Mack’s deal with Nash was simple. He promised Nash five million to kidnap some professor from the D
City University Mathematics Department.
The professor was 35 years old and about to make assistant dean. He apparently had some great gift
in the software field. Mack seemed to need that man’s help for something. Naturally, Nash wasn’t going
to ask why. He just had to catch the man.
Still, because of how much of a genius this professor was, there were plenty of people who targeted
him. He had bodyguards on the regular, and he’d already been hired by one of D City’s leading
software companies to lead his own team on a research project. Mack was taking this man clearly in an
act of opposition against this company, maybe to advance his own company’s technology. Robert had
gotten all that from Nash’s sources.
He and Sarah sat in the car.
Boss Nash’s car was stopped before theirs. It wouldn’t do for them to get out right now. They were just
waiting for Mack to get here.
“Mr. Simpson, Mack’s sent us news. His convoy is coming soon. Are we sticking with the plan?”
Boss Nash messaged from the other car, and Robert replied with a yes.
Sarah spoke up at the side.
“Are Mack’s people coming? Do we have enough men? Can we corner him?”
“The plans’ all ready. Unless anything irregular happens, don’t worry. So long as he comes here today,
our side will definitely capture him.”
As Robert said that, he heard several cars driving over.
Looking out the car window, he saw three cars coming. The car stopped a dozen meters or so away
opposite them.
He and Sarah waited in the back. Boss Nash had gotten out in front already.
The dozen bodyguards beside him had stuck with him, and several large bodyguards also got out from
the opposite side.
Soon, the man called back came down wearing shades. Robert’s side was further away and they
couldn’t see his features, only his silhouette.
Both sides approached the other.
Finally, with two or three meters between them, Mack’s side and Nash’s side stopped. A man behind
Mack set three black briefcases in the middle and opened them. They were full of cash.
“The money’s all here. I’ve held up my part of the bargain. Where’s the man you brought over? At least
show me. Give and take, right?”
Mack asked Nash mildly. Boss Nash chuckled, waved, and soon, two bodyguards carried an
unconscious man over.
That was the professor Mack wanted.
“The guy’s here. Now we need to check if the money’s real, don’t we?”
Nash said. Mack nodded and slid the briefcases over.
Nash’s men stooped and began to verify the money. It took several minutes, and Robert and Sarah
stayed in the car, looking at the situation ahead. Sarah grew frantic.
“Do we have the wrong person? That Mack really seems like he just wants the professor and has no
other intentions. He doesn’t seem to have much to do with Eric.”
“Keep on observing. Don’t panic.”
As Robert said that, Sarah let out a pained cry.
“Something’s gone wrong, Robert. Look at my phone.”
Robert turned around. Sarah’s whole face was deathly white and her eyes were full of tears.
He took Sarah’s phone. There was a short video playing.
Travis was in the video, collapsed in a broken-down basement, bleeding all over, as if he’d just been
beaten.
As he was watching the video, Robert suddenly turned around and chopped down hard on Sarah’s
wrist. She was holding a gun, which clattered to the floor.
The gun had been levelled at Robert’s leg. He would have been shot if the trigger had been pulled.
“I told you we could save Travis if we worked together, Miss Duran. You shouldn’t have done that.”
Robert spoke coldly.
He grasped Sarah’s hands directly and clasped already prepared shackles on Sarah’s arms and legs.
Afterwards, he took the gun and picked it up and put it in his own hands.
Sarah grew pale, then crumbled and sobbed.
“I didn’t mean it, but did you see that video? Travis is suffering right now. They’re threatening me and
having me lure you here and hurt you so they could take you away. If I don’t do that, Travis is the one
who’ll be hurt. Do you see the state he’s in? If we don’t save him, he wouldn’t be able to take it. I didn’t
mean it…”
As Sarah said that word by word, Robert’s face grew colder.
He suddenly walked out and had his bodyguards take Sarah into custody.
While in front, Mack and Nash had already confirmed the mark and the cash.
Robert walked up beside Boss Nash and chuckled at Mack.
“Still plan on continuing with this force, Mr. Mack? How about we make a bet? About whether or not
you escape this place today.”
As Robert finished, Mack finally took his shades off. His eyes were greyish blue, and his expression
was still cold. There wasn’t a trace of shock in his eyes as he looked at Robert.
“I put this much effort into this plot, and I still failed. I suddenly feel like being your enemy is an
entertaining thing to be, Robert Simpson.”
Robert lowered his head and chuckled.
“Must you be my enemy? We can make some other deal. I let you go, you release Travis, and if you
have any research you need, I can share data with you. Mack – no, Eric, I can ignore the past, but if
you have to be enemies with me, you can try, and see who pays more in the end.”
“We’ll see who gets the last laugh!”
Eric, with his face changed, cackled, and looked at Boss Nash.
“Well? You sure of which side you’re on yet?”
With that, Boss Nash and several of his subordinates turned their guns on Robert and his own
bodyguards.
Surrounded on all sides, it seemed he was out of cards to play.
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