His original plan was very simple—kidnapping Sophia and using her to blackmail John. As Sophia was pregnant and
couldn’t move around so easily, he had specially instructed not to make things too difficult for her.
Previously, he had added the abortion pill in the juice that was served to her, but only in a small amount so that the
effects of the pill wouldn’t take place too quickly. Since nothing should happen to her at his place, he would be free
of any responsibility if she was in pain by the time he finished his negotiations with John. Despite that, he
miscalculated that John was able to find someone who was willing to risk it all for him as Sophia’s substitute.
This was something which he could never foresee, regardless of how mindful he was.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtGlaring unblinking at John, he finally nodded. “I was right about you. But John, why are you so stubborn?”
John kept his silence and smirked without any care for the knife which was pressed against his neck. Just as
fearless, Lola had already removed the fake belly underneath her clothes, convinced that this old man wouldn’t
really have the guts to harm them.
Thinking that she was infatuated with John, Elder Mr. Bailey sneered, “Young lady, you’re willing to do anything for
him, but what can this man give you? I feel so sorry for you.”
The second he finished speaking, noises came from outside suddenly. At first, he wasn’t terrified of anything with
his back facing the entrance and two bodyguards by his side, but the noise was followed by the sound of two shots
echoing through the air.
Before he could realize what was happening, he felt the bodyguards beside him falling to the ground and was
immediately stunned. With quick reflexes, John and Lola stood up and raised their hands simultaneously at the men
holding them down with knives. They locked their arms which were holding the knives and kicked them hard.
As they were both rather skillful, their movements were savage and accurate, leaving the two bodyguards with no
time for reaction and fell to the ground with a hard thud. Earlier, John had clearly seen that the first two
bodyguards were merely shot by a tranquilizer gun and wouldn’t be badly hurt.
Elder Mr. Bailey froze at the situation. At his age, just Lola alone was enough to pin him down if things were to get
physical with him. When the people outside had seen what was happening inside, they kicked the door down and a
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmgroup of people bolted in. At the front of the pack was Logan, who dashed straight for Lola. Tucking away her hair,
she was just about to tell him she was fine, but he grabbed her into his arms and kept apologizing without giving her
a chance to say anything. It was true that he had let his guard down, which led him to fall for the Baileys’ trap. He
had thought that he would be able to protect her if he had come along, but she was kidnapped right under his nose.
Just the thought of this was enough to send him into seething anger. One of the policemen held Elder Mr. Bailey by
pinning his arm; they couldn’t use so much force on such an elderly man and were merely holding him still so he
wouldn’t break free. After a long while, Lola pushed Logan aside. “Alright, alright. I’m fine.” Releasing her, he
stroked her hair, and his hands slid to her shoulders. After checking her all over to make sure that she was indeed
fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.