Chapter 1362 Break The n


    As Charles fixed his gaze on her, Le felt as if she were sitting on thorns. With the atmosphere as cold


    as death, she lost her appetite, and abruptly stood up to leave the dining hall. She kept walking until


    she found a secluded corner before pulling out her phone and answering Jim.


    "Where the hell have you been? Why haven''t you been answering my calls? Are you out of your


    mind?" she half-whispered, half-shouted furiously.


    "Please calm down! Put your heart back in your chest, won''t you? I''m not going anywhere. Just take it


    easy," he replied all too casually as if he was ying with some naughty kitten. The tone made Le so


    insecure, and her instincts told her something was wrong.


    "Okay, I''m serious! Where is Shirley? You need to bring her back to me now! Charles has his eye on


    me. Things will get tooplicated if he figures anything out. You''d better do exactly what I tell you to


    do!" Le blurted out in one angry, restless breath.


    Meanwhile, all Jim could think about as she rambled was how much he despised her—all he could do


    was wonder how much of an idiot she could be. Things had already gone so far, but she still had no


    idea what would happen. Never would Jim loosen the falcon until he saw the hare. Only when he got


    what he wanted would he bring Shirley back. Now that he had bet his happy and free life on her,


    Shirley was his ready source of money.


    Even though Le was too stupid to get a clue, he didn''t give a damn what Charles would do to her.


    The only thing on his mind was the ransom of 10 million. With that money in his ount, he could get


    any woman he wanted, and Le was aplete history to him at this point.


    But, on the flip side, he thought not to waste such a perfect chance. He couldn''t deny that he longed for


    Le for quite a long time, and thinking of her delicate skin and pretty face made his blood go rushing.


    "Since you care so much about that little girl, why don''t youe over and take a look at her yourself?


    I''ll text you my location. We can talk about this when you''re here. I''ll be waiting for you," he said,


    absentmindedly rubbing his chin with a vicious smile.


    If he was standing in front of a mirror, he would see himself looking like a starved wolf.


    His eyes were furious and deadly sharp, aiming at his target with greed and malice.


    If Le was around, she''d be scared to death by the expression he wore. Jim thought about how she


    would look as she hurled herself obliviously into the trap he set.


    So eager to see how Shirley was doing, Le let her guard down, thinking nothing of Jim''s invitation.


    "Okay, give me your location. I''ll be there as soon as possible," she said in a haste.


    "You need to keep in mind that Shirley''s life is in your hands now," Jim threatened. "If I find that you''re


    not alone when you arrive, I''ll slit her throat without batting an eyelid. Do I make myself clear?"


    His harsh tone took her aback and triggered something in Le''s head. Something felt off, but she


    couldn''t tell exactly what it was. Weren''t they pretending to kidnap Shirley to intimidate Charles? Why


    did Jim sound like he was making some pretense into a reality? That absolutely wasn''t her n.


    It was clear that Jim was leading Le by the nose now. If he had shown her before that he was a wolf


    in sheep''s clothing, she would be paying enough attention. Forgetting they were on the phone, she


    nodded hastily before agreeing with a stammer.


    Immediately after the call, she received a text containing only the location, and nothing else. Something


    about this felt ominous.


    Jim had always been careful about being found out. Learning from him, Le realized that she needed


    to take early measures in case anything happened. With that in mind, she opened up the automatic


    tracking software on her new phone, only to find out that Jim had thought of it before her. The phone he


    used must have been thrown away because it wasn''t moving at all, ording to the map on Le''s


    phone. A momentter, any trace of it was lost, and Le guessed Jim already destroyed it.


    Heaving a long, deep sigh, Le returned to the dining hall in low spirits.


    "Le, take a seat and have some more! You barely ate," Melissa invited hospitably, afraid that Le


    wasn''t eating too much.


