"Preston?" Jared was still spooked to see him before him and looked at him with his eyes wide. He now realized what had happened and how he was captured. If not for Preston, how could he have been trapped?
"Did you inform them about my return?" He demanded, and Preston let out a chuckle in amusent.
"Yes. But even if I didn’t, they’d have known about it themselves." Preston replied as he studied the wounded man. He couldn’t deny that Jared’s state pleased him greatly. He had been waiting for this for years.
"What do you an?"
"Why do you think you got caught so easily?" Preston had all the patience in him, and he answered him with a question of his own.
At first, Jared didn’t understand what was happening. But after thinking for a minute, everything fell into place.
"Did you plan all of this?" Jared’s gaze imdiately went to Noah, and everyone understood to whom the question was not ant.
"No, I planned all of this," Aria replied, and Jared felt his entire world spin when he looked at the woman who had made him a eunuch.
"We knew you’d co back if you learned that Ivy was alive. After all, your plan failed, and that was a huge blow to your ego. So, we used this opportunity to capture you." She explained, and Jared felt his mind go blank for a mont.
"Isn’t the plan amazing? What do you think?" Aria smirked at him, and Jared glared at her in return.
"You...you... I’m not going to let you go, let any of you go."
"First, think about yourself, Jared. Do you think you’re in a condition to threaten us?" Preston’s words brought him back, and he directed his glare towards him instantly.
"Why did you betray , Preston? I never hard you. So, why?"
"Did you never harm ?" Preston questioned back incredulously. He gave him a look of disbelief. "Do you rember Sarah, my sister? Do you rember how you raped her and killed her later?"
At first, Jared couldn’t rember who Sarah was. But Preston’s words made him realize who he was speaking about, and his lips parted in shock.
"Now, you rembered. Tell why I should not have a motive to harm you. Tell why I shouldn’t kill you."
"But...but... I never knew she was your sister." Jared stated, and Preston clicked his tongue admonishingly.
"Do you think I’ll believe you? Never, Jared. Never. Since then, I’ve been harboring hatred towards you and wanted to kill you. If not for you being extrely careful around , prohibiting from carrying any weapons around you, you’d be lying in your coffin by now."
"Preston, listen to . I..."
Preston punched his face hard, and blood oozed out of his nose imdiately. Although he wasn’t satisfied with it, he didn’t do anything before he stood up and joined his friends.
None of the people in the crowd had expected Preston to have such a backstory. They felt utterly bad for him. Ivy had almost t the sa fate. But they had managed to rescue her in ti. However, Sarah... she hadn’t been that fortunate and had succumbed to Jared’s wicked deeds.
How much pain he must have been in all these years? How hard it must have been for him to suppress his agony as he faced the very sa man who killed his sister?
Everyone felt miserable, especially Maggie, and she looked at him apologetically.
When he sensed her gaze on him, he turned towards her imdiately and smiled at her lightly. But he couldn’t hide the pain on his face whatsoever, and Maggie felt all the more remorseful.
"You may do whatever you want with him. But I hope it’ll be Ivy who kills him. I guess that’ll be a form of revenge for my sister."
Everyone understood the aning behind his words, and they all agreed to it.
"Take him away," Noah ordered, and Ronnie got to work imdiately.
In no ti, the entire mansion was devoid of any unwanted virus.
"Thank you, Deputy, Maggie, Ryder, and Preston for your cooperation. If not for you guys..." Aria expressed. She was truly grateful for their help. By law, Jared had to be handed over to the court. But everyone knew how far his connections stretched, and there were high chances he’d co out unscathed, and that was the last thing they wanted.
"No problem, Aria. We were just doing our duty in eliminating the scum on earth. I should instead thank you and everyone else here for helping deal with him. I’m glad that the danger is finally over."
"Not yet." Noah butted in, gaining everyone’s attention to him. "Until we find all the bombs, the threat is not over yet. I’ll think of ways to make him speak about it."
"Surely. I guess it’s ti for us to leave. I can finally sleep in peace even though it’s only for a day." Valerie joked, and everyone agreed to it, everyone but Preston.
Although he had agreed to be a part of the plan, he wasn’t sure they could stop Jared. After all, that bastard was the only one who knew where the explosives were. They had to do sothing before he went mad and triggered them, sending the country to its doom.
Noah noticed Preston’s lost look, and he understood his thoughts clearly for he too had the sa thing in mind. But he had ordered his n to keep a close eye on Jared and inject him with knock-out drugs so that he’d do nothing devastating.
The four people took their leave, and Aria turned to Noah imdiately. "I’m going to the hospital. I want to et Ivy."
Noah understood her sentints. Even though he was furious with her, he didn’t stop her from visiting her sister and expressing her joy and victory to her.
"I’ll accompany you."
" too." Ian and Joshua added at the sa ti, and just like that, the four people set out to the hospital imdiately.
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