out.

Megan moved quickly

once, and his voice turned firm. "Keep a close eye on

the car door with a fawning smile. "Drive

reply. He bent and slid into the

black McLaren shot forward and disappeared down the

rang. Tristan reached over and grabbed it without easing off the gas. When he saw the caller ID, a

answered, his tone turned respectful. "Godfather, I was just about to head

"Just remember this. The shipment the morning after tomorrow cannot

then continued, "After what happened last time, Julian and the Huttons are watching DK Pharma closely. Moving goods now carries significant risk. Can't we delay

true target was not Sydney. What had happened to her was only a diversion, meant to draw Julian and the Huttons' attention away so the shipment could

who was worth

argument. He paused briefly. "You have leverage over Megan. She still

let out a faint laugh. "Without the Huttons backing, there is only so

it, he would not have bothered

cannot come up with a way, then you