She knew her third brother’s character very well.
He was a martial arts genius, but when it ca to human affairs, he was rather inflexible.
Either right or wrong.
Once he made up his mind, he would never change it easily!
If Jonas Hawthorne fell into his hands, he’d at least lose a layer of skin!
If Jonas ended up missing a limb because of her, she would never find peace in her life...
At this point, the only option was to get her third brother to let Jonas go!
With this in mind, Raine Sinclair quickly dialed John Franklin’s number.
The mont the call connected, she couldn’t wait to speak, "Second brother, could you help find out where third brother took Jonas Hawthorne?!"
On the other end, John Franklin raised an eyebrow, "Have you thought it through?"
"Yes!" Raine Sinclair replied without hesitation.
"Alright, I’ll have third brother call you." With that, the call ended.
Soon, a new number called in.
Raine Sinclair quickly answered, "Hello?"
"Raine." On the other end ca the deep voice of her third brother.
"Third brother?!" Raine Sinclair exclaid with surprise, "Don’t make things difficult for Jonas! I’ve already let go!"
Holding the phone, Levi Lane didn’t answer, instead, he glanced back at Jonas Hawthorne, who was leaning against the ground covered in blood, and said calmly, "Don’t worry, I won’t take his life."
"Don’t hurt him anymore! Where are you? I’ll co over right away!" Panic surged in Raine Sinclair’s heart!
Third brother’s words... saying he won’t take his life, must an he’s already done sothing!
"Raine, what you can’t bring yourself to do, I’ll do for you. This is what that Hawthorne kid owes you, your second brother will pick you up soon."
After speaking decisively, he hung up.
Raine Sinclair nervously held her phone, waiting.
In just a few minutes, the phone buzzed twice.
Raine Sinclair thought it was a ssage from her second brother, but when she looked down, she saw it was Leo Keane again.
At so point, he retracted the two ssages he sent earlier and replaced them with apologies.
[Ah, I got a bit excited earlier, sister-in-law, please don’t mind!]
[I just sent it by mistake...]
Raine Sinclair, "..."
In the study, Leo Keane regretted sending that photo right after he sent it!
He was angry, yes, but he shouldn’t gamble with his future!
If he accidentally infuriated Raine Sinclair and she found a reason to kick him out of the collaboration, wouldn’t that be giving Adler Construction a free advantage?
So he swiftly retracted the ssages at lightning speed!
He didn’t know if Raine Sinclair saw those ssages or not...
Nervously thinking this, Raine Sinclair’s ssage popped up in the chat box.
[Co down, we’re going to find Jonas Hawthorne.]
Seeing this, Leo Keane rushed downstairs without hesitation!
While running, he speculated that Raine Sinclair didn’t seem to be angry at all based on her wording...
He thought, since he retracted the ssages so fast, maybe she didn’t see them?
Comforting himself this way, Leo Keane rushed downstairs in one breath.
Raine Sinclair’s car was still waiting in the heavy rain.
A thin layer of mist enveloped the surroundings.
Leo Keane couldn’t wait for the servants to bring an umbrella and dashed into the rain in a few steps.
He quickly opened the car door and got in, eagerly asking Raine Sinclair, "Did you find him?"
Raine Sinclair handed him a spare blanket from the car, "Dry off first."
Leo Keane took the blanket, feeling even more emotional at how harshly he had spoken to her earlier, "Sister-in-law, you’re really too kind!"
"..." Raine Sinclair twitched her eyes, thinking that if she hadn’t seen him retract those two ssages, she might have really believed it.
Reaching up to rub her brow, Raine Sinclair turned to the driver, "Let’s go."
"Yes, young lady." The driver nodded, and after picking up Uncle Rhodes, the car drove away from the Hawthorne house.
On the road, as Leo Keane was drying his short, damp hair, Raine Sinclair asked, "You’ve ntioned several tis that Jonas Hawthorne nearly lost his life for , what’s going on?"
"You really don’t know, sister-in-law?" Leo Keane raised an eyebrow, a bit curious as well.
Raine Sinclair shook her head.
If she knew, would she be asking so eagerly?
Seeing this, Leo Keane sighed, "True, with his stubbornness, there’s no way he’d voluntarily tell you."
"What happened?" Raine Sinclair frowned, her voice carrying a hint of cold anger.
"Sister-in-law, it’s better if you ask him yourself. You know his temper, if he finds out I said anything behind his back, he’d be furious with ."
Although Leo Keane loved to gossip and chat, he knew Jonas Hawthorne’s sore spot and wouldn’t touch it easily.
Not because he was afraid, but because in relationships—especially with those close to you—it’s crucial to maintain boundaries.
Once boundaries are crossed, even the closest relationships can break.
The more Raine Sinclair listened, the deeper the doubts in her heart grew.
For soone like Leo Keane, who couldn’t hold secrets, to be so tight-lipped about this matter, what on earth happened back then that made Jonas Hawthorne so keen on keeping it from her?
In the silence, Leo Keane spoke again, "Sister-in-law, to be honest, I’ve been friends with Jonas for many years, and I’ve only ever seen him so concerned about you. I only found out later about the whole Candace Ford situation—it was that crazy woman who used a child to blackmail him. Plus, back then, Candace claid you sold Hawthorne Group’s secrets to Finn Wyatt, which made Jonas so jealous that he wanted a divorce...You know how Jonas and Finn have clashed over the years, they..."
"What did you say?" Raine Sinclair abruptly seized on a key point in his words, quickly interrupting, "When did I ever sell Hawthorne Group’s secrets to Finn Wyatt?"
"Oh, that was all part of Candace Ford’s plot! That woman is truly despicable!" Leo Keane thought about it and couldn’t hold back his anger, punching into his palm!
If he could, he’d send that wicked woman to prison himself!
Preferably forever, so she couldn’t harm anyone else!
Raine Sinclair’s eyes flickered, recalling how tily Candace Ford’s appearance was back then...
She hadn’t expected Candace to do so much behind the scenes.
Ha, pursuing it now might have lost its aning.
Raine Sinclair suddenly let out a cold laugh, "You say Candace Ford used a child to blackmail Jonas Hawthorne, but now that she doesn’t have the child, isn’t Jonas still protecting her? Lily Sinclair even went to the police station, and Candace Ford didn’t even have to give a statent."
While she hadn’t taken action against Candace Ford, it didn’t an she hadn’t been keeping an eye on her moves.
Raine Sinclair would no longer underestimate this enemy that erged on the surface.
Hearing the obvious jealousy in her words, Leo Keane suddenly beca serious, the corners of his mouth curling with a hint of indifference, "How does sister-in-law know Jonas is protecting her and not setting the stage?"
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