"Miss Serena, do you recognize this thing?" Chase Sherman asked in confusion as he noticed Serena Everett’s sudden change in expression.
Serena did not respond to him. Her expression was grave. "Give it to me."
Chase, seeing her distress, asked no more and respectfully handed the item to her.
Serena took it, gripping it tightly in her hand, her red lips pressed together tightly.
How could Lucas do such a thing... No, it must not have been him!
"You stay and look after him, I have something to take care of and will be leaving for a while."
Without waiting for Chase’s reply, Serena quickly left.
Watching her back, Chase scratched his head in puzzlement and confusion.
Why did it seem like Miss Serena was acting very strange ever since she saw that thing?
As soon as Serena was seen, the Hidden Guard immediately greeted her respectfully.
Serena nodded slightly, and then her cold, alluring voice rang out... "Have those people been caught?"
"Only a few severely injured mercenaries have been caught. The others are still being pursued. We subjected those severely injured mercenaries to torture, and they couldn’t withstand it, revealing the identity of the mastermind behind the scene..."
The Hidden Guard paused here, a look of hesitation spreading across his face.
Serena’s fierce gaze fell on him, exuding an invisible pressure.
Unable to withstand the powerful pressure coming from her, the Hidden Guard dared not delay and continued, "They said the mastermind behind it is... the Vice Alliance Hierarch..."
Serena’s heart trembled violently.
Everything pointed to Lucas... Could it really have been him?
Not only did they have the mercenaries’ testimony, but also the emblem symbolizing Lucas Laine’s personal guard. She couldn’t possibly mistake it!
Serena was unwilling to believe it, but the facts were laid before her, and she had no choice but to believe...
"Alliance Hierarch, since the Vice Alliance Hierarch did such a thing, we can now capture him and let you handle it..."
Damian Quinn is their Alliance Hierarch’s fiancé, making him part of The Netherworld Syndicate, and now the Vice Alliance Hierarch actually sent people to assassinate him, equating to betrayal of the Alliance Hierarch!
Betraying the Alliance Hierarch means betraying the entire Netherworld Syndicate, and The Netherworld Syndicate has zero tolerance for traitors!
"No..." Serena coldly interrupted them, "I’ll go find him myself!"
"Vice Alliance Hierarch, the task you gave us failed..."
A Hidden Guard knelt on the ground with an unsightly expression.
Lucas Laine said nothing, with half of his face hidden in the shadows, making it impossible to see his expression.
Yet his foul mood was palpable...
Just then, the study room’s door was suddenly pushed open, and Serena stormed in.
Upon seeing her, Lucas immediately stood up, moving to face her, his tone gentle, "Serena, why did you come to find me?"
The man, as always, was gentle and refined, yet Serena only found him to be a stranger, her voice icy cold.
"Did you know about the attack on Damian Quinn?"
Lucas nodded, "I just got the news. How are his injuries?"
"Only the three of us knew about Damian going to the Nigh Auction!" Serena stared at him intently, "And this is the emblem they found on the attacker today!"
"You did all of this, didn’t you?"
Meeting her cold, intense gaze, a pang of pain shot through Lucas’s heart, and then he admitted it calmly.
Hearing his confession, Serena was utterly disappointed in him. She suddenly raised her gun, pointing it at him, and questioned him angrily as if he were a stranger.
"Why did you do this?"
"Why?" Lucas wasn’t bothered by the gun aimed at his forehead. He just let out a derisive laugh, looking at her with a sorrowful gaze, "You ask me why? Haha..."
"I’m unwilling, Serena. Clearly, all these years of life-and-death experiences were with me. The one who has always been by your side is also me. Why does he, who came later, get all your love?!"
"Only if he dies can you see me!"
Upon hearing this, Serena looked at him in shock and disbelief,
She never imagined he harbored such thoughts for her... she had always treated him as family!
"What a pity, if it weren’t for that little bit, Damian Quinn would’ve perished at the Nigh Auction!"
As the deep and cold words left his mouth, Lucas had not a trace of guilt, only regret.
Damian had been gravely injured. If she hadn’t arrived in time, the outcome would’ve been unthinkable...
Yet he had no intention of repenting whatsoever!
The anger within Serena’s heart surged even more as she looked at him with cold, piercing eyes.
With a "bang," the gun fired, the bullet piercing through his shoulder, blood splattering.
The intense pain made Lucas’s face turn pale all of a sudden, but he just stared hard at Serena, looking at her with longing while letting the blood flow.
She still softened in the end...
Serena’s hand holding the gun trembled slightly.
They had grown up together, survived life and death together. In her heart, he was already a family member, one without blood ties, and she couldn’t bring herself to kill him, but neither could she forgive him...
"Never appear before me again."
The intense pain from the bullet piercing his shoulder was nothing compared to that sentence from the girl, which tore his heart.
"From now on, you are no longer part of The Netherworld Syndicate!"
Watching the girl’s determined figure leave, Lucas felt a heartache so intense he could scarcely breathe. His long, deep dark eyes were awash with crimson, filled with endless sorrow.
At that moment, an anonymous phone call came in,
Lucas stared at the phone for a long time before finally answering it.
As soon as the call connected, an eerie voice immediately sounded in Lucas’s ear.
"I suppose you already know who I am. I’m reaching out to make a deal with you."
Lucas’s lips were pale, but his eyes were pitch black, "What deal?"
"Follow me, and everything you wish to have, I can help you get!"
Nyx’s tone was strange, yet exceptionally seductive.
"As long as you help me capture Serena, after I finish my research on her, I’ll erase her memories of Damian and hypnotize her into loving you. Then Serena will be yours! She will only love you, and never have any feelings towards Damian Quinn again!"
Lucas lowered his gaze, eyes inscrutable.
After a while, he coldly curled his lips, "Fine, I agree."
"Hahahaha, you truly are a smart man."
Nyx laughed heartily, his tone filled with immense satisfaction. Fınd the newest release on novｅlfire.net
"Then, let us have a pleasant cooperation!"