This Time, I'll Be the Villain's Favorite Daughter novel Chapter 155

Chapter 155 The Wrong Girl Caught

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A dozen monitors were arranged in neat rows. Each one showing a different part of the school, together they formed a full picture of everything happening on campus.

“Our targets are mainly students from the international program.

The man who spoke had a gentle, almost friendly face. He looked to be in his early 30s, with thin gold- rimmed glasses that gave him a calm, educated air. Nothing about him suggested danger. No one would ever link him to something like kidnapping.

His codename was Horus.

He was the one who planned the whole operation.

They had done their homework. Every target’s background had been checked in detail. Among all the students, one stood out the most-the daughter of the richest man.

Horus kept his head down, flipping through the files in his hands.

“Garrick,” he said casually, “the girl named Kaia-did you get her?”

Garrick Hardy shrugged.

“No,” he replied. “There were too many people. A little boy grabbed her and took off running.”

Horus finally paused. “A little boy?”

“Yeah. His family owns some kind of tech company,” Garrick said, sounding faintly irritated. “Kid was ridiculously fast. One second they were here, the next they were gone.”

Horus frowned.

“Then check the cameras,” he said. “This place is covered in them. No one disappears that easily.”

He turned his head slightly. “Luna, I’m counting on you.”

Luna was the only woman in the room. She handled all their technical work-surveillance, systems, anything involving electronics.

She gave a brief nod without looking up.

“Got it.”

Horus flipped to another page, then paused as something crossed his mind.

“By the way,” he added, “the guy who went after that girl earlier, why isn’t he back

Garrik blinked, caught off guard.

yet?”

“Now that you mention it,” He scratched his head. “Yeah, he’s been gone a while.

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“You think he ran into trouble?” Garrick asked.

Horus dismissed the ides almost instantly. “No way. Just a kid, not some kind of superhero.”

Garrick thought it over and gave a slow nod.

Fireshed

“Then he probably handled it and wandered off somewhere,” he said. “You know how unreliable he is.

ybe not…” Luna’s voice cut in from the side, cool and steady.

gers moved quickly across the controls.

screens flickered under her command as footage switched rapidly-hallways, stairwells, classrooms. garden-scene after scene flashing by.

She was searching for Kaia.

The daughter of the richest man

But Kaia didn’t appear anyw

Instead, another face she

“That idiot really let h

On the monitor.

It was th

“If sh

ig

aid flatly, her eyes fixed on the display.

s fast as she could. Luna clicked to pause the footage, then zoomed

aped earlier.

not important,” Horus said after a brief glance, already losing interest. Just

speaking, the door was shoved open.

d roughly into the security room.

ard, nearly losing her balance as she tried to stay on her feet.

o shoved her inside was young, his face lit up with a smug, satisfied grin.

with her was smart. He noticed something off and ran away,” he said. “But this one? Not so bright. n’t run and actually tried to make friends with me.”

et out a short laugh, clearly amused.

ying to befriend a kidna

He hadn’t wasted a

All the way th

nerve.

1. She kept calling for her dad again and

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Chapter 155 The Wrong Girl Caught

again until her voice turned hoarse.

Frished

Luna rose and walked over at an easy pace, stopping in front of her. She looked down at the girl’s tear- streaked face, studying her for a moment.

“Hey, kid,” she said softly, her tone almost kind. “Your dad is Thomas Jackson, right?”

Kaia lifted her head, eyes blurred with tears. She sniffed and gave a small, shaky nod, “Mm…

“Good,” Luna said with a faint smile. “That makes things simple.”

She reached out and brushed lightly along the girl’s cheek, then her chin, and slowly down to her neck.

“What if I cut off your hand,” Luna went on in that same calm, even voice, “and send it to your dad? How much do you think he’d pay?”

Kaia went completely still.

Tears clung to her lashes, but the crying stopped all at once, like something inside her had snapped.

Cut off my hand?

Send it to daddy?

The words didn’t fully make sense to her, yet the meaning hit anyway.

Fear crashed over her so hard she started hiccuping, hey breath breaking apart until she couldn’t even cry

anymore.

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