“What the fuck?!” Zayne exclaimed, his eyes widening in shock as he stood up. “Who the fuck shot him?”Zayne asked that question to his remaining men, but no one could answer as they didn’t see the killer’s face.And every time someone was attempting to go outside to check, they were being shot.Because of that, Zayne raised his hand, halting everyone’s movement.“Go back here,” he commanded. “And don’t peek at whoever is outside the warehouse. Someone might have been helping him shoot us.”His gaze moved to the windows near the rooftop after saying those words.“A sniper,” said Zayne in a low tone, ensuring the person outside wouldn’t hear him. “Be careful. We don’t know when that person will attack.”Zayne tilted his head, pointing to the corner—a blind spot for snipers.“Sniper team, prepare for counterattack,” Zayne told his two men. “Kill that sniper as soon as possible. I’ll buy time for both of you, so execute your job properly.”“Yes, Sir,” both of them affirmed.The remaining

Without waiting for Ray to speak, Oliver ended the call.He looked at Zayne with a sly grin, but the latter only shook his head and clicked his tongue, giving Oliver an arrogant gaze.“You’re running out of luck, don’t you think?” Zayne asked, chuckling as he taunted Oliver. “Your members couldn’t go here to help you, and you don’t have any backup plan. All you have is bluffing.”Pressing the barrel of his gun harder against Seraphine’s temple, he added to speak.“If you don’t lower that weapon of yours, she won’t be so lucky either.”Oliver could easily pin Zayne down by shooting him in the head if he doesn’t have a hostage. Or even if he does, Oliver was confident about his skills to execute his plan properly, which he mostly does.But with Seraphine’s life on the line, Oliver’s body was stiffened. His emotions, which he should hold under his control, were taking over.“You’ll kill me yourself, huh?” Zayne taunted, his other hand going onto Seraphine’s neck, slightly choking her. “

Feeling Oliver’s thumb pressing onto his neck, Zayne’s body tensed immediately. His eyes widened as he had difficulty breathing.“N-No…” he uttered, his left hand moving onto Oliver’s wrist as he tried freeing himself from his grip.But it was to no avail. With every second that had passed, Zayne’s strength was already fading.Zayne could only open his mouth, wanting to say something, but it seemed like his voice left his throat already.And ten seconds later, Zayne lost consciousness.“Hey…” Seraphine called, her eyes widening in shock as she stared at Zayne. “You didn’t kill him, right?”“I badly wanted to, but don’t worry, I didn’t,” Oliver answered.His gaze fixated on Zayne for a moment, making sure that he knocked him out. As he ensured that Zayne wouldn’t wake up for a while, Oliver turned his attention to Seraphine.“Are you okay?” he asked, placing some strands of Seraphine’s hair at the back of her ear. “Did he hurt you?”“He did,” Seraphine answered honestly as he held Oli

Meanwhile, Zayne had just woken up from a not-so-peaceful slumber.His body was filled with pain, especially his hand which was shot earlier with a bullet.“Fuck,” he grunted as he tried standing up, his vision blurry.However, to his shock, as soon as his mind became clear, Zayne noticed that he wasn’t alone in the warehouse.Tons of reporters with cameramen around him, were circulating Zayne, taking pictures and videos at the most horrible moment in his life.“Sir Zayne, is it true that you abducted Seraphine Carter, and even used her to get Rebecca Carter from the town she was living in?”“Can you elaborate to us what happened? On why there were tons of unconscious people in the area, and why your hand was bleeding?”“Various news about your illegal transactions to international countries, and your selling weapons to them, were circulating the news and on social media platforms. What can you say about it?”Zayne couldn’t answer. His mind started spinning again as he observed the ar

“Mess?” Rebecca asked, raising an eyebrow. “What are you talking about?”“Oh, you didn’t know?” Trisha looked at Rebecca, her eyes squinting. “Oliver and Zayne have a personal grudge against each other.”She added, “I don’t know what could be the reason, but I feel like my intuition is right. And seeing this, Oliver won’t let him do his retaliation again.”Rebecca‘s eyes widened upon hearing that revelation from Trisha. She didn’t have any idea that this fight was more than just merely saving someone.‘Wait… could this be because of Seraphine?’ Rebecca thought, especially now that she only knew recently how valuable her identity was to Oliver. ‘It could be possible. But why am I in the picture?”“But you do know that Zayne likes you, right?” Trisha asked, yet her tone was almost like a statement.However, when Rebecca’s brows furrowed in shock, Trisha gave her a look in disbelief.“This is crazy. You also didn’t know that?” Trisha asked, her eyes widening. “Almost everyone likes you in