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.

radio crackled, and Garrett’s voice came through

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

his breath and instructed his pilot to

turn, and then

for a long time, Natalie now had no strength

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

fuck your brains out,” the driver said with an

and used

him by the shoulder

blink a few times and collect his

surrounded by a

off,” Sebastian commanded, his voice cold as

against the light streaming through the trees, so

driver demanded as he

but one of the men

a howl of agony rang out in the

over to a barely conscious

hands before carefully wrapping her in his suit jacket.He gathered her close in his arms and whispered,

she instinctively panicked at his sudden proximity.She flailed in his

go of me! Somebody, help! You bastard! If you dare

in her voice made

of her hands and tried

calm and comforting, his face

tight, and a deadly storm was brewing in his

carefully carried Natalie into

the cool breeze of early autumn

you know who I

Natalie in such a state made Sebastian

fingers through

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

that he didn’t dare

Natalie’s shivering body in his arms, he gently

here.

of Sebastian’s striped suit and looked up at him, tears rolling

then did she return

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

“Yes, Natalie.It’s me.”

very patient.He gently fixed the suit jacket he put

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

“Does it still hurt?”

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