The Billion-Dollar Divorce (Ian and Chloe) novel Chapter 357

Chapter 357

Chapter 357

lan nodded calmly. “Sure.”

Eric grabbed lan’s arm. “I’m Sophie’s brother, Eric. I’ll drive you out myself!”

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Andrea screamed, completely losing control. “I don’t want anyone else! I want lan to take me away himself”

lan gave Eric a reassuring pat on the hand. “Don’t worry, Sophie will be safe,” he said.

He glanced at the lead police officer, then got into a police car and started the engine.

When Andrea saw that Ian was driving a police car, she tightened her grip on the knife at Sophie’s throat, her voice frantic. “Get out! I’m not riding in a police car!”

Ian replied calmly, “My car is out of gas. If you want to get to the dock safely, the police car is your only option.”

Andrea had no choice but to drag Sophie into the police car at knifepoint.

Ian took the wheel himself and headed for the dock.

The police officer reassured the Jordan family, “Mr. Hamilton is driving a police car with a tracker installed We’re monitoring everything inside, so there’s no need to worry.”

Meanwhile, the Jordan family’s convoy and several police cars alternated in following lan’s vehicle.

It was late at night.

Jan raced the police car toward the dock.

On the way, Sophie’s voice had already gone hoarse from crying.

Andrea dragged Sophie out of the car, still holding the knife to her throat.

She barked at lan, “Call that bitch Chloe and tell her to get here, right now!”

Ian replied coolly, “Bad timing. She is in Harbor City at the moment.”

Andrea’s eyes narrowed.

‘Wait, that bitch Chloe isn’t even in Kingsford?’ Andrea thought.

Ian reminded her, “Andrea, if I were you, I’d be thinking about how to leave here safely.”

Andrea sneered as she backed up to the edge of the dock. “lan, see that big yacht behind me? You get on first!”

Ian stood his ground. “Andrea, Laura worked so hard to raise you, and you killed her. Violet plotted and

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planned for you, and you took her life, too.

“Astrid brought you into the Jordan family, gave you everything, cared for you and protected you, and you still killed her.”

Ian’s voice was cold and flat. “Andrea, with all those lives you’ve taken, do you really think you can escape

Ian’s words hit a nerve, and Andrea screamed at him, “I never begged them to do any of that for me! They brought it on themselves. They deserved everything they got!

“Laura was just a greedy old hag. I never even got to enjoy anything myself, and she was already making me buy her son a car and a house. She deserved to die!

“And Violet, she was broke and powerless. Why did she even bring me into this world?”

Andrea yelled at the Jordan family. “Astrid deserves it most! She took me in, called me family. So what gives her the right to kick me out?

“They screwed me over first! They all deserve to die!” Her face twisted into a crazed snarl.

The cops closed in on her. “Andrea, the dock is locked down. There’s no way out. Let the hostage go, now!”

Andrea, cornered and desperate, screamed at Ian, “Ian, get that yacht started and get us out of here, now!”

As long as she kept Sophie as her hostage, Andrea believed she was untouchable.

Ian’s gaze was fixed on the knife clutched in Andrea’s hand.

Ian said coldly, “Andrea, the moment you came back to this country, your ending was already written.”

Andrea let out a crazed laugh, tears streaming down her face. “It’s all your fault! And that bitch Chloe, too!

‘I was the one who met lan first, Andrea thought bitterly. She said, “If your grandpa and your folks hadn’t looked down on me, I wouldn’t have taken his money and left!”

“All of this, it’s your fault! Every single one of you pushed me to this!” Andrea totally lost it.

Just then, Hanna was helped out of the car by Hazel.

When Hanna saw the blood on Sophie’s neck, her face went ghostly pale. “Sophie, sweetheart, do you remember what Jude taught you last week?”

Sophie choked back a sob, her eyes locking onto Jude.

Jude gently encouraged her, “Sophie, don’t be scared. I showed you how to do it over and over until you got it right, remember?”

Suddenly, Sophie burst into tears, then, out of nowhere, threw a quick back kick over her shoulder.

Even though Sophie wasn’t that strong, Andrea was caught off guard and stepped back.

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lan, who was closest, rushed over in a heartbeat and scooped Sophie into his arms.

“lan!” Andrea shrieked. She reacted instantly, raising the knife and charging straight at lan.

Bang! A gunshot echoed through the air. The bullet struck Andrea right in the chest.

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The knife slipped from her grasp, hitting the ground with a clang as Andrea’s body crumpled beside it

Everyone crowded around, and Ian handed Sophie back to the Jordans.

Andrea’s vision grew hazy, her pupils slowly widening, her gaze turning vacant.

Andrea wondered, ‘Why?

‘I just want a better life. Is that so wrong?

Why does nobody ever believe in me?

‘Why is everyone always out to get me?

‘I was just one step away from marrying Ian, but those old fossils in the Hamilton family looked down on me.

‘I was so close to marrying into the Hayes family, but that bastard Leonard didn’t just dump me. He didn’t even want the son I gave him.

‘I was almost the true heiress of the Jordan family, with all the riches and luxury I could ever want, but lan set me up and destroyed everything!

‘Why?

‘Why give me everything, only to snatch it all away?

Why lift me up so high, just to watch me crash and burn?’

Andrea let out a savage scream as she lay dying. “Ian, you ruined me! I hate you!”

Ian’s face was cold and expressionless. “You destroyed yourself. No one else is to blame.

“I only agreed to date you because you set me up. You took 20 million from my grandpa and skipped the country. Sooner or later, you were always going to have to pay for that.

“When you came back, Henry helped you out time and again. If you’d just stopped there and hadn’t gone after Margaret, Mrs. Goodwin wouldn’t have targeted you and trashed your reputation.

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