Bailey remained silent.
When Cassius saw her again, her face was filled with anger.
"Ms. Bailey, are you--"
Bailey interrupted him with a wave of her hand, her voice hoarse.
"Don't say anything. I don't need anyone's pity. Call Ken and let him know what's happening here. Ask him to come and pick up his employer."
After she finished speaking, she walked towards the exit of the hot spring.
Just as Cassius was about to ask her where she planned to stay, her cold voice reached him from afar. "Stick to the original plan and head to the Shurmer residence."
"Understood."
On the mountaintop, Faceless smiled as she listened to the conversation through her wireless earpiece.
From the conversation, it seemed that her plan had succeeded.
Bailey's tone indicated that she had suffered a significant blow.
Everyone believed that Bailey and Artemis were an unbeatable team. Now that their defense had been shattered in such a despicable way, the upcoming battle would likely be much easier.
It didn't matter that Bailey knew Artemis was set up.
Her pride wouldn't allow her to accept her man's betrayal, even if he was sabotaged.
She took advantage of this fact and resorted to underhanded tactics.
Bailey had to accept this harsh reality, whether she wanted to or not.
"Master, now that the winery has been exposed, should we move the hostage?"
Faceless gave him a cold glance, her expression gloomy.
The man in black trembled in fear and quickly nodded. "The hostage is in a safe place, so there's no need to move him."
Faceless looked in the direction of the hot spring, a peculiar smirk playing on her lips.
Bailey is bound to suffer this loss. I have emerged victorious in the first round.
The night grew darker.
After leaving the hot spring, Bailey immediately left the winery.
As she got into the car, an unusual thought seemed to enter her mind, but she couldn't grasp it fully.
After waiting for half an hour in a secluded forest, two ordinary-looking men entered the car.
In the next moment, the car sped off into the distance.
When she met Ken earlier, she gave him four hyper-realistic masks. One resembled Artemis, another resembled Ken himself, and the remaining two were of ordinary appearance.
Even though she didn't say a word, Ken understood that she wanted him to find two people to disguise themselves as him and Artemis, and then disguise themselves as ordinary people to meet her.
Sure enough, as he was sneaking out with Artemis, they encountered the people she had sent to help them.
The inside of the car was eerily quiet, the atmosphere suffocating.
Cassius drove while Ken sat in the passenger seat, disguised as an ordinary person.
Bailey leaned back against the car seat, her head bowed as she meticulously traced the pattern in her hand.
The bright red brocade covered almost the entire seat.
Because the light inside the car was dim, she didn't do any needlework. Instead, she used a pencil to draw dashed lines on the fabric, sketching out the pattern of a phoenix.
Artemis didn't dare speak first, unsure of her thoughts.
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