"Didn’t what?" Huangfu Jue clasped his palms together, sticking out his tongue to lick his dry lips, "Have no reaction to me?"
The man’s tone was tinged with a mix of teasing and pride.
This damn woman, if he hadn’t used his son as bait, she wouldn’t have been willing to come out.
This time, he was determined to properly punish her.
She bit down hard on her teeth to keep from crying out.
Even though the stairwell was dimly lit, he recognized it at a glance, it was that ring.
The engagement ring he had brought her when he went to M Country to find her, which later got lost in the chaos, nearly drove him to tear Will into pieces because of the lost ring.
These past two days, he had already instructed his company’s staff to find an identical quality red diamond and to arrange for a designer to make a new one.
Unexpectedly, the ring was with her.
Indeed, he was right!
If she had truly let him down and let go, how could she possibly still keep this ring and wear it on her body with such care?
Footsteps hurried along the corridor.
"Immediately seal all the exits!"
"Team one, this way!"
"We must find the Duke, ensure his safety!"
It was clear that the event staff were mobilizing personnel, searching for the "missing" Huangfu Jue in preparation to capture her and Jessica.
Seizing the opportunity provided by Huangfu Jue’s distraction with the ring, Gan Yuan exerted all her strength to push him away. He staggered back two steps, crashing into the staircase railing, and Gan Yuan dashed past him, running down the emergency stairs.
Just as he straightened himself, the door to the emergency stairs was already pushed open by several security guards.
Seeing him, the head of the security team immediately rushed over, concernedly supporting his arm, "Are you all right?"
"I’m fine!" Huangfu Jue glanced quickly at the emergency stairs below, then swiftly withdrew his gaze, "Have you found the assailant?"
"Not yet, but the young prince has been safely located..." The head of security cast a glance at the emergency stairs downstairs, "There seemed to be footsteps just now, did you see anyone?"
Huangfu Jue shook his head, "It was me running up from downstairs."
Seeing that he was still a bit out of breath, the head of security didn’t suspect anything and immediately waved to his subordinates.
"Escort the Duke to a safe location, split the rest of you into two groups, some of you, follow me downstairs."
Huangfu Jue held out his hand to stop him. Gan Yuan had just gone downstairs; if they ran into her and there was a fight, it would be troublesome if she got hurt.
"What’s wrong?" The head of security halted.
"I just came up from downstairs, there’s no one there; you’d better look elsewhere, don’t waste time here."