Chapter 139 After landing, Katie waited at the airport exit for Thalia to pick her up.
She stood in the cold wind for half an hour without seeing any sign of Thalia. She took out her phone to call her.
But she was met with a cold, mechanical voice: "The number you have dialled is not in service." How could it suddenly be out of service? They had spoken just an hour ago.
Katie found this extremely strange.
Had something happened to Thalia? When the call failed to connect, she immediately opened Whatto video call Thalia.
The call went unanswered until it disconnected automatically.
Katie made five consecutive video calls with no response, and started to worry.
During their earlier conversation, Thalia had said she would reach the airport in about twenty minutes. But now, forty minutes had passed without any sign of her. Phone calls weren't connecting, and Whatvideo calls went unanswered.
Katie didn't know anyone else in London apart from Thalia.
In her anxiety, Katie suddenly remembered that Thalia had mentioned the nof her law firm and had sent the address in a text message.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIt was called Winters & Associates.
Katie immediately searched for the firm online and quickly found its information, including the office landline number.
She dialled the number, but after ringing for a long time, no one answered.
In her panic, Katie had forgotten it was after office hours and there would be no one at the law firm. The call was futile.
Increasingly anxious, Katie had no choice but to call the police.
The police immediately contacted Thalia's family to confirm if she was indeed missing.
When the Randolph couple heard that Thalia was missing, they quickly telephoned her friends to ask if she was with any of them.
15:1 Your Guted to Chapter 139 Victoria was drinking when she received the call. "No, she's not with me." Randolph spoke urgently, "Can you get in touch with her? We can't reach her phone." "Don't panic, Uncle. Lettry contacting her first." After hanging up, Victoria immediately tried to reach Thalía.
Just as Randolph had said, Thalia's phone wasn't connecting, and her Whatvoice calls went unanswered. Victoria sensed something was wrong and immediately shared this information with Asher.
The black car that had rammed Thalia's vehicle was only partially damaged externally, but it was still functional and drivable.
The second man who had emerged from the car was much more skilled than the first. Thalia was no match for him. After a brief struggle, Thalia was overpowered. The man bound her hands and feet and forced her into the car.
"Why are you kidnapping me? Is it for money?" Thalia asked.
The driver laughed as if he'd heard a great joke. "For money? Bloody hell! Our boss doesn't need your pathetic cash, you stupid cow." "Your boss?" Thalia caught the key information immediately.
Recalling the terrifying moment when she had nearly been shot on the road, Thalia's face paled. "You work for Tom Malfoy?" The driver suddenly barked angrily: "Who the fuck do you think you are, using the boss's nlike that? Got a death wish, have you?" From the back seat, Tom Malfoy's bodyguard and most trusted assistant, Jerry, spoke in a deep voice: "You know about Mr. Malfoy?" Thalia's eyes flashed with mockery. "How could I not? I nearly lost my life because of him." Jerry was silent for a moment. "Since you already know, I might as well be straightforward. Your man screwed with our operations, cost us a bloody fortune. So now we're taking his woman. Fair's fair." "Who are you talking about?" Thalia's lips curled into a derisive smile. "If you're referring to Asher Blackwood as 'my man, you're dead wrong. Didn't you know we broke up ages ago? If you're looking to take revenge on his woman, you've got the wrong person. We're finished." Chapter 149 Jerry sneered. "Who else would be his woman if not you?" "Haven't you seen the bloody papers? He's been photographed with sactress everywhere. Are you blind? Why the hell are you after me?" After a moment, Jerry said coldly: "You don't know that Asher Blackwood broke off your engagement precisely to keep you out of all this?" Thalia scoffed. "You're givingtoo much credit. He's publicly announced his relationship with that actress, yet you're still fixated on me?" Jerry's lips twitched in amusement. "Miss Winters, are you genuinely this thick or just pretending? The actress linked with Asher Blackwood is his bloody cousin." Thalia's expression froze, and her eyes widened in disbelief. "What did you say?" "Hmph." Jerry mocked coldly. "Miss Winters, I don't know whether to praise your acting skills or to commend Asher Blackwood for protecting you so well." Thalia's face was filled with confusion. "What do you mean?" Jerry was Tom Malfoy's personal bodyguard. Normally, he rarely left Malfoy's side for operations.
But recently, Arno Jones had been arrested, dealing them a severe blow.
The men Malfoy had sent to assassinate Asher had either died or been severely injured. Now, Malfoy had very few reliable operatives left in London.
Jerry had been ordered by Malfoy to kidnap Thalia, and with his target now secured, his mission was complete.
Thalia was bound, severely injured, and cut off from all outside communication. There was no way she could escape on her own.
In Malfoy's hands, Thalia likely wouldn't survive.
Since she was essentially a dead woman walking, Jerry saw no harm in telling her the truth. "Judging by your face, you genuinely don't know. When you were with Asher Blackwood, you nearly got your head blown off. Then your father almost died at our hands. Asher was afraid that if you stayed with him, you might not live to see another day. So he staged those rumors with the actress and dumped you." Jerry was telling the truth. Initially, Tom Malfoy and he had indeed been deceived.
They believed Asher had genuinely changed his heart.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAfter all, for someone of his status as the Blackwood heir, being involved with an actress was entirely normal.
The Blackwood family had been cautious, keeping even their adopted daughter Grace Bennett in the dark.
Chapter 139 Even Grace didn't know the real reason behind Asher and Lia's breakup.
Recently, while Arno Jones was carrying out business for Malfoy, Asher's people had caught him making a mistake. Now the police had arrested Jones.
With the Blackwood family's assistance, dozens of companies controlled by Jones were being investigated by the police.
These companies appeared to be under Jones's control on the surface, but in reality, they were all tools for Malfoy's illegal income.
Jones was charged with multiple crimes and had been formally m arrested. mated His sentencing was just a matter of time-likely either death or life imprisonment. Malfoy had suffered enormous losses and could no longer remain in London.
They were already preparing to return to Russia.
But before leaving for Russia, Malfoy was determined to exact revenge.
Malfoy had sent people to assassinate Asher several times recently, but all attempts had failed.
At a loss for options, he thought of Thalia.
Malfoy was naturally suspicious. Lately, he had carefully reviewed everything and felt that there was something strange about Asher and Thalia's breakup. mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLliIofiflo&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1