Chapter 195


    North Town was a seaside town that was far away from Birmingham. The locals there were warm and


    weing, and the seafood


    there was of good quality and in short supply.


    Most of the fishermen there were pleased with how they were doing and did not want to change,


    making it more unique. As a result,


    they tend to fish and sell seafood in specified months of the year and then take a break.


    Also, the vige remained in its most pristine condition for so many years. Mountains and scas


    stretched for hundreds of miles, all of


    which had never been exploited. When Anna was driving there, she noticed how beautiful the natural


    countryside was.


    However, Anna was still yawning as she drove.


    She stopped for lunch al a service station along the highway in the afternoon. If she’d known she’d


    never see a store again, she


    might have bought something to eat,


    Just as she was regrettingit, her stomach growled,


    Anna sighed dejectedly and muttered, “Please stop grunting, my friend! That grumpy designer will


    absolutely buy me a seafood


    dinnerter on.”


    Although he was a very good friend of Peace’s, he wanted to meet Anna in person. He said that he


    couldn’t judge thepany’s


    value without meeting the boss herself. Also, Anna came here so soon because she wanted to meet


    this talented designer.


    At that moment, Anna’s cell phone rang. After she nced at the caller ID, she put it on speakerphone.


    “Hey, Anna, my boss, where are you?” Peace asked teasingly. As she spoke, Anna could hear the


    noisy sound of a power drill drilling


    into the wall.


    Anna turned down that voice and said, “Oh my God, are you at the office? It’s too noisy there. Can you


    find a quieter ce to


    talk?”


    “Well, this is really the quietest ce here. We‘re running out of time; it’s nearly nightfall. Come on, it’s


    your ownpany!”


    “I didn’t mean it like that! You know, the sound of the electric drill is giving me a headache.”


    Then, Peace’s voice gradually became clearer. She said, “Okay, now I’ming outside. Is it quiet


    enough? I’m telling you, I had to


    “Thank you, mny talented designer.” Anna gripped the steering wheel tightly. The headlights were on,


    illuminating the long country


    lone in front of her.


    “Where are you? How’s the road?”


    “I just got off the highway half an hour ago. You know, this road is just too bumpy! I’m not even going as


    fast as I was walking…


    Ah!!!”


    Anna screamed, immediately mmed on the brakes, and made a sharp noise. Peace frowned


    furiously, took off her headphones,


    and asked, “Anna! Hey, are you still there? What’s going on?”


    With a beep, Peace realized that their call had been disconnected.


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    Peace called Anna again, only to find that her phone had no signal. After realizing this, Peace’s face


    turned pale.


    She had just screamed and hit the emergency brake. Could it be that Anna had a car ident? Peace


    thought.


    Wayne stood in front of the wagon in the back of the truck, looked at the shipping list with a serious


    expression, and said, “You can’t


    make another mistake, you know? If that happens again, we will immediately choose a new supplier.


    Also, we’ve bought a batch of goods


    from another supplies, and they have already sent the stuff to Birmingham. If that goes wrong again, I


    will stop our contract and sue


    you.”


    The store owner wiped his sweat and assured, “Sorry, we won’t make any mistakes this time. It


    happenedst time because the


    driver forgot to turn on the refrigerator. He was afraid that we’ll me him, so he didn’t dare to tellus.


    Don’t worry, it won’t happen


    again.”


    Wayne folded the shipping list, handed it to Gabe, and said, “Okay, that’s it. I’d like you to keep an eye


    on them till thest shipment


    is made, please. I’m going back now.”


    “What? You’re leaving? Are you sure you’re not staying here? It’s dark now, so you better not go back.”


    “it’s okay.” Wayne straightened his cuffs without expression on his face, then got in his car and


    prepared to leave.


    Wayne felt that the reason why his grandfather let hime here was that he wanted to punish him.


    He didn’t have to deal with this


    issue anymore because it wasn’t a major one. Plus, he didn’t want to stay there any longer, so he left


    Gabe there.


    Wayne then drove into the coastal road. Soon after, his cell phone rang, which interrupted the


    symphony he was ying in the


    car.


    Wayne frowned and answered.”Hello?”


    “Wayne, where are you?”


    Wayne nced at the sign ahead and said, “Oh, I’m almost at the entrance of the highway, and I figure


    I’ll get to Birmingham by the


    early morning hours. What’s going on?”


    Karl said eagerly, “Oh, no! Turn around quickly! Something’s happened to Anna.”


    Wayne immediately mmed on the brakes. The sharp brakes made a shrill roar on the avenue, and


    the wheels crushed two long


    marks on the dark tarred road with white smoke.


    Wayne immediately asked seriously, “What are you talking about? Where is she?”


    “Oh, Wayne, this is tooplicated to exin now. Anna was on the phone with Peace about an hour


    ago, but she suddenly hung


    up. Peace thinks she was in a car ident. I found out the location of her cell phone signal, and I’m


    sending it to you. Also, she’s in North


    Town, too. It’s a small town, so you might be able to find her soon.”


    Wayne’s hands, which were on the steering wheel, were shaking a little, but his tone was extremely


    calm, “I see.“


    He then got a text message.


    Shortly after, the Land Rover, which had been parked quietly on the road, immediately started up. The


    car quickly turned around


    and sped off to the mountain road.


    There was a round moon in the sky emitting a soft light.


    Somewhere near a bar in Birmingham, Karl put down his phone, and then looked up at the woman in


    front of him and said, “Well,


    I’ve called him, and Wayne is on his way to find Anna. Do you have anything else to say?”


    Peace was actually a little nervous. She stared at Karl for a moment, then smiled and said, “Oh! Thank


    you. If Wayne finds her, will


    you let me know? Okay, I’ll be off.”


    An hour earlier, her phone call with Anna had been disconnected. She didn’t have Wayne’s cell phone


    number, and she was so


    panicked that she called Karl. By the time she tried to cancel the call, it was toote.


    Karl answered her call immediately. At that moment, he sounded excited and seemed to have been


    waiting for her to call him for a


    long time.


    Peace felt like a jerk at the time.


    But, by then, Kartbad already answered the phone. Also, she looked through all her contacts on her


    phone, and found no one else


    could help her except Karl. So, she had to force herself to call him.


    After leaving the bar, she walked along the street alone for a while. The streetlight cast a long shadow


    on her lonely figure. She


    sighed, clutching the bag of her Chanel purse in one hand, and wanted to punch hersell.


    “Wow, hot chick!”


    Some men were drinking on the street. They whistled at her and said some nasty words to her when


    they saw her.


    “Oh, look at her ass. I’m sure i can get her.”


    Peace was already in a bad mood. When she heard that, she immediately red at them and said,


    “Dumbass! Go f**k yourself,


    losers! Do you think you can get me? You f*****g wish!”


    Those men froze when they heard this. Then, they stood up angrily.


    “Who are you talking to?” One of them asked.


    “You! You stupid cunt!”


    Peace felt so good while cursing. But, just at that moment, she suddenly felt her temples throbbing.


    Then, she started to drift off and


    felt dizzy.


    Before she fainted, she was thinking, Oh no! why now?!