Chapter 324


    Chapter 324


    could smell the distinct scent on his body.


    He smelled like oranges.


    “You do make a fair point. Although you are just a fake, Matthew does seem to care about you a


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    lot.”


    The man had bluntly exposed her falsified background. Hesper flinched and her heart skipped a beat,


    yet she maintained her calmposure, “So, what good would it do if you killed me? Why not use the


    opportunity to make bank instead?”


    Watching Hesper struggle, 013 responded sarcastically, “Ah. How much money are willing to give? All


    your money belongs to the Lanes after all. Do you really have the pride to offer a ransom for your own


    life? Haven’t you always felt indebted to Rachael Lane?”


    Hesper was taken aback.


    She knew that this man had dirt on her, but how could he possibly know how she felt inside? She had


    never talked about this to anyone, and it was not like there were many people she could confide in


    anyway.


    Seeing as how Hesper’s perfect disguise was starting to crack under pressure, 013 felt cocky. “I know


    everything, Ms. Lane. There is no need for you to act calm in front of me. Even if you’re trying to stall


    for time, it doesn’t matter. No one knows where we are, so nobody ising toing to your rescue.


    “Despite your son having some sort of connection to that little traitor…” Thinking of Myriade, and


    recalling how she used to call him a psycho, his patience was running thin. “She may be a traitor, but


    she would never have the guts to betray her savior.”


    unique string of codes he had learned from her in the past. And because he had been studying these


    codes for a very long time, he knew them like the back of his hand.


    After parsing the codes, they turned out to be a GPS locator.


    “Uncle Matt, stop the car.”


    Renfrew who was sitting on the child seat at the back climbed his way to the front and tugged on


    Matthew’s sleeve who was riding shotgun. “My friend sent me a location. This is probably where


    Mommy is now.”


    The driver kept his foot on the pedal. Although Renfrew had demonstrated exceptional abilities, it was


    still Matthew who called the shots.


    Matthew took Renfrew’s phone and saw that they were heading in apletely opposite.


    direction to what was shown on the screen. He hesitated before saying, “Ren, I believe you, but… your


    friend? Why would someone suddenly send you this location? Are you sure that she’s actually trying to


    help you?”


    Renfrew paused briefly before saying, “I trust her.”


    Matthew, assumed that the “friend” Renfrew mentioned was most certainly not a friend from his


    kindergarten, but rather an existence far more mysterious than they could possibly imagine- someone


    who had way more knowledge.


    But what was their intent?


    “Alright, then. Renfrew and I will lead a team to this new location. Isaac, you and the others are to


    continue searching in the same direction.


    Although the uracy of the intel was unconfirmed, since Renfrew said he trusted this “friend”,


    Matthew did not want to risk giving up on the new lead they had.


    “Thank you, Uncle Matt.”


    Renfrew was starting to like this uncle whom he had never met before that day. Anyhow, his top priority


    now was to find Mommy.


    Why did Ms. Myriade send him this location with an encrypted password, and how did Ms. Myriade


    even have this information? Renfrew looked back down at his phone. He sent a bunch of messages to


    Ms. Myriade, but none of them went through.


    Renfrew sighed deeply and got into another car with Matthew. Clutching his phone with a heavy heart,


    hoping that Ms. Myriade-the friend who had been by his side since he could remember would not lie to


    him.


    The moment Hesper saw the mole, she knew.


    She had no enemies, nor was she worth any real value to be kidnapped. Thus, this person who


    targeted her out of nowhere could only be none other than the assassin hired by Juniper.


    The man was wearing a mask and a baseball cap. Even with theck of vision in the dark, the man still


    made sure to keep his face concealed. At first, Hesper only guessed that the man did not want anyone


    to recognize his face, but now she was sure that was the case.


    “I know you.”


    Hesper spoke with resoluteness. Although her voice quivered as she had not fully regained her


    strength, the words were uttered with unyielding tenacity.


    013 smiled, neither acknowledging nor denying. “Does it matter if you know who I am? Perhaps you do,


    or perhaps we’ve never met. Either way… you’re gonna die in my hands today, Ms. Lane.”


    He picked up the shlight from the ground. Without giving Hesper the chance to look further, he turned


    off thest ray of light in the darkness.


    “Unfortunately for you, I have impable night vision. I brought the shlight for you, but since, you


    don’t want it, I’ll put it away.” 013 came closer, studying Hesper’s face carefully. He


    murmured, “What makes you so special, Hesper? I’ve been trying to figure it out for a long time. and I


    still have no clue.”


    Suspecting that she had been shot with a dose of strength suppressant by the man before her, Hesper


    knew that she would not have the power to fight back any time soon. And even if she did, she was


    certainly no match against a trained killer


    “You were employed by Juniper. I can offer you a higher price.” Hesper tried to make her voice. sound


    as calm as possible. “As you probably know, the Lanes are looking for me. If I die here, what do you


    think will happen to you?”


    clicked his tongue twice then sat down very closely next to Hesper. So close that Hesper