Ch. 331..340

Spoiled by Mr. Russell Chapter 331 Things were not going according to Brittany’s plans. Alexander quickly finished his breakfast, which was not what Brittany thought would happen – the duo sat opposite each other, chatting away as they ate their breakfast. Heate only a sandwirl and had one cup of coffee before returning to his desk and turning on his computer. Alexander liad fixed his gaze on the monitor immediately after eating his breakfast. After taking a few bites of the food, which tasted bland because he was not focused, Brittany could no longer sit still and put away hier breakfast before walking over to him. “Alex, can’t you see that I’m here?” Alexander looked up at her before his gaze averted back to his monitor.” What is it?” “Do you hate me?” Brittany asked again, pouting. “No,”

“Then why are you ignoring me?” “I’m working.” “You’re lying! You just don’t want to talk to me. Are you so busy that you don’t even have time to eat breakfast with me?” Brittany was so angry that she reaclied for his monitor and turned it around so he could not use it.

This made Alexander frown and look up at her again. “Stop messing around.”

Then he raised the last bit of bis sandwich, showing it to lier before shoving it into his mouth. “There, done with breakfast. You should head home now. Let me see if Edward is here. I’ll get him to send you back.”.

Alexander reached for his phone on the table as he spoke Upon seeing this, Brill..y quickly lunged forwarland clamped clown on his hand. “I don’t want to! Sjopling; Edward to help me! Ile’s not related to me, so I don’t want him to send the back!”. Slie pouted, then looked straight into his eyes. “I want you to be the one to send me back.”

Since lie’s so busy with work. I’m sure he doesn’t have time to send me

home. That way, I can stay here. Even if we don’t do anything, I’d be happy Just by being here.’

However, something unexpected happened. Alexander seemed to be in thought for a moment before he nodded. “Okay, I’ll send you back.”

That caught Brittany off guard.

“Do you want me to leave that badly?” Brittany was so angry that she could not maintain her calm anymore. As soon as she got off the plane, she rushed over and woke up extra early to buy breakfast for him. She did not understand why he was still so cold toward her even after she had done so many things for him.

Although Alexander had never said harsh words to her, his polite and distant behavior made her uncomfortable.

“Brittany, I have a lot to get done. I’m sure you have your own things to do as well. You’re an adult now and not a little child anymore. You shouldn’t be acting like a kid and throwing tantrums,” Alexander reprimanded her like he was her older brother.

“You’re right. I’m not a child anymore, so don’t use that tone on me! I have an older brother and don’t need you to be another. You dislike me, don’t you? Fine, I’ll leave! You better not regret this!” Brittany said and proceeded to storm off angrily.

Alexander just watched as Brittany left and made no move to chase after her. Sighing, he picked up his phone and made a call.

After a long time of ringing, someone finally answered the call. A lazy voice traveled from the other end. “Dude, do you know what time it is now? You’re disturbing my sleep!”

That made Alexander scoff. “The time? Your sister has already sent breakfast to my house and followed me to my office.”

“What? She sure acts fast. Haha! Just enjoy it!” The person on the other side of the phone yawned. It sounded like he was going to hang up and continue to sleep

“She left.” After a short pause, Alexander continued, “She was emotional, and she doesn’t have her car.”

Brandon sighed, his sleepiness pretty much gone by now. “Didn’t she send

you breakfast? She didn’t drive? Where’s her car? Also, what do you mean by she was emotional? You didn’t go after her?”

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"I’m busy.Also, I’m going on a business trip soon," Alexander said.

"Are you saying you won’t care about my sister’s safety just because you're busy?!" Brandon yelled over the phone.

"Hmph.You said it yourself —Brittany’s your sister!"

After a moment, Alexander continued, "She’s not a little girl anymore.It would help if you told her not to visit my place so often.It wouldn’t be good for her reputation if people were to gossip.By the way, how does she have so much free time on her hands? Isn’t she supposed to be shooting a drama?"

