Chapter 358
Elizabeth’s phone buzzed.
The news was all over it: some homeless dude stumbled upon the kidnapped Allen in some sketchy, half–built building this morning.
Allen was in rough shape but had been taken home now.
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Elizabeth squinted and then chuckled. What kind of homeless guy would wander into such a random, unfinished building for no
reason?
She didn’t need to guess; she knew this had Alexander written all over it.
Elizabeth opened her blacklist, thinking about unblocking Alexander’s number. But after a moment, she decided against it.
In the future, when Alexander and Esme were together, Allen would still be his mother–in–law.
No way he’d let Allen suffer for real.
Good thing he didn’t send someone to rescue Allen last night, or Elizabeth could bet the next person tied up there would be Alexander.
Elizabeth had just gotten back to the hospital room when Henry called.
She didn’t need to answer to know what Henry wanted to say. But she still picked up, put it on speaker, and tossed it onto the nightstand, then went back to her book.
Henry yelled, “Elizabeth! Aren’t you going too far? My mom’s old, but you actually hung her up. If something had happened to her last night, could you handle that?”
Elizabeth heard him and replied calmly, “She’s old, so she’s right? Her life is valuable, but mine isn’t?”
“What do you mean by that?” Henry was fuming.
“Guess Allen didn’t tell you that the night before last, I was kidnapped, and it was her doing.” Elizabeth glanced sideways at the phone.
Silence on the other end.
Henry was stunned. What? Allen actually had Elizabeth kidnapped and even got Alexander hurt?
Elizabeth let out a cold laugh, her tone sharp and provoking, “Mr. Russell. I thought you had your act together in the family. Turns out, you’re just like the rest. No idea where the Russell Group is headed with you at the helm.”
Henry was pissed at that. But yeah, he had jumped the gun on this one.
He hadn’t expected that it was Allen who had Elizabeth kidnapped first.
“But Elizabeth, even though my mom was wrong, you can’t retaliate in the same way.” Henry’s tone softened a bit.
Elizabeth let out a cold laugh. “Then what should I do? Ask her to sit down and kneel before her? Mr. Russell, you’d better tell your mom and sister to back off. I’m really crazy.” Elizabeth lowered her eyes, her tone full of danger.
Elizabeth could be really crazy when she got going.
Chapter 358
More silence on the other end.
After a long while, Henry said faintly, “Elizabeth. This matter is our family’s fault. I’ll come to apologize to you later.”
With that, Henry hung up.
Elizabeth hummed and closed her book.
The door to the hospital room swung open.
Elizabeth looked up and saw Felix.
Felix propped his face with both hands, grinning. “SerenityLeaf has a new lead.” Felix said seriously, “I heard that at 8 PM tomorrow night, SerenityLeaf will show up at an auction abroad.”
Elizabeth paused and then asked, “Wasn’t it said to be in some businessman’s hands?”
Felix nodded. “Yeah. Looks like this businessman is offering this item for a partnership.”
Elizabeth pouted. Nowadays, businessmen would give up anything for a deal.
It was wild that they’d just give away SerenityLeaf, such a rare herb.
“Get it,” Elizabeth said seriously.
“Alright, I’ll go get it,” Felix said.
Elizabeth smacked his head with a magazine. “I’m going too!”
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