351: Chapter 351

Chapter 351

Mai continued hugging Kate while on guard of her surroundings. She didn't want her big sister to get hurt, so she would fight anybody who dared to touch her, even with the cost of her own life.2

The corridor was in complete silence until she heard a footstep reaching from the end of the corridor.

She darted her eyes and became fully guarded. She didn't know what happened to Michael, but she knew that Michael was a strong fighter, so she believed Michael could handle those grunts.

But what if he failed? After all, fighting three armed men was difficult.

So if the person who burst out of that emergency door wasn't Michael, then…

Mai stood up, enduring the pain in her stomach. She shielded the unconscious Kate from whoever walked in.

"Even with my body…" Mai murmured.

She remembered her big sister, who passed away about twelve years ago. They were so close, yet her sister told her to run when they had to fight against the monstrous man in the past.

Thus, Mai ran away when she was only ten, saving herself while leaving her sister to die at the hands of that monster.

So she didn't want to make the same mistake. 

She gritted her teeth and stretched her arms as her last attempt to shield any bullets that might have shot Kate. 

The big man burst out of the emergency door and was relieved to see Mai standing on guard.

"Mai!" Michael ran towards Mai, who was still on guard, and hugged her tight. "Thank God, you're alright. I was so afraid that something happened to you!"

It took a moment for Mai to register the hug. She then reciprocated it by hugging him back and sobbing, "Please help my sister first."

"Sister?"

"Kate!" Mai snapped. "She is unconscious!"

Michael checked on Mrs. Woods and sighed in relief, "She is just exhausted, probably after an adrenaline rush. Did you kill the intruder?"

"I can't…" Mai said. "Kate told me to stab his legs many times so he can't chase us anymore. He is still inside the apartment now."

"That's better. I also incapacitated those three men, but I didn't kill them because Marlon might use their death against us—or against Henry," Michael said. He scooped the unconscious Kate on his arm and asked Mai, "Can you walk on your own?"

"I can," Mai said, trying to ignore the pain because she didn't want to worry Michael even more. "We should go now. Let's go to the hospital to check on Kate's—"

"No, we can't go to the hospital," Michael said as he used the elevator down to the basement parking lot. 

"Why not?! She is unconscious! Something might happen to her baby!"

"We can't do it in Los Angeles, Mai," Michael replied seriously. "Marlon will send a bunch of thugs to capture Kate, and he will send more after knowing that Kate has escaped. We need to drive away from Los Angeles, probably the closer city, and we can get her checked there."

Michael and Mai left the elevator and went straight to Michael's car. He carefully put Kate on the backseat, and they sat on the front seat.

Michael waited no more. He drove out of the parking basement and left as quickly as possible.

They sat in silence for a while until Mai asked, "Where are we going?"

"San Diego," Michael replied. "I can go to San Francisco, but Henry has a lot of investments and business partners there, and Marlon knows at least half of them. So he must be chasing us to San Francisco after knowing we've escaped, thinking it's a safe space for us."

"So I'm going to San Diego. Henry has very little connection there," Michael added. 

"But where will we stay? In the hotel?"

"No, Henry has a beachside apartment there."

…

"If Mr. Grant has all of these investments, and even apartments and houses, why would he start a new business in New York?" Mai asked. "He doesn't lack anything, right? Then why would he start a fire and end up hurting Kate?"

Mai looked at the backseat and saw Kate was still unconscious. Her heart was aching seeing Kate in such a situation. If she could, she'd prefer to be the one unconscious instead.

Mai couldn't help but feel bitter for Henry.

None of this would've happened if Henry hadn't deliberately tried to fight against his father. 

"Why is he so selfish?" Mai asked. "If he truly loves Kate, he should've thought about her safety first…"

Michael took a deep breath.

He understood that all of Mai's questions were logical. 

Kate was in danger because of Henry, and Henry never lacked anything.

But she missed one important thing…

"Henry was born rich," Michael said. "He has always been rich and spoiled since he was a baby and never lacked anything in his life... maybe except validation. When he was around sixteen, his late brother taught him how to invest in businesses and the stock market efficiently, and Henry picked up his big brother's talent quickly."

"He was already very rich in university and expanded all of his investments here and there."

"Then why would he need to start a new company? He already has a comfortable life with Kate!"

"Because all those businesses are heavily surveyed and controlled by the Grant estate. Henry is a successful investor, but he would forever be under his father's watchful eyes," Michael replied. "What he wants is to give Kate a good and secure life. What's the point of having a stable life when his beloved will suffer?"

"Henry knows all the risks he would face if he dared to ask his cousin for help," Michael said. "But Sarah is already angry because of the engagement annulment, even if Henry does nothing, Sarah will still find a way to incite Marlon's anger, and that old crook will do this."

Michael clenched the steering wheel as his gaze darkened, "In fact, I can bet a hundred percent that Sarah must've said something to Marlon until that old man decided to kidnap Kate."

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