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 through the noise of the propellers in

There’s a maple forest just outside the main highway into the

and instructed his pilot to

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

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

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

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

and used it to tie Natalie’s hands

however, someone pulled him by the shoulder and sent him

had to blink a few

himself surrounded by a group of people

off,” Sebastian commanded,

against the light streaming through the trees, so the

are you people?” the driver demanded as he cowered and

one answered him, but one of the men

a howl of agony

over to a barely

his suit jacket.He gathered her close in his arms and whispered, “Don’t be

still glazed, and she instinctively panicked at his sudden proximity.She flailed in his

If

sheer desperation in her voice

both of her hands and tried to

voice was calm and comforting, his

knitted, his lips tight, and

Natalie into the

the backseat gently, the cool breeze of early autumn blew

know who

Natalie in such a state made Sebastian feel

ran his fingers

were two obvious palm marks on Natalie’s face, and there

much that he didn’t dare to touch Natalie’s

his arms, he

now.I’m here. You’re

and looked up at him, tears

then did she return to

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

“Yes, Natalie.It’s me.”

was very patient.He gently fixed the suit jacket he put

slightly lowered, he was able to press his forehead against hers, He kissed her earlobe

“Does it still hurt?”

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