Twenty minutes ago.

The Larson Group executives were in a conference with another high-profile company.

Sebastian’s phone had been vibrating for quite a while, but he chose to ignore it the first couple of times.

When the phone buzzed again and he finally glanced at the caller ID, his frown relaxed.

He raised a hand to signal a halt to the meeting.

“I’m sorry, but I need to take this call,”

he said, proceeding to answer his phone without waiting for the other men’s response.

As Sebastian listened to Natalie’s words, his face slowly darkened.

His body grew tense, and a heavy pressure was palpable in the air.

Garrett turned to Sebastian and noted how tight his grip was on his phone, as well as the slight tremor of his hand.

“What happened?” Garrett asked as soon as Sebastian hung up.

But the latter barely acknowledged him.

“Sorry, this meeting will have to be postponed,” Sebastian announced.

He stood up and walked out of the room.

The men looked at each other, dumbfounded, but none of them dared to raise a question.

Garrett hurried after Sebastian and asked him again, “What’s wrong?”

Sebastian closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

“Send out all our helicopters to look for a maple forest in the periphery of the city.”

Garrett needed no further explanation.He nodded and rushed to do as he had been ordered.He knew that something had happened to Sebastian’s wife.

Moments later, five helicopters hovered over the city, scouring for a particular patch of woods.

Sebastian was on one of the machines, siting with back ramrod straight and his eyes straight ahead.

He was barely keeping his anger in check.

the radio crackled, and Garrett’s voice came through the noise of the propellers

maple forest just outside the main highway into the city.l’m sending the exact

under his breath and instructed

make a turn, and then it was speeding toward the southeast part of the

slapped and then running for a long time, Natalie now had no strength at all,

up at the sky in despair, and thought she heard the distant rumble of a

gonna fuck your brains out,” the driver said

belt, took it off, and used it to tie Natalie’s

could tighten the binding, however, someone pulled him by

blink a few

surrounded by a group of people

balls off,” Sebastian commanded, his voice cold as

stood against the light streaming through the trees, so the driver only caught his

driver demanded as he cowered and

but one of the men in black stepped

a howl of agony rang out in

over to a barely

beside her and untied her hands before carefully wrapping her in his suit jacket.He gathered her close in his arms and whispered, “Don’t be scared,

panicked

me! Somebody, help! You bastard! If you

in her

both of her hands

voice was calm and comforting, his face

were knitted, his lips tight, and a deadly storm was

Natalie

the backseat gently, the cool breeze of early autumn blew on

who

such a state

his fingers through Natalie’s messy

palm marks on Natalie’s face, and there was a streak of blood at the

much that he didn’t dare to touch

Natalie’s shivering body in his arms, he

now.I’m here. You’re

striped suit and looked up

did she return to

and sobbed,

“Yes, Natalie.It’s me.”

the suit jacket he put on her and put his arm around

able to press his forehead against hers, He kissed her earlobe

“Does it still hurt?”

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