The next morning, Claire gets up and cleans up. She goes out on a date with Kate, and sends a
message to her that she has gone out.
It just doesn’t occur to her that, as soon as Claire is out of the house, a van stops beside her.
A few men, all dressed in black and tall, come down from the van and, without saying a word, seizes
Claire and forces her into the van.
Claire calls for help, struggles hard, and one of the men in black is so annoyed that he knocks Claire
out.
Not knowing how long it takes, Claire wakes up and finds herself out of the van. She raises her head,
looks around, and finds it is an old factory, but fortunately her hands and feet are not tied.
As she thinks about it, a shadow falls over her, and a fat, sickly man appears in front of her. He is just
the one of the few people who broke into her house the other day and demanded that Leo come out.
Claire frowns, and the fat man smiles grimly, and says, “Madame, I don’t expect to see you again so
soon. Do you know what the purpose of my invitation is?”
Then he waves his hand and lets all his men go, and sits on a chair in front of Claire.
Claire bites her teeth and asks, “Say it, what do you want to do this time?”
When she has finished, she finds a chair and pats the dust lightly before she sits down.
“Mrs. Howard is really a woman of great experience, and in such a situation you are able to stand in
danger fearlessly.” The fat man smiles, but the next moment he suddenly says, “As for why I am
looking for you, of course it is for my company. If Leo doesn’t return my company, I will let you die!”
His tone suddenly becomes more distant.
Claire is quite helplessly. She has said it the last time, but she doesn’t expect it again.
The fat man says to Claire, “We can’t catch Leo Howard, so for the time being, my revenge will have to
start with Mrs. Howard. I don’t know what Leo Howard would think if you were gone.”
“Just give up. Leo doesn’t care who kills me. Oh, he wants me to die as soon as possible.”
Claire says disdainfully. The fat man chokes on Claire’s words and doesn’t know what to do.
“Hmm! I don’t believe that Leo Howard can ignore his own woman.”
The fat man thinks for a while, clenches his fist, and says to Claire in a cold voice, “I don’t care what
you say. You have to give him a call, just say you are here, and let him return the company to me. And
give me an apology. So I will forget it, or you will die.”
Claire, laughing, reminds him again, saying, “You should know something about the situation before
you even kidnap someone. You don’t know that Leo and I am just a nominal couple. We have no
feelings. I am just a non-essential for Leo. Your threatening is of no use at all.”
“I don’t believe it; you must be lying to me! Even if he doesn’t have feelings for you, he will mind such a
beautiful wife! Anyway, you call him when I tell you to. Don’t dawdle, okay?”
After that, the fat man dumps his phone on Claire, urging Claire to hurry.
Claire frowns and refuses to call. He is angrier, but his main purpose is to deal with Leo, so he has to
hold back his anger for a while, and calls Leo himself.
Meanwhile, Leo is in his office chatting with Luke about some of the company’s operations this quarter.
Just then, Leo’s cell phone rings.
Pick it up, it is Claire’s phone, and Leo frowns and answers. But the phone is a male voice on the other
end.
Claire’s phone is held by a man, and Leo’s anger flares and his brow furrows.
However, before he could speak, he hears the man on the other end of the phone say, “Leo Howard, if
you want your wife to survive, let us talk about the terms.”
After that, he pauses and waits for Leo’s answer. But he doesn’t think of it that, Leo opens his
speakerphone and continues to work without saying a word.
So he says even more arrogant, “In fact, it is not a big deal, as long as you return my company, sign a
contract, and give me a good authentic apology. I can put your wife back. Otherwise, I immediately kill
her now, how about this deal?”
“Oh, if you are going to kill her, just do it.” Leo doesn’t hesitate to say no.
Claire on the other side of the phone is not surprised by his answer, which upset the fat man, who
immediately called out, “Leo, do you want to see Claire die? Do you think I am afraid to do it, I….”
Before he finishes, Leo just hangs up.
When Luke hears the whole talk, he says, “Leo, are you sure you are not going to save Claire?
Anyway, she is your wife! It would not be good for your reputation if others know that, would it?”
Luke says, watching Leo remain indifferent, so he adds, “If you don’t go, she will probably be killed….”
Leo sneers scornfully and says, “Even so, it doesn’t matter to me. Just let her take care of herself, and I
am not going to interfere!”
Luke, looking at Leo with no expression, shakes his head and stops talking.
On the other side, however, the fat man is in a hurry, walking back and forth in front of Claire.
After a long time he gives Claire a fierce look and says, “I don’t believe he’s not coming to save you!”
“You heard what he said just now, just give up, he will not come!” Claire says.
“You!”
The fat man is so angry that he could not speak. He looks at Claire who doesn’t care about that. He is
even more annoyed. So he grabs Claire’s hair and says coldly, “I will not kill you, but if Leo don’t come
to save you, I will take off your clothes. What do you think? One dress an hour. I will see how many
hours you’ll last today!”
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