Upon hearing that, Brandon finally realized something.

"You don’t want to spend time with my sister, do you? You know how she feels about you! My parents would be happy if you guys got together.What's bad about it? Tell me honestly.Are you seeing someone?"

Alexander stayed silent for a moment.

"She’s your younger sister, and I regard her as my younger sister too.I’m hanging up now.Talk to you soon.You should go look for her."

After saying all that, Alexander hung up and immediately made another call.

"Book me a flight to Westwood.I want to leave as soon as possible."

It was the first time he found work so mundane.

‘Life is difficult to get by without her by my side"

The perfumery competition would only start in the evening, so the participants had time to rest in the morning.

Instead of doing last- minute preparations, such as revising theoretical knowledge or undergoing training, Lily chose to relax and calm herself.Her assistant, Giselle, however, was much more anxious than she was.

Giselle had been making calls all morning, contacting various personnel from the company, pacing around Lily’s room, and looking at Lily from time to time but hesitant to speak.

Lily knew what was on Giselle’s mind.She probably wanted to say that Lily was too calm, but she feared it would affect Lily’s mood.

Giselle’s attitude amused Lily, so she chose to say nothing and allowed Giselle to continue panicking.

Toward the late morning, Jenny called.

"The competition is later this evening, right?"

"Just get to the point."

Lily smiled as she glanced at Giselle, who looked back at her nervously.

"I know you’re not nervous, but could you at least pretend that you are for the sake of Giselle’s sanity? She’s earnest about work.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмI’ll have you know that she’s been nagging at me all morning."

Jenny groaned, and Lily could tell how helpless she was feeling.

"I’m not..."

Lily glanced at Giselle and straightened her back as she answered, "Okay.I’m quite nervous about the competition later, but I think I should be able to manage.Don’t worry about it.I'll make sure to bring glory to the company!"

Upon hearing that, Giselle’s worried expression finally loosened up as she breathed a sigh of relief.Her tightly clenched fists also relaxed, and Lily had to suppress her laughter at this sight.

"Thanks for comforting me.I feel much better and less anxious now."

"Hahaha! Is Giselle next to you now? That’s enough.She’s cautious but quite weak-hearted.Don’t scare her," Jenny laughed.

"Yeah, I got it."

As soon as they ended the call, Giselle came forward to comfort Lily.

"Ms.Christian, don’t be nervous.The company sent you as its representative, meaning they trust your abilities.Just do your best.It would be great if you could win a prize, but..."

Giselle paused and did not finish her sentence.She was afraid to jinx it.

"It’s okay too.Don’t stress yourself out too much, and relax!"

She even massaged Lily’s shoulders, attempting to help Lily relieve her stress.It rendered Lily speechless.

‘I bet she’s been holding it in all day.If I wasn’t nervous, would she have nothing else to do? However, Lily knew Giselle had kind intentions, so she played along with her words.

"Yeah, I don’t feel so anxious anymore."

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In fact, this perfumery competition was not considered the most significant event for perfumers.It was more of a competition to discover new talents, so the organizers only invited young blood, like solo participants or perfumery company representatives, to participate in the event.

The junior perfumers who registered as solo participants received special treatment because they could be exempted from the competition's first round.

Due to that, fewer participants would take part in said round.

AS a representative of Rebirth, Lily had no choice but to join the competition’s first round.

The task was pretty simple.

Each participant had five perfume bottles and had to identify the ingredients used by smelling them.

On top of that, they would need to identify the perfumes’ base notes.It was a piece of cake for Lily.

Back then, Jenny gave her a similar task to make things difficult for her.

The only difference was that Jenny’s task was much more challenging than in the competition’s first round.

Soon, Lily finished the task.

She assumed that her failure rate for this round would be low, but it eliminated nearly one-third of the total participants.

At first, she thought only elites were eligible to participate in this competition, but it seemed that was not the case.

