Chapter 822


    The woman trembled in fear, but she didn’t dare to cry anymore and was quick to reply, “T-Three


    hundred thousand.”


    Shane scoffed upon hearing that and mocked, “Three hundred thousand was all it took to get you to drug


    someone on her behalf? How cheap. Have you ever considered the possibility that not only might you


    never receive that money, but you could also get killed?”


    The woman gasped after hearing that. Scared mindless, she asked, “M-Mr. Shane, are you going to kill


    me?”


    “You schemed against me. Do you really think that I’d let you go?”


    The woman trembled as she insisted, “Mr. Shane, it wasn’t my doing. Ms. Graham was the one who


    drugged you. All I did was show up and let slip that I was the culprit while trying to take you to the


    lounge. She hired me to do that so that you wouldn’t suspect her of being the mastermind. In truth, she


    is the one behind everything. I had nothing to do with it, Mr. Shane!”


    “Although you did not drug me, what you did could’ve destroyed my family! That is why I will not show


    you any mercy,” roared Shane before he turned and left.


    Scared out of her wits, the woman sat there in a daze as tears rolled down her cheeks.


    At that moment, she truly regretted her decision. Why did I let myself get blinded by the money? How did


    I forget that the target is the CEO of Thompson Group?


    He is known as Lucifer among the tycoons in J City, and being caught meant either death or torture. Why


    the f*ck did I trust Jacqueline when she said that I could get out of it in one piece?


    She even promised that she would save me on the off chance that Mr. Shane captures me. Yet, she is


    nowhere to be seen.


    The thought of that made the womanugh and cry simultaneously at the thought of her future. She


    knew that everything would be bleak from then on.


    Meanwhile, Shane walked out of the room that the woman was in and went straight to the elevator.


    Ss followed closely behind and asked, “How should we deal with that woman, Mr. Shane?”


    “Have you figured out who she is?” asked Shane.


    Ss nodded and replied, “Yes. She is an escort who is quite famous in her field. Some time ago, the


    Potters got into a heated battle because of her.”


    “Really?” said Shane with his brows raised. “What happened?”


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    Ss pressed the elevator button and answered, “That woman used to be Mr. Potter’s mistress. She


    faked her pregnancy and went to his house to make a scene. Mrs. Potter got so upset that she almost


    jumped from a building tomit suicide. Even then, Mr. Potter sided with that woman. In the end, Mrs.


    Potter’s parents showed up and forced Mr. Potter to resolve the matter.”


    Shane’s narrowed eyes gleamed with disgust. He said, “Looks like this woman is vile in nature. In that


    case, send her off to a third-world country and let Mrs. Potter know about it.”


    “Understood,” replied Ss while pushing his sses up and nodding.


    A third-world country is thest ce you’d want to live in as wars break out there all the time.


    That woman’s destiny is sealed once she gets there. She’d either get infected with some disease in the


    wild or get killed by the natives.


    I guess she had iting, though. That is what one gets for crossing Mr. Shane.


    The woman’s fate was decided then and there.


    By then, Shane had arrived outside the room where Jacqueline was locked in, which was the lounge he


    was in yesterday.


    Shane shot a look at Ss, who then stepped forward and got a card out to open the door.


    As he did so, the lights inside the room turned on.


    When Shane walked in, he saw that a pale-looking Jacqueline who was sitting on the bed.


    In the past, he would’ve been worried and asked her what had happened upon seeing her in that state.


    At that moment, however, he acted like he didn’t notice how terrible she looked.


    Shane walked into the room and stood in front of Jacqueline before saying, “I used to think that you are a


    kind and innocent woman.”


    Hearing those words got Jacqueline to grin in a self-mocking way and reply, “So are you disappointed in


    me now, Shane?”


    Shane pursed his lips. “No. Yourck of innocence is not the reason I’m disappointed.”


    Hearing that prompted Jacqueline to look at him in puzzlement. It seemed like she had no idea what he


    was talking about.


    Shane stared at her calmly while he exined, “It is rare to see someone remain kind and innocent when


    living in an environment like ours. However, being selfish and scheming isn’t necessarily a bad thing


    because it’s how we protect ourselves in order to survive.”