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.

then, the radio crackled, and Garrett’s voice came

it. There’s a maple forest just outside the main

cursed under his breath and

sever seconds to make a turn, and then

Meanwhile… After being slapped and then running for a long time, Natalie now had no strength at

and thought she heard the distant rumble of

gonna fuck your brains out,” the driver said with an evil grin on

his belt, took it off, and used it to tie

however, someone pulled him by the shoulder and

blink a few

surrounded by a group

commanded,

stood against the light streaming through the trees,

the driver demanded as

the men in

agony rang out in

over to a barely conscious

untied her hands before carefully wrapping her in his suit jacket.He gathered her close in his arms

panicked at his sudden

of me! Somebody, help! You bastard! If

her

grabbed both of her hands

voice was calm and comforting, his

knitted, his lips tight, and a deadly storm

carried Natalie into the

he laid her down on the backseat gently, the

who I am?” he

in such a state

his fingers through

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

ached so much that he

Natalie’s shivering body in his arms, he gently tried to

okay now.I’m here.

clenched the waistcoat of Sebastian’s striped suit and looked up at him, tears rolling down her

did she return to

Sebastian’s arms and sobbed, “Oh,

“Yes, Natalie.It’s me.”

patient.He gently fixed the suit jacket he put on her and put his arm around

to press his forehead against hers, He kissed

“Does it still hurt?”

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