What surprised Lily the most was that Melanie had passed the test and could proceed to the second round.

‘Looks like she still has the basics even after muddling around for years"

Little did she know that Frank had gotten the answers for the first round through some shady means.

He had given them to Melanie, and she had everything memorized.

The first round ended, and the second round would begin later in the evening of the same day.

Everyone’s schedule was packed.

The second round was a written test about theoretical knowledge.

It covered a broad area from fragrances and chemistry, but the most challenging part was the records in ancient formulas and random books.

Around half of the participants had gotten eliminated after this round.

Only a couple dozen participants remained after the first two rounds.

The organizer had prepared flight tickets for the eliminated ones to return home, while those who qualified would need to stay for the final round.

The final round would occur in three days during the evening.

The award ceremony would be held right after that.

Lily thought, ‘The next three days will be so boring.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм

With that personality of hers, Giselle will probably keep an eye on me and stop me from wandering around.

Oh, man!’ Lily sighed and shook her head, pondering how she should pass the time for the next few days.

Coincidentally, someone came over to rid her of her boredom.

"I didn’t expect you to last till the final round.It seems like Rebirth has spent a lot on training you,"

Melanie mocked as she looked at Lily disdainfully.She was feeling complacent as she had passed the first two rounds.

Lily merely threw Melanie a sideway glance as if she was looking at a clown.

"What’s there to be surprised about? Anyone could’ve done it.Even you did it, didn’t you? It’s such a pity for those who got eliminated."

"You're just jealous of me.I passed because of my abilities."

Surprisingly, Melanie did not flare up in anger this time.

Instead, she smiled and said, "There’s still the final round, and we won’t know who’s the winner until we get to the end of it."

Lily just nodded.

"We'll see about that."

She could not be bothered to entertain Melanie any longer and headed outside.

Only the participants were allowed to enter the competition venue.

Those who were uninvolved were not allowed to enter.

Hence, Giselle was still waiting for Lily outside.

"Lily, you think you’re going to win the competition, don’t you?" Melanie said.

She was unwilling to let Lily leave so quickly, so she chased after Lily and blocked her path.

"I’m not sure I’m better than the rest, but you?"

Lily trailed off and smiled profoundly.

Melanie’s expression turned ugly.

‘She’s clearly looking down on me!’ Gritting her teeth, Melanie said, "Don’t be overconfident!"

That made Lily chuckle.

"Excuse me.Only someone with great abilities has the right to be overconfident.Do you have that?"

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Lily walked past Melanie and strode toward the exit.

‘God knows why she stopped me back there.It’ll be troublesome if she tries to frame me or anything again later"

Lily saw Giselle walking over to her quickly as soon as she exited through the door, the latter’s expression filled with joy and excitement.She failed to conceal her emotions, although she tried.

"Congratulations, Ms.Christian!"

The results of the first two rounds were released immediately upon finalization by the organizer, but the participants had to stay for a while longer inside the venue.

Lily found Giselle’s attempt to suppress her happiness hilarious and raised her hand to pinch Giselle’s cheeks.Giselle was stunned.

"Let me give you some advice."

"What?"

"Don’t call me Ms.Christian next time."

It was rare for anyone to call Lily that, making her feel weird getting addressed that way too.Her words made Giselle’s mind go blank for a second.

"What should I call you then?"

"What about my name?"

Giselle blinked and exclaimed, "Lily?"

"you’re doing great!"

Lily patted Giselle’s head, showing her satisfaction.

To Lily, they were co-workers who had different job responsibilities.

Besides Giselle being extra cautious and serious about her work, she treated Lily nicely.

In Westwood, Giselle was the one who made arrangements for everything, from accommodation and travel to food.

Lily could focus on her work, and it was thanks to Giselle.

Considering things were moving smoothly, Lily was in high spirits and joked around with Giselle before she walked away.

At this time, a car stopped in front of her.

