Chapter 70
Dominick’s face darkened as he strode forward briskly, his gaze fixed on the white Bentley ahead. Just moments ago, he sensed something
off in this area.
“Who’s there?” Vincent also walked over nervously.
They scanned the surroundings, but there was no one around.
“Help, help!” At this moment, a woman rushed over from the east entrance of the underground parking lot.
She looked terrified, panting anxiously as she ran and cried out, “Mr. Wellington, Jessica has been forcibly abducted. Please help me…
The woman was Jessica’s manager, Annie Folbre.
Dominick didn’t even glance at her. His impatience was evident, and his brows furrowed as he looked around persistently.
“Mr. Wellington, those people were armed and threatened us. I really, really had no choice. Please help Annie looked at him anxiously, her words slightly stuttered.
“In a situation like this, you should call the police.” Vincent kindly suggested, his expression indifferent, not concerned about Jessica being
abducted.
The real world was cruel, and they weren’t charitable souls.
Annie hastily took out a few letters from her bag, nervously saying, “Mr. Wellington, Jessica has been receiving anonymous threats recently. At first, we thought it was just fans playing pranks or maybe from competitors, but later, we found out it wasn’t. These letters were targeting the Innovate Group and you.”
Vincent’s expression changed upon hearing her words, immediately taking the letters from Annie’s hand.
The handwriting clearly showed that the letters were written by the same person, and Annie was not lying. These letters indeed targeted Dominick and the group.
[Your man is a heartless scoundrel]
[The Innovate Group is driving us to desperation, and the most damned ones are you and Dominick Wellington.)
[You wretched woman, I’ll ruin you. I will capture it all to let everyone know that Dominick has been cuckolded, to shame him, to make him
regret.]
The last line was so viciously written that it tore through the paper.
Just looking at it made Vincent feel the hatred, and he couldn’t help but feel nervous. “Who could have written this?”
“Dominick.” Vincent grabbed these letters and approached Dominick.
Dominick was squatting down and found a drop of blood on the floor behind a white Bentley. He lightly touched the drop of blood, which had not yet solidified.
He thought, “There really was someone here just now.”
Dominick looked at the bloodstain with a complicated expression, feeling inexplicably restless.
“Dominick, take a look at these.” Vincent didn’t know why he suddenly squatted down. He handed the letters to him, thinking, ‘It seems
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Jessica’s abduction was indeed related to Dominick.”
But Dominick stood straight with a cold face as if he didn’t care much, casually scanning through the letters.
He turned to look at Annie and said coldly, “I’m not the police.”
Annie’s face turned pale, thinking, “How could this man be so heartless.”
But this was important, so she trembled and continued pleading, “Mr. Wellington, Jessica has been by your side for years. Maybe there was a misunderstanding before, and I’m sorry on her behalf. She’s in critical condition now, and I hope you can forgive her and send out search teams. I’m afraid something might happen to her.”
Dominick hesitated for a moment, then glanced behind him.
Looking at the man who had collapsed from blood loss, he furrowed his brows. As if he had realized something, he strode directly towards
the car.
“Did you find something?” Vincent sensed his anxiety.
“You stay here and take care of this” Dominick’s gaze turned colder, his voice deep.
With that, as if he had no patience to linger here, he snatched Vincent’s car keys, got into the driver’s seat, and sped away.
Vincent was bewildered as he looked at the departing car. “He really can’t wait to get back home.”
“Mr. Wellington, what about Jessica? How could you…”
Annie was stunned. She thought, “He didn’t even utter a word of concern. He just left like that‘
“Call the police. Jessica’s abduction may be related to the Bretherton,” Vincent spoke softly, turning his head, his gaze complex as he looked at the man who had already passed out from blood loss.
He picked up his phone and contacted the police to ask them to handle the previous attack and Jessica’s taking away.
With Dominick’s overhaul of the Innovate Group, those old–school loyalists within the company harbored resentment. They hated him but didn’t dare attack him directly.
So, naturally, the people around him became their first targets for retaliation.
“Where is Stephanie?” Dominick drove back to Wellington Villa in a hurry. Looking at the maid before him, he immediately inquired about Stephanie’s whereabouts.
It was half past nine in the evening. Seeing Dominick’s unpleasant expression, the maid nervously replied, “Mrs. Wellington has been in her bedroom since dinner.”
Dominick had instructed to keep an eye on Stephanie, forbidding her from leaving, and she must retire to her bedroom after ten.
Hearing that she was in her bedroom, Dominick’s cold expression softened slightly.
He strode straight back to the villa on the east side, but as soon as he stepped into the door, he felt something was wrong with the deserted atmosphere.
Feeling inexplicably irritable, he quickened his pace and went straight to the second floor, forcefully pushing open the door to the bedroom.
The spacious room was brightly lit, everything neatly arranged as usual, but
Dominick’s expression changed, his lips tightly pressed. He hurriedly walked to the bathroom, slamming the door with a bang. It swung revealing an empty space inside.
Coincidentally, there was a company party tonight, and George and the butler were at the event. Usually, these servants held Dominick in considerable awe, but now the entire Wellington household staff was in a state of panic.
Dominick stood in the elegant and quaint corridor on a quiet night with a full moon hanging high. He held his phone impatiently, and all he received was the cold, mechanical echo of voicemail.
Hearing Dominick’s urgent tone, Vincent didn’t dare to hesitate. He immediately replied, “Randall lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss. The police have temporarily sent him to the hospital in Havencrest.”
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