Knowing that Maia was anxious, Tim didn't say anything, but directly turned on his phone.
"Uncle Tim, you have to prepare a big gift for me."
Lucas smiled over video calls.
"Tell me, what do you want? I will buy it for you."
"That's what you said. My mommy wants to buy some emeralds recently. Why don't you help me find a
fine one? I want to give it as a gift to her."
Hearing these words, Tim was shocked.
"It's better for your daddy to send the gift to your mommy, isn't it? It's inappropriate for you to do so."
"Why?"
"Anyway, just let your daddy send the gift."
After speaking, Tim couldn't help but cast a glance at Maia.
He saw that her eyelids flickered, as if she didn't know where to look at.
He felt anxious at once.
"You can pick something else as a gift."
"Then I want two, no, four emerald accessories."
Lucas was determined to own emeralds.
"Why do you need so many emeralds? Do you want to sell them?"
"No. I will give them to my sister, Hedy and Joseph, and I myself will keep one too. Four emerald
accessories are enough. What's wrong with you? Uncle Tim, are you reluctant?"
Tim's mouth twitched.
No wonder Lucas was Samuel's son. The young boy was also very sophisticated.
It's true that Tim could afford high quality emeralds. However, four high quality emeralds were too much
for him.
"Alright. Alright. I'll give them to you later. Now tell me, what's the news?"
"Thank you, Uncle Tim. I'll send a file to you. After reading, you'd better delete it. Otherwise, I'll be in
trouble."
Lucas hung up the phone and sent a file to Tim.
Maia immediately leaned over.
It was a top-secret file, so only Lucas was able to get it.
They opened it at once and found that besides Maia's parents, Jase also participated in that
movement.
Maia was shocked.
Tim's intuition was correct.
Jase was the one who always kept in contact with her parents, but why didn't he ever mention the thing
in front of her?
Maia didn't look well.
Ever since she was young, she thought Jase was the closest person to her. It never occurred to her
that the truth was as such.
Seeing that Maia was upset, Tim hurriedly comforted her, "Don't be so pessimistic. Perhaps it was
because of the secrecy rules that he didn't say anything. What's more, now we don't have any
evidence to prove that he is related to the death of your parents. Perhaps my intuition is wrong."
"You don't have to comfort me. I know you care about me."
Maia tried her best to be calm, but she couldn't.
Tim suddenly felt regretful about letting her know the whole thing.
"Alright, I'm very hungry now. Let's eat now and after that, we will go and find your Uncle Jase."
Tim said with a smile.
Maia held his hand, "Is that OK? Would he say anything?"
"I think so. Let's give it a try. But now we should eat first."
"Alright."
His words seemed to have magic, and Maia began to eat.
She was not in the mood to eat, but she still tried to eat as much as possible.
It was heartbreaking for him to see her behave in this way.
"Stop eating if you don't want to eat. Let's ask him first and then eat."
Tim grabbed her wrist in time.
Maia took a deep breath and said, "What happened to my parents has left a scar on my heart forever. I
don't believe they would do such a thing. So many years passed, but this case hasn't been solved. I'm
afraid that if I don't work hard, the case will never be solved. My parents will bear humiliation and
disgrace for eternity! I can't see this happen."
"I understand and I also know how you feel. Don't worry, I'll find out the truth. Let's ask Mr. Jase first."
Tim held her hands tightly.
Looking up at him, Maia was touched.
"Alright."
They stood up, paid the bill and walked out.
Tim parked his car underneath the restaurant. He had planned to let Maia wait for him at the gate while
he drove the car to pick her up, but he didn't expect that she wanted to go with him.
He tried to dissuade her from accompanying him, but she was determined. So they together walked
towards the underground parking lot hand in hand.
Suddenly, a black car headed towards Tim.
"Be careful!"
In a hurry, he suddenly pushed Maia away and dodged the car.
Maia directly fell to the ground. When she turned around, she saw the car suddenly reverse. Their
target was Tim.
"Tim, be careful."
She was so anxious, but she didn't dare to step forward, in case she would become a burden to him.
It's obvious that Tim was their target.
She was worried, and a sudden thought crossed her mind.
Could it be that Jase ordered these men to do so?
Although the thought flashed through her mind, it left a deep impression on her.
Seeing that these men were determined to kill him, Tim quickly jumped over a car and ran towards his
own car.
At this moment, four or five men surrounded him from all directions and blocked his way.
Maia was anxious.