Then, someone came out of the vehicle and approached her.

"Ms.Christian?"

"Yeah, it’s me." Lily nodded.

"We're told to pick you up."

The man spoke fluent English and was polite.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм It was just that his wide sunglasses covered almost half of his face, and Lily could not see it clearly.

"Who told you to..."

Lily hesitated, but she had a feeling she knew who it was.

The only person who she knew here and was wealthy was none other than that young lady.

"It’s Ms.Lisa Parker."

She was right.However, she did not know why Lisa was looking for her now.

The competition had just ended.Lily thought, ‘She didn’t tell me she was going to meet me"

"Ms. Parker said that she has something important to discuss with you, but she couldn’t tell you about it over the phone as the competition period is quite a sensitive time for the both of you to communicate.You should understand after seeing this," he said and went forward to hand Lily an item.

Lily glanced and realized that it was the ring Lisa always wore.

"That means she doesn’t want me to call her?" Lily asked.

"Ms.Parker said that she'll tell you in person when the both of you meet later."

He opened the door and continued, "Time is running out.Ms.Christian, please get in the car."

"Ms.Christian!"

Giselle chased behind her, still addressing her the old way as she was not used to calling Lily by her name yet.

"Where are you going? It’s late."

"Lisa needs to meet me."

Lily said, "I might need to go with them."

"Ms..."

Giselle paused and looked at the tall and sturdy foreign- looking man as she pulled Lily to the side.She whispered, "The gossip about you and Mr.Parker's relationship is already circulating.It’s inappropriate for you to meet Ms.Parker at this time.I think you should reject them."

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Giselle was one to worry about many things, but she was right this time.

However, Lily's rejection was not solely motivated by a desire to avoid gossip, as meeting Lisa at such a delicate time could lead to unwarranted assumptions.

Even if Lily did not care about that, it would affect the reputation of Lisa and her father.

Lily looked at the man and said, "How about this? I'll call Lisa and talk things over the phone with her."

The man stayed silent, so Lily took out her phone and called Lisa.

However, the call did not go through at all.

"Ms.Parker is doing this because she has no other choice.Ms.Christian, we hope you understand," the man explained.

At first, Lily wanted to decline, but she was worried that something had happened to Lisa or that she had encountered some sort of difficulty since the call was not going through and the man had Lisa's ring with him.

After hesitating for a moment, she finally decided.

"Fine.I’ll come with you."

"wait!"

Giselle, seeing that she could not stop Lily, rushed over.

"I’ll go with you too if you must leave."

"Ms.Parker had only invited Ms.Christian."

The man clearly did not want Giselle to come with them.

"I’m just going to take a look at what’s happening. I'll call you if there’s anything.Be right back."иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм Lily motioned with her fingers to indicate that she would call Giselle.

However, Giselle insisted, "No.1 won't allow you to leave my sight at this time, no matter what.I'll come with you if you’re worried about Ms.Parker."

"Giselle..."

Lily wanted to say something else, but the man interrupted her, "Ms.Christian, time is running out.Your assistant can come along if she insists."

Since they allowed Giselle to come with her, Lily made no further move to persuade Giselle as they entered the car.

The car was spacious.

Other than the driver, only Lily and Giselle, as well as the man who talked to them earlier, were in the car.He had stopped talking since they got into the car, and the atmosphere was slightly solemn.

There was a faint scent, probably from the air freshener.

Lily continued to call Lisa, but her phone was already turned off.

"What exactly happened to Lisa?"

Lily became even more worried when she found that Lisa’s phone had been switched off.

"Ms.Parker has some problems, and she hopes you can go over to help her with it."

"What kind of problems? Does Mr.Parker know about it?" Giselle asked quickly.

It would be better for Lisa to seek help from her father, who had power in this place if it was a tricky problem.

After all, Lily did not know anyone there, nor did she have any connections.

How would she be able to help Lisa? "Ms.Parker said you’re the only one who can help her with her problems, Ms.Christian."

