With Joe and the elite team in charge of the corporation, Cyrus Hawthorne being absent for a short period shouldn’t cause any major issues.
The worry is that the Hawthorne Family’s rivals might take advantage of the situation and stir up trouble at this critical mont.
That’s why Ann Vaughn decisively asked Bella Hawthorne to hold off the lawyer and negotiated for three days of ti.
"So, my brother now..."
"He’s still in a coma and will need so ti to recover."
Bella Hawthorne solemnly assured, "I understand, don’t worry sister-in-law, before my brother wakes up, I will try my best to keep Grandpa and the family from getting suspicious."
"Alright, it will be hard on you for this period." After a brief chat, Ann Vaughn hung up the phone, letting out a low sigh.
For now, they could only keep the secret for as long as possible.
Otherwise, once the news got out, the consequences would be unimaginable.
...
Two days later, Ann Vaughn found ti to return to the European-style villa halfway up the mountain to et soone.
As soon as she pushed open the door at the end of the downstairs corridor, a slightly cold breath rushed to greet her.
Ann Vaughn looked into the room and instantly saw Elias Hawthorne standing in front of the bookshelf.
He was slightly bowing his head, seemingly looking at the row of books in front of him, but his gaze was not focused on the books at all, more like he was lost in thought.
Upon hearing the noise, Elias Hawthorne turned his head, his light blue eyes locking straight onto Ann Vaughn, calm as a pool of dead water.
Ann Vaughn felt a shock in her chest, an inexplicable urge to retreat rose within her.
But it was too late, Elias Hawthorne looked at her and said, "You ca."
His eyes seed to say "I knew you would co," calm yet firm.
Though she didn’t know why she suddenly had such a premonition, after understanding the aning conveyed in Elias’s gaze, Ann Vaughn hesitated for a few seconds, then moved forward.
"You guessed right," as Ann Vaughn ca to him, Elias Hawthorne continued, "It was I who kidnapped you that day, and I who injected you with the mutant OX virus."
It was the first ti Ann Vaughn heard him speak so much at once, he seed to stumble a bit, as if he had just overco a reluctance to speak.
But what shocked her most was that he directly admitted to doing all those things.
She had only speculated before but wasn’t sure, but now...
Ann Vaughn looked at him with complex eyes, "Are you avenging Harold Hawthorne?"
Although Harold Hawthorne’s downfall was entirely due to his and Wanda Chamberlain’s evil collusion, bringing his own destruction.
But Elias Hawthorne was still his son, hating Cian Hawthorne for this was understandable...
Who knew Elias Hawthorne’s eyes for the first ti revealed a hint of indifference, "He doesn’t deserve it."
To him, Harold Hawthorne was no different from trash.
Who would avenge a pile of trash?
"You use to heavily damage Cyrus Hawthorne, but what you want is not the Hawthorne family’s wealth and power, your goal is very clear, only Cyrus Hawthorne’s life." Saying this, Ann Vaughn’s delicate face grew more solemn.
"Elias, the way you look at Cyrus Hawthorne always seed like you weren’t just looking at soone you hate or despise, I don’t believe you did this out of personal vendetta... unless you were under orders."
Elias’s eyelid slightly drooped, "Yes."
Ann Vaughn’s eyes were dazed for a mont, watching Elias’s incredibly cooperative manner, a tinge of peculiarity flashed in her heart.
But without thinking deeply, she continued to ask, "Since the day at White Queen Town, the stalker who kept appearing beside ... was it also soone you hired?"
"... Yes."
"The two tis we t on the plane before, those were not coincidences either. I guess you had already thought of doing sothing to back then, but just didn’t find the opportunity."
Elias Hawthorne raised his eyes, denying her words: "It wasn’t a lack of opportunity, but soone was aiding you in secret."
If he had acted against Ann Vaughn then, he would have fully exposed himself, so he chose to continue lurking.
Ann Vaughn lightly frowned, assuming he referred to the Hidden Guard sent by Cian Hawthorne, she didn’t ponder further.
"I initially suspected you lied to before, claiming it was Jane Sheridan who sent you to spy on , just to lower my guard against you," Ann Vaughn thought for two seconds, "but now I realize, you actually wanted to use her to cover for the real person who commanded you after the incident."
Without any other leads, thinking of the information Elias previously revealed to her made her undeniably suspicious of Jane Sheridan.
But Ann Vaughn felt that, though Jane Sheridan might dare let Elias monitor her, she didn’t necessarily have such terrifyingly deep calculations.
Link after link, each one deadly—
Hearing this, admiration flickered in Elias’s eyes, "You’re very smart."
"Do you rember the challenge the J Country dical Research Institute issued to you?"
Ann Vaughn certainly rembered, after that bet, every client who ca to the clinic would ask if she could make them young again, restore youthfulness.
The price could be anything, sparing no expense.
Though J Country’s dical Research Institute hadn’t bothered her since, appearing as though nothing had ever happened.
Yet the words Lewis Hale said at the ti, Ann Vaughn hasn’t forgotten.
"There is a force targeting you, we’re just a stepping stone."
Suddenly thinking of sothing, Ann Vaughn looked at Elias in surprise, "Is the person who ordered you the sa as the one who used J Country’s dical Research Institute to target ?!"
Elias nodded.
"Who is that person?" Ann Vaughn frowned, having no clue in her mind.
The mastermind used her to inflict serious damage on Cyrus Hawthorne, because as long as Cyrus existed, taking her down and extracting the life-extension drug from her wouldn’t be easy.
So he took a risk, using her to eliminate Cyrus Hawthorne.
Such profound thods, who could it be...
Elias’s eyes flickered, avoiding Ann Vaughn’s confused gaze, looking instead at a book on the shelf, "I don’t know, but I have no choice but to obey him."
"If you want to know, trace the line through J Country dical Research Institute, there will be clues."
Up to now, he had been very cooperative, coupled with his gaze being very clear, without a trace of deceit, Ann Vaughn chose to temporarily believe him.
"I’m surprised you’re telling this," Ann Vaughn’s lips pressed slightly, she couldn’t help but ask him, "Didn’t you think of escaping from that person? Willing to be at his rcy forever?"
Elias chuckled softly, "The giver of my rebirth, I am like a torch, lit or extinguished not by my will."
Speaking, he turned his gaze to Ann Vaughn, "I also want to ask you a question."
"Go ahead."
"How did you guess the one who kidnapped you was ?"
"In fact, at first, I didn’t associate you with that kidnapper," Ann Vaughn replied, "Later one ti, I happened to see you in the company taking out an Amulet to play with."
"The Amulet had a bell attached, it seed specially made, the sound was crisp, unforgettable."
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