Inside Howard Mansion, Dan could not help curling his lips into a smirk when he read the comments
about Thomas and Joshua on the internet.
“That Joshua Lynch has always been a pain in the ass. I’ve always wanted to find some way to get rid
of him, but I never thought he’d wind up like Thomas.” He lifted his wine glass to his lips and took a sip
from it. “If I’d known killing that old geezer would bring us so much help, I would’ve done this sooner.
“Not only did we manage to get rid of Thomas, but we even chased that Joshua Lynch right out of
Saigen City too. What a pleasant surprise!”
Tina gazed out the window as she took a sip from her wine glass. “That’s right. I never thought that old
geezer’s death would solve all our problems like this. We’ve finally reaped what we sowed. I can’t
believe that after all these years, we finally lived to see our hard work pay off!”
Even though it was in the middle of winter and temperatures were subzero, Tina could not help feeling
a surge of warmth spread throughout her body, as though the sunlight was warming her right to the
core.
Dan grinned even wider upon hearing this. “You’re right, Mother. If Thomas hadn’t brought that
wretched woman home yesterday, he wouldn’t have accidentally let that bullet loose, and we wouldn’t
have had the opportunity to kill that old man!”
He put down his glass and began scrolling through the news once more.
All of a sudden, a news headline popped up at the top of the page, and his smile froze on his face.
“How could this be…”
“What’s wrong?” Tina furrowed her brow when she sensed this. She was just about to ask further
questions when her phone rang.
It was the head bodyguard in charge of keeping an eye on Mr. Zink. “Mrs. Howard, we’ve failed -Mr.
Zink was kidnapped.”
“What?” Tina was so shocked that her wine glass slipped out of her hand, crumbling into smithereens
on the floor. She furrowed her brows and snapped, “When did this happen? Did you send anyone to
get him back?”
The bodyguard sighed. “We…we only found out after seeing the news online. We’re already looking
through surveillance tapes, trying to find the culprit, but…I don’t think it’s possible to get him back.”
Tina was outraged by this. “What the fuck were you doing all this while? You only found out Mr. Zink
was kidnapped through the internet…wait–what do you mean, through the internet? What news?”
The guard was silent for a moment before finally saying, “You should go check it out yourself.
With that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Tina’s reply.
“What an asshole!” Tina was irate at the fact that her subordinate had hung up on her. “No worries.
Since I’ll take over Howard Group in the future, I can always fire these lazy asses myself!”
Then, she turned to glance at Dan. “Danny, that guard just mentioned some news on the internet. What
is he talking about?”
Dan bit his lip, brought up his phone with shaky hands, and pressed play on the video that was trending
on the internet.
His voice was trembling as he replied, “Mother… What are we going to do? “I think… I think we’re
screwed…”
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