The man had been giving them vague answers, so Lily asked again, "where is Lisa now?"

The man looked at Lily, but she could not see his eyes clearly through his sunglasses.

Soon, he said, "Ms.Christian, why are you asking so much? You'll find out when we're there."

"You..."

Giselle wanted to say something else, but she paused abruptly, slapping herself on her forehead as she shook her head fervently.

"You guys..."

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Giselled dropped to the side before she managed to finish her words.

"Giselle?"

Lily called her name with a frown.

She grabbed her arm and shook it twice, "What’s wrong with you, Giselle?"

Lily also felt faint halfway through the sentence.She looked at the person in front of her and said, "You guys are not the personnel sent by Lisa!"

She, too, passed out and fell on Giselle’s unconscious body.

"You caught on too late," Jo said menacingly.

The car drove to a desolate place.

They stopped halfway to change to a different vehicle before continuing the journey.

They used different roads before finally stopping in front of a small wooden house.

The driver stopped the car and walked to the other side.

Jo opened the door and jumped from the vehicle.

They each carried Lily and Giselle on their shoulders and walked towards the wooden house.

The people inside had likely heard the noise outside and opened the wooden house door to invite them in, "You weren’t followed, right?"

"Hmph." Jo expressed his disdain for the question and strode in large steps.

The driver followed closely behind while the last guy closed the door after checking that there was no one outside.He then turned off all the bright lights.He turned around and looked at the two women who were put down.

He frowned and asked, "Aren't we supposed to kidnap Lily? Why are there two people? Which one is Lily? Unless both of them are Lily?"

They accepted the assignment, and the client clarified that they wanted Lily.They did not say that they wanted another person.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмIt was not like they would get paid extra for kidnapping another person.

"About that..."

Jo gestured at Giselle with his lips and said, "That's her assistant.She insisted on following.She can only consider herself unlucky for her own actions!"

Christopher, the guy who opened the door, was short and had a full beard.

When he heard Jo's words, he stepped forward and lowered his head for a closer look.

His two thick eyebrows frowned deeply, "This is her?"

The client instructed them to act carefully and increased the dosage of the drug.

They deliberately added three times the amount of the drugs in the fragrance.

They had taken the antidote and taken protective measures in advance.

Otherwise, they would also have fainted.

Moreover, the client had instructed them to tie Lily up firmly after they succeeded in kidnapping her.

The client repeated his words multiple times to the point that he was getting impatient.

Therefore, he thought that Lily was a monster who was very skilled in fighting.

Now that he saw her, he realized that she was only a little girl that looked very weak and with tender skin.

Even ten of her would not be sufficient as his opponent, let alone when she was all tied up.

Right now, as they pumped a lot of drugs into her system, he began to worry that something bad would happen to her.

"She's still alive, right?"

He felt uneasy when he saw her in a deep sleep.He put his hand under her nose and was relieved when he confirmed that she was still breathing.He looked at the other two guys and said, "Go find a rope to tie her up."

"Is this necessary?"

The driver asked as he felt that it was not.The three of them were not ordinary hooligans and were even listed on Interpol’s criminal list.It was natural for them to accept requests and carry out missions according to their pay.

Even so, they could not help but complain as this was simply overkill! The current client was a d*mb person that had a lot of money.

"We just need to do what the client requested," Christopher said.

Maybe the client had some special hobbies.

Still, he thought that it was not a big deal.He found a thin rope and tied Lily’s hands.

They did not even bother to tie Giselle up.

Then, they threw them into two separate rooms and waited to exchange her with money.

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Christopher made a phone call after he locked them up.

"Yes, we got her.When will we receive our payment?"

"Have you tied her up properly?"

The person on the other end of the call asked worriedly.

"Don’t worry.We’ve always met our customers’ various needs,"

Christopher paused a moment before adding, "Even if she weren’t tied up, do you think she'll be able to run away?"

