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“I don''t care about her forgiveness. Killing you is more important to me!” Danrique countered
mercilessly.
“You—” Lincoln was rendered speechless. “It seems that you don''t even care if Mr. Lincoln lives or
dies.”
“Why should I care if someone unrted to me dies? I can''t believe you think I willpromise for his
sake. What a joke!”
“You—” After being momentarily stumped, the president swiftly continued to provoke him, “Danrique,
you are indeed cold-blooded!”
Danrique replied disdainfully, “Thank you for thepliment. Still, I am nothingpared to you in
terms of being hard-hearted. Mr. Lincoln is just someone with no rtion to me. On the other hand, you
are even capable of disregarding your wife''s and daughter''s lives. You are the true epitome of
ruthlessness.”
“Capturing them won''t do you any good since they don''t know a thing,” the president said indifferently.
Danrique seized that opportunity to make a suggestion. “Let me give you a chance. I''ll let go of your
wife and daughter in exchange for Mr. Lincoln. This should be a very worthwhile deal for you.”
Danrique had spoken so much earlier for the sole reason of achieving that goal.
“It looks like you still care after all.” The president smiled. “Two people in exchange for one is indeed a
good deal. However, I refuse!”
“You—”
“I understand now.” The president sounded smug. “You still care about Francesca. You''re willing to give
up marrying my daughter to be the president''s son-inw and coborating with me through this
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arranged marriage because of her. In that case, you will continue to give up more things for her sake.
You''re such a loyal young man. This is so touching. Consider my offer well. As long as you''re willing to
reconcile, I''ll let go of Mr. Lincoln at once!”
With that, the president hung up the call. The corner of his lips curled into a wicked smile. At that
moment, he understood Lincoln''s value as a trump card.
“Was the phone conversation earlier recorded?”
“Yes, Mr. President.”
“Trim out the few sentences Danrique said just now, and think of a way to send the modified recording
to Francesca.”
“Understood!”
“The audacity!” Danrique hurled the phone in anger.
Sean quicklyforted him, “Calm down, Mr. Lindberg. Your wound has ruptured. Let me help you
apply the medication. You need to stop moving.”
“Go away!” Danrique was livid. “That fool, Gordon, has repeatedly failed me in carrying out his duty. Tell
him toe here immediately to receive his punishment!”
“Gordon was shot. He''s at the hospital right now,” Sean answered in a low voice.
Danrique was instantaneously stunned. After the president was shot, the situation spiraled out of
control. He had ordered Gordon to bring Lincoln back at once, yet thetter had still been taken away
by the president''s men.
Overwhelmed by rage, Danrique had bellowed and begun thinking of ways to handle the predicament.
He didn''t know Gordon had also suffered a gunshot wound while trying to rescue Lincoln.
“Is he all right?” Danrique asked in a hurry.
Danrique did not respond. No matter how formidable he might be, he still wasn''t a match for the
president''s armed forces.
“Mr. Lindberg, let me treat your wound first.” Sean carefully tended to Danrique''s injury as he consoled,
“The president is ying mind games with you right now. Even if he disregards his wife and daughter''s
survival, he''ll need to be wary of his wife divulging his secrets. You did the right thing by pretending not
to care about Mr. Lincoln just now. If the president fails to hold out against the pressure ultimately, he
will use Mr. Lincoln to trade for his wife and daughter.” Updated at Draмаnоvеls.cоm
“Yes. This is a time to test out which of us is more heartless.”
Sean said thoughtfully, “Actually, I can''t shake off the feeling that Mr. Lincoln deliberately let himself get
caught.”
“What do you mean by that?” Danrique promptly asked.