"I can't. I have promised him," the man calmed himself down soon as he drew his attention back and shook his head to show his determination.
Jared was caught by anger again. He clenched his fist firmly and growled, "Why can't you? This is none of my business! Since that person loves Makenna that much, you can hypnotize her and let them fall in love with each other! Why should I sacrifice myself?"
The man's originally emotionless eyes suddenly glinted with sorrow. He looked down and muttered, "It is too late…"
"What do you mean?"
Without speaking, the man suddenly stepped forward and snapped his fingers. His movement was too fast to be stopped by both Ben and Jared.
The crisp snap penetrated the air.
Hearing it, Jared lost the focus in his eyes and his brain went blank.
And so did Ben who was sitting in the car far behind.
When they regained their focus, they found that the man had already disappeared.
"Mr. Farrell!" Ben immediately ran to Jared with an umbrella and asked, "What happened? Who's he?"
Jared didn't answer and sat back into the car absent-mindedly.
Ben took out a towel from the glove box and handed it to Jared.
Jared got the towel and covered his head with it. He said with a hoarse voice, "He is the man who has hypnotized us."
"What?" Ben was so shocked that he hit his head on the car, which made him cry out of pain.
However, he didn't care about the pain. He gripped the wheel tightly and asked, "Mr. Farrell, we have truly been hypnotized, haven't we?"
"Yes," Jared covered his face with the towel, so no one could see his expression.
A shade of fear caught Ben, and he asked, "But when?"
Jared's eyelashes shivered a little under the towel.
He also wanted to know when they had been hypnotized.
He had never seen this man. How did he manage to do that?
It was obvious that he was terrible and powerful.
"Mr. Farrell, why did he hypnotize us?" Ben asked anxiously.
Jared took the towel down and said, "Hush now. Investigate his identity and dig out all his interpersonal relationships."
He had to know his true identity.
He also wanted to know who was the "important someone" loving Makenna.
"Yes, sir." Ben nodded his head seriously.
Even though Mr. Farrell didn't ask him to, he would still investigate him.
How dared he hypnotize them? He had made a terrible mistake!
"Go on. To the Gardener's house." Jared demanded.
Ben restarted his drive.
Soon, they arrived at Gardner's villa.
Jared rang the bell.
The servant who came to open the door was startled when she saw that Jared was soaking wet all over. "Oh, Mr. Farrell, are you alright?"
Jared ignored and bypassed the servant. His footprints stained the floor as he walked into the villa.
Mrs. Gardner was arranging flowers when he walked into the living room. She looked up as she heard the footsteps, and she greeted him in shock, "Oh, Jared, why are you here? What happened to you?"
"Where is Makenna?" Jared interrupted her.
Mrs. Gardner knew that there was something wrong with him since his face looked grim. She asked carefully, "She is in her room. Did you quarrel with each other?"
"Bring her to me!" Jared demanded coldly.
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