"It’s better to be on the side of caution."

Although he, too, felt that Lily could not escape from her kidnappers, the plan had to be foolproof, and mistakes were unacceptable.

Christopher did not take his words to heart.

"When are you coming over?"

"I can only be there after two days.Give Lily water but less food for the next few days.Don’t let her eat much.Also, remember to give her the injections," The person said.

Christopher stayed silent for a while before he laughed awkwardly and said, "Shouldn’t you do this yourself?"

"I have something urgent on my side and can’t leave.Just do as I say.I’ll pay you extra as long as you give Lily the injections on time," the man on the phone said in a deep voice.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм

"All right then!"

Christopher happily hung up after reaching an agreement.

All he wanted was money.

Recently, Interpol had been keeping a close watch on him.He urgently needed a large sum of money so that he could disappear.

This mission was so simple, and it would be over soon enough.

"Leo, go give them some water and check if they've woken up," he said to the driver.

Leonel was unhappy and muttered, "Even a wild boar would remain unconscious after being injected with that amount of drugs, not to mention two little girls."

"If I tell you to go, you go! Don't give me excuses!"

Leonel reluctantly picked up two water bottles and went to check on the two girls after being reprimanded.He first went into Giselle’s room and saw her sleeping deeply.It was apparent that she had not woken up yet, as her posture had not changed.

"As expected.I knew these two wouldn’t wake up so soon!"

Leonel turned around and proceeded to Lily’s room.He saw her lying there safe and sound and felt aggrieved for being reprimanded, so he slammed the door shut.

"When's the client coming, boss? This mission is so boring.

Let’s settle it quickly and leave."

"Why are you in such a hurry? Just stay here quietly for two days.He’ll come since the person he wants is with us.He’s already paid the initial deposit."

Christopher picked up a piece of jerky, bit it hard, and chewed on it.

"Have you prepared the items I asked for?"

Leonel and Jo looked at each other.Leonel said, "We never touch drugs, boss."

They murdered, robbed, kidnapped, and blackmailed others, but they had never gotten involved with drugs.

They were bad guys, but they still avoided it as they were afraid they might get hooked if they were not careful.

The loss far outweighed the gain.

"Who asked you to touch it? Put it into the needle and give it to the girl."

Christopher said in a low voice as he glanced at Lily's room.

"Tsk, tsk."

Leonel clicked his tongue and suddenly felt sentimental.

"This client is cruel."

Not only did the client want to use heavy dosages to put Lily down, but he also requested for her to be tied up and injected with drugs.He must have hated her to the core and wanted to push Lily into her grave.

Most importantly, what he wanted was not a simple death.He wanted to use drugs to break her spirit so that he could manipulate her.He wanted her to suffer a life worse than death.

Lily’s kidnappers might be brutal, but they had never thought to torture anyone to this extent.

"Enough with your nonsense! Jo, you go instead!"

Christopher said to Jo as he was afraid Leonel might be soft- hearted and could not bring himself to do it.

Leonel glanced at Jo and put on a wretched smile.

"I advise you to go now, Jo.When she wakes up, you might be unable to bear it when you see her crying and begging for mercy.I saw her face earlier.She’s gorgeous."

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Christopher gave Leonel a stern look before saying, "Don’t you dare do anything stupid.You better not touch her and do something the client did not request!"

Leonel pursed his lips in resentment.

"I was just saying.It’s such a pity."

Unexpectedly, Jo agreed, "Yeah."

Christopher and Leonel looked at Jo in surprise.

Jo then prepared the injection and placed the needle on a tray before getting to his feet.He said, "I'll go give her the shot."

"Jo." Christopher stopped him.

"Don’t be too hard on her or accidentally kill her.It’ll be difficult to answer the client if that happens."

Jo nodded and walked toward Lily’s room.He opened the door and looked at the woman lying on the bed.

