The Woman From Hell

| took a deep breath and bent down closer to the man and said in a cold voice, "The man who died isn't my

husband. Looks like you want to lose another finger."

| raised the knife in my hand once more after saying that.

The man broke down completely and wailed, "I'm not lying to you. I'm speaking the truth. When our car drove

300 feet or so away, several cars stopped us and took your husband away. Later, the other party calledand

said that your husband was killed."

| straightened my body, my head started spinning.

The man was a wimp who would not stop crying in pain after losing a finger.

His wailing made my head hurt even more, so | could not help but scream at him," You're too loud! Shut up!"

| said to Solomon, "I'll leave the rest to you, Mr. Cook. Did you find out about Jordan's whereabouts?"

"He went to the hotel when the plane landed and stayed there. He never stepped foot out of the hotel. As for the

financial movements of the Fredericks' enterprises in Limbia, we're still investigating it, but so far, there's

nothing unusual."

| thought about it and said, "Focus on the factories under Fredericks Corporation. Check the ones that have been

abandoned as well."

Solomon was stunned and asked a little curiously, "Why do you want to investigate abandoned factories?"

| could not tell him it was my intuition as a woman, right?

| pursed my lips and faintly said, "Just send someone to investigate it."

"Sure." Solomon looked at the man kneeling on the floor. "How should we deal with this man?"

"Hand him over to the police."

When Solomon took the man away, Tory looked atwith dark and inquisitive eyes. "How are you suddenly so

smart?"

| sneered and mocked him back. "Shouldn't you be happy because I'm helping a lazy person like you to save

your efforts?"

"This isn't something | like to hear, Ms.

Lane. I'll surely put in 100% effort to save your husband. But why are you suddenly placing all your attention on

Jordan? Don't forget that Milan is your husband's enemy.

He's definitely involved in this matter." "At first, | did think it was Milan who planned the incident, so I asked

Solomon to focus on investigating Milan. Jordan too, just not as much. But your question earlier madethink

that Jordan could be the real mastermind. Milan is just a rusty knife in his hand."

"Oh?" Tory narrowed his eyes. "On what basis?"

He was asking the obvious and wanted to tease me, but | still said, "The man said he arrived on Friday, which is

the day Jordan arrived. Based on this, | have reasonable grounds to suspect him. If Milan has so many underlings

who are available for use, he wouldn't be in such a sorry state now. In that case, who's the authority who hired

so many men to work for him? Isn't the answer obvious?

"Jordan won't lock Theo anywhere in the city. The only suitable place to hide someone outside the city is a

factory. As long as we investigate all the factories under Fredericks Corporation, we'll definitely be able to find

Theo."

Tory put away the nonchalant smile on his face and now looked atwith a hint of admiration. "It seems like |

was more or less prejudiced against you before this, Ms. Lane."

| ignored him and went to the utility room to fetch a mop.

"Letdo it, Ms. Lane," the servant said with a pale complexion.

"No need."

| used the mop to clean up the blood on the carpet, then looked at Tory and said, "I'm afraid you'll have to

discard this carpet. How much is it? I'll pay you."

"You don't have to pay for it. I'm not short of carpets. But can | ask you a question, Ms. Lane? How are you so

sure that Theo is still alive?"

| pursed my lips. "Because he's my husband. No one in this world knows him better than | do." "

My answer left Tory speechless.

"Quickly go upstairs. | don't want you showing off how lovey-dovey you guys are anymore.”

"Okay."

When | went upstairs and went back to my bedroom, I raised my left hand and looked at the ring on my ring

finger.

At first, | almost believed that Theo was dead too as that corpse really did look like him. Though after | took a

closer look at the ring finger on the corpse's left hand, | confirmed that he was not Theo. Ever since we got

married, he rarely took off his ring. He basically wore it all year round, so there would certainly be traces of the

ring on his finger, but there were no traces of anything on the finger of that corpse. 2

In any case, this was impossible. Hence, | firmly believed that Theo was still alive.

Now all | had to do was quietly wait for the results of Solomon's investigation.

The waiting process was tormenting. | lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. | gave up sleeping

and left the room.

There was a swimming pool behind the villa. | went there and walked around the pool.

The moonlight shimmered on the water's surface, and after staring at it for a long time, it seemed like it did not

exist in reality anymore.

| was constantly worried about Theo, thinking about how he was doing and how badly injured he was. | wondered

if the guys who kidnapped him had abused him and added further injuries to his wounds. That would surely

cause him a lot of pain and suffering.

| was extremely lost in thoughts that | did not even realize that Chelsea was here.

It was only until she sat down on the lounge chair next todid | notice that someone was here.

"If you're bored, then | can be your listener." She looked atwith a face full of smiles.

| sighed. "Have you been here for a long time?"

Chelsea nodded. "I saw that you kept walking around the pool and cover because it looked like something

was bothering you. If you don't mind, then you can talk to me."

| sat down on the lounge chair next to her and said to her with great agitation, "The most important person in my

life is in trouble. I'm waiting for his news. Are you up this late because you have insomnia?’ Chelsea smiled. "I

guess you can say that. The wait is the worst, especially when you're waiting for news about the most important

person in your life. Actually, you can think on the bright side. | experienced the sthing as you once and my

mind was full of negative speculation. | even thought about my own funeral. It's a painful process."

Seeing the helpless look on her face, | could not help but ask, "Is it related to Tory?"

Chelsea was a little stunned, then smiled." Was | too obvious?"

| thought about it and said, "I was unsure at first too because | think you're too young, so | figured you were

probably his relative. But when Tory later went to your accommodation to look for me, the way you talked to him «

and the way he treated you looked nothing like he was interacting with a relative."