Chapter 252

Chapter 252

"The surveillance shows that Mrs. Smith was knocked unconscious by a woman and then taken away."

"What?"

James was shocked. Who would dare to cause trouble at his wedding?

James was already panicking, but he gave David beside him a look. David nodded and immediately pulled up the surveillance footage from the dressing room.

David showed the surveillance to James, who immediately narrowed his eyes.

At this moment, Anais quickly stepped forward, "What's going on? James, who did this?"

"That Veda, I think she's really had enough of living. The Brown family is already in such a mess, and I didn't expect her to still be causing trouble."

James thought that after the Brown family's disaster, they would at least keep a low profile. After all, without Hazel behind her to plan things, Veda couldn't pull off anything major.

He never expected this crazy woman to do something so insane on his wedding day!

Seeing Sophia being drugged by Veda in the surveillance footage and then dragged out of the dressing room, James's heart immediately tightened.

When Sophia went missing before, although he was nervous, he wasn't particularly panicked. But now it was different, because he knew Veda's current situation—he knew she had no one to rely on anymore.

The more desperate a person is, the crazier things they can do. This time, Sophia's life might really be in danger.

"David, quickly lock down the wedding venue. Don't let anyone suspicious leave."

David nodded immediately, "Okay, I got it, Mr. Smith."

At this moment, Aiden, who had been entertaining guests, noticed something unusual here. He walked over with his cane, frowning with confusion, "What's wrong? James, what happened?"

James was upset and anxious, but he still spoke very respectfully to Aiden, "We just found out that Sophia has been kidnapped by Veda."

Hearing this, Aiden flew into a rage, "What did you say? This Veda is so bold—causing trouble at my Smith family's wedding?"

This time Aiden was truly angry. In all of Emerald City, there weren't many who would dare do something so crazy to the Smith family, unless that person had a death wish.

Then Aiden took out his phone and made a call, "Use all your connections and resources to lock down Emerald City. Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must find my daughter-in-law."

After hanging up, Aiden frowned slightly, then turned to look at James, "Send someone to the Brown family right now and bring Hayden to me. I don't believe his precious daughter won't even care about her own father's life."

James narrowed his eyes slightly, then nodded, "Okay, I got it. I'll go right now."

After saying this, James led a group of people and barged into the Brown Villa. At this moment, Hayden was drinking, looking completely wasted.

While drinking, Hayden looked up and saw James's angry face, which startled him.

"Mr. Smith, why are you here? Isn't today your big day?"

James snorted coldly, "Hayden, do you really not know or are you playing dumb? Your precious daughter barged into my wedding today and kidnapped Sophia. You really don't know about this?"

Hearing this, Hayden immediately sobered up halfway. He stood up with a terrified look on his face, "Mr. Smith, what did you say? Veda went to your wedding to cause trouble?"

Hayden was almost dying of anger. The Brown family was already in this state—why couldn't Veda just behave herself?

Although he had lost the Brown Group, at least he still had some shares that had been converted into cash. He could live the rest of his life on that money.

But Veda just couldn't behave. Now she went to the Smith family to cause trouble again. Was she deliberately trying to make it impossible for him to survive in Emerald City?

"Mr. Smith, I think this must be a misunderstanding. Hazel has already been thrown in prison. She has no ideas now—how could she go cause trouble at your wedding?"

During this time, Veda had always acted meek and submissive in front of him. Hayden really couldn't understand how she dared to cause trouble at the Smith family's event.

"At a time like this, you're still saying it's a misunderstanding? Today is the biggest day of my life. Do you think I'd leave all the Smith family guests unattended to come here and misunderstand you?"

Seeing James getting angry, Hayden quickly waved his hands, "No, Mr. Smith, I didn't mean that. Have you investigated where Veda took Sophia? This Veda has been spoiled by her mother since childhood, which is why she developed such a willful and domineering personality."

"If you catch her this time, don't go easy on her. I can't control this child anymore—I'll leave her to the Smith family to deal with."

Now Hayden just wanted to protect himself. As for Veda and how the Smith family would deal with her, he didn't want to care at all.

Hayden was very regretful now. If he hadn't gotten together with Hazel back then, he and Ava would have made the Brown Group bigger and stronger.

But now things had come to this point, and it was too late for regrets.

Looking at Hayden's drunken state, James gave him a disdainful look, then signaled to his men behind him, "You guys, take him away."

After saying this, the bodyguards behind James directly grabbed Hayden and put him in the car.

"Mr. Smith, this has nothing to do with me!"

Hayden desperately tried to distance himself from the situation, but James acted as if he hadn't heard anything.

After James got in the car, his phone rang. He looked down and was surprised to see it was Veda calling.

His heart tensed up because he knew Veda must be planning to go down fighting.

"Veda, what exactly do you want?"

As soon as the call connected, Veda heard James's anxious tone, and immediately felt resentful. Why could Sophia take away everything from her?

Why did she have to suffer James's cold treatment? Where exactly was she lacking?

"James, Sophia is in my hands now. I want you to come see me alone."

James frowned. Although he was very angry, he felt somewhat relieved. As long as Veda was willing to see him, that was good.

What he feared was a situation like last time, where they had no idea where Sophia was and had to search for her for a long time.