Chapter 1497 - 1487: Offering Myself Is Enough

"How do you know these desperadoes?" Chloe Winston frowned as her scandal only erupted yesterday afternoon, and by the next day she was able to find these vicious people, and she asked.

"Constantine Stewart has really protected you well over the years." Royan laughed coldly, looking at the two bloodstains on her face, seeing her slender body bound and stuffed in a wooden box, her face pale, eyes dark, making her appear even more delicate, and immediately felt a surge of anger, saying, "How can you survive in society without knowing a few people from various walks of life? Do you think everyone has your luck, being adopted by wealthy and influential people? Didn’t you hear the Countess’s words that day?"

Chloe Winston thought about the things she had been through, remained silent for a moment, actually who hasn’t experienced some of society’s darkness? Everyone walks their own path, she didn’t sympathize with Royan, she just felt a bit of regret.

"You’ve been through those bad things, you were a victim, so why are you becoming an aggressor now? Royan, you still have time to stop, don’t ruin your future."

"I haven’t had a future for a long time. Money is power, with money, I can live the life I want, instead of being trampled by people like you." Royan coldly cut off her words, picked up her phone and filmed a video of Chloe Winston, sneering, "Don’t want to say a few words to the camera? The Countess plans to ransom you for fifty million, does that make you feel valued?"

Chloe Winston froze, looking at the camera, after a long while spoke softly, "Fifty million, I can’t pay that."

In the video, the young girl had her hands and feet tied, her face pale, there were two bloodstains on her face, looking at the camera, her large dark eyes seemed to be misted, speaking softly about her inability to pay fifty million.

Constantine Stewart watched the video, for some reason he laughed softly, his long, powerful fingers gently touching the small face on the screen, feeling both heartache and bitterness, he said hoarsely, "Fool, who asked you to pay, just give me your hand."

Zheng Gu looked at the man with a cold expression in the back seat, and reported in a low voice, "Mr. Stewart, our people detected three people in the van, one is Royan, another is Miss Chloe, and the rest are people hired by Royan. The driver and another kidnapper are sitting at the front of the van. The kidnappers are very alert and never show themselves, if we attack by force, there might be casualties. The Countess said she’s already prepared the money, and she will negotiate."

Constantine Stewart remained silent, his jawline taut with a hint of coldness, after a long while he nodded and said deeply, "How long until we reach the airport?"

"Ten more minutes, the Countess’s car is nearly catching up with Royan." Zheng Gu looked at the position shared and quickly reported.

"Tell our people to keep a low profile, don’t follow too closely, as soon as the kidnappers and Royan both appear from the car, take action." Constantine Stewart said coldly.

As soon as Constantine Stewart got Royan’s location, he sent it to Richard Shaw, the military district sent a team of elite to provide support, right now if there wasn’t a concern that the kidnappers in the car might hurt Chloe Winston, Royan’s car would have been blown to bits by now.

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Chloe Winston saw Royan send the video to the Countess, saw she was determined to take this path, and her brows furrowed, not speaking anymore.

The car quickly drove onto a secluded road, where Chloe Winston couldn’t even perceive the sound of passing vehicles.

Royan called the person she arranged with yesterday and asked, "Fifth Brother, I’m at the airport now, as we agreed, no problem, right?"

"Little Qing, this matter is quite big, after all you provoked Mr. Stewart, what if he finds me later, I can’t explain." Fifth Brother hedged on the phone.

Royan’s face turned cold, and she smiled ingratiatingly, "Yesterday’s agreed price, double the price, I’m just causing a bit of a scandal, taking a vacation, it’s not that serious, right?"

"Alright then, if things go wrong, I’m not responsible."

Seeing that the matter was settled, Royan breathed a sigh of relief, arranged the time and place, then hung up the phone, called the Countess, and said, "I don’t want cash, I’ll send you an account, transfer the money directly into my account, I’ll give you half an hour, if I don’t see the money in half an hour, then prepare to collect Chloe Winston’s body."

The Countess frowned and said blandly, "I’ve already prepared the cash, it’s impossible to transfer such a large amount of money to an overseas account within half an hour. You know how strict the domestic regulations are regarding large deposits and transfers. Miss Royan, may I remind you, cash is the safest way to conduct transactions, and I’m already close to the transaction location. You can remain unseen, I’ll drop the money, and you can release the person."

Royan was indeed doing such a thing for the first time, thought for a moment and said, "Alright, go to ***, there’s a big trash can there, drop the money inside, once our people get the money and confirm it’s fine, Chloe Winston will be released."

The Countess nodded.

Royan hung up the phone and coldly lashed out at Chloe Winston’s dark eyes, "What are you staring at?"

Chloe Winston lowered her eyes, Royan had been with the Countess for quite some time, and from what she knew of the lady, she suspected their location had been under the Countess’s control all along. No matter what, she sensed that something wasn’t right, but she couldn’t possibly warn Royan.

"Where do you plan to go after getting the money?"

"United States, start a new life." Royan gazed darkly at her delicate beautiful face, her complexion still perfect and shining. Chloe was still wearing her professional outfit from the film crew when she was kidnapped, her makeup cool and stunning, like an elite white-collar worker. Royan, having dropped out, could never be a technical white-collar worker nor a star.

Dark thoughts flickered in Royan’s eyes, she coldly stared at Chloe Winston, countless thoughts flashing through her mind, for a moment, she considered pushing her out of the car to die.

Chloe Winston sensed something was wrong in her gaze, palms sweaty, and said softly, "You can start a new life with the money, but you’ll never have that chance if you kill someone."

Royan coldly averted her gaze.

Soon, the Countess called, saying, "I’ve reached the designated location, I know you’re nearby, there’s too much money, I don’t trust you, I request face-to-face transaction, I’m coming alone with the money, surely you wouldn’t be afraid of a woman over forty?"

Royan was a bit irritable, coldly said, "Then come to this location."

Royan hung up the phone, sneering, "This old woman, if she wants to walk into the danger zone, she can’t blame me."

"Do you plan to kidnap the Countess as well?" Chloe Winston’s face changed drastically.