Chapter 23

This meant that as long as I could find a way to escape from this ship, I could run away from the dock.

After making up my mind, I finally calmed down and thought about how that man never came in to check on me. From everything he said earlier, I guessed he was probably guarding here alone.

Maybe he was very confident in himself, or maybe he didn't want to find other helpers because he wanted to keep all the reward money for himself.

Anyway, this man's confidence gave me a chance.

My hands were tied behind my back, but I managed to hook out the blade hidden in my bracelet with my fingers.

This had been my habit all along.

Including in earlier years, when some business partners tried to get handsy with me, I also used this trick to threaten them.

But I didn't know why, Killian never seemed to notice this.

Last time when dealing with Hamilton, Virio kept helping me, so I didn't have time to pull out my hidden weapon.

So now Hamilton let his guard down.

After taking out the blade, I carefully cut the rope around my wrists.

But because I'd been tied up for quite a while, the hemp rope still left red marks on my wrists.

Using the light coming in from outside, I checked my hands.

Good, I hadn't lost my ability to move.

The process of cutting the rope went very smoothly, and that man was so confident he didn't even come in to check once.

Although I'd already cut the rope and moved around a bit in place, I didn't run out right away.

I was worried that man might come in at any moment. If I ran into him face to face, I obviously wouldn't be his match.

He had a dagger hidden on him and looked big and strong. If the two of us got into a fight, I would likely be treated in an even more brutal way.

But soon an opportunity came.

I heard that man's voice outside - he seemed to be on the phone.

Then he was even walking around nearby while holding his phone.

I was still sitting in place when I suddenly saw he had walked around to the window on the side!

But he wasn't looking at me, just focused on his phone call, saying who knows what.

Probably Hamilton was communicating with him.

I realized this was my chance, so before the man noticed me, I crouched down and rushed straight for the door.

Luckily, the door actually wasn't locked!

I slipped out without making any noise. The man had walked to one side, so he couldn't notice what was happening at the front door.

I looked around - I could only run along those cargo containers.

The containers could hide my figure, and those noisy workers could also cover the sound of my footsteps.

I ran forward hard, and was even more glad I wasn't wearing high heels today.

Behind a cargo container, I leaned against the wall and took deep breaths.

I should have run quite a distance, and that man still hadn't caught up.

Just then, my phone rang.

The caller ID actually showed Virio's name!

For a moment I almost cried with joy. Virio must have found out I was kidnapped and was coming back to save me!

But before I could answer the phone, I saw a group of aggressive-looking people walking this way in the distance.

The man leading them was Hamilton.

But his bulky body obviously couldn't support his fast pace. Soon he was out of breath and signaled the people beside him to keep going forward.

They came for the deal and discovered I wasn't there!

I broke out in a cold sweat and quickly hid to the side, trying to go around them and continue forward.

But this dock was an unfamiliar place to me. I didn't know if going forward would lead to a dead end. I could only keep turning around this cargo container.

Someone seemed to spot me and suddenly said loudly, "Is someone hiding over by that container? Go check it out!"

My forehead started sweating, but the next second, a gunshot rang out.

I looked up in surprise and found that the person who was about to walk over had already collapsed softly in a pool of blood.

I turned around in panic and unexpectedly came face to face with Virio.

He was standing not far away, still holding his gun in shooting position. Only when he saw me did he put the gun away and turn around.

Another round of gunshots.

The people preparing to surround us were all taken care of by the men Virio brought.

Hamilton was still standing in the distance. Seeing this scene, he was also scared stupid and fled in panic.

I stumbled into Virio's arms.

For a moment I almost lost all my strength. "Thank god..."

Virio hugged me tightly. For a while he didn't give any explanation, just held me all the way back to the car.

Then took me to his house.

On the way, I heard Charles call Virio. After confirming I was okay, he asked about the kidnappers' situation.

Virio had his phone on speaker and replied coldly, "I'll send Elvira to rest first. I'll handle those kidnappers myself."

I quickly realized what he meant - he was going to personally execute these people!

But the fear after surviving made me unable to think too much about it.

When I was brought back to Virio's house, he gently rubbed my head and carried me to the bed. "Wait here nicely, I'm going to deal with those people."

As Virio was about to leave, I grabbed his hand. "Can you not go? Can you stay here with me for a while?"

I was still full of fear in my heart.

Virio looked at me as if he couldn't bear it, but raised his hand to gently stroke my face.

"I'll be back very soon. Charles has already caught them all together. I estimate it'll take five minutes to handle." After saying this, he looked at me deeply and left.

I didn't need to see it with my own eyes to know what must have happened at the scene.

That shot Virio fired today was decisive and without hesitation. Now that Charles had gathered the kidnappers together, I could imagine even more what methods Virio would use to deal with them.

I kept thinking wildly until an hour later when Virio finally came back.

When I saw Virio, I pouted. "Didn't you say you'd be back very soon?"

"Sorry. I asked them some things about other people." Virio told me he wanted to know who sent these people.

I immediately widened my eyes. "They said Hamilton hired them. Are there other people too?"

"For now, it's indeed not that simple. But you don't need to worry. At least Hamilton won't dare to come after you again."

I shook my head. "Not necessarily. Counting this time, this is already the fourth time he's failed. His desire for revenge against me will only get stronger."

That bastard Hamilton!

Every time it was him coming after me. All I had done was protect myself, but now he wouldn't let me go.

As if knowing what I was thinking, Virio suddenly cupped my face. "Then next time he comes, we'll teach him another lesson."