Chapter 322


    Chapter 322


    Hesper opened her eyes in the darkness.


    Time passed in a blur in the dimness. Laying on the ground, Hesper forced her eyes to open, but she


    could barely see a thing. All she could remember was showing up in front of Seth Tucker’s


    restaurant.


    The snowkes were still falling calmly in the night, melting into tiny water droplets as theynded on


    Hesper’s eyshes, further blurring her already hazy vision and turning the pitch ck into a thick


    “Ough…”


    Hesper softly coughed twice. A rustling sound came from beside her, and a beam of light shone. on


    Hesper’s face. A momentter, the light moved closer. Hesper turned her head and saw a pair of white


    sneakers.


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    “Ms. Lane, it’s been a while.”


    All the strength in her body seemed to have escaped her. Hesper struggled with all her might to lift her


    head just to catch a glimpse of the person in front of her. Having always been sensitive to harsh lights,


    she could barely keep her eyes open. The figure leaned over, with a voice that was only inches away.


    “Did you miss me?”


    The manughed. Just then, Hesper finally felt a morsel of her strength recovering and she reached


    out and clenched the corner of the man’s shirt tightly. With another hand, she knocked out the shlight


    from the man’s palm.


    Seemingly taken by surprise by the fact Hesper still had the strength to struggle, the shlight fell


    to the ground without resistance. Finally able to open her eyes, Hesper saw the man’s eyes… and the


    mole beneath.


    ★


    After catching the next avable flight, Rickard sat on the ne and felt powerless for the first time


    ever.


    Benji had already sent someone to track down Hesper, but the several-hour flight meant that he was


    unable to receive any news, be it good news… or bad news.


    Hesper did not have many enemies. She was just an ordinary orphan girl in the past. Although she had


    done a lot after returning to the Lane Manor, they were all just business dealings. It did not make sense


    for her to be targeted and kidnapped.


    So, who could have possibly taken Hesper?


    A person suddenly appeared in Rickard’s mind. Hesper did behave a little strangely at the auction


    earlier, so he had Benji go through the surveince footage and found that a suspicious person had


    knocked out a waiter and snuck into the venue.


    Hesper was chasing this person at the time.


    And this was also the same person whom Juniper sent out to Salt City to take down Hesper.


    There were five minutes left before the ne took off, so Rickard quickly forwarded the intel to Benji


    and Instructed him to bring Juniper back to Duvals’ residence where she would be locked whilst he


    monitored all hermunications. If anyone reached out to Juniper, he should away Immediately track


    their location.


    “Got it.”


    Benji hung up the phone. After a deep sigh, he sent someone to capture Juniper.


    If something really did happen to Hesper this time, things would not look good for dear old


    Juniper.


    During thest five minutes of waiting for takeoff, a girl with pigtails walked by.


    Since Rickard needed to catch the soonest flight avable, the first-ss cabin had been filled, so he


    had to settle for economy ss instead. The girl took out her ne ticket from her windbreaker pocket


    and asked Rickard to let her through.


    Rickard stood up. The girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with only a small schoolbag on


    her back. He could tell she was part Halwanese but had no idea what the other part was. The girl had


    greyish-blue eyes and was absolutely stunning.


    “Thanks.”