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.

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

it. There’s a maple forest just outside the main highway into the city.l’m sending

cursed under his breath and instructed his pilot to turn

then it was speeding toward the southeast part of the

a long time, Natalie now had no strength

and thought she

out,” the driver said with an evil

his belt, took it off, and used it

tighten the binding, however, someone pulled him by the shoulder and

and disoriented, the man had to blink a few times and collect his

vision finally cleared, he found himself surrounded by a group of people wearing all

commanded, his voice cold as

trees, so the driver only

demanded as he cowered and

answered him, but one of the men in

agony rang out in

over to a barely

wrapping her in his suit jacket.He gathered

instinctively panicked at his sudden proximity.She

help! You bastard! If you dare to

sheer desperation in her

of her hands and tried

calm and comforting, his face

brows were knitted, his lips tight, and a deadly storm was brewing in his

Natalie into the

he laid her down on the backseat gently, the cool breeze of early autumn blew on her

you know who I am?”

a

ran his fingers

there was a streak of blood at the corner of her

so much that he

shivering body in his arms, he gently tried to cornfort

okay now.I’m here. You’re

the waistcoat of Sebastian’s striped suit and looked up at

did she

Sebastian’s arms and sobbed, “Oh, Sebastian, it’s

“Yes, Natalie.It’s me.”

suit jacket he put on her

to press his forehead against

“Does it still hurt?”

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