Chapter 169


    "Unfortunately, I''m not one tomit crimes. I''m afraid you''ll have to find someone else," Madeline


    said calmly.


    "Don''t be so quick to reject. Perhaps you''ll be interested in the bad deed I''m about tomit," Lone


    Wolf replied. She nced at him without digging further since she knew he could not help but continue.


    Lone Wolf leaned in and smirked. "Noah traced your phone signal and will be here in no time. I''ve


    already asked my men to surround the ce. He will never be able to get out of here alive."


    "You haven''t given up on eliminating Noah?" Madeline frowned and inquired.


    "Hah! We have been paid to kill. How can we give up when the job isn''tplete? I can''t wait to see


    Noah Quincy beg for mercy. Haha!" The manughed hysterically and started doing his celebratory


    dance beside Madeline. She observed his maniacal demeanor with concern.


    "Why are you telling me your ns? Aren''t you afraid I''ll disrupt it?" she questioned.


    "Well, that''s because I need your help, prettydy. All you need to do is stay here and wait for Noah to


    come. Once my job isplete, I''ll let you go. Do we have a deal?" he answered.


    "Does that mean I''m your bait?" she rified.


    "Yeah, if you put it that way. You just need to do as I say, prettydy." He grabbed Madeline''s arm and


    took her out of the elevator and into thestboratory room. The woman did not resist and was quickly


    led into the transparent room once Lone Wolf pressed the button on the outer entrance.


    "This is the room I''ve prepared for you. Be good and stay there. Or else… Ahh!" Lone Wolf yelped


    when Madeline struck a dagger into his abdomen. She had kept the weapon hidden in her sleeve and


    took it out when the man was distracted.


    The man moaned in agony and attempted to push Madeline away. However, he received a strong


    electric jolt and started to tremble uncontrobly.


    "If I were you, I would not move. The dagger contains a nanochip, which is currently circting in your


    bloodstream. When I flip the switch, you''ll get an electric jolt," Madeline warned as she distanced


    herself from the man.


    Lone Wolf rotated his neck and tried to get his body used to the pain. Unfortunately, the dagger pierced


    him in his existing wound. Blood began to ooze from his broken wound. The man lifted his head and


    revealed a sinister re. "You''re challenging my limits, prettydy." He regretted dismissing the


    woman''s ability; he had no idea when she noticed he was hurt.


    "Well, Noah just confessed to me. I can''t bear to let him die just yet. So, you shall perish instead."


    Madeline pressed the trigger again as she spoke. Lone Wolf slumped on the floor, as expected.


    Despite the fact that her opponent appeared to have fainted from the electrocution, the woman did not


    appear relieved. Instead, it was strange that everything was going so smoothly.


    Madeline decided her top goal was to get out of the ce. As a result, she dashed to the elevator,


    nning to return to the main hall. She fell after taking a stride because someone tugged her leg.


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    When Madeline turned around, she was faced with Lone Wolf''s wicked smile. Dread twisted in her gut


    when she knew that the man was unaffected by her attack.


    "Did you really think a weapon like this can subdue me? I''m disappointed by how lowly you think of me,


    prettydy," the man sneered and entwined the golden threads around Madeline''s neck. She struggled


    for breath as the threads burned into her skin. Her efforts to pull the threads away were futile in


    preventing the grip of the choking rope.


    "Since you want to be with Noah so badly, I shall grant your wish to die with him." Lone Wolf let out a


    maniacugh as he watched Madeliney helplessly on the floor. He waspletely unaware that the


    woman had retrieved the dagger and stabbed her phone. As a result, the phone became damaged and


    began to emit gray smoke.


    "Madeline Grant!" Lone Wolf yelled when he realized what the woman had done.


    Madeline let out a weak cough and challenged, "Noah''s not going to be able to find me without the


    signal. You are never going to seed in your assassination attempt." She smirked onest time


    before spitting blood from her mouth. The golden thread around her neck was choking her, and she


    began to lose consciousness.


    Meanwhile, Noah had bought a bouquet of sunflowers and instructed Wayne to head to Madeline''s


    location.


    "I thought couples always offered flowers as a symbol of love," Wayne said bravely. He did not want


    Noah to make mistakes while pursuing Madeline.


    "She likes sunflowers," Noah replied.


    "Oh, really? You remember what Mrs. Quincy likes?" Wayne asked.


    "Yes, I do." Noah recalled sitting on the doorstep when she was pregnant, waiting for him to returnte


    at night. She wanted to show him the sunflowers she had grown. Noah, to her dismay, ignored her offer


    and went upstairs without saying anything. He saw the sea of golden blooms the following day. It was


    lovely and gave one a pleasant sensation. Unfortunately, ten minutester, the foolish man directed the


    servants to destroy the flowers. That morning, he had gotten evidence of Madeline being responsible


    for his grandfather''s death. Worse, he epted the anonymous ims without verifying the facts.


    I can''t believe how stupid and repulsive I was. I owe her more than a sunflower field.


    "Tell Charles to rece all of the flowers in our backyard with sunflowers," Noah instructed.


    "Okay. Mrs. Grant will be moved when she hears how thoughtful you are," Wayne said happily.


    Noah''s phone rang in an unsettling tone before he could urge Wayne to keep out of his personal


    matters. After a few rming rings, it eventually stopped. The signal of Madeline''s whereabouts,


    however, vanished from his screen. As he grabbed the phone tightly, his palms felt cold and mmy.