Levi Garrison: The Return of the God of War [The Protector] Chapter 998

Levi Garrison: The Return of the God of War [The Protector] Chapter 998

“That’s good news. We’re competing for a project with them tomorrow anyway. That’ll be our first chance,” Lyndsay commented. Jayden nodded, rolling his eyes schemingly. “Exactly. Make sure you deal with them accordingly. I don’t want anything to go wrong tomorrow.” Lyndsay and the other council members exchanged cunning glances with each other, and sinister smiles curved on their lips. “Don’t worry. They won’t even make it to the venue tomorrow.” The big day soon arrived. Sylas and her team escorted Zoey and Oriental Star Group’s council members as they headed for the venue. “Sylas, make sure nothing happens to anyone. Someone might try and stop us on the way,” Zoey reminded before they departed. The woman refused to allow the same thing to happen again. She had once been held up by her competitor when she was on her way to the venue and had missed the bidding event because of that incident. She had been fooled once; she would not fall into the same trap again. “Ms. Lopez, rest assured that everything will be okay. We will make sure everyone arrives safely,” Sylas replied calmly. In no time, Oriental Star Group’s convoy departed for the venue. To ensure nothing would happen, Iris took a different route towards the destination. No one else in the company knew about it except for Zoey. Although everything had been meticulously planned out, Zoey still had a premonition of imminent danger as she sat in the car. Her eyelids kept twitching, and she could not hold it in any longer—she needed to double-confirm everything. “Sylas, could you check and see if everything is fine out there?” “Everything looks fine,” her bodyguard answered after surveying the surroundings. Bam! Suddenly, a vendor on a trishaw came out of nowhere. One of the cars did not manage to stop in time, running into it at full force. The collision sent the vendor flying three to four meters away before the man finally hit his head against the cold tar road. The grey road was soon stained red as blood gushed out of the man’s body. The whole Oriental Star Group fleet pulled the emergency brake - everyone was stupefied. Zoey’s face turned pale—something had happened just as she expected. She knew Pinnacle Group would not let her off the hook that easily. “Is everyone okay?” Zoey turned around frantically, checking to see if anyone was hurt. Their schedule had been affected because of the accident, and Pinnacle Group managed to have their way, but Zoey did not want anything to happen to anyone, be it friends or foes. Everyone got out of the car, and some people rushed towards the vendor lying on the ground. Sylas checked the man’s pulse and her frightened gaze slowly trailed towards Zoey. “Ms. Lopez... He’s gone...” Zoey’s steps faltered, her knees going weak at the news. She could not believe Pinnacle Group would kill someone in order to stop her. Did they really plan all this? How cruel can those people get? This was not the first time a competitor had targeted her, but no one had ever gone to such length to get in her way. Pinnacle Group was the first to do so. “Somebody help! They just hit someone! And the man is now dead!” a passerby shouted. Soon, a huge crowd hurried over, encircling Zoey and the others. They had come forward with kitchen knives, ready to get revenge on behalf of the man. “You’re not getting away with this! We will make sure you pay for it!” the angry men shouted. “It wasn’t our fault! He’s the one who came out of the junction all of a sudden! He’s the one who ran into us!” Zoey tried to explain the situation. However, her pleas only made the situation worse; she had angered them all even more. There were no surveillance cameras around that area, and it so happened that the trishaw had rushed out at the car dashcam’s blind spot. There was no proof to whatever she claimed. “Bullshit! We saw everything with our own eyes. You guys hit him! Don’t blame a dead man for what you did!” one of the men yelled. “Yeah! We’re all witnesses! You won’t get away with this!” another cried out.