Chapter 129
Twenty minutes ago.
The Larson Group executives were in a conference with another high-profilepany.
Ethan’s phone had been vibrating for quite a while, but he chose to ignore it the first couple of times.
When the phone buzzed again and he finally nced at the caller ID, his frown rxed.
He raised a hand to signal a halt to the meeting. “I’m sorry, but I need to take this call,” he said,
proceeding to answer his phone without waiting for the other men’s response.
As Ethan listened to J’s words, his face slowly darkened. His body grew tense, and a heavy
pressure was palpable in the air.
Garrett turned to Ethan and noted how tight his grip was on his phone, as well as the slight tremor of
his hand.
“What happened?” Garrett asked as soon as Ethan hung up.
But thetter barely acknowledged him. “Sorry, this meeting will have to be postponed,” Ethan
announced. He stood up and walked out of the room.
The men looked at each other, dumbfounded, but none of them dared to raise a question.
Garrett hurried after Ethan and asked him again, “What’s wrong?”
Ethan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “Send out all our helicopters to look for a maple forest in
the periphery of the city.”
Garrett needed no further exnation. He nodded and rushed to do as he had been ordered.
He knew that something had happened to Ethan’s wife.
Momentster, five helicopters hovered over the city, scouring for a particr patch of woods.
Ethan was on one of the machines, siting with back ramrod straight and his eyes straight ahead. He
was barely keeping his anger in check.
Just then, the radio crackled, and Garrett’s voice came through the noise of the propellers in full action.
“We’ve found it. There’s a maple forest just outside the main highway into the city. I’m sending the
exact location to your phone.”
Ethan cursed under his breath and instructed his pilot to turn around. The helicopter took sever
seconds to make a turn, and then it was speeding toward the southeast part of the city.
Meanwhile…
After being pped and then running for a long time, J now had no strength at all, but she was still
struggling.
She stared up at the sky in despair, and thought she heard the distant rumble of a helicopter
approaching.
“You bitch, I’m gonna fuck your brains out,” the driver said with an evil grin on his face. He undid his
belt, took it off, and used it to tie J’s hands together.
Before he could tighten the binding, however, someone pulled him by the shoulder and sent him falling
on his back.
Dazed and disoriented, the man had to blink a few times and collect his bearings. When his vision
finally cleared, he found himself surrounded by a group of people wearing all ck.
He knew that something had happened to Ethan’s wife.
“Cut his balls off,” Ethanmanded, his voice cold as steel.
He stood against the light streaming through the trees, so the driver only caught his tall, suited
silhouette.
“Who are you people?” the driver demanded as he cowered and tried to crawl away.
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No one answered him, but one of the men in ck stepped forward, brandishing a knife.
Shortly after, a howl of agony rang out in the woods.
Ethan strode over to a barely conscious J. He crouched beside her and untied her hands before
carefully wrapping her in his suit jacket.
He gathered her close in his arms and whispered, “Don’t be scared, baby.”
J’s eyes were still zed, and she instinctively panicked at his sudden proximity. She iled in his
embrace. “Let go of me! Somebody, help! You bastard! If you dare to touch me, I will kill you!”
The sheer desperation in her voice made his heart ache.
Ethan grabbed both of her hands and tried to soothe her. Although his voice was calm andforting,
his face was theplete opposite. His brows were knitted, his lips tight, and a deadly storm was
brewing in his eyes.