Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 649

Heather elegantly boarded the cab without even casting the poor man a glance, so he had nobody but himself to blame for messing with her tonight. She opened the window wide and the night breeze brushed her face; she even asked the driver to drive faster as she liked to listen to the sound of the breeze and feel the cold wind on her face.

Clutching her phone in her hand, she gazed out of the window, her eyes revealing the hint of coldness in her character—a coldness that resembled the night sky tonight.

The other phone in her handbag suddenly rang at this untimely moment. The sound attracted her gaze and she opened her handbag to fish out her phone. Upon seeing the strange number on the screen, Heather hesitated if she should pick up the call.

In the end, she did not do so. She dared not answer calls from people that she did not know to avoid trouble. Nonetheless, the person on the other end of the line was rather persistent. Upon seeing the call with the same strange number coming in again, she felt a headache coming on.

The constant ringing of the phone annoyed her, causing her to think if she should block this number. Therefore, after much hesitation, she finally made up her mind and blocked the number right before she exited the cab.

When she thought that the noise would end just like this, another call with a different strange number came in, ending the peace that her ears had gained for barely a few seconds and giving her the impulse to throw the phone away.

This time, Heather finally confirmed that the other person was clearly toying with her. Knowing that blocking the number again would be of no use, she picked up the call.

When the call went through, she kept quiet but the other person did the same. Yet, she didn’t hang up the call because she believed that the person on the other end of the line would lose his patience first.

After the longest silence, the person finally said, “It’s me.” It was a familiar voice that belonged to Tony, a person whom she would never have guessed would call her.

“Tony, why is it you?” She was flabbergasted that Tony would actually call her at this hour. It was totally baffling.

However, he had no intention to waste his time and explain things slowly. “I don’t have much time to explain things to you now,” he muttered. “I’m calling you for something important.”

Heather, too, got straight to the point. “Is this about Myra’s kidnapping?”

Tony was not surprised about Heather’s reply at all, since he currently had more intel than her and had long known that she had been threatened by the kidnapper.

“Do you know the kidnapper’s true motive?” Tony asked about the crux of the matter, which was exactly what Heather was most concerned about. She still did not know about the kidnapper’s motive yet and she wondered if he knew about it.

“You know.” Although it was a statement, there was a tinge of puzzlement in her tone. Tony’s abilities had exceeded her expectations.

Heather had hired the renowned detective, Zayne Lee; she did not know which professional Tony managed to find, but it was obvious that the one he had was even better.

“The kidnapper wants the Hart and Langston Family to destroy each other.” He was equally shocked when he first knew about the kidnapper’s motive, and the first person that came to mind was Caleb.

“Caleb Moriarty?” Unsurprisingly, Heather thought about the same person as well.

However, Tony denied it. “It isn’t Caleb, but the force behind the kidnapper is immeasurable now.”

“Other than Caleb, who else could have plotted this?” Heather replied in disbelief. She couldn’t think of any other forces that would do this.

“We have been fooled. Caleb’s emergence attracted all of our attention. The real mastermind behind this is someone we never would have thought of.” As of now, Tony had yet to uncover who was behind Myra’s kidnapping; he never thought that there was actually a person who had the ability to pull this off right under his nose in Bradfort City.

“In other words, you don’t know who is behind the kidnapper as well. How did you find out about their motive, then?” Something just doesn’t add up. I wonder where Tony got the news.

“That person contacted me himself so I reckon that he will look for you soon.” Tony had had a brief conversation with the mysterious man earlier and right after the call ended, he contacted Heather.

Although there was a mysterious woman shadowing him in the dark, he was able to get away from her surveillance. Unlike Heather who required the help of a detective, Tony was a detective himself.

He had another power which he had kept hidden from everyone. If it wasn’t for this hidden force, he might have been completely at the mercy of the enemy.

“What do I do now?” Heather believed that Tony had a plan, so all she had to do now was to actively cooperate with him.

“We do as they say.” The reason he contacted her was not only to give her some confidence, but also to ask her to listen to what the kidnapper said.

“You want me to put the Langston Family at risk?” Heather found his request a bit over the top because if she were to listen to what the kidnapper said, she would be putting the Langstons at risk.

“Trust me—I will definitely find a way to turn the tables.” Knowing how much effort Heather had put into rescuing Myra, Tony hoped that the former could trust him now.

“I’m willing to sacrifice anything no matter what it is, but I dare not put the Langston Family at stake,” she murmured as she hesitated. In all honesty, Heather was worried that she might destroy the century-old foundation of the Langstons.

“I know that my request is putting you on the spot, but I can’t lose Myra. Please, I’m begging you.” Tony had never begged anyone, but he had to do so for Myra’s sake this time.