When Two Winters Met (Henrietta and Yosef) novel Chapter 248

Jethro sneered. “I take it you don’t know what the Nash family name means in Juno City.”

Artina’s face went deathly pale, and she turned to run. But a bodyguard grabbed her firmly.

“Are you insane?” Artina’s eyes were wide with terror. “No, don’t! My love, my love, I was wrong, I was really wrong! Let me go, please let me go. No, you can’t!”

Jethro remained unmoved. The other bodyguard pulled out a dagger, expertly flipping it in his hand as he advanced on her.

Artina’s eyes looked ready to pop out of her head. “You can’t!” she shrieked. “I have to film! I’m a popular rising star, you can’t do this to me! I still have to… I still have to make money for Ms. Sargent. Yes, you can’t do this! You don’t represent the law, you can’t just hurt me! If you do… the law won’t let you get away with it. Don’t, please don’t.”

Jethro stared at her. “The law? So you act without a shred of decency because you think the law can’t touch you for the disgusting things you’ve done, is that it?”

Terrified, Artina struggled with all her might. The bodyguard with the dagger stepped closer. “With enough money, there are plenty of people lining up to take the fall for Mr. Nash. It’s just a tongue. How many years do you think they’d get?”

In that instant, Artina’s fear peaked. She had never been so terrified in her life. Without her tongue, her life would be over. The sheer terror was too much; her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

The bodyguard glanced at Jethro. “Mr. Nash?”

Jethro had never actually intended to have her tongue cut out. “Put her in the car,” he said.

“Yes, sir,” the bodyguard replied.

As Jethro started to walk away, the other bodyguard said, “Sir… I think… she wet herself.”

Jethro froze, his jaw clenching hard. The disgust was just… indescribable. This woman was nothing but a vile, vicious creature.

Without looking back, Jethro ordered, “Rent a livestock truck. Drive her back to Juno City and dump her at the Harmon family’s front door.”

“Yes, sir!” the bodyguard affirmed.

By now, the sky was dark. On the drive back, Jethro’s stomach was still churning with revulsion. He wished he could find a hypnotist to erase the entire memory. It was just too sickening.

About halfway back, just after nine o’clock, Jethro’s phone rang. It was Yosef.

Jethro answered.

“Where are you? What happened?” Yosef asked.

Jethro rolled down the window, inhaling the cold night air and rubbing his temples. “I went out to the countryside. I’m about an hour and a half from Juno City.”

“What were you doing in the countryside?” Yosef’s eyebrow arched slightly. “You didn’t… take her out there and… take care of her, did you?”

Henrietta, who had just finished her shower and was drying her hair, paused and frowned, looking at Yosef. The man’s handsome face was calm, unperturbed. It seemed that even if Jethro said he had, Yosef wouldn’t panic, but would simply start thinking about how to clean up the mess.

“No, brother. I wouldn’t dirty my hands with her,” Jethro said. “I… I just took her out there to confirm the pregnancy. To stop her from getting rid of the bastard in a few days and then coming to me crying that she was never pregnant at all.”

Henrietta frowned. “You couldn’t repossess it?”

“Matteo’s mother is making a scene,” the director explained. “She’s threatening suicide, even grabbed a kitchen knife. It’s a huge mess. So… I wanted to see what you wanted to do. If we want to forcibly repossess it, we’ll need to coordinate with the authorities and have law enforcement present. But they’ve all gone home for the day.”

“Fine,” Henrietta said. “I understand. We’ll deal with it tomorrow.”

“Alright. You get some rest, then.”

“Okay.”

Hanging up, Henrietta set her phone down. Yosef walked over, picked up the hairdryer from her vanity, and switched it on, naturally starting to dry her hair for her.

Henrietta froze for a second, looking at the handsome, accomplished man in the mirror. “Mr. Nash, I… I can do it myself.”

“It’s fine,” Yosef said. “Whose call was that?”

“The head of legal,” Henrietta replied. “They couldn’t get the house back. Looks like I’ll have to go there myself tomorrow.”

Yosef’s lips curved into a slight smile as he asked casually, “Did you install cameras in the house?”

Henrietta was stunned again. He had even figured that out.