Chapter 21
“I knew Vincent’s whereabouts.”
Matheo’s voice was soft, like soothing a child, “As long as we kidnap him, we can get the ransom, and then we can make a clean getaway…”
He gently wiped away the cold sweat from Juliana’s forehead, his one eye flashing with a sickly light.
“Look at you now… it’s all because of Vincent, why can he get away with it?”
Juliana tightly closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling violently.
Yes, she ended up like this, all thanks to Vincent…
Outside the café, Matheo found Vincent skulking around.
“It’s been taken care of.”
He lowered his voice.
“Where is the recording?”
Vincent asked coldly.
Matheo handed over a memory card, but suddenly held onto it when Vincent reached out.
“Shouldn’t this kind of private content be viewed in a more discreet location?”
Vincent disgustingly pushed his hand away, “You think you deserve to sit
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in my car?”
“I dare not, I dare not.”
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Matheo accompanied with a smile, “Just hoping Mr. Seibert can inspect the goods and make the payment as soon as possible.”
Vincent snorted coldly and turned to walk towards the Maybach parked
in the dark.
Just as he opened the car door, a warm body suddenly hugged him from behind.
“Bang!”
A sharp pain shot through the back of Vincent’s head, causing him to black out and collapse to the ground.
When he woke up again, he found himself tied to an iron chair in an abandoned garage.
With a foul–smelling rag stuffed in his mouth, he could hear the two people whispering to each other.
“Could not reach the Seibert family!”
Juliana’s voice was filled with panic, “They will definitely call the police…”
“Who did you ask?”
Impatiently, Matheo asked, “Will anyone else save him?”
Juliana suddenly chuckled, “Give Alice a call. I heard she hooked up with
a male boss in Paris and now she’s rich.”
Her voice was filled with malicious satisfaction, “She loves Vincent so much, she wouldn’t just stand by and watch him die, right?”
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Matheo grinned and nodded as they pulled out Vincent’s phone and found the familiar name in the contacts.
When Vincent saw the word “Alice“, his heart suddenly raced.
Will she come?
Is she still willing to come and save herself?
After the phone was answered, Juliana’s hysterical threats echoed in the garage, but Vincent paid no attention, his focus entirely on the other end of the line.
After a long silence, he heard a soft laugh, the familiar voice making his heart almost stop.
“He and I have no relationship anymore.”
Alice’s voice was calm, but terrifying, “This is illegal…”
This sentence was like a sharp blade, completely cutting off Vincent’s last hope.
He finally realized soberly that Alice, who had always been chasing after him, really didn’t want him anymore.
Juliana’s insults gradually turned into piercing screams until the busy tone of the phone being hung up sounded.
“It seems like your little lover doesn’t want you anymore.”
Matheo’s eerie voice came from behind.
Vincent then realized that his act of pretending to be asleep had been exposed.
Matheo played with a rusty pair of scissors, his one eye flashing with crazy light.
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“Now that you’re awake, let’s settle the score…”
His cold scissors pressed against Vincent’s eyelids, “Let’s start with my eyes…”
After hanging up the phone, Alice thought and thought.
Although she didn’t want to have anything to do with Vincent anymore, she couldn’t stand by and watch him die.
Not to mention they had already made the phone call to their own place, so if the police were to investigate, they would also be implicated.
After much thought, she dialed Vincent’s father’s phone number.
The winter in Paris was still bitter, but Alice was no longer afraid of the cold.
Her palm was always warm.
Cassius always took her hand at the right moment and put it in his coat pocket.
The dream of the studio has finally come true.
With full support from The Stewart Group, Alice’s design studio was officially launched on a snowy morning. Cassius personally presented her with the studio’s first piece of work.
A star–shaped brooch.
“On the day of the A&C Jewelry Collection launch event, under the bright lights, Alice calmly handled the sharp questions from the reporters.”
“Regarding the plagiarism allegations…”
She smiled faintly as the large screen behind her lit up with the evidence
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chain of Juliana’s plagiarism from years ago. “The truth may be late, but it will never be absent.”
This belated justice was a gift from Cassius to her.
Not only did he gather solid evidence of Juliana’s plagiarism, but he also united dozens of oppressed designers to speak out together.
The Seibert Group’s stock price plummeted in this turmoil, and its once mighty business empire was on the verge of collapse.
And at this moment, Alice was standing in the new studio.
Outside the French window, the early spring sun pierced through the clouds, sprinkling fine golden light on the snow.
Cassius wrapped his arms around her from behind, resting his chin gently on the top of her head.
“Have you watched the news?”
He asked softly, “Vincent and Juliana…”
Alice shook her head and turned, burying her face in his warm neck. “Those things don’t matter anymore,” she said.
Cassius kissed her hair knowingly.
Outside the window, the ice on the river began to melt.
Spring was coming.
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