My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 214

Chapter 214: Sleeping Beauty

As soon as Ashley got hold of her laptop, she happily placed it on her lap. Meanwhile, Lucian spoke to the doctor and told Gustav to settle her discharge papers.

The ones left behind in the ward were Ashley, Lucian, Lukas, Gin, Vodka, and Rum.

Vodka and Rum glanced at each other and shrugged. Even though they weren’t sure what was happening or why they were even there, they listened as Gin summarized the situation for Ashley.

Is she even listening, though? Rum and Vodka wondered, studying Ashley as she focused on typing on her laptop.

Meanwhile, Lucian sat right beside her, also looking at the screen.

Lukas, on the other hand, rolled his eyes as he glanced at Gin.

What’s the point of him repeating everything to her?

Regardless of everyone’s confusion — even his own — Gin didn’t miss a beat. He didn’t care whether she was listening to every word or simply making him talk senselessly. Gin did as he was ordered.

"As for the sedative used on the madam, the results just came back. According to the lab we sent it to for examination, it’s a highly potent sedative," Gin continued. "But they also said it was something they had never seen before."

Gin paused, studying Ashley and Lucian, who were too busy with the laptop.

"I checked the underground for any trace of it. We didn’t find anything like that on the black market. What we did find, however, was a request for the same thing one year ago."

"That’s all we have for now," Gin sighed, lowering his head.

For the next few seconds, Ashley didn’t respond. Lukas snickered internally.

I knew it. She’s just trying to make herself look relevant. How could she have understood any of that?

After a moment, Ashley finally stopped typing. She slowly turned to Lucian, whose brows rose in surprise before he met her gaze.

"Tell me I’m amazing." She winked at him and smirked.

Lucian nodded. "Impressive."

"Heh. Thanks." She shrugged before snapping her eyes toward Gin. "Gin, I sent you something. Look into it."

Gin furrowed his brows just as his phone buzzed against his chest. Taking it out, he saw that an unrecognized number had sent him a link. Knowing it was from Ashley, he clicked it and was redirected to another site.

It was not an underground black market, but a site run by an international government agency. Many major organizations knew about this site and stayed far away from it. It was how the authorities had caught some of the biggest names in the underground.

In other words, it was a site designed to trap and catch criminals.

But that wasn’t the only thing that caught Gin off guard. It was the particular listing she had sent him.

It was an ambiguous sedative with no explanation attached to it.

All that was there was a name: Sleeping Beauty.

Vodka and Rum craned their necks and furrowed their brows in confusion. Lukas arched a brow, resisting the urge to check what was making the three of them look so puzzled.

"How—" Gin snapped his eyes to her, but before he could finish, she spoke.

"My abductors — where are they?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.

Lucian raised a brow and glanced at the others, signaling them to answer even though the matter had already been briefly mentioned.

"The leader of the group, the one in charge, is hospitalized and being closely monitored," Gin answered. "As for the other members, including the one who was on the ship with the madam, they’re being held separately. They’ve been interrogated..."

Gin checked his wristwatch.

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