"Check what she’s going to F Country for this time!"
By his side, the bodyguard was taken aback. "Who are you referring to?"
Huangfu Jue turned his face, his gaze landing on the confused bodyguard, and immediately frowned.
"Has Will not returned yet?"
"No one has been answering his phone." The bodyguard by the window put away his phone, "Could something have happened to him?"
"Then what are you waiting for?!" Huangfu Jue exclaimed as he stood up sharply, "Go find him, look... If you can’t find him, don’t bother coming back!"
Night after night, Will had been by his side, being Huangfu Jue’s most capable assistant, transcending far beyond the role of an ordinary aide.
The bodyguards hurriedly turned and rushed towards the door.
"And..." Huangfu Jue quickly called out to the last one, "check where Jessica is right now."
It was he who had ordered Will to find a way to keep Jessica delayed last night, and with Will not yet back, Huangfu Jue couldn’t help but worry.
As the bodyguards dashed off to find news about Will, Huangfu Jue picked up the phone on the desk, and personally dialed Will’s number.
On the other end of the call, the phone buzzed incessantly. Will sneaked a glance at Jessica’s coat thrown on the back seat and could only sigh toward the vibrating phone.
As it turned out, this little run was even more remote than he had imagined. For over two hours, not a single vehicle had passed by, making finding help virtually impossible.
Using the strength of his elbows, he barely managed to push the back of the seat down, trying to drag his arms out bit by bit from above the seat.
However, it wasn’t as simple as he had imagined. The wretched girl had tied him up tightly; there was hardly any room for movement. Despite exerting effort enough to soak his shirt with sweat on his back, he had only managed to move his arms up by a third.
Catching his breath, Will stepped firmly on the car body, spread his arms, and pushed upward once more.
"Damn girl... Jessica... just you wait..."
While he strained to move upward, he continued to curse under his breath.
Bit by bit, and an hour later, when Will finally freed his arms from the seat, he was utterly exhausted.
Leaning against the seatback, he gasped for air.
After a while, he sat up straight again, rummaged through the car’s storage box for a small dagger, and cut off his tie that bound his hands.
Once his body was free, he pulled back his arms to look at his wrists that had been chafed red; he gritted his teeth in anger.
"Next time, I will make sure you wish you were dead!"
After swearing, he reached into the back seat coat for his phone, and immediately called Huangfu Jue back.
"Sir, it’s me. I’m fine, I’ll be back shortly."
Then, made another call to his subordinate and directed him with an approximate location.
While waiting for his subordinate to pick him up, Will crawled out of the car, grabbed a bottle of water, leaned against the car, and drank it down in one go; after several hours of struggle, his throat was dry as tinder.
His gaze fell on something shimmering on the ground. Puzzled, he bent down to pick up the glowing object.
In his palm lay a tiny silver cross pendant, about the size of his finger. Will turned the cross in his hand and immediately noticed two scripted letters engraved on the back of the cross – JA.
He knew her name was Jessica, but not her last name... Could this be her initials?