At Hazel's house, Sergio had been sitting on the couch and constantly brainwashing himself. "Hazel wouldn't do this. She won't," he thought.
But at that moment, someone sent him a message. It was a video.
Sergio clicked it open. Upon glancing at it, he gasped.
The video showed Silas and Hazel getting intimate with each other.
Sergio's eyes were instantly filled with anger. He wanted to get up and question Hazel, but he dared not.
He had done so much for Hazel and even killed someone for her. Yet he ended up in such a state.
Sergio could not accept the fact that his own brother snatched his woman away.
With trembling fingers, he replied: [Who are you, and what's your motive?]
The other party quickly responded: [If Ms. Locke's scandal breaks out, her life will be ruined. There will be no hope for her to ever make her comeback.]
Sergio's hands continued to shake as he typed: [What do you want to do?]
A reply soon came: [450 thousand dollars. Place the money under Xanfield Bridge in five days, or I'll tell the media."
Sergio's eyes were red, and his whole body was stiff.
Meanwhile, Spike brought Zachary to the headquarters of the Taibbi family's gang for a big deal. "Nervous?" Spike asked with a smile.
Zachary shook his head.
He was not nervous. Instead, he was thinking about how to make sure that he could eliminate Spike.
This time, Spike would surely act cunningly and refrain from revealing everything.
Therefore, Zachary couldn't inform the police this time.
He could only wait for next time.
Zachary was a little worried that Henry couldn't wait.
"He has to wait... He has to hold on," Zachary said repeatedly in his mind.
Spike was too meticulous that he did not leave any loopholes. He was like a rat in the sewer that could always find a way out.
If Zachary moved recklessly and alerted Spike, it would only cause a bigger hidden danger.
Now, Spike was still moving around openly. Once he was forced to hide in the dark, there was nothing a crazy person like him could not do.
Therefore, Zachary and his group had to be careful and make sure nothing went wrong.
"Don't be scared. From now on, you will be my right-hand man." Spike patted Zachary on the shoulder with a smile.
Spike obviously had a high regard for Zachary. Unfortunately, one of Spike's two sons was rebellious and ungrateful, while the other was an idiot.
Spike couldn't trust Henry.
As for Quinton, Spike did not want him to get involved in this. It was out of his selfishness as Quinton's father.
Spike thought it was better for Quinton to lead a spotless life.
If Spike died, everything would belong to Quinton.
Although Spike was an asshole, he wanted to clean the dirty money before he died.
"Mr. Taibbi, don't worry. I will do whatever you tell me to!" Zachary expressed his determination.
Spike nodded. "Young man, your life won't be in danger. I'm taking you with me to make money."
In response, Zachary smiled, "Okay. I'll follow you, Mr. Taibbi."
At Gibson Corporation, Henry sat in the office thoughtfully as he watched Zachary's location move quickly on the tablet screen.
Spike brought Zachary with him to join the exchange this time because he began trusting the latter.
Zachary didn't inform the police or Henry about this, which meant that Zachary wanted to wait for the next time.
Henry's eyes darkened. He couldn't wait any longer; the longer they delay, the more possible things may go awry.
Be it Spike or Silas, Henry had to capture them at once.
Henry tapped the table with his fingers and asked someone to notify Silas according to their plan.
Since they couldn't inform the police, they could only fight evil with evil.
Henry trusted that Zachary knew how to adapt.
"Mr. Gibson, Silas' people are not here to work at all. They are obviously using work as a guise to do something else." The secretary was a little angry at how audacious those people were.
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