Chapter 173 Hostage
"Mr. Robinson, Ms. Penrose has left. Our people have gone to get her out," Joe said respectfully as he pressed the elevator button. "Our people have already blocked all the exits on Jake's side."
The elevator doors opened. The bodyguard pushed the wheelchair into the elevator, and Joe followed.
Joe actually disagreed with Timothy coming here this time. His body hadn't recovered yet, and who knew what might happen.
Because Jake had been on high alert lately, reorganizing his forces, they had no choice but to strike first this time.
At the same time.
Jake, who was impersonating Timothy, received the news that his entire operation had been taken down.
Jake's face darkened as he prepared to leave, but Emma stopped him. "Mr. Timothy Robinson, Mr. Manuel Robinson is looking for you."
Just as he reached out to push past Emma, the Bluetooth earpiece in his left ear picked up Elizabeth's voice.
After Jake finished listening, he slowly curled his lips into a cold smile.
Timothy was still alive.
Well done. Now he finally understood why his forces had been completely wiped out.
Jake leaned close to Emma. "Let's go to the lounge and talk, shall we? Jane, let me hold her."
Emma looked at 'Timothy' who was so close to her. Her face flushed slightly, and when she heard he wanted to hold Jane, she happily handed Jane to him.
Jake smiled and reached out to take the child, putting his arm around Emma's waist. "Let's go to the lounge. Can you find a way to quietly get Elizabeth to the lounge too?"
Emma froze at this moment. He actually had his arm around her waist?
After watching Elizabeth leave, Juniper and the others were speechless seeing Jake, disguised as Timothy, being so intimate with Emma.
So shocking. Timothy had always been the most sought-after bachelor among the socialites, but was this what he was really like in private?
Emma nodded. "I'll call someone to bring Elizabeth to the lounge."
Emma took out her phone and called Ophelia.
On the other side, Elizabeth and the people Timothy had sent were already taking the elevator to the first floor.
As soon as Elizabeth reached the first floor, she received a call from Mabel.
Elizabeth answered.
The person speaking on the other end wasn't Mabel, but Ophelia.
Ophelia said coldly, "Ms. Penrose, something's wrong with Ms. Simpson. A man helped her into the lounge number 02 on the sixth floor. Her phone happened to fall in the elevator, and I saw it."
Elizabeth turned around and pressed the elevator button to go back up.
The bodyguard, confused, asked about the situation.
"My friend Mabel was taken to lounge 02 on the sixth floor. Can you verify this?"
Elizabeth didn't know if what Ophelia said was true or false, but Mabel's phone was with Ophelia.
The bodyguard connected through the communication system to confirm the situation first.
"The surveillance shows that a woman was indeed taken by a man into lounge 02 on the sixth floor. We'll send people to rescue her."
The bodyguard relayed the information to Elizabeth.
On the other side, Jake, who had left with his arm around Emma, listened through his Bluetooth earpiece to the conversation between Elizabeth and the bodyguard. He smiled gently.
Jake had been worried something might go wrong today, so he had specifically put a necklace with a bug on Elizabeth.
From the first sentence she spoke with that bodyguard, Jake realized that Elizabeth somehow already knew he wasn't the real Timothy.
Jake chuckled quietly.
She had been ordering him around quite smoothly these days.
Completely undetectable.
The people monitoring Jake saw him take Emma and Jane into the elevator and press the button for the fifteenth floor - that was the direction to the top floor.
Emma and Jane had become hostages in Jake's hands.
When Manuel saw Timothy sitting in the wheelchair, he was completely shocked. He was almost furious - how could such a big thing be kept from him!
"Dad, I didn't deliberately hide it from you. There are Jake's people in the Robinson family, and besides, your actions during this time made Jake even more convinced I was dead, which was very convenient for me to work behind the scenes."
"Forcing a fiancée on me, giving Robinson family shares to Tommy and Jane who came out of nowhere."
Timothy's lips curved with a hint of mockery.
Manuel glared at him, saying sternly, "What do you mean 'came out of nowhere'? They're your children from now on!"
Timothy raised an eyebrow. "Sorry, my children can only be born by a wife I acknowledge. Emma and I never slept together, so she can't have my children."
Just as the tension between Timothy and Manuel was thick, Joe knocked and entered. He reported, "Today's VIP guests have all been arranged to leave, and the hotel staff have also evacuated."
Today, for the hundred-day celebration, aside from the VIP guests and hotel staff, the hotel hadn't received any other guests, which made things convenient for Timothy's operation.
"Ms. Simpson was taken to lounge 02 on the sixth floor. People have been sent to rescue her. Ms. Penrose also went to the sixth floor."
"Jake has taken Ms. Sutter and Jane hostage and is taking the elevator to the fifteenth floor."
As soon as Joe's calm words fell.
Manuel stood up excitedly. "Jane's been taken hostage? Timothy, you need to find a way to save her!"
Timothy wasn't worried at all. Whether it was Jane or Emma, neither had anything to do with him.
Looking at Timothy's expression, Manuel knew Timothy was planning to abandon Emma and Jane.
"Timothy! You can't let anything happen to Jane! Tommy and Jane are Annie's only bloodline left in this world!"
Because of Manuel's words, Timothy's face instantly darkened.
Joe also held his breath.
Annie had been dead for years, and now suddenly Tommy and Jane had appeared.
"None of us expected Annie to have frozen eggs. Her nurse was Erik's mother. Emma later overheard an argument between Erik and his mother and learned she had been used as a surrogate. The most important thing now is to rescue Jane."
Timothy's eyes turned red, almost grinding his teeth. "They're Annie's shame! Dad, you're really confused! How could you let them be born!"
This was shameful.
If Timothy had known, he would never have let Tommy and Jane be born!
Manuel said slowly, "Timothy, you've already sent away your sister and nephew with your own hands. Do you want to send away Annie's only bloodline again?"
"Shame? Aren't they Annie's bloodline?"
Timothy's hand instantly gripped the wheelchair armrest tightly.
Joe received a call from the people monitoring Jake, and his expression changed. "Mr. Robinson, something's happened. Jake has taken Ms. Penrose hostage."
No one expected Jake to calculate the elevator timing so precisely.
And he must have learned about Elizabeth's elevator situation through other channels.
He initially pressed the fifteenth floor, then when the elevator reached the fifth floor, he pressed the seventh floor and canceled the fifteenth floor. He got out on the seventh floor and pressed the down button, going back and forth.
The surveillance personnel kept watching him change floors.
Emma had also found 'Timothy's' elevator button pressing strange, but 'Timothy' smiled and said, "Didn't you notice Jane is very curious? I'm showing her around."
Emma smiled. He doted on Jane, which naturally made Emma happy.
Until Jake appeared on the sixth floor, and Elizabeth and her group also happened to step out of the adjacent elevator. He pushed Emma toward the bodyguard next to Elizabeth.
Jake quickly locked his arm around Elizabeth's neck, pressing a knife against her throat.
Jake's entire series of actions were precisely calculated.
Emma stared dumbfounded at the current situation.
What was happening?
Why was Timothy taking Elizabeth hostage?
When Emma saw that 'Timothy' was still holding Jane with one hand, "Mr. Robinson, give Jane to me."
Jake glanced coldly at Emma. He took Elizabeth hostage and entered the elevator again. This time the elevator went to the top floor.
Elizabeth tilted her neck back, trying to keep away from the knife at her throat.