A Successful Plan
Brad pleaded, "Mr. Giblo, I know Lena is guilty, but she didn't do any real damage this time. I beg you to let her go this one time. I swear that I will take her back to M Nation, and she will never set foot in Aymo City ever again."
"No real damage?" The word struck a nerve with Benard. "Do you know that vase almost—"
"I know, I know." Brad sounded apologetic. "Mr. Giblo is a distinguished person, and if anything were to happen to him, it would set off a chain reaction. I'm sure his injury must have caused a massive impact. Therefore, the Chroma family will bear responsibility for all of the consequences. All I ask of you is to let Lena go this one time."
"Bear responsibility? Can you even afford it?"
Benard was livid. Nonetheless, he understood that Brad assumed Zayn's injury from being hit by the vase was nothing serious. Since the wound had healed, Brad must have believed that the issue could be solved without the cost of Lena's life.
Little did he know that the vase almost took Zayn's life.
If not for the wound, they would have a lot more time to locate Derelo, and Zayn's life would not be hanging by a thread.
"Mr. Giblo, I—"
"Ms. Gold!"
At that moment, Nella had regained her consciousness. Rubbing her head, she settled down on the sofa. When she saw the situation before her, she quickly understood what had transpired. "It looks like
the plan worked. We finally caught the perpetrator."
"Thank you for helping me with the act." Zayn took off his jacket and draped it over her. "You should leave now; I'll take care of the rest."
"All right." Wearing his jacket, she stood up with the help of her subordinate. After giving Lena a cold hard glance, she suggested to Zayn, "This person has attacked you, knocked me unconscious, and even conspired to harm us. You can't let her off lightly."
"Don't worry, " he acknowledged.
When Nella walked past Brad on her way out, her eyes met with his dark ones, and she stopped in her tracks and remarked, "Mr. Chroma, don't hold it against me. All I wanted to do was to lure the perpetrator out."
"Is that why you approached me and organized the banquet at my hotel?" He glared at her. "You used me!"
"As if you aren't in the wrong for helping a criminal." Nella raised her chin. With a righteous tone, she said, "If I hadn't cooperated with Mr. Giblo to put on this show, we wouldn't have caught the mastermind. Who knows what devastating consequences could have awaited us in the future."
"You…" Despite his outrage, Brad still had his reason. "It's not wrong for you to lure the mastermind out, but why can't you let me know in advance? I wouldn't protect her if I knew the truth."
She did not believe him. "That's hard to say. Everyone has a selfish side to them."
"You…" Brad was rendered speechless by her retort.
"Nevertheless, I would like to apologize for lying to you." Inclining her head, Nella apologized, "I'm sorry, and I hope we can still be friends."
With that, she left the room.
Coincidentally, Carla had just arrived with Freda. When she saw Nella coming out from the lounge with Zayn's jacket draped around her, her face darkened.
Nonetheless, she maintained her composure and asked calmly, "Where's Zayn?"
"Inside, " Nella responded coldly and left right away.
Although she had given up on Zayn, it did not mean that she could be friendly to Carla.
"Stand right there!" Freda blocked her way.
"What do you think you're doing?" Nella raised an eyebrow.
"Who knows if you have done anything to Mr. Giblo?" Freda snapped. "Before we get to the bottom of this, you're not allowed to leave."
"What a joke! I insist on leaving, so what are you going to do about it?"
Right after Nella spoke, the Gold family's bodyguards prepared to strike Freda.
"Don't you dare lay a finger on her!" Carla stepped forward to shield Freda.
While both sides refused to back down, Remon came out of the room. "Ms. Lierger."
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