The living room light was still on as Lucas sat on the sofa and sighed. He lit a cigarette and asked the servants to have an early night. He wanted to be alone for a while. Wisps of smoke rose from the burnt end of the cigarette, but Lucas only took a few puffs. He was lost in thought.

Suddenly, a strong light shone through the French window and into his eyes. It was the headlights of a car.

'Who'd come at this hour?' thought Lucas irritatedly as he saw the car stopping at the main gate.

When he flicked the cigarette ashes, his phone on the table rang. His eyes immediately lit up after glancing absent-mindedly at the caller ID.

He quickly picked up the phone and answered, "Hey, Corinne. What's wrong? What can I do for you?"

"Open the gate!" said Corinne from the other end.

"Hold on a sec, I'll

on the phone, he ran to the yard and asked two servants on duty to

opened wide, Jeremy stepped on the gas and whizzed in, stopping right

hurriedly and ran

in prison, of course. Why do you

were so close to her, but you're telling me that you have no idea where she is?! Tell

must have happened. He put his hands on Corinne's shoulders to calm her down, then turned to Jeremy who had just gotten out of the car. "What happened? Why

been kidnapped today. We suspect it has something to

why Corinne lost her usual composure. "Corinne, how did you know

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