Chapter 308 - ARE YOU OKAY?
Chapter 308 – ARE YOU OKAY?
"Someone kidnapped Hailee," Ramon said suddenly. One sentence that Lexus didn't expect to hear.
"Hah?" Lexus took a little longer to digest that simple and short sentence. "What do you mean?"
Those three words were like a bomb dropped on Lexus that blocked his way of thinking, making him unable to process quickly like his usual self.
"Hailee is kidnapped," Ramon repeated again. And this time he took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket, lit a cigarette and stuck it between his lips.
It had been years since Lexus had seen Ramon smoke. His older brother had already broken this habit when he took over the company, although Lexus had seen Ramon pickup the habit again when the company went through a very complicated crisis, at the beginning of the transfer of ownership to him which both depressed and stressed Ramon a little.
And it seems the same thing is happening now.
Ramon in front of him now is not a calm and considerate brother, someone who is able to overcome any problem he is faced with, Lexus can see a different side of Ramon, he can see how frantic Ramon is now.
"How could that be?" asked Lexus, he then took the lit cigarette from Ramon's hand and stepped on it. Seeing Ramon like this bothered him a lot, because he was used to seeing his older brother as someone he could always rely on. "Hailee is at home… so how could someone break into the house and kidnap her? Where's Pyro?"
Ramon clenched his jaw and rubbed his face roughly. His emotions were unstable right now and only when he was with Lexus could he show them openly.
"Some of the bodyguards assigned to protect Hailee were traitors," Ramon admitted, his voice more like a suppressed growl.
Lexus was silent, his mouth opened several times, but no words came out, because he felt there were no appropriate words to say at a time like this.
"Wow…" Lexus shook his head and he looked back at Ramon. "This is really messed up."
Ramon then took off the coat he was wearing and threw it away, he also loosened the tie that was wrapped around his neck, because he felt suffocated, even though it had nothing to do with the uncomfortable feeling he felt right now.
"Then what are you waiting for? Why are we still here?" All of a sudden, Lexus felt an adrenaline rush, as an understanding of the gravity of the situation began to creep into him. "We have to find Hailee! She must be scared right now, she's pregnant! Did you find any leads? Did the kidnapper ask for a ransom?"
Ramon wanted to laugh when he heard Lexus' last sentence. If things were that simple and the kidnapper was only asking for a ransom, then Ramon wouldn't be on the verge of a mental breakdown like this…
"No," replied Ramon. He then looked at his brother more closely. "This is not a ransom issue."
"Then what is this about?" Then Lexus seemed to be enlightened a little on this issue. "Are these people your enemies?"
"Yes," replied Ramon curtly. It could be said like that.
"Then what do they want? They must want something from you, right?" Lexus really wanted to hit Ramon to get him to talk more and give him the information he needed. Hearing that his brother only answered each of his questions briefly, made Lexus want to pull his hair hard in frustration.
Silence engulfed the two of them for a moment and it made the atmosphere even more tense and suffocating.
Ramon fell silent and looked at his brother. He then put his hands in his pants pockets and seemed to be struggling with his own thoughts.
"Lexus," called Ramon. "I have something to tell you and I want you to listen carefully."
Lexus rarely saw Ramon look nervous and unsettled, so this made him even more uncomfortable. "What is it?" he asked carefully.
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Hailee looked around her, trying to find something to use as a weapon. She didn't know what would happen next, but she certainly needed weapons to defend herself, especially in the face of Aileen and Giana.
Only the three of them were inside this spacious room and Hailee chose to sit away from the two of them.
Not only Hailee, Aileen and Giana didn't want to sit together and be close to each other either.
After that small quibble between Hailee and Giana earlier, neither of them spoke again and the atmosphere in the luxurious room turned very quiet, until finally Giana got impatient and stood up from her seat.
She then walked toward the door and was immediately stopped by a guard, who asked her to go back into the room.
But, of course Giana would not take this lying down and began to show her true nature that did not like to be restrained.
"You do not know who I am? I want to meet Leon and talk to him," Giana said to the guard very rudely and curtly.
Leon…
Hailee, who heard that name being called, started to understand the situation at hand… so Leon was the mastermind behind all of this…
What was he planning to do by gathering Hailee and Aileen and Giana in the same place?
But, then another guard barged in and walked toward Hailee, then gave her an order in a harsh tone. "Follow me."
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Ramon glanced at Lexus sitting beside him deathly still and hadn't moved again since the moment they entered the car.
Meanwhile outside, the sun was almost up and the roads were starting to get crowded with vehicles.
The night just passed and with so many unexpected things happening, Ramon had no idea that less than twenty four hours ago, he could still see Hailee's sleeping face as everything seemed fine then.
Yesterday, at the same time of the morning, Hailee was in his arms, under the warm and safe blankets of their home.
But now things are different and Ramon doesn't even know where Hailee is or how she is. This almost made him really lose control of himself.
However, right now there was something else he had to deal with.
Lexus didn't say a word from the time they got into the car until Ramon stopped the car in front of a two-storey building not far from town.
"Are you okay?" asked Ramon, he then turned off the car engine and looked at his brother.
"No, I'm not okay," said Lexus. He then turned his attention to Ramon. "Are you sure about what you said?"