325: IS THIS REAL?!

IS THIS REAL?!

Ramon had a strange feeling about the elevator, because it had clearly stopped in an emergency. How could that thing stop in an emergency? Is there anyone inside it?0

There should be someone inside to be able to press the emergency button.

"Hey, hurry up. We have to go. What are you doing there?" Ian asked impatiently. He then approached Ramon and followed his gaze to the elevator.

Ian tried to find the oddity that made Ramon stop at it, and found nothing but the elevator indicating that it was in an emergency stop position.

But, that wasn't enough to keep Ramon glued to it, was it?

A moment later, several people came, led by Marco, they approached Ramon because they saw this man standing rooted to the ground. He didn't move and seemed to be lost in his own thoughts.

"Mr. Tordoff? Is there a problem?" Marco asked as he approached him. He then looked at the elevator, looking for anything odd.

"Open this elevator," said Ramon in a calm and even voice.

"What?" Ian couldn't believe what he was hearing. "We could lose track of Hailee if you waste time on this," he grumbled impatiently. Why is Ramon more interested in a stationary elevator than saving his own wife?

"Open this elevator," Ramon repeated. He didn't heed what Ian said.

Whether he left now or later, Giana had been away with Hailee for quite a while and it was impossible for him to catch up with them, that was assuming that Hailee was with Giana. But, after all, someone had caught up with them, so the only thing Ramon could do in the pursuit was to entrust it to his men.

However, this stopped elevator bothered Ramon. He couldn't explain this feeling, it was just that he felt there was something that made him have to thoroughly examine this elevator first.

Obviously the lift is functional and usable, but why is it in an emergency stop?

This is absurd and suspicious.

Ramon then glanced at Marco who still hadn't moved and the bodyguard who got the glance immediately realized and ordered his men to bring the tools in their car.

"Ramon is simply crazy, he just wasting time," Ian muttered impatiently. He couldn't help but get in the car and gave chase to get Hailee back. "Every second you're wasting here will put your wife at risk, as well as..."

However, Ian didn't have time to finish his sentence when Ramon suddenly looked at him with sharp and fierce eyes.

"I will do this my way and you can do it your way," said Ramon in a cold tone. Sometimes his way of thinking is different from most of the people around him and this is really frustrating and he has no obligation to explain himself to everyone name by name.

Ian clicked his tongue and took a deep breath, but then he decided to stay back, because he wanted to know if Ramon's instincts were so sharp and there was actually something in the elevator.

Therefore, Ian waited for Marco to return with the necessary equipment and started working on the elevator.

They opened the doors and Marco jumped down to get into the closed elevator.

But, Marco was surprised when he opened the door of the hatch escape above the elevator cabin and looked inside.

"Mrs. Tordoff!" he cried frantically. "Mrs. Tordoff is here!" he said.

Marco's voice echoed in the elevator shaft and the information took Ramon and Ian by surprise. The two of them immediately approached the elevator doors that were forced open and saw Marco's expression in the darkness.

Surprise was evident on his face when he met their gazes and whatever happened down there, didn't give a good feeling to Ramon.

"Get her out now." Ramon uttered the sentence in the form of a growl through his tightly clenched jaw.

Without being ordered twice, Marco immediately jumped off the elevator top and landed on the floor.

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"We should have brought her…" Aileen mumbled while hugging herself. "We should have killed her…" fear made the woman's body tremble violently and made her voice sound like she was daydreaming.

On the other hand, Giana didn't want to hear those comments and preferred to focus on what she had to do next.

There was a chance that Ramon would find Hailee in the elevator, but there was also a chance that Ramon would leave the house without checking the elevator, even though Giana knew that the chances were very low, but still…

"You never believe what I said…" Aileen muttered again. "You should have killed her…"

Then, not getting the attention she wanted, Aileen then looked at Giana who was sitting beside her and shook her arm.

"You should have killed her!" cried Aileen again in a louder voice. "You made a big mistake by letting her live!"

The first time she freed Hailee, she was thinking that she would be able to torture her, yet she ended up at a complete disadvantage and Hailee actually got all the benefits, which Aileen had never even imagined before.

And now, Hailee was back on the run again...

Aileen couldn't imagine what would happen to her after this. Especially when Ramon saw what had happened to his wife. What's this? Why is luck always on Hailee's side? She couldn't always be this lucky, could she?

"We should have killed her!" cried Aileen again, she felt that she would go crazy just imagining what would happen to her later. "We should have killed her!"

"Shut up!" Giana growled; she then pushed Aileen's body away from her and looked with disgusted eyes at the woman who was now sobbing.

Of course this was very scary for Aileen who did not have any supporting factors like Giana did.

At least, the company that Giana runs is owned by her own family, while Aileen… Tatum's company is clearly Hailee's.

Aileen doesn't understand what went wrong, it seems things are turning for the worse for her.

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After the elevator doors opened, Ian gasped when he saw Hailee lying on the elevator floor while Marco supported her head.

Ian's heart seemed to stop beating when he saw the blood that flooded the floor and Hailee's pale face.

Oh, God… is this all real?

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