NovelBarOur car was forced to stop, so Theo and | were politely told to get out of the car by two men beside us.
Passing by the side of the car, Theo saw that the black-clad man next towas standing too close. He
immediately went forward to pullinto his arms. "Stay away from her!" "Of course, we will." As soon as those
words were uttered, the men standing on the sides immediately went forward and tied Theo and my hands
behind our backs with ropes. Theo tried to resist, but the other party was too large in numbers.
"What do you mean by this?!" | glared at the man.
"This isn't the place to talk. Let's talk somewhere else." The man in a silver suit continued to talk in a polite tone,
but his gestures stated otherwise.
Theo and | were escorted to the car and blindfolded.
"Do you know what you're doing?" Theo spoke between clenched teeth.
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"We're saving people." | could hear the mockery in the man's words, though I dared not move recklessly as | was
pregnant.
After more than ten minutes of journeying, the car finally stopped.
Theo and | were escorted out of the car.
When our blindfolds were removed, we saw a magnificent villa right in front of our eyes.
| scanned my surroundings and saw other similar structures. | guessed that we were probably in a villa area.
After entering the villa and walking through the living room, the man in the suit led us to a large study room.
He walked up to the bookshelf, moved the books, and a screen appeared. | saw him press a series of passwords
and scan his face. Only then did the hidden door behind the bookshelf open.
The space inside the bookshelf was something else. There were white walls and a room separated by glass,
looking just like a laboratory.
Theo and | were brought to a room that looked like an interrogation room. There were only three chairs and a
table.
The man in the silver suit sat directly opposite us. "Hello, letintroduce myself first. My name's Ernest Cooper,
and I'm Mr. Hodds' assistant. I'm here today to talk to the two of you."
My hands were clenched into fists. | tried to break free from the rope tied around my hands, but it was simply
impossible.
"Is this how Mr. Hodds treats his guests? We agreed that he'd consider it, yet this is the result of his
consideration?"
Although Alex had stated absurd terms earlier, he was at least polite and modest. Though now that he was using
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmforce at this moment, it just showed that he had failed to maintain his polite front. "Don't be angry, Mrs. Grant.
Mr. Hodds didn't have a choice. He's just anxious about the child." As he said that, he switched on his phone.
"Why don't we find out about Munchkin's condition together? | believe you'll then know why Mr. Hodds is doing
so, Mrs. Grant."
He was smiling. Looking at the screen of his phone, he started reading aloud," Nimue Lane, acute leukemia, now
with severe anemia. Multiple fevers in a short period of time, all of which were high fevers "We won't sign it!" |
gritted my teeth with determination. The more it was so, the more | must not sign it.
If this was how they were already treating me, Munchkin would surely turn into their puppets when they had him.
I would never allow Munchkin to live a life like that.
Mr. Hodds knew this would happen.' He put down his phone. "He's worried that anxiety will cause you to make an
irrational judgment because of the urgency of the situation, and Mr. Hodds understands that. That's why he
specifically remindedthat if you're still not in your right mind, then I should help you."
As he said that, he nodded to the two blackclad men in the corner. The two men cforward to carry Theo up «
before walking out.
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