Diego sneered and said, "The most valuable kind, of course. Do you really believe I want the antiques for collection?"
Laura laughed, "Then things are simpler. Jade products and paintings are quite valuable and easy to carry around. You can have a look yourself when we get there."
Diego felt that today's Laura was a bit weird.
She was being so meek that Diego found it kind of surreal.
Granted, considering the current situation, perhaps Laura really didn't dare to defy him.
But she voluntarily told her where her collections were and invited him over to take them. She even asked him which kind he preferred and advised him to pick the more portable ones.
Was she planning something?
When Diego looked at Laura again, his eyes gradually become dubious.
However, Laura didn't seem to have noticed it. She was still focused on driving, as though she merely made a casual suggestion and had no hidden agenda.
Diego felt uneasy and undecided.
Just then, Laura suddenly let out a cry of surprise and pointed at a store by the street selling clothes and suitcases.
"They have suitcases for sale. You wanna buy one?"
Diego looked back at that store. This place was not downtown, so few people were around. The store was not big, only two salesmen were in there.
Yet, Diego cast a vigilant look upward. Surely, there was a surveillance camera.
He turned around with a frosty face and pressed the knife more forcibly against Laura's waist. Through clenched teeth, he growled, "Cut the crap! Just keep driving!"
Laura curled her lips and muttered, "You always mistake my goodwill for ill intent."
Then, she did shut her mouth as Diego ordered and continued driving in silence.
About 20 minutes later, the car pulled up in a neighborhood strewn with villas.
Laura pointed at a villa a short distance away and said, "See? That's my house. Will you go there by yourself or should I go with you?"
Diego looked around cautiously. Since he was with Laura, the security guard didn't suspect a thing.
But this was a neighborhood for rich people, so it was well-equipped with security facilities.
Diego didn't know whether anything unexpected would happen if he went in on his own and left Laura alone in the car.
Therefore, to play it safe, he decided to take Laura with him.
Holding the knife against Laura's waist, Diego bellowed, "Go there with me."
Laura arched one brow but didn't object. She followed Diego out of the car.
Holding the knife behind her back, Diego forced Laura to the door of that villa and ordered her to open the door.
That stumped Laura.
In fact, she didn't even know the password!
Because this was not her home!
That day, she got really drunk, and Max brought her here. She woke up in this villa the next day.
What she told Diego at that derelict factory was a lie. She made it up just to trick Diego into getting her out of there.
She thought she had to make a last attempt to strive to live, even though she didn't expect it would work. However, Diego bought her lie so there they were.
She believed she had thought of everything. Yet, she didn't realize she had forgotten the password to the villa.
Max told her the password the other day. He said that this would be her home from now on. When her mother recovered from the surgery, she would need a nice place for recovery. This neighborhood was quiet and agreeable, which would be perfect for her mother to live in.
Laura didn't take it to heart back then. She thought that she might not agree to move in here.
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