    "Thank you, Aunt Melissa. You''re too kind. But I''ve had enough. I need to go now. My friend called me,


    and something urgent came up, so he needs my help. I''m sorry. I really have to go. Please take your


    time eating. See you, Charles," Le exined rather hurriedly as to not arouse any suspicion.


    With that, she turned to the door again, not waiting for them to reply. In her haste, she almost walked


    into the door frame before she left, leaving Melissa and Charles puzzled.


    "Le! Watch where you''re stepping!" Melissa shouted, wondering why Le was suddenly acting as


    though a pack of wolves was chasing after her.


    But Le kept heading for the gate like an unstoppable wind. It seemed as though she was too


    distracted to even hear Melissa call out to her.


    What she still didn''t know was that, just like the previous day, Le was being followed the moment she


    walked out of Dream Garden. The man was a professional, capable of following soon after Le,


    soundless as if he was her own shadow.


    Soon after she left, Le managed to hail a taxi to the ce Jim texted her.


    Surprisingly, it was located at the suburbia. Because it was rather out of the way to anything, it took


    Le quite some time to find it. When she got out of the taxi, she found herself standing in front of a


    single-story house. Alone in the cold air, she hesitated for a while before going in. Somehow, the house


    looked like a monster that coulde to life and swallow her at any minute. It made her regreting


    alone in her desperation.


    As she stood there, not even a single person walked by. All she could hear was a dog barking


    asionally in the distance and a flock of birds flying above her, doing nothing to put her at ease in the


    scary atmosphere. All she could do was close her eyes until it was quiet again.


    About ten minutester, she worked herself up enough to bite the bullet and step towards the door to


    push it open.


    As it slowly creaked open, Le positioned her arm to cover both her throat and heart. The first thing


    she saw was Jim, sitting in front of a table under a dimmp. His face looked rather hideous with a


    malicious smile, giving Le an urge to vomit right then and there. The entire scene looked like it came


    out of an awful horror movie. It took her everything not to turn around and run away.


    His gaze on her made her heart miss a beat. Her onlyfort was that she could deliberately leave the


    door open, thinking that she could flee in case something bad happened.


    But before she could say anything, Jim stood up, walked to the door, and closed it with a heavy bang. It


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    was as if he knew exactly what she was thinking. The noise made her jump in her shoes, and a chill


    ran up her spine when she heard him lock it behind her.


    All the while, Le stood rooted in her spot, not daring to look back at him. Taking a deep breath, she


    tried to pull herself together.


    In her mind, she tried to rationalize the situation, thinking that it would be ridiculous of him to do


    something to her in such a ce. Collecting her thoughts, she dispelled the fear hanging over her head


    since she stepped out of the taxi. Then, she turned to Jim with a fierce look, though still faint at heart.


    "Didn''t we already reach an agreement? The n was to take her away and let her go once I called


    you. What''s going on? Are you going to break your word? Are you turning against our n? Tell me!"


    she demanded.


    Although she managed to raise her voice quite a good amount, she was scared to death inside, scared


    that Jim had turned the situation into a real kidnapping.


    Meanwhile, right outside the door, the man who followed her under Charles''mand had just heard


    every word she said.


    The walls were practically paper-thin, and the door could be broken open in a single push. It wasn''t


    hard for the man to hear her frantic voice from outside.


    The news was quite a shock, and he reported it to Charles without dy. Back at the house, Charles


    was so pissed that he was grabbing at his hair, wishing he could take Le by the throat right at that


    moment.


    Knowing that they dared put their hands on his daughter, he would do everything in his power to make


    them wish they were dead. A cold smile surfaced on his expression.


    "I got it. Keep them in your sight and call me when you find out where they''re hiding Shirley," Charles


    said into the headset. Hearing Charles'' instructions, the man kept dead still and leaned his ear against


    the wall to hear more clearly.


    Inside the shabby house, Jim suddenly broke intoughter as if he heard the biggest joke in his life.


    Gazing at the woman yfully, he smiled even wider as he realized how truly naive and stupid she


    was.