She quickly took out her phone to call the police.
But at this moment, a person strangled her from behind, so the phone fell to the ground.
"Tim!"
Maia struggled, but the person behind her was too tall and strong, so she couldn't break away.
Upon witnessing Maia's situation, Tim was worried and angry.
"Leave her alone! If you are a man, come at me!"
"Alright! As long as you stay still, I'll let her go. Otherwise, I'll use my dagger to cut her face slowly."
Although the man's voice was hoarse, he was vicious.
Tim was so furious, and he saw the man take out a dagger from his pocket and put it straight on Maia's
face.
Maia shook her head.
"Leave me alone! Tim, leave me alone! If you stay still, they will kill you!"
She almost cried.
Why did they come across such a thing?
How did she become Tim's weakness?
Tim suddenly smiled when seeing Maia cry.
"Maia, you know what? You look quite pretty when you smile."
"Are you aware of the situation now? Why are you still talking about this! Hurry up and fight!"
She cried even more.
But Tim gave up resisting.
He looked at her and smiled, "Maia, don't move. The dagger will hurt you. They won't kill me. Don't
worry."
Just as he finished speaking, the person beside him punched him in the stomach.
Tim suddenly let out a muffled groan, but he zipped his lip and didn't cry out.
"Tim! Are you silly? Who am I to you? Fight back! They won't dare to hurt me! Fight back!"
Maia cried and struggled.
The man said coldly, "Tim, if you dare to resist, I will kill her. We know that you have good fight skills,
and we cannot defeat you, but we can easily kill this woman. Do you want to know which one is faster?
Your fighting force or my dagger?"
"Don't touch her! I told you. Come to me."
He looked at the man with a furious gleam in his eyes, as if he could kill the man just by staring at him.
The man involuntarily paused for a moment, and then he suddenly felt nothing to say.
How could he be frightened by Tim's gaze?
"Of course I can come at you. Now you surrender, and don't fight back. Otherwise, I won't guarantee
you what I will do to this woman."
After the man finished speaking, Maia cried out.
"Don't listen to him! Tim, don't listen to him!"
Tim looked at her with a gentle smile.
"Maia, don't worry. I'll be fine."
"No! No! Tim, I don't want to owe you anything. Do you understand?"
She still struggled.
The dagger cut her neck, and warm blood flowed down, dyeing her shirt red.
Tim's face darkened instantly.
"I told you not to hurt her, don't you understand?"
He suddenly broke free from the surrounding circle and immediately headed towards the man who
kidnapped Maia.
The man suddenly shivered. He quickly put the dagger on Maia's neck and said, "If you take another
step forward, I'll kill her."
The man's hands were trembling. It seemed that the dagger would cut Maia's neck at any time.
Tim did not dare to move.
In the past, he would never care about the man's threat. He would even be confident to subdue the
man immediately. But now, looking at the blood around Maia's neck, he suddenly felt a little scared.
What if he failed?
He was afraid that if Maia moved, her neck would be broken.
He was afraid that if she died, what could he do?
Now he realized that Maia was very important to him somehow.
She was so important that he couldn't allow himself to make any mistakes, so important that he didn't
dare to move.
"Maia, listen. Don't move."
"No, Tim, you don't have to worry about me. I have nothing to do with you. Leave me alone!"
She uttered a cry of despair.
Normally, there were many people in the underground parking lot, but today, it was so quiet that Tim
could clearly hear her cry.
He smiled, "Why do you say you have nothing to do with me? Didn't you just tell your Uncle Jase that
I'm your boyfriend? Maia, you can't take your words back since you have told your uncle. Don't worry.
I'm like a cat. Legend has it that cats have nine lives. I won't die easily."
"Hit him right now!"
Seeing how arrogant Tim was, the man couldn't help but give the order.
Other men quickly surrounded Tim and kicked him.
Tim wanted to resist by instinct, but then he heard the man's words, "If you resist, I'll cut her. If you
don't believe me, you can try. Anyway, I don't care."
"Don't touch her!"
Tim was furious, but he had to give up struggling and defending himself.
Those men ruthlessly punched him with their fists.
Maia cried so hard that she almost couldn't breathe.
"Tim, don't be so silly. Fight back! Fight them!"
But he just looked at her and smiled gently.
Now he suddenly understood what Nicole had said to him.
She said, "Tim, sooner or later, you will find your Miss Right. At that time, you will know that your
feelings for me cannot be called true love."
Now, he seemed to understand her words.
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