She had the petite figure of a typical Asian but was full of curves.Her exposed slender arms were as white as snow.It looked like she had not woken up yet.

He walked toward the bedside, turned on the side lamp, and stared at Lily.Then he put the tray on the bedside cabinet and sat on the bed.He stretched out his hand and touched her leg lightly.He slowly slid his hand up and swallowed his saliva as he moved his sight upwards.He suddenly stopped when he was about to touch a sensitive place.His eyes were surprised as his hand froze mid-air, and his fingers twitched.

"Don’t move."иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмHe did not know when a sharp knife had appeared against his waist.He felt pain as the sharp knife sliced through his clothes and cut into his flesh.

Lily, who was supposed to be still asleep, opened her eyes.She had even untied the rope that bound her.

"who are you?" Lily coldly asked as she sat up.

Jo smirked but did not answer her question.

Suddenly, he turned and tried to grab her slender neck with his fingers.

Jo ignored her threat.

Although he did not know how Lily woke up or how she managed to break free, he was confident he could subdue the petite girl.

However, reality slapped him hard in the face.

Lily avoided his grab, lowered her body, turned around at high speed, and got behind him.

She pressed the knife against his throat before he even realized what she had done.Jo’s expression completely changed.

Even though he was wearing glasses, the confident expression on his face finally collapsed.

It was unbelievable to him that a petite girl would easily restrain him when he had been in this field for a long time.

He might have underestimated her earlier, but his counterattack should have been fail-proof.

"answer me!" Lily said coldly.

The knife cut into the skin of his neck.If she increased her strength, it would surely cut into his flesh.

"Who..." Jo gulped.

"Who are you?"

He finally understood why the client wanted them to use heavy dosages and have her tied up.However, he had come to this realization a little too late.

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"Do you have the right to ask questions now?"

Lily sneered while Jo felt the knife's tip pushing deeper into his flesh.

The pain of the blade penetrating through his skin and the fear that he might be dead the next minute made his attitude soften.

"D -Don’t do this! L-Let’s talk it out!"

"Sure.Let’s talk then.Who ordered you to do this?"

Lily, with her head, tilted to one side, asked.

When they were in the car earlier, Lily sensed something was off.

Lisa would have called Lily beforehand if she genuinely had problems or difficulties on her end.

However, Lily could not get through to Lisa's phone number, and ultimately, Lisa's phone got turned off.It meant that Lisa faced a severe problem, and she should have sought help from her father.It did not make sense that she looked for Lily.

Hence, Lily felt they were here for her, not because Lisa sent them here because she was in trouble.

In that case, Lily played along, wanting to find out what they were up to while she searched for the mastermind behind this plan.

"We can’t reveal our boss’ identity," Jo thought briefly before saying coldly.

"Wow, you sure have your professional ethics in check," Lily mocked, using the knife to tap his cheek.

"It seems you don’t care about your own life, do you?" Jo just pursed his lips and said nothing.

Lily could tell that he cared about his life from his tensed jaw and the popping veins on his forehead.

However, he could not continue working in this field if word of his revealing his employer got out.

That was equivalent to ruining his career.

They understood the industry's rules clearly, so the essential thing they needed to do was keep their employer’s identity confidential.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм

"You're not afraid of dying?" The knife sliced through his neck, creating a tiny cut slowly.

Lily controlled her strength well, so the dagger had only cut the surface, not the flesh within.

That hurt the most, however.

Jo could no longer hold the pain in, as shown by the slight change in his expression.

Even so, he stayed silent, determined to say nothing about the topic.

Lily wanted to continue but suddenly looked toward the door and whispered lowly, "Fine.Someone else will tell me even if you don’t!"

Before Jo could guess what Lily meant, Lily had struck him on the back of his head with her hand.He fell to one side, totally blacked out.Then she used the rope from earlier to tie him up securely.She wanted to move him to the side, but he was heavy, and time was running out for her.

Looking around the room, she finally pulled the blanket from the bed to cover him up.

