After receiving Isa's order, Anthony coldly confronted Lachlan, "Lachlan, don't involve your family in this! If you release him, we'll release your daughter. How about that?"
Hearing this, Lachlan sneered mockingly. "You also know not to involve family? Fine then, let's exchange hostages! You release my daughter first!"
"You release him first!" Anthony frowned.
"I said release my daughter first!" Lachlan's tone brooked no argument.
At this moment, the little boy Rene in his arms began to cry again and wail uncontrollably with fear.
Meanwhile Nora closed her mouth and didn't make a sound. She just looked at her father with a glimmer of hope amidst despair and fear.
Though Nora was only five years old, the suffering from illness and her parents' divorce had made her understand a lot. The little girl knew that she had to be strong now!
"Release that brat!" Isa gritted his teeth over the phone as he remotely controlled Anthony.
"But if we release his daughter first and Lachlan still holds Rene hostage then we'll be too scared to do anything," Anthony hesitated.
"I said you should release her when I tell you! Is Rene's life more important or someone else's?"
"If it doesn't work out today then just let go of this bastard!"
"Anyway Giovanni is here so after today he can be killed anytime!" Isa shouted into the phone.
"Understood young master!"
Anthony nodded before glaring at Lachlan with an ominous expression. "Willis huh? You're quite ruthless!"
With that he put Nora down on the ground.
"Daddy..."
As soon as she was released, Nora ran towards Lachlan as fast as she could.
Watching his daughter run towards him brought a smile to Lachlan's face; thankfully these animals hadn't caused any irreversible damage to Nora.
"Baby girl! It's okay now!" Once she reached him, he immediately released Rene from his arms before crouching down quickly picking up his own child.
His eyes were moistened by tears but he couldn't help feeling guilty yet relieved holding onto his precious daughter tightly against himself.
At this moment, after freeing himself from Lachlan, Rene swiftly ran towards Anthony.
He recognized Anthony and knew that he was one of his brother's henchmen.
Lachlan's unexpected actions left Anthony, Giovanni, and others stunned.
On the other side, Isa and Kayden also wore expressions of surprise. None of them expected that Lachlan would release Rene directly, foregoing him as a hostage to help them out of danger.
"Haha! How stupid can this guy be?" Kayden laughed.
Isa's expression turned fierce again as he gritted his teeth. "Lachlan, are you getting too cocky?"
Anthony regained his senses and handed Rene over to one of his men, instructing him to take the child away from the scene. Then he signaled his brother Giovanni with a fierce expression, "Brother, it's time!"
Giovanni nodded with a powerful aura around him as he twisted his neck and walked towards Lachlan and his daughter.
"You think we can't do anything now that we don't have a hostage?"
"You're so dumb that you actually dared to let go of Rene!"
"Now you can die holding your daughter!"
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