Simultaneously, someone knocked on the door.

"Jo, don’t go overboard."

It was the driver, Leonel.

As Jo had been in the room for a long time, Leonel assumed that he must have done something to Lily.

Although their employer did not have other orders for them, it was best not to go overboard.

If Jo were to cause too much damage to Lily, they would not be able to explain it to their employer later.

Christopher, who was the head of the pack, told Leonel to go and check on Jo.

Barefooted, Lily walked to the door, her hand gripping tight on the knife as she locked her gaze on the door.

"Jo, Christopher told you to be gentle to the girl.If you go too rough on her, it’s hard for us to explain to our boss later.Jo."

Leonel knocked on the door but got no response, so he went to open the door instead.The door was not locked, so it easily opened when Leonel turned the doorknob.

The room was dim, but the bedside lamp was on.

Leonel saw the bump under the blanket right away and laughed.

"Wow, this looks intense! Jo, don’t be too rough on the girl!"

That was what Leonel said, but he went forward to take a look.He was not here to make Jo stop but to watch the show.

"Jo, I'm talking to you.Jo..."

Spoiled by Mr. Russell Chapter 340

Leonel bent a little, wanting to lift the blanket, but when his fingers touched the soft fabric, he realized something was wrong.

Just as he was about to turn around, he felt numbness in his hips.He could not move at all.He was frightened and made every effort to move but to no avail.His head was immobilized, and all he could do was look around with his eyes.

Leonel opened his mouth, wanting to scream, but soon felt numbness on the back of his neck.His mouth was wide open, but he could not even make a sound.

‘Did I become mute?’ This thought made Leonel panic.

Lily wanted to control him temporarily so she could ask who the mastermind was.

Then she realized he might scream, so she decided it would be better to take control of each person's movements and speech one by one.She could take her time questioning them later.

Sure enough, Christopher thought it was strange that Leonel did not come downstairs either.He did not believe Lily posed an immediate threat, but he suspected she had gotten help from a third party.He had a gun in his hand while he climbed the stairs, which he had earlier concealed on his hip.

"What the h*ll are the two of you doing? Come out now!"

Christopher stood by the door and shouted, "I’m going to punish you two if you don’t come out this instant!"

Although he was still conscious, Leonel could not speak and was forced just to stand there.

Anxiety filled his eyes, and they darted nervously about.

Up until this point, he had no idea what had numbed him.

Worse yet, he had no idea who had attacked him.

"Jo? Leo?"

Christopher kicked the door, his hand gripping the gun tightly.His finger was already on the trigger, and he was ready to shoot anytime.

Christopher kicked open the door because it had not been properly shut.

The room was dead silent, and not even the sounds of people fighting could be heard.

The dim light from the room shone into the open space, and Christopher could see the back of someone in the dark.

Narrowing his eyes, he asked, "Leo?"

An instant later, the figure in the shadows whirled around and faced the doorway, firing the weapon on pure instinct before even taking a good look at the target.

When the gun went off, Christopher's wrist exploded in pain, and he dropped the weapon.

Christopher raised his leg to counterattack, but the opponent was quick and darted behind him in a split second.

Someone then kicked him in the back of the knees.

He heard a cracking sound and wondered if his bones had been broken.

Christopher slid to the ground despite his best efforts to stand straight.

He tried to turn around to find out who the other person was, but a wave of numbness had overcome him.

Nonetheless, he was able to turn and identify his attacker.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм

‘It’s her?? Shock and disbelief filled his eyes as he stared at the girl, unable to believe he had lost to someone so frail.

His eyes searched the room for signs of other people.

‘She must’ve had a helper! It’s impossible that she did it alone!’

"Stop looking.There’s no one else."

Lily stood before him with her head bowed as if she could read his mind.

"No one will come to save you even if you scream your lungs out."

The two of them were shocked to their cores while Jo was still